ISSUE OF EQUITY ON WARRANT EXERCISE

Avation PLC

28 November 2024

 

 Via RNS and SGXNET

AVATION PLC

("Avation" or "the Company")

ISSUE OF EQUITY ON WARRANT EXERCISE

The Board of Avation PLC (LSE: AVAP), announces that on 28 November 2024, the Company allotted 3,692,262 fully paid new ordinary shares representing approximately 4.94 per cent of the enlarged capital of the Company pursuant to the exercise of 2020 and 2021 series staff share warrants at a price of 130 pence and 102 pence per share respectively. The exercise of these warrants provides the Company with £4,690,107 in proceeds which the Company will use for general corporate purposes.

In addition, the Company allotted a further 101,500 fully paid new ordinary shares representing approximately 0.14 per cent of the enlarged capital of the Company pursuant to the exercise of the Company's listed warrants (LSE: AVAW), which have an exercise price of 114.5 pence per share. Pursuant to the warrant instrument constituting the listed warrants there is an exercise mechanism which allows the Company to place shares in the market to settle the warrants being exercised. The Company therefore placed 67,738 ordinary shares providing proceeds of £101,943 which the Company will use for general corporate purposes.

The allotment of shares is conditional only on admission of the new shares to the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities becoming effective ("Admission").

Application will be made for the new ordinary shares to be listed on the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to be admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities. It is expected that Admission will become effective and that dealings in the new ordinary shares will commence on or around 4 December 2024.

The new ordinary shares will, when issued, rank pari passu in all respects with the existing ordinary shares including the right to receive dividends and other distributions declared Following Admission.

Following Admission, there will be a total of 74,671,886 ordinary shares in issue. Following Admission there will be 74,671,886 total voting rights for the purpose of calculating shareholders' percentage voting rights.

DIRECTORS' DEALING

Robert Jeffries Chatfield, a director, subscribed via a company in which he is interested in for 1,200,000 ordinary shares as part of this allotment. In addition to this subscription Mr Chatfield has sold 1,200,000 shares through the market at an average price of 150 pence per share. Accordingly, his direct and indirect holdings in ordinary shares will be 12,230,001 on Admission becoming effective, which represents 16.38 per cent of the enlarged share capital.

Roderick Douglas Mahoney, a director, subscribed for 750,000 ordinary shares as part of this allotment. In addition to this subscription Mr Mahoney has sold 750,000 shares through the market at an average price of 150 pence per share. Accordingly, his direct and indirect holdings in ordinary shares will be 730,000 on Admission becoming effective, which represents 0.98 per cent of the enlarged share capital.

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Enquiries:

Avation PLC - Jeff Chatfield, Executive Chairman                                      [phone]

Avation welcomes shareholder questions and comments and advises the email address for questions is: [e-mail] and the Company provides an investor Q & A during the conference call associated with release of results. The head office telephone number is [phone].

Notes to Editors: Avation PLC is an aircraft leasing company, headquartered in Singapore, owning and managing a fleet of commercial passenger aircraft which it leases to airlines around the world. More information on Avation is available at www.avation.net.

Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) Disclosure

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. Upon the publication of this announcement via Regulatory Information Service, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMRs") and persons closely associated ("PCAs") with them.

1.	Details of the PDMR / person closely associated
a)	Name	Robert Jeffries Chatfield
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status	Executive Chairman
b)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Avation PLC
b)	LEI	213800KA972GUP1B6I78
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 of £0.01 each GB00B196F554 (ISIN)
b)	Nature of the transaction	Exercise of warrants to subscribe for ordinary shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £1.30 1,200,000
d)	Aggregated information	See above
	-      Aggregated volume
	-      Price
e)	Date of the transaction	28 November 2024
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1.	Details of the PDMR / person closely associated
a)	Name	Robert Jeffries Chatfield
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status	Executive Chairman
b)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Avation PLC
b)	LEI	213800KA972GUP1B6I78
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 of £0.01 each GB00B196F554 (ISIN)
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of ordinary shares on market
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £1.50 1,200,000
d)	Aggregated information	See above
	-      Aggregated volume
	-      Price
e)	Date of the transaction	28 November 2024
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1.	Details of the PDMR / person closely associated
a)	Name	Roderick Douglas Mahoney
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status	Non-executive Director
b)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Avation PLC
b)	LEI	213800KA972GUP1B6I78
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 of £0.01 each GB00B196F554 (ISIN)
b)	Nature of the transaction	Exercise of warrants to subscribe for ordinary shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £1.30 750,000
d)	Aggregated information	See above
	-      Aggregated volume
	-      Price
e)	Date of the transaction	28 November 2024
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1.	Details of the PDMR / person closely associated
a)	Name	Roderick Douglas Mahoney
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status	Non-executive Director
b)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Avation PLC
b)	LEI	213800KA972GUP1B6I78
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 of £0.01 each GB00B196F554 (ISIN)
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of ordinary shares on market
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £1.50 750,000
d)	Aggregated information	See above
	-      Aggregated volume
	-      Price
e)	Date of the transaction	28 November 2024
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

 

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