Directors Dealings in Securities
Lewis Group Limited
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa
Registration number: 2004/009817/06
JSE share code: LEW
ISIN: ZAE000058236
Bond code: LEWI
(“Lewis Group” or “the group”)
Directors Dealings in Securities
In compliance with the requirements 3.63 to 3.74 of the JSE Listings
Requirements, the following should be noted:
1. The Lewis 2019 Executive Retention Scheme
Senior executives who are invited to co-invest have earned an annual
bonus and have achieved the requisite performance targets set for
them. These eligible executives can elect to invest f r o m 1 0 % u p
a maximum percentage set by the Remuneration Committee
(“the Committee”)for each executive. The Committee
cannot set the percentage so determined above 100%.
These invested shares (i.e. shares acquired using the executive’s
net bonus) are held on behalf of executives for a period of three
years and matching shares equal to the before tax bonus are awarded
for no consideration at the end of the period. The invested shares
are purchased by the employee share trust on the open market on
behalf of executives.
The matching share award will lapse, should the executive terminate
his or her employment before the completion of the three year period
other than in the event of death, ill-health, retirement or
retrenchment.
The following executives elected on 28 August 2020 to invest their
percentage of the net bonus in the company’s shares and,
consequently, matching share awards were awarded to them under the
Lewis 2019 Executive Retention Scheme:
Invested Matching Total
Executive Designation Shares Share Value
Award
J. Enslin Executive Director, 56 181 102 147 R2 718 682
Lewis Group Ltd
J. Bestbier Executive Director, 34 999 63 635 R1 693 659
Lewis Group Ltd
D. Loudon Director, 22 236 40 429 R1 076 030
Lewis Stores (Pty)
Ltd
R. Oliphant Director, 21 036 38 247 R1 017 968
Lewis Stores (Pty)
Ltd
The invested shares were purchased on the open market on 28 August to 1
September 2020 at an average price of 1 7 . 1 7 , with the highest and
lowest price paid being R18.27 and R15.74 respectively. The matching
share awards will be received by the scheme participants for no
consideration.
2. The Lewis 2019 Executive Performance Scheme
In terms of the scheme, executives have been offered the right to
acquire shares of the company for no consideration subject to the
achievement of performance targets. The share awards under this
scheme will lapse, should the executive terminate his or her
employment before the completion of the period of the award other
than in the event of death, ill-health, retirement or retrenchment.
The Committee have agreed to grant the executives a three year
award under this scheme, details which are set out below.
The performance targets are set by the Committee at the beginning of
the each of the 3 years and are based on a weighting set for each
executive depending on their daily employment responsibilities, of
the following:
- Headline earnings per share
- Quality of the debtors book
- Gross margin
The following executives have been granted awards on 28 August
2020 under the Lewis 2019 Executive Performance Scheme
Maximum No.
Executive Designation of Shares Value
(for no
J. Enslin Executive Director, 438 977
consideratio R6 540 757
Lewis Group Limited n)
J. Bestbier Executive Director, 270 771 R4 034 488
Lewis Group Ltd
W.Achmat Director, 146 357 R2 180 719
Lewis Stores (Pty) Ltd
D. Loudon Director, 149 529 R2 227 982
Lewis Stores (Pty) Ltd
R. Oliphant (Pty) Ltd
Director, 142 740 R2 126 826
Lewis Stores (Pty) Ltd
(Pty) Ltd
The above values are deemed values based on a market price of
R14.90, calculated in terms of the rules of the scheme.
All the transactions as set out in 1 to 2 above were for the direct
benefit of the director. The requisite clearances have been obtained.
Cape Town
3 September 2020
Sponsor
UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd
Debt sponsor
Absa Bank Limited acting through its Corporate and Investment Banking
Division
Date: 03-09-2020 07:05:00
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