6 January 2014
IOFINA PLC (AIM: IOF)
("Iofina" or "the Company")
Director Transfer of Shares
Iofina, specialists in the exploration and production of iodine and iodine specialty chemical derivatives, announces that it received notification on 24 December 2013, that on the same day Mr Jeffrey Ploen, Non-Executive Deputy Chairman, transferred 78,400 ordinary shares at nil cost to family and friends.
Following these transfers Mr Ploen is interested in 9,321,600 ordinary shares in the Company, representing 7.32 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital.
As announced on 29 November 2013 Mr Ploen, through J. Paul Consulting, Inc., (a company in which he has the sole beneficial interest) granted to Mr Lantz, Chief Executive Officer of Iofina, 125,000 options over such number of ordinary shares in the capital of the Company held by J. Paul Consulting, Inc.
For further information, please contact:
Gary Gatchell, Finance Director
Tel: +44 (0)20 3006 3135
Simon Holden, Company Secretary
Tel: +44 (0)7800 500 097
Iofina plc
www.iofina.com
Ben Colegrave/Chris Sim/James Rudd
Investec Bank plc
Tel: +44 (0)20 7597 5970
Media Contact:
Dominic Barretto/Anna Legge
Yellow Jersey PR Limited
Tel: +44 (0)7768 537 739
About Iofina
Iofina specialises in the exploration and production of iodine, iodine specialty chemical derivatives, produced water and natural gas. Iofina's business strategy is to identify, develop, build, own and operate iodine extraction plants currently focused in North America based on Iofina's WET® IOsorb™ technology. Iofina has iodine production operations in the United States, specifically in Texas, California, Montana, Oklahoma and Wyoming. The Company has complete vertical integration from the production of iodine in the field to the manufacture of the chemical end products derived from iodine to the consumer and the recycling of iodine using iodinated side-streams from waste chemical processes in Europe, North America and Asia. The Company utilises its portfolio of patented and patent pending technology, proprietary methods and trademarks throughout all business lines.