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Mast Energy DevelopmentsAnnouncement

06/05/2025 07:00

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RNS Number : 3312H  Mast Energy Developments PLC  06 May 2025

Mast Energy Developments PLC

(Incorporated in England and Wales)

(Registration Number: 12886458)

LEI :213800HFVHGJ9YGO9F71

Share code on the LSE: MAST

ISIN: GB00BMBSCV12

('MED' or 'the Company')

 

Dated: 6 May 2025

 

Mast Energy Developments PLC ('MED' or 'the Company')

 

Successful Completion of £5m Definitive Investment Agreement with Powertree,

Revenues Update, and Significant Shareholdings Update

 

 

Mast Energy Developments PLC is pleased to announce exciting updates regarding
its Growth Capital Partnership with Powertree, a trading revenues update for
its Pyebridge site, and a significant shareholdings update, the highlights and
details of which are outlined below.

 

Powertree Investment Agreement Highlights:

·    Further to MED's previous RNS announcement dated 20 March 2025, MED
has successfully satisfied the conditions precedent and completed the binding
definitive investment agreement (the "Investment Agreement") with Powertree
(Holdings) Ltd ("Powertree");

·    The Investment Agreement formalizes the long-term partnership between
MED and Powertree to deploy capital into the portfolio of development flexible
power generation projects that MED owns, starting with its 7.5MW
construction-ready Hindlip project (the "Growth Capital Partnership");

·    Under the Investment Agreement, Powertree will invest up to
£5,000,000 into MED's Hindlip project (the "Investment Consideration"),
resulting in the Hindlip project being fully funded with no further funding
obligation from MED;

·    The Investment Consideration will be solely used to fund the total
capex and construction of the Hindlip project, to get the site into full
commercial production;

·    The Hindlip project's EPC and construction plan has been finalised
and it is expected that construction will commence shortly;

·    The total construction timeline to commissioning and commercial
operations date is expected to be around 9 - 12 months, and we look forward to
updating the market with construction progress; and

·    Following the completion of this first investment, it is expected
that MED and Powertree will further grow the partnership with a next site in
the near term, and potentially more thereafter, and tender for additional
Capacity Market contracts relating to production at the Hindlip site in
2026/2027.

 

Pyebridge Highlights:

·    Final trading revenue tally for February 2025 increases by c. 10% to
c. £77,000 following receipt of Embedded Benefits (up from preliminary £70k
previously reported);

·    Preliminary trading revenue before the receipt of Embedded Benefits
for March 2025 came to c. £86,000; and

·    Average trading revenue per MW in production per month equates to c.
£24,200 for the 9-month period July 2024 to March 2025 (excluding Embedded
Benefits income for March 2025 and Capacity Market gross margin income
payments for the 9-month period).

 

Significant Shareholdings Update:

·    The Company understands that there have historically been significant
leveraged positions in its shares as part of CFD swaps held for underlying
clients by each of Spreadex and Cantor Fitzgerald;

·    Further to the Company's TR-1 RNS announcement dated 14 October 2024,
Cantor Fitzgerald has recently notified the Company that the size of their
position has reduced to 1m shares or 0.23% of the issued share capital of the
Company, down from almost 6% previously;

·    Further to the Company's TR-1 RNS announcement dated 10 October 2024,
following investigation by the Board, it believes that the position held by
Spreadex has been closed; and

·    The Company is pleased to see the removal of these overhang leveraged
positions in its shares and believes this will be favourable to the
shareholders of the Company.

 

Pieter Krügel, MED CEO, commented: "We are delighted with the successful
completion of the Investment Agreement with Powertree which formalises the
Growth Capital Partnership. The first £5m investment into our Hindlip project
sees project fully funded with no further funding obligation from MED. We are
excited to start with construction shortly, and look forward to updating the
market with construction progress as we move to commercial operations of the
site."

 

"The ongoing positive trading results at our operational Pyebridge site
further underpins our business model and firms up our financial modelling for
application to next sites as we grow our portfolio of MWs in production to our
target of 300+."

 

"The recent power blackout in Spain and Portugal is an example of how critical
flexible power generation, such as MED's sites produce, is to balance the UK
national grid, sustain baseload, and keep the lights on when intermittent
renewable power sources do not perform."

 

"We are looking forward to updating the market with further positive progress
in due course."

 

 

Stay up to date with MED's latest news and updates by joining our emailing
list and social media channels, as follows:

 

MED emailing list - https://www.med.energy/contact
(https://www.med.energy/contact)

MED LinkedIn page -
https://uk.linkedin.com/company/mast-energy-developments-plc
(https://uk.linkedin.com/company/mast-energy-developments-plc)

MED X (formerly Twitter) handle - @mastplc

 

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For further information please visit www.med.energy (http://www.med.energy/)
or contact:

 Pieter Krügel      info@med.energy (mailto:info@med.energy)  Mast Energy           CEO

                                                              Developments PLC
 Jon Belliss        +44 (0)20 7399 9425                       Novum Securities      Corporate Broker
 Guy Wheatley, CFA  +44 (0)74 9398 9014                       Fortified Securities  Corporate Broker

 

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