Last checked at 15 Apr 2010 09:07
15 April 2010
AFC Energy PLC ("AFC Energy" or the "Company")
Issue of Share Options and Warrants
AFC Energy is pleased to announce that on 13 April 2010 the board of AFC Energy agreed to grant options over a total of 440,000 ordinary shares in the Company (the "Options") and warrants over a total of 7,806,000 ordinary shares in the Company (the "Warrants"). The Options have been granted under the rules of the AFC Energy Plc Enterprise Management Incentive Share Option Scheme. The purpose of the Options and Warrants is to incentivise and retain employees and directors during the current key commercialisation phase in the development of the company.
The Options are exercisable at a price of 24 pence per ordinary share in the Company, being the closing price on 13 April 2010 and are exercisable between 3 and 10 years following the date of issue. The exercise of the Options is not conditional.
Whilst the majority of employees will be receiving a cost of living increase in salaries, the directors have voluntarily waived any entitlement to salary increases or cash bonuses for 2010.
The Warrants are also exercisable at a price of 24 pence perordinary share in the Company, being the closing price on 13 April 2010 and are exercisable between 3 and 10 years following the date of issue. They include the following Warrants awarded to directors of the Company, the exercise of which is conditional upon the successful demonstration of the large-scale fuel cell system:
|
Name
| New Warrants | Total Warrants |
| Ian Balchin, Managing Director | 2,306,000 | 3,806,000 |
| Gene Lewis, Technical Director | 1,954,000 | (1)1,954,000 |
| David Marson, Finance Director | 586,000 | 1,086,000 |
| Tim Yeo, Chairman | 1,000,000 | 2,500,000 |
| Mitchell Field, NED | 750,000 | 1,100,000 |
| Simon Hunt | 500,000 | 500,000 |
(1) Gene Lewis also holds 1,000,000 options exercisable at 3.13p.
The exercise of the Warrants granted to persons other than the directors of the Company is not conditional.
On 13 April 2010 the board of AFC Energy also agreed to grant warrants over 100,000 shares to Allenby Capital Limited in connection with the appointment of Allenby as Broker and Nomad (the "Allenby Warrants"). The Allenby Warrants will be issued on Allenby Capital Limited's standard terms and are exercisable at a price of 30 pence per ordinary share in the Company and are exercisable between 3 and 10 years following the date of issue. The exercise of the Allenby Warrants are not conditional.
Following the issue of the Options, Warrants and Allenby Warrants there will be 9,100,000 options in issue and 11,956,000 warrants in issue, representing 12.3 per cent. of the enlarged issued share capital of the Company.
For further information please contact:
| AFC Energy plc Tim Yeo, Chairman Ian Balchin, Managing Director David Marson, Finance Director
| 01483 276726 |
| Allenby Capital Limited Brian Stockbridge Alex Price
| 020 3328 5656 |
| Madano PartnershipMatthew Moth Michael Evans | 020 7593 4000 |