Trading Update

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AMTE Power PLC

16 July 2021

 

16 July 2021

AMTE POWER PLC

("AMTE Power" or the "Company")

Trading Update

AMTE Power (AIM:AMTE), a developer and manufacturer of lithium-ion and sodium-ion battery cells for specialist markets, is pleased to announce the following trading update for the 12 months to 30 June 2021.

Strong financial footing

This has been a successful period for the Company which includes the Company's admission to AIM alongside an over-subscribed placing in March 2021 raising gross proceeds for the Company of £12.9m. This gives AMTE Power a financially strong platform from which to complete the first phases of product development and support the ongoing establishment of its gigafactory. For the period under review the Company is pleased to confirm that it expects revenue and total reported losses after tax to be in line with market expectations. As a result of the additional funds raised at IPO the Company has accelerated investment in its people and the preparatory work around the gigafactory, resulting in an increase in operating costs.

Future income

The Company secured £3.8m in project income during the period, of which 29% has been recognised in the year just completed. This income is made up of both UK and European grants and commercial development income following on from strong customer engagement. A further £1.0m of potential commercial income is contingent on certain projects achieving their milestones.

In June of this year, AMTE Power, confirmed it had been selected as the lead in a new Government funded 3 year project called ULTRA focused on bringing two AMTE Power lithium-ion batteries to automotive readiness alongside key industry brands. AMTE Power will receive £2.3m over the next three years as the project progresses (included within the £3.8m above).

Commercialising Products

Earlier this year, AMTE Power signed a framework agreement with the publicly funded £130 million UK Battery Industrialisation Centre ("UKBIC").  UKBIC is now coming online and AMTE is one of the first to take advantage of this facility as it begins the scale up of its products (Ultra High-Power and Ultra Energy cells in this case). Accessing UKBIC is an important step in demonstrating that AMTE's products can be manufactured at a speed consistent with gigafactory rates of production and we are pleased to report that certain aspects of the manufacturing steps are already achieving the rate of production that will be required if we are to be able to meet the expected level of customer demand.

A key part of the Company's strategy centres on increasing its existing manufacturing capability to a capacity of approximately 2GWh per annum in the UK. The Company is in regular dialogue with elements of the UK government to secure funding for the expansion of production capacity to gigafactory levels and is on track to confirm plans and select a site in 2022.

Australian Joint Venture

Alongside UK production expansion the Company has continued to develop its relationship with InfraNomics, a leading infrastructure provider, to create a new JV that will manufacture battery cells for use in power storage systems with initial plans for 2GWh per annum production levels. The new venture is expected to operate from the "Lithium Valley" Kwinana Industrial zone in Western Australia, an area dedicated to the development of Lithium related products and which contains one of the largest raw material deposits in the world for li ion batteries.  This not only co-locates the production with the supply base, it also seeks to take advantage of recent trade agreements with Australia to facilitate supply chain access to the UK operations.

Kevin Brundish, Chief Executive Officer of AMTE Power , said: "We are at an exciting point in the development of our portfolio of innovative battery cells. Most recently, we were chosen by the UK Government's Advanced Propulsion Centre to lead a new automotive battery cell project involving the close participation of several global car manufacturers who will be road testing our batteries. Recent announcements by the major automotive brands on their EV manufacturer plans coupled to the UK government's clear determination to establish Britain as a global centre for battery manufacture is an ideal backdrop for AMTE Power.

That said, our focus remains on the development of multiple cells for a variety of specialist markets, not just automotive, all with sufficient scale to make them highly commercially attractive to us. We are on track with our development plans as set out at the time of our IPO in March and we look forward to announcing further updates on our progress."

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014.

For further information contact:

AMTE Power plc Kevin Brundish (Chief Executive Officer) Adam Westcott (Chief Financial Officer)	Tel: [phone]
WH Ireland Limited (NOMAD and Joint Broker) Chris Fielding / Matt Chan	Tel: [phone]
SI Capital Limited (Joint Broker) Nick Emerson / Nick Briers	Tel: [phone]
Novella Communications Tim Robertson / Fergus Young	Tel: [phone]

ABOUT AMTE POWER PLC

AMTE Power was founded in 2013 and is a leading developer and manufacturer of lithium-ion battery cells for specialist markets. In March 2021, the Company listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange. The Company is focused on launching a series of next generation battery cells based on new chemistries and cell structures that are designed to solve key problems in power delivery, energy performance, and safety. These new products are targeted at a range of specialist markets including the automotive industry, oil and gas market and energy storage sector. AMTE's purpose-built cell manufacturing facility in Thurso, Scotland has the second largest cell manufacturing capacity in the UK and the Company also has a product development team based in Oxford. For further information visit the Company's website:  www.amtepower.com

 

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