Last checked at 27 Mar 2020 09:00
Ilika plc
("Ilika" or the "Company")
Award of Share Options, Exercise of Options and Total Voting Rights
Ilika (AIM: IKA), a pioneer in solid-state battery technology, announces that on 26 March 2020 it granted nominal value options over 1,185,440 ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") to Executive Directors under the Long Term Incentive Plan 2018.
The options represent in aggregate 0.86 per cent of the Company's issued share capital.
On 26 March 2020, the Executive Directors also exercised, in aggregate, 57,846 options, previously awarded over Ordinary Shares under the Company's bonus scheme, at an exercise price of 1p per Ordinary Share.
Accordingly, the Company has applied to the London Stock Exchange for 57,846 Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission"). It is expected that Admission will occur at 8.00am on 1 April 2020.
Following Admission, the Company's issued share capital will comprise 138,597,312 Ordinary Shares of 1p each and may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules. The Company does not hold any shares in treasury.
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Details of the Executive Directors' option exercises under the Company's bonus scheme and grants issued under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan 2018 are set out below. Each award vests on the achievement of certain performance targets over a three-year period.
Director | Number of options granted | Number of options exercised | Total number of Options now held | Per cent. of issued share capital |
Graeme Purdy | 606,014 | 20,000 | 3,096,830 | 2.2% |
Brian Hayden | 382,807 | 20,000 | 1,697,308 | 1.2% |
Steve Boydell | 196,619 | 17,846 | 751,263 | 0.5% |
Following the exercise of options and Admission, Graeme Purdy holds 774,427 Ordinary shares representing 0.56% of issued share capital and Steve Boydell holds 49,846 Ordinary shares representing 0.04% of issued share capital. Brian Hayden holds 40,000 Ordinary Shares representing 0.03% of issued share capital and 426,300 Preference Shares.
The notification below is made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | ||||
a) | Name | Graeme Purdy | |||
2 | Reason for the notification | ||||
a) | Position/status | Chief Executive | |||
b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | |||
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| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||||
a) | Name | Ilika plc | |||
b) | LEI | 213800TMDNIE3Z8XXD26 | |||
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| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
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a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares of 1 pence each | |||
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Identification code | GB00B608Z994
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b) | Nature of the transaction
| a) Grant of share options b) Exercise of options | |||
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| 1p | 606,014 |
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| 1p | 20,000 |
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e) | Date of the transaction | 26 March 2020 | |||
f) | Place of the transaction | Off market | |||
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a) | Name | Brian Hayden | |||
2 | Reason for the notification
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a) | Position/status | Chief Scientific Officer | |||
b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | |||
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| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a) | Name | Ilika plc | |||
b) | LEI | 213800TMDNIE3Z8XXD26 | |||
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| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
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a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares of 1 pence each | |||
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Identification code | GB00B608Z994 | ||||
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b) | Nature of the transaction
| a) Grant of share options b) Exercise of options | |||
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| 1p | 382,807 |
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| 1p | 20,000 |
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e) | Date of the transaction | 26 March 2020 | |||
f) | Place of the transaction | Off market | |||
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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a) | Name | Steve Boydell | |||
2 | Reason for the notification
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a) | Position/status | Finance Director | |||
b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | |||
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| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a) | Name | Ilika plc | |||
b) | LEI | 213800TMDNIE3Z8XXD26 | |||
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| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
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a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares of 1 pence each | |||
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Identification code | GB00B608Z994 | ||||
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b) | Nature of the transaction
| a) Grant of share options b) Exercise of options | |||
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| 1p | 196,619 |
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| 1p | 17,846 |
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- Aggregated volume | n/a | ||||
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e) | Date of the transaction | 26 March 2020 | |||
f) | Place of the transaction | Off market | |||
For more information contact:
Ilika plc |
www.ilika.com |
Graeme Purdy, Chief Executive | Via Walbrook PR |
Steve Boydell, Finance Director |
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Liberum Capital Limited | Tel: 020 3100 2000 |
Andrew Godber, Cameron Duncan, William Hall, Nikhil Varghese |
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Walbrook PR Ltd | Tel: 020 7933 8780 / Ilika@walbrookpr.com |
Tom Cooper | Mob: 0797 122 1972 |
Lianne Cawthorne | Mob: 07584 391 303 |
Nick Rome | Mob: 07748 325 236 |