Aspocomp Group - Company Announcement

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF ASPOCOMP GROUP PLC RESOLVED ON A SHARE REWARD PLAN FOR KEY PERSONNEL

Espoo, Finland, 2016-02-25 08:45 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 
Aspocomp Group Plc, Company Announcement, February 25, 2016 at 9:45 a.m.

The Board of Directors of Aspocomp Group Plc has resolved upon a new
share-based incentive and commitment plan for the company’s key personnel. The
aim of the reward plan is to combine the goals of the owners and the key
personnel for increasing the value of the company on a permanent basis, to
commit the key personnel to the company on a long-term basis and to offer the
key personnel a competitive reward plan based on entrepreneurship. 

The share reward plan 2016 offers the members of the Management Team (except
for the CEO) and other key employees a possibility to receive the company’s
shares based on achieved targets to be set by the Board of Directors for four
earning periods, each comprising a 12 month financial year during the period
1/2016 through 12/2019. 

The CEO of Aspocomp Group Plc is not included in this share reward plan. The
CEO has a separate incentive scheme the Stock Option Plan 2014 which the Board
of Directors decided on May 15, 2014. 

The preliminary target group for the plan consists of approximately 20 persons.
The Board of Directors may decide on including new key employees and their
annual maximum reward. The maximum reward is expressed as a number of shares of
which one half (1/2) is paid in shares and one half (1/2) consists of a cash
payment, the amount of which is determined on the basis of the value of the
share reward at the time of the payment. The cash payment aims at covering
taxes and similar charges arising from the reward. Achievement of targets set
for the earning periods determines the portion of the maximum reward to be paid
to a person. 

The approximately 20 persons that are preliminarily included in the plan may,
based on achieved targets, annually be rewarded with a maximum of 100,000
shares of Aspocomp Group Plc, corresponding to approximately 1.6 percent of the
current total amount of outstanding shares. Out of such amount, a maximum of
10,000 shares may annually be granted to each of the members of the management
team and maximum of 4,000-6,000 shares to each key personnel. The annual
maximum amount of shares to be granted will increase if the Board of Directors
decide to include new persons in the plan. 

Shares received on the basis of the share reward plan shall be held at least 36
months calculated from their entry on the book-entry account of the recipient.
Should a target person’s employment or service relationship with a group
company end during such commitment period, he or she is, according to the main
rule, required to return the shares to the company without compensation. 

For further information, please contact Mikko Montonen, CEO,
tel. +358 20 775 6860, mikko.montonen(at)aspocomp.com.

ASPOCOMP GROUP PLC

Mikko Montonen
CEO


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