Meridian Annual Report - Meridian Energy
Meridian Annual Report - Meridian Energy
Meridian Annual Report - Meridian Energy
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<strong>Meridian</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> Limited — Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)<br />
7. Equity (continued)<br />
Exercise Price<br />
2008<br />
Number<br />
Issued<br />
2008<br />
Number<br />
Forfeited<br />
2008<br />
Number<br />
Vested<br />
2008<br />
Vested Value<br />
$ 000<br />
2007<br />
Number<br />
Issued<br />
2007<br />
Number<br />
Forfeited<br />
2007<br />
Number<br />
Vested<br />
2007<br />
Vested Value<br />
$’000<br />
$750 1,226 389 837 - 5,668 389 5,279 -<br />
$1 2,563 - 2,563 - 2,563 - 2,563 -<br />
$366.83 14,115 - 6,765 981 - - - -<br />
17,904 389 10,165 981 8,231 389 7,842 -<br />
The $750 options are all fully vested with the exception of 389 options where the employees resigned before their entitlement had fully vested.<br />
Under the terms of the option agreements these non vested options have now been forfeited. The final exercise date for all of the $750 options<br />
is 31 December 2009.<br />
The $1 options are all fully vested with a final exercise date of 31 December 2009.<br />
On 31 March 2008, the holders of 4,362 fully vested $750 options and 4,805 rights to $750 options who were at that date all members of staff forfeited<br />
those options and rights to options. Whisper Tech Limited then issued those holders 6,765 fully vested options at an exercise price of $366.83.<br />
On this date Whisper Tech Limited also issued 7,350 $366.83 options to existing staff. All these options vest in three equal tranches with 5,550 options<br />
becoming fully vested by 1 July 2010 and the remaining 1,800 options becoming fully vested by 31 March 2011.<br />
NZ IFRS 1 grants an exemption from valuing options that were granted on or before 7 November 2002. <strong>Meridian</strong> has chosen to take this exemption in<br />
relation to its $750 and $1 options. No vesting of these options occurred during the year ended 30 June 2008 and the comparative year.<br />
Number of Options Vested<br />
2008<br />
$750<br />
Options<br />
2008<br />
$1<br />
Options<br />
2008<br />
$366.83<br />
Options<br />
2007<br />
$750<br />
Options<br />
2007<br />
$1<br />
Options<br />
2007<br />
$366.83<br />
Options<br />
Opening Balance 5,279 2,563 - 5,585 2,563 -<br />
New Fully Vested Options created - - 6,765 - - -<br />
Options Forfeited 31 March 2008 (4,362) - - - - -<br />
Options Forfeited prior years (80) - - (389) - -<br />
Options Vested - - - 83 - -<br />
Closing Balance 837 2,563 6,765 5,279 2,563 -<br />
The weighted average exercise price of options vested at 30 June 2008 is $96.24.<br />
Number of Options Still Subject To Vesting<br />
2008<br />
$750<br />
Options<br />
2008<br />
$1<br />
Options<br />
2008<br />
$366.83<br />
Options<br />
2007<br />
$750<br />
Options<br />
2007<br />
$1<br />
Options<br />
2007<br />
$366.83<br />
Options<br />
Opening Option Balance 5,279 2,563 - 5,668 2,563 -<br />
Created or Vested During Year - - 14,115 - - -<br />
Less Forfeited (4,442) - - (389) - -<br />
Less Fully Vested (837) (2,563) (6,765) (5,279) (2,563) -<br />
Subject to Future Vesting - - 7,350 - - -<br />
5,550 of these options become fully vested by 1 July 2010 and the remaining 1,800 options will be fully vested by 31 March 2011.<br />
8. Dividends<br />
Group & Parent<br />
2008<br />
$’000<br />
2007<br />
$’000<br />
2008<br />
Cents per<br />
Share<br />
2007<br />
Cents per<br />
Share<br />
2008 Interim Dividend Paid 235,888 - 14.74 -<br />
2007 Final Dividend Paid 62,009 - 3.88 -<br />
2007 Interim Dividend Paid - 67,893 - 4.24<br />
2006 Final Dividend Paid - 300,000 - 18.75<br />
297,897 367,893 18.62 22.99