REG - Ceres Power Holdings - Weichai equity investment and total voting rights
RNS Number : 1813KCeres Power Holdings plc12 December 2018
12 December 2018
Ceres Power Holdings Plc
("Ceres Power" or the "Company")
£28 million Weichai Equity Investment
and Total Voting Rights
Ceres Power Holdings plc (AIM: CWR) confirms that, further to the announcement on 4 December 2018, 16,879,964 new ordinary shares of 10 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") have been allotted to Weichai Power ("Weichai"). Weichai has exercised its warrant at an exercise price of 164.5p per share investing a further £27.8 million in addition to its previous £20.3 million investment. This increases its shareholding in Ceres Power from just under 10% to 20%. The new Ordinary Shares are expected to be admitted to trading on AIM on 14 December 2018 ("Admission").
Total Voting Rights
Following the allotment of 16,879,964 new Ordinary Shares to Weichai and the exercise of share options over 195,000 new Ordinary Shares, Ceres Power confirms the Company has 152,076,657 Ordinary Shares in issue, with one voting right each. The Company does not hold any shares in treasury. The number of Ordinary Shares with voting rights will therefore be 152,076,657.
Accordingly, these figures may be used by shareholders as a denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or change to their interest in, the Company, under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
For further information, please contact:
Ceres Power Holdings plc
Richard Preston, CFO
Tel: +44 (0)1403 273 463
Zeus Capital (Nominated Adviser and Broker)
Andrew Jones / Dom King
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3829 5000
Berenberg (Joint Broker)
Ben Wright / Mark Whitmore / Laure Fine
Tel: +44 (0) 203 207 7800
Powerscourt
Peter Ogden / Niall Walsh
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7250 1446
Notes to Editor:
About Ceres Power
Ceres Power is a world leader in low cost, next generation fuel cell technology for use in distributed power products that reduce operating costs, lower CO2, SOx and NOx emissions, increase efficiency and improve energy security. The Ceres Power unique patented SteelCell® technology generates power from widely available fuels at high efficiency and is manufactured using standard processing equipment and conventional materials such as steel, meaning that it can be mass produced at an affordable price for domestic and business use. Ceres Power offer its partners the opportunity to develop power systems and products using its unique SteelCell® technology and know-how, combined with the opportunity to supply the SteelCell® in volume through its manufacturing partners. For further information please visit: http://www.cerespower.com/
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