REG - AMTE Power PLC - Intention to Appoint Administrators

Amte PowerAnnouncement

19/12/2023 15:15

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RNS Number : 3518X  AMTE Power PLC  19 December 2023

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLE 7 OF
THE UK VERSION OF REGULATION (EU) NO 596/2014 WHICH FORMS PART OF UK LAW BY
VIRTUE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018, AS AMENDED.  UPON THE
PUBLICATION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT VIA A REGULATORY INFORMATION SERVICE, THIS
INSIDE INFORMATION IS NOW CONSIDERED TO BE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.

19 December 2023

For immediate release

AMTE Power Plc

Intention to appoint administrators and suspension of trading of shares

Further to its announcement of the proposed Subscription, Placing and
Convertible Loan Facility on 16 November 2023 (the "Previous Announcement"),
AMTE Power Plc (AIM: AMTE), (the "Company"), a leading developer and
manufacturer of lithium-ion and sodium-ion battery cells for specialist
markets, regrets to announce that:

·    Pinnacle has extended the long stop date for completion of the
Subscription Agreement from 20 December 2023 until 12 January 2024 as a result
of a delay in receipt of its advisers' due diligence report and the holiday
period, and

·    while the Company has served a drawdown notice, Pinnacle has declined
to advance funds under the Convertible Loan Facility.

The Board has no other options to secure finance in the time available and has
therefore concluded that the Company has insufficient funds to continue
trading and intends to appoint FRP Advisory as administrator of the Company.
In the interim, FRP Advisory will manage an accelerated sale process to seek
potential buyers of the business and assets of the Company. The Board has
therefore requested that the Company's Ordinary Shares be suspended from
trading on AIM.

WH Ireland Limited will resign as nominated adviser to the Company upon the
appointment of an administrator. If the Company fails to appoint a replacement
nominated adviser within one month of the date that its Ordinary Shares are
suspended from trading on AIM, the admission of the Ordinary Shares to trading
on AIM will be cancelled.

As a consequence of the above, the Board intends to adjourn indefinitely the
general meeting of the Company convened to be held on 20 December 2023.

Capitalised terms not defined in this announcement shall have the meaning
given to them in the Previous Announcement, unless the context otherwise
demands.

A further announcement will be made in due course.

The person responsible for arranging the release of this announcement on
behalf of the Company is Anita Breslin, Chief Financial Officer of the
Company.

Enquiries

 AMTE Power plc                                        +44 (0)1847 867 200
 Alan Hollis (Chief Executive Officer)

 Anita Breslin (Chief Financial Officer)

 WH Ireland (NOMAD and Joint Broker)                   +44 (0)207 220 1666
 Chris Fielding / Isaac Hooper (Corporate Finance)
 Fraser Marshall (Corporate Broking)

 FRP Advisory (Administrator and AMA)                  +44 (0)1603 703173

 Richard Bloomfield (Proposed Administrator and AMA)

 Email: ProjectCellProcess@frpadvisory.com

 Camarco (Financial PR)                                +44 (0)203 757 4992 / 4981
 Ginny Pulbrook / Rosie Driscoll

 

 

Important notice

This announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute or
form part of any offer to issue or sell, or the solicitation of an offer to
acquire, purchase or subscribe for, any securities in any jurisdiction and
should not be relied upon in connection with any decision to subscribe for or
acquire ordinary shares in the capital of the Company.  In particular, this
announcement does not constitute or form part of any offer to issue or sell,
or the solicitation of an offer to acquire, purchase or subscribe for, any
securities in the United States.

This announcement has been issued by, and is the sole responsibility of, the
Company.  No person has been authorised to give any information or to make
any representations other than those contained in this announcement and, if
given or made, such information or representations must not be relied on as
having been authorised by the Company.

No statement in this announcement is intended to be a profit forecast or
profit estimate and no statement in this announcement should be interpreted to
mean that earnings per share of the Company for the current or future
financial years would necessarily match or exceed the historical published
earnings per share of the Company.

This announcement may include statements that are, or may be deemed to be,
"forward-looking statements". These forward-looking statements can be
identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the terms
"believes", "estimates", "plans", "projects", "anticipates", "expects",
"intends", "may", "will", "would" or "should" or, in each case, their negative
or other variations or comparable terminology. These forward-looking
statements include matters that are not historical facts. They appear in a
number of places throughout this announcement and include statements regarding
the directors of the current Company's intentions, beliefs or expectations
concerning, among other things, the Company's results of operations, financial
condition, liquidity, prospects, growth, strategies, and the Company's
markets. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and
uncertainty because they relate to future events and circumstances. Actual
results and developments could differ materially from those expressed or
implied by the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements may and
often do differ materially from actual results. Any forward-looking statements
in this announcement are based on certain factors and assumptions, including
the directors of the Company's current view with respect to future events and
are subject to risks relating to future events and other risks, uncertainties
and assumptions relating to the Company's operations, results of operations,
growth strategy and liquidity. Whilst the directors of the Company consider
these assumptions to be reasonable based upon information currently available,
they may prove to be incorrect. Save as required by applicable law, the AIM
Rules or the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules of the Financial
Conduct Authority, the Company undertakes no obligation to release publicly
the results of any revisions to any forward-looking statements in this
announcement that may occur due to any change in the directors of the
Company's expectations or to reflect events or circumstances after the date of
this announcement.

Neither the content of the Company's website nor any website accessible by
hyperlinks to the Company's website is incorporated in, or forms part of, this
announcement.

 

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