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| Date | 8 Mar 2022 |
| Time | 07:00:07 |
| Category | Director/PDMR dealings |
| ID | 9327D |
Ilika plc
("Ilika" or the "Company")
Director/PDMR shareholding, Exercise of Options and Total Voting Rights
Ilika (AIM: IKA), a pioneer in solid-state battery technology, announces that on 7 March 2022, 428,824 nominal value options previously awarded under both the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan 2018 and the Company's bonus scheme, have been exercised by Steve Boydell, CFO.
Detail of the option exercise is set out in the table below, together with the total number of ordinary shares of 1p each ("Ordinary Shares") Steve Boydell is interested in and holds under option.
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Director |
Number of options exercised |
Total number of options now held(1) |
Per cent. of issued share capital |
Number of shares now held |
Per cent. of issued share capital |
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Steve Boydell |
428,824 |
326,899 |
0.21 |
487,170 |
0.31 |
(1)It is expected that these options will not vest prior to Steve Boydell's departure in July 2022, as announced on 25 February 2022, and will therefore lapse.
Accordingly, the Company has applied to the London Stock Exchange for 428,824 Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission"). It is expected that Admission will occur at 8.00am on 11 March 2022.
Total Voting Rights
Following Admission, the Company's issued share capital will comprise 157,645,867 Ordinary Shares 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.
The notification below is made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.
For more information contact:
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Ilika plc Graeme Purdy, Chief Executive Steve Boydell, Finance Director |
+44 (0)23 8011 1400
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Liberum Capital Limited Andrew Godber, Cameron Duncan, William Hall, Nikhil Varghese |
+44 (0) 20 3100 2000
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Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG (Joint Broker) Emily Morris, Detlir Elezi, Milo Bonser
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+44 (0) 20 3207 8700 |
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Walbrook PR Ltd |
+44 (0)20 7933 8780 or [email protected] |
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Lianne Applegarth |
Mob: +44 (0)7584 391 303 |
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Nick Rome |
Mob: +44 (0)7748 325 236 |
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Tom Cooper |
Mob: +44 (0)7971 221 972 |
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
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Name |
Steve Boydell |
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Reason for the notification
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Position/status |
Finance Director |
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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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Name |
Ilika plc |
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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 |
Exercise of share options |
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c)
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Price(s) and volume(s) |
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Price(s) |
Volume(s) |
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1p |
428,824 |
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d)
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Aggregated information |
Not Applicable - Single Transaction |
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- Aggregated volume |
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- Price |
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e) |
Date of the transaction |
7 March 2022 |
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Place of the transaction |
Off market |
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