REG - Ilika plc - Result of AGM & Award of Executive Share Options

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RNS Number : 4989A  Ilika plc  23 September 2025

 

23 September 2025

Ilika plc

('Ilika,' the 'Company,' or the 'Group')

 

Result of AGM & Award of Executive Share Options

 

Ilika (AIM: IKA), the UK pioneer in solid-state battery technology, announces
that at the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held earlier today, all resolutions
were duly passed.

 

The results of the proxy voting for the AGM are set out below:

 

 Resolution                                                                       Total votes For  % of votes cast  Total votes Against  % of votes cast  Votes Withheld
 1.    To receive and adopt the audited accounts of the Company for the           85,228,929       99.75            214,301              0.25             1,108,059
 financial year ended 30 April 2025, together with the Directors' and Auditor's
 Reports in respect of such accounts
 2.    To re-elect Keith Jackson a director of the Company.                       81,983,672       99.00            826,910              1.00             3,740,707
 3.    To re-elect Jeremy Millard a director of the Company.                      85,632,765       99.50            427,410              0.50             491,114
 4.    To re-elect Monika Biddulph a director of the Company                      85,744,681       99.61            335,726              0.39             470,882
 5.    To re-elect Graeme Purdy a director of the Company                         85,630,700       99.52            413,853              0.48             506,736
 6.    To re-elect Jason Stewart a director of the Company                        85,640,180       99.51            419,995              0.49             491,114
 7.    To re-appoint BDO LLP as auditors to the Company, to hold office           85,802,701       99.66            292,618              0.34             455,970
 until the conclusion of the next general meeting at which accounts are laid
 before the Company, and to authorise the directors to determine their
 remuneration
 8.    Allotment of shares                                                        85,253,451       98.86            984,201              1.14             313,637
 9.    Special resolution: Allotment of equity securities                         84,095,434       97.72            1,958,218            2.28             497,637

 

 

Grant of Options

The Company also announces that on 22 September 2025, it granted nominal
value options over 253,566 ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company
("Ordinary Shares") to Executive Directors under the Company's deferred Bonus
Scheme in lieu of a cash payment.

 

The options granted represent in aggregate 0.1% per cent of the Company's
existing issued ordinary share capital.

 

The options were awarded as part of the Company's Bonus Scheme, where 50% is
payable as cash and 50% is deferred into options for one year, subject to
continued employment.

 

 

 Director /     Number of options granted  Total number of Options held post grant  Percent of current issued share capital (%)

 PDMR
 Graeme Purdy   186,642                    3,728,524                                2.1%
 Jason Stewart  66,924                     1,346,734                                0.7%

 

Graeme Purdy, CEO, holds 881,953 Ordinary Shares representing 0.5% of current
issued share capital. Jason Stewart, CFO, holds 13,202 Ordinary Shares
representing 0.1% of current issued share capital.

 

 

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Enquiries:

 

 Ilika Plc                                             www.ilika.com
 Graeme Purdy, Chief Executive

                                                     Via FTI Consulting
 Jason Stewart, Chief Financial Officer

 Cavendish Capital Markets Limited (Nomad and Broker)  +44 (0)131 220 9772
 Peter Lynch

                                                     +44 (0)131 220 9771
 Neil McDonald

 FTI Consulting (Comms Advisors)                       ilika@fticonsulting.com

 Ben Brewerton

 Elizabeth Adams

 Dwight Burden

 

 

About Ilika plc - https://www.ilika.com

 

Ilika is a global expert in the development of solid state battery technology
for electric vehicles, medical devices and consumer appliances. The Company's
pioneering next-generation technologies aim to provide scalable, affordable
alternatives to conventional batteries, to industries which need to
incorporate a smaller, lighter, and safer power source in their products.

 

The Company has two product lines. Its Stereax batteries are designed for
powering miniature medical implants, industrial wireless sensors and Internet
of Things (IoT) applications and the Goliath large format batteries designed
for EV cars and cordless appliances.

 

Through its licensing business model, Ilika supplies its IP portfolio to both
OEMs and manufacturing partners in exchange for a license fee and future
royalties.

 

 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely

    associated

 a)   Name                                                         Graeme Purdy

 2    Reason for the notification

 a)   Position/status                                              Chief Executive Officer

 b)   Initial notification /Amendment                              Initial notification

 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction

    platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

 a)   Name                                                         Ilika plc

 b)   LEI                                                          213800TMDNIE3Z8XXD26

 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  Ordinary shares of 1 pence each

      Identification code                                          GB00B608Z994

 b)   Nature of the transaction                                    Grant of share options

 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)

                                                                                     Price(s)          Volume(s)
                                                                                     1p                186,642

 d)   Aggregated information                                       Not Applicable - Single Transaction

      - Aggregated volume

      - Price

 e)   Date of the transaction                                      22 September 2025

 f)   Place of the transaction                                     Off market

 

 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely

    associated

 a)   Name                                                         Jason Stewart

 2    Reason for the notification

 a)   Position/status                                              Chief Financial Officer

 b)   Initial notification /Amendment                              Initial notification

 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction

    platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

 a)   Name                                                         Ilika plc

 b)   LEI                                                          213800TMDNIE3Z8XXD26

 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  Ordinary shares of 1 pence each

      Identification code                                          GB00B608Z994

 b)   Nature of the transaction                                    Grant of share options

 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)

                                                                                     Price(s)          Volume(s)
                                                                                     1p                66,924

 d)   Aggregated information                                       Not Applicable - Single Transaction

      - Aggregated volume

      - Price

 e)   Date of the transaction                                      22 September 2025

 f)   Place of the transaction                                     Off market

 

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