China Financial International Investments (HKG:0721) granted 1 billion share options to 12 employees to subscribe for an equal number of ordinary shares in the firm, a Friday filing with the Hong Kong bourse said.

The grant of the options, with an acceptance period of 21 days, came under a 2017 share option scheme.

The options are exercisable at HK$0.0534 per share, according to the securities investor.

Following the grant, the firm has nearly 97.2 million shares available for future grant under the scheme.