Greencore awards chief executive €1.2m in share options

Over a million shares from 2013 performance plan will be paid out to Patrick Coveney over a number of years

Patrick Coveney of Greencore: the consumer goods giant will award its chief executive more than a million shares over a three-year period

Greencore has awarded Patrick Coveney, its chief executive, more than £1.1 million (€1.2 million) in share options.

A regulatory filing by the consumer foods giant shows the award of just over one million shares from its 2013 performance plan to the chief executive, which will be paid out over a number of years and depend on it meeting certain financial targets and shareholder returns.

Dublin-headquartered Greencore, which supplies all the main British supermarkets with sandwiches ...