Award of Share Options, Exercise of Options & TVR

 

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. 

 

PDMR Dealings

 

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.

 

1	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
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Ilika plc
b)	LEI	213800TMDNIE3Z8XXD26
4	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
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary shares of 1 pence each
	Identification code	GB00B608Z994
b)	Nature of the transaction	a)    Grant of share options b)    Exercise of options
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)		a)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			1p	606,014
			b)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			1p	20,000
d)	Aggregated information
		n/a
	- Aggregated volume
	- Price
e)	Date of the transaction	26 March 2020
f)	Place of the transaction	Off market

 

 

 

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Brian Hayden
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Scientific Officer
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Ilika plc
b)	LEI	213800TMDNIE3Z8XXD26
4	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
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary shares of 1 pence each
	Identification code	GB00B608Z994
b)	Nature of the transaction	a)    Grant of share options b)    Exercise of options
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)		a)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			1p	382,807
			b)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			1p	20,000
d)	Aggregated information
		n/a
	- Aggregated volume
	- Price
e)	Date of the transaction	26 March 2020
f)	Place of the transaction	Off market

 

 

 

 

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Steve Boydell
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Finance Director
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Ilika plc
b)	LEI	213800TMDNIE3Z8XXD26
4	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
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary shares of 1 pence each
	Identification code	GB00B608Z994
b)	Nature of the transaction	a)    Grant of share options b)    Exercise of options
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)		a)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			1p	196,619
			b)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			1p	17,846
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	n/a
	- Price
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
Liberum Capital Limited	Tel: 020 3100 2000
Andrew Godber, Cameron Duncan, William Hall, Nikhil Varghese
Walbrook PR Ltd	Tel: 020 7933 8780 / [email protected]
Tom Cooper	Mob: 0797 122 1972
Lianne Cawthorne	Mob: 07584 391 303
Nick Rome	Mob: 07748 325 236