Grant of Share Options

RNS Number : 2145M

Verditek PLC

20 September 2021

 

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (MAR), and is disclosed in accordance with the Company's obligations under Article 17 of MAR.

20 September 2021

Verditek PLC

("Verditek" or the "Company")

Grant of Share Options

Verditek PLC (AIM:VDTK), the international green technology company that develops, manufactures and sells advanced ultra-lightweight solar panels, wishes to inform the market that share options have been granted to the Company's CEO and Chairman.

Rob Richards (CEO) has been granted share options over 10 million shares and Lord David Willetts (Chairman) has been granted share options over 3 million shares. The exercise price is 3.8p, being the closing mid-market price as at 16 September 2021.

The options are subject to certain conditions, including a performance condition that the Company must have delivered EBITDA of at least £2m during a full financial year.

Following these grants, the interests of Rob Richards and Lord David Willetts are as follows:

Director	Existing Options	Options Granted	Total Options	Interest in Existing Issued Shares	Interest in Existing Issued Shares
Rob Richards	4,000,000	10,000,000	14,000,000	2,437,833	0.71%
Lord David Willetts	1,500,000	3,000,000	4,500,000

Verditek PLC

Director/PDMR Shareholding

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Rob Richards
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Executive Officer
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Verditek plc
b)	LEI	213800YWMHGTNXCWZC33
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 Identification code	Ordinary shares in Verditek plc GB00BF2C0424
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of share options
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 3.8 pence 10,000,000
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A (single transaction)
e)	Date of the transaction	17 September 2021
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)

Verditek PLC

Director/PDMR Shareholding

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Lord David Willetts
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chairman
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Verditek plc
b)	LEI	213800YWMHGTNXCWZC33
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 Identification code	Ordinary shares in Verditek plc GB00BF2C0424
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of share options
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 3.8 pence 3,000,000
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A (single transaction)
e)	Date of the transaction	17 September 2021
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)

For further information:

Verditek plc
Rob Richards, CEO Vicki Johnson, CFO WH Ireland Limited - NOMAD and Broker	Tel: [phone]
Chris Hardie Ben Good	Tel: [phone]

About Verditek plc:

AIM listed Verditek plc is a holding company of a business operating within the green technology sector. The Company is focused on commercializing our lightweight low-profile solar panel business. With manufacturing based in Lainate Italy, we have developed renewable power solutions for our customers that drive solar energy into applications previously unachievable. The exceptional properties of our solar panels replace diesel fuel in business such as perishable goods transport, off-grid telecommunication towers, electric vehicle charging stations, residential and holiday home power solutions and solar roofing for light-weight industrial roofing. In addition to our current PV panels in production, we have partnered with an outstanding leader in graphene technology, Paragraf. We are working together to engineer the technology for commercialization.

Verditek provides compelling commercial solutions that help to make our customer's businesses sustainable.

For more information please visit:  https://verditek.com/

 

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