Block Listing Cancellation and Interim Review

RNS Number : 3355B

Niox Group PLC

30 September 2022

 

NIOX Group plc

(formerly Circassia Group plc)

("NIOX" or the "Company")

Block Listing Cancellation and Interim Review

Oxford, UK - 30 September 2022:  NIOX Group plc (LSE: NIOX) makes the following notification pursuant to Schedule Six of the AIM Rules for Companies regarding its existing block listing arrangements.

It also announces that applications have been made for certain of its share schemes and the relevant block listings to be cancelled, as set out below.

Active block listings

An interim block listing return is set out below.

Name of the company:		NIOX Group plc
Name of relevant scheme:		1)  Circassia 2015 Performance Share Plan Scheme 2)  Circassia 2016 Performance Share Plan Scheme 3)  Circassia 2017 Performance Share Plan Scheme 4)  Circassia 2020 Save As You Earn Scheme (UK) 5)  Circassia 2020 Performance Share Plan Scheme 6)  Circassia 2020 Deferred Share Bonus Plan
Period of return:	From:	1 April 2022	To:	30 September 2022
Balance of unallotted securities under scheme(s) from previous return:		1)  172,722 2)  580,926 3)  288,622 4)  1,065,558 5)  0 6)  0 Total  2,107,828
Plus:   The amount by which the block scheme(s) has been increased since the date of the last return (if any increase has been applied for):		1) - 4) inclusive: Nil 5)  172,872 6)  Nil
Less:   Number of securities issued/allotted under scheme(s) during period:		1) - 2) inclusive: Nil 3)  (59,574) 4)  (47,705) 5)  (172,872) 6)  Nil Total  (280,151)
Equals:   Balance under scheme(s) not yet issued/allotted at end of period:		1)  172,722 2)  580,926 3)  229,048 4)  1,017,853 5)  0 6)  0 Total  2,000,549
Number and class of securities originally listed and the date of admission:		1)  400,000 - 21 May 2018 2)  930,000 - 1 July 2019 3)  980,000 - 22 May 2020 4)  250,000 - 11 October 2021 5)  1,141,658 - 1 April 2021 6)  184,091 - 2 December 2021 7)  823,467 - 28 March 2022 8)  172,872 - 27 May 2022

Cancelled block listings

NIOX currently has 980,426 ordinary shares of £0.0008 each, which are block listed in relation to share schemes where all outstanding options have now been exercised, or have lapsed, and the scheme has closed. These plan are: Circassia EMI Share Option Scheme, Circassia 2007 Unapproved Share Scheme and Circassia 2014 Performance Share Plan Scheme (numbered 1-3 below). As a result, application has been made for the block listings associated with these schemes to be cancelled.

The Company has made no allotments under these plans since the last block listing return was released on 1 April 2022. 

A final block listing return is set out below in relation to the cancelled share schemes.

Please note, this is the final return for these block listings. No further shares will be allotted pursuant to this block listing.

Name of the company:		NIOX Group plc
Name of relevant scheme:		1)  Circassia EMI Share Option Scheme 2)  Circassia 2007 Unapproved Share Scheme 3)  Circassia 2014 Performance Share Plan Scheme
Period of return:	From:	1 April 2022	To:	30 September 2022
Balance of unallotted securities under scheme(s) from previous return:		1)  700,750 2)  203,000 3)  76,676 Total   980,426
Plus:   The amount by which the block scheme(s) has been increased since the date of the last return (if any increase has been applied for):		1) - 3) inclusive: Nil
Less:   Number of securities issued/allotted under scheme(s) during period:		1) - 3) inclusive: Nil
Equals:   Balance under scheme(s) not yet issued/allotted at end of period:		1)  700,750 2)  203,000 3)  76,676 Total   980,426
Number and class of securities originally listed and the date of admission:		1)    2,600,000 - 20 March 2014 2)  516,000 - 1 June 2017 3)  500,000 - 1 June 2017

Name of contact:	Sarah Duncan
Telephone number of contact:	01865 405 560

For further information, please contact:

Singer Capital Markets (Nominated Adviser and Broker) Aubrey Powell / Jen Boorer

Tel: [phone]

 

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