28 June 2024
Directa
Plus plc
("Directa Plus", the
"Group" or the "Company")
Directors' Participation in Fundraising
Total
Voting Rights
Directa Plus (AIM: DCTA) (the "Company"), a leading producer and
supplier of graphene nanoplatelets based products for use in
consumer and industrial markets, is pleased to confirm that,
further to the Company's announcement on 11 June 2024, the
Directors' Intended Participation has now been effected and the
following Directors have subscribed for a total of 555,555 New
Ordinary Shares at the Issue Price of 18 pence each.
Director
|
New Ordinary
Shares Subscribed For
|
Total Number
of Ordinary Shares Held
|
% of Enlarged
Issued Share Capital
|
Giulio Cesareo, CEO
|
344,446
|
4,302,674
|
4.12%
|
Richard Hickinbotham, Chair
|
166,666
|
266,666
|
0.26%
|
Giorgio Bonfanti, CFO
|
16,666
|
16,666
|
0.02%
|
Sarah Cope, NED
|
27,777
|
27,777
|
0.03%
|
Accordingly, the Company has, conditionally,
raised gross proceeds of approximately £6.9 million through the
successful placing of, and subscription for, a total of 38,361,106
New Ordinary Shares.
Application has been made to the London Stock
Exchange for the New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on
AIM. It is expected that Admission will become effective, and that
dealings in the New Ordinary Shares will commence on AIM, at 8.00
a.m. on 1 July 2024. The Enlarged Issued Share Capital, as
increased by the New Ordinary Shares, immediately following
Admission (and excluding any issues of shares pursuant to the
exercise of any employee share incentives or options between the
date of this Announcement and Admission) will be 104,418,755
Ordinary Shares.
The New Ordinary Shares, when issued, will be
credited as fully paid and will rank on Admission pari passu in all
respects with each other and with the Existing Ordinary Shares,
including the right to receive all dividends and other
distributions declared, made or paid after the date of
issue.
Capitalised terms not otherwise defined in the
text of this Announcement have the meanings given in the Circular
published on 11 June 2024.
Directa Plus
plc
|
+39 02
36714458
|
Giulio Cesareo, CEO
|
|
Giorgio Bonfanti, CFO
|
|
|
|
Cavendish
Capital Markets Limited (Nominated Adviser and
Joint Broker)
|
+44 131 220
6939
|
Neil McDonald
|
|
Adam Rae
|
|
|
|
Singer Capital
Markets Securities Limited (Joint
Broker)
|
+44 20 7496
3069
|
Rick Thompson
|
|
Phil Davies
|
|
|
|
Alma Strategic
Communications
|
+44 20 3405
0205
|
Justine James
|
directaplus@almastrategic.com
|
Hannah Campbell
|
|
Kinvara Verdon
|
|
Notes to
Editors
Directa Plus (www.directa-plus.com) is one of
the largest producers and suppliers of graphene-based products for
use in consumer and industrial markets. The Company's graphene
manufacturing capability uses proprietary patented technology based
on a plasma super expansion process. Starting from natural
graphite, each step of Directa Plus' production process -
expansion, exfoliation and drying - creates graphene-based
materials and hybrid graphene materials ready for a variety of uses
and available in various forms such as powder, liquid and
paste.
This proprietary production process uses a
physical process, rather than a chemical process, to process
graphite into pristine graphene nanoplatelets, which enables
Directa Plus to offer a sustainable, non-toxic product, without
unwanted by-products.
Directa Plus' products are made of hybrid
graphene materials and graphene nano-platelets. The products
(marketed as G+(R)) have multiple applications due to its
properties. These G+(R) products can be categorised into various
families, with different products being suitable for specific
practical applications.
Directa Plus was established in 2005 and is
based in Lomazzo (Como, Italy) and has been listed on the AIM
market of the London Stock Exchange since May 2016. Directa Plus
holds the Green Economy Mark from London Stock Exchange which
recognises companies that contribute to the global green
economy.
1
|
Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities/person closely associated
|
|
a)
|
Name
|
Richard Hickinbotham
|
2
|
Reason for 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
|
Directa Plus Plc
|
b)
|
LEI
|
213800X2DQST3K5ND898
|
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 0.25 pence
each
AIM: DCTA
|
b)
|
Nature of the transaction
|
Conditional agreement to subscribe for
ordinary shares of 0.25 pence each
|
c)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
Price(s)
|
Volume(s)
|
18p
|
166,666
|
|
d)
|
Aggregated information
- Aggregated
volume
- Price
|
N/A
|
e)
|
Date of the transaction
|
28 June 2024
|
f)
|
Place of the transaction
|
London Stock Exchange,
AIM
|
1
|
Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities/person closely associated
|
|
a)
|
Name
|
Giulio Cesareo
|
2
|
Reason for notification
|
|
a)
|
Position/Status
|
CEO
|
b)
|
Initial
notification/Amendment
|
Initial Notification
|
3
|
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
|
|
a)
|
Name
|
Directa Plus Plc
|
b)
|
LEI
|
213800X2DQST3K5ND898
|
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 0.25 pence
each
AIM: DCTA
|
b)
|
Nature of the transaction
|
Conditional agreement to subscribe for
ordinary shares of 0.25 pence each
|
c)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
Price(s)
|
Volume(s)
|
18p
|
344,446
|
|
d)
|
Aggregated information
- Aggregated
volume
- Price
|
N/A
|
e)
|
Date of the transaction
|
28 June 2024
|
f)
|
Place of the transaction
|
London Stock Exchange,
AIM
|
1
|
Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities/person closely associated
|
|
a)
|
Name
|
Giorgio Bonfanti
|
2
|
Reason for notification
|
|
a)
|
Position/Status
|
CFO
|
b)
|
Initial
notification/Amendment
|
Initial Notification
|
3
|
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
|
|
a)
|
Name
|
Directa Plus Plc
|
b)
|
LEI
|
213800X2DQST3K5ND898
|
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 0.25 pence
each
AIM: DCTA
|
b)
|
Nature of the transaction
|
Conditional agreement to subscribe for
ordinary shares of 0.25 pence each
|
c)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
Price(s)
|
Volume(s)
|
18p
|
16,666
|
|
d)
|
Aggregated information
- Aggregated
volume
- Price
|
N/A
|
e)
|
Date of the transaction
|
28 June 2024
|
f)
|
Place of the transaction
|
London Stock Exchange,
AIM
|
1
|
Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities/person closely associated
|
|
a)
|
Name
|
Sarah Cope
|
2
|
Reason for 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
|
Directa Plus Plc
|
b)
|
LEI
|
213800X2DQST3K5ND898
|
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 0.25 pence
each
AIM: DCTA
|
b)
|
Nature of the transaction
|
Conditional agreement to subscribe for
ordinary shares of 0.25 pence each
|
c)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
Price(s)
|
Volume(s)
|
18p
|
27,777
|
|
d)
|
Aggregated information
- Aggregated
volume
- Price
|
N/A
|
e)
|
Date of the transaction
|
28 June 2024
|
f)
|
Place of the transaction
|
London Stock Exchange,
AIM
|