4 February 2009
Sarantel Group PLC
(the "Company")
Cancellation of share options
The Company announces that following a review of all share dealings undertaken by each of its directors in the last 12 months, the Board have noted that the cancellation of options held by David Wither, Chief Executive Officer, and Oliver Leisten, Chief Technology Officer, (the "Directors") were not announced in accordance with AIM Rule 17.
On 21 January 2009, the Company cancelled options over a total of 313,333 ordinary shares held by David Wither. The options were exercisable at a price of 3 pence per share. In addition, on 25 March 2008, the Company cancelled options over a total of 38,636 ordinary shares held by Oliver Leisten. The options were exercisable at a price of 24.2 pence per share.
The cancellation of Mr Leisten's options was correctly reflected in the report and accounts for the year ended 30 September 2008, which was signed off by the Company's auditors and the Board on 1 December 2008.
Following the cancellation of these options, the Directors' option holdings will be:
|
|
No. of options |
Exercise price |
Exercise period |
|
David Wither |
833,333 |
7p |
4 August 2004 to 3 August 2014 |
|
|
515,146 |
7p |
4 August 2004 to 3 August 2014 |
|
|
711,739 |
7p |
5 August 2004 to 4 August 2014 |
|
|
250,000 |
7p |
1 March 2006 to 28 February 2016 |
|
|
3,400,000 |
4.75p |
28 April 2008 to 27 April 2018 |
|
|
3,200,000 |
1p |
11 December 2008 to 10 December 2018 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oliver Leisten |
5,675 |
7p |
26 February 2003 to 25 February 2013 |
|
|
369,500 |
7p |
26 February 2003 to 25 February 2013 |
|
|
833,325 |
7p |
4 August 2004 to 3 August 2014 |
|
|
75,351 |
7p |
5 August 2004 to 4 August 2014 |
|
|
150,000 |
7p |
1 March 2006 to 28 February 2016 |
|
|
2,100,000 |
4.75p |
28 April 2008 to 27 April 2018 |
|
|
1,750,000 |
1p |
11 December 2008 to 10 December 2018 |
Enquiries:
|
Sarantel |
|
|
David Wither, Chief Executive Officer |
01933 670 560 |
|
Sitkow Yeung, Finance Director |
|
|
|
|
|
John East & Partners Limited |
020 7628 2200 |
|
John East/Simon Clements |
|
|
|
|
|
College Hill |
020 7457 2020 |
|
Adrian Duffield/ Ben Way |
|
Notes to Editors:
Sarantel (www.sarantel.com)
Sarantel is a leader in the design of high-performance miniature antennas for portable wireless applications including hand-held navigation, satellite radio and laptop computers.
Sarantel's revolutionary ceramic filtering antennas offer dramatically improved performance over existing antenna designs, resulting in a clearer signal, better range and a 90 per cent reduction in the amount of signal radiation absorbed by the body. Because of their smaller size and higher capabilities, Sarantel's antennas enable manufacturers to create innovative high-volume consumer products incorporating technologies such as GPS, Wi-Fi, WiMax, 3G, GPRS, Satellite Radio and Bluetooth.