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10 October 2022
Technology Minerals Plc
("Technology Minerals" or the "Company")
Notice of General Meeting
Technology Minerals Plc (LSE: TM1), the first listed UK company focused on creating a sustainable circular economy for battery metals, announces that a General Meeting ("GM") will be held at 09.00 a.m. on Wednesday 26 October 2022 at 18 Savile Row, London, W1S 3PW.
The purpose of the GM is to address the following resolutions, of which Resolution 1 will be proposed as an ordinary resolution and Resolution 2 will be proposed as a special resolution:
1. That the directors be and they are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act") in substitution for all previous powers granted to them, to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot shares in the Company or grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares in the Company ("Rights") up to an aggregate nominal amount of £423,808 being approximately one third of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company and such authority shall, unless previously revoked, varied or renewed by the Company in general meeting, expire at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 2022, but, in each case, provided that the Company may, at any time before such expiry, make an offer or enter into an agreement which would or might require shares to be allotted or Rights to be granted after such expiry and the directors may allot shares or grant Rights pursuant to any such offer or agreement as if the authority conferred hereby had not expired.
2. THAT, conditional on the passing of Resolution 1, the directors be, and they are hereby authorised pursuant to section 570 of the Act to allot equity securities (as defined insection 560 of the Act) for cash pursuant to the authority conferred by Resolution 1 above as if section 561 of the Act did not apply to any such allotment, provided that this authority shall be limited to:
(a) the allotment of equity securities in connection with an issue in favour of shareholders where the equity securities respectively attributable to the interests of all such shareholders are proportionate (or as nearly as may be practicable) to the respective number of ordinary shares in the capital of the Company held by them on the record date for such allotment, but subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the directors may deem necessary or expedient in relation to fractional entitlements or legal or practical problems under the laws of, or the requirements of, any recognised regulatory body or any stock exchange, in any territory; and
(b) the allotment (otherwise than pursuant to sub-paragraph (a) above) of equity securities up to an aggregate nominal amount of £190,714 , being approximately 15% of the current issued share capital of the Company such authority to expire (unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by special resolution of the Company in general meeting) at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 2022. The Company may, before such expiry, make offers or enter into agreements, which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after such expiry and the directors are hereby authorised to allot equity securities in pursuance of such offers or agreements as if the authority conferred hereby had not expired.
Recommendation
The Board believes that the resolutions contained in the Notice of GM are in the best interests of the Company and shareholders as a whole and recommends you to vote in favour of them, as your Directors intend to do in respect of their beneficial shareholdings.
The Notice of GM and Form of Proxy will be posted to Shareholders and copies will also be made available on the Company's website at www.technologyminerals.co.uk .
Enquiries
Technology Minerals Plc |
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Robin Brundle, Executive Chairman Alexander Stanbury, Chief Executive Officer |
+44 20 4582 3500 |
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Arden Partners Plc |
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Ruari McGirr, George Morgan |
+44 207 614 5900 |
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Gracechurch Group |
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Harry Chathli, Alexis Gore, Amy Stupavsky |
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Technology Minerals Plc
Technology Minerals is developing the UK's first listed, sustainable circular economy for battery metals, using cutting-edge technology to recycle, recover, and re-use battery technologies for a renewable energy future. Technology Minerals is focused on extracting raw materials required for Li-ion batteries, whilst solving the ecological issue of spent Li-ion batteries, by recycling them for re-use by battery manufacturers. With the increasing global demand for battery metals to supply electrification, the group will explore, mine, and recycle metals from spent batteries. Further information on Technology Minerals is available at www.technologyminerals.co.uk