Holding in Company and Director Dealings

RNS Number : 1074H
Active Energy Group PLC
30 July 2021
 

Active Energy Group Plc / EPIC: AEG / Sector: Alternative Energy

 

30 July 2021

Active Energy Group Plc

("Active Energy", "AEG", or the "Company")

 

Holding in Company, lock-in agreement and Director Dealings

 

Active Energy, the London quoted  renewable energy company focused on the production and development of next generation biomass products , was notified on 30 July 2021 that Gravendonck Private Foundation ("Gravendonck") has disposed of a total of 89,623,809 ordinary shares of 0.01p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 0.375p per Ordinary Share.

 

Following the disposal, Gravendonck is beneficially interested in 716,942,300 Ordinary Shares, representing 18.37% of the Company's total issued share capital with voting rights. Certain of the shares sold by Gravendonck have been acquired by Directors of the Company, as detailed further below.

 

Lock-in agreement

Gravendonck has entered into a lock-in agreement with the Company, pursuant to which it has undertaken not to dispose of any more of its remaining holding of 716,942,300 Ordinary Shares for a period of one year from today's date, other than with the prior consent of the board of AEG.

 

Director dealings

Certain of the shares sold today by Gravendonck have been acquired by Directors of AEG as follows:

 

Name

Number of Ordinary Shares purchased

Resultant holding of Ordinary Shares in the Company

Percentage of issued share capital

James Leahy, Chairman

5,000,000

10,000,000

0.3%

Michael Rowan, CEO

5,000,000

14,986,250

0.4%

 

Further details of the purchases are set out in the tables below.

 

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("MAR"), and is disclosed in accordance with the Company's obligations under Article 17 of MAR.

 

ENDS

 

Enquiries

Active Energy Group Plc

Michael Rowan  (Chief Executive Officer)

Andrew Diamond ( Chief Financial Officer)

  info@aegplc.com

SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP

Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker

David Hignell / Caroline Rowe
(Corporate Finance)

Rob Rees  (Sales)

Office: +44 (0)20 3470 0470

Allenby Capital Limited

Joint Broker

Nick Naylor/James Reeve  (Corporate Finance)

Amrit Nahal  (Sales/Corporate Broking)

Office: +44 (0)20 3328 5656

Camarco

Financial PR Adviser

Gordon Poole / Tom Huddart / Emily Hall

aeg@camarco.co.uk

Office: +44 (0)20 3757 4980

 

About Active Energy Group:

Active Energy Group plc is a London listed (AIM: AEG) renewable energy company focused on the production and development of next generation biomass products that have the potential to transform the traditional coal-fired power industry and existing renewable biomass industry.

 

The Company has developed a proprietary technology which transforms waste biomass material into high-value renewable fuels.  Its patented product CoalSwitch TM  is a leading drop-in renewable fuel that can be co-fired with coal, completely replace coal as an alternative feedstock without requiring significant plant modifications or replace existing biomass feedstock resources. Active Energy Group's immediate strategic focus is the production and commercialisation of CoalSwitch TM  and further CoalSwitch TM  fuel blends that utilise other waste wood and residual materials.

 



 

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.

 

1. 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

James Leahy 

2. 

Reason for the 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

Active Energy Group plc

b)

LEI

213800P9PW3HJ5YJRK43

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 0.01 pence each

Identification code

GB00B1YMN108

b)

Nature of the transaction

Purchase of Ordinary Shares

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

 0.375p

 

 5,000,000

d)

Aggregated information:

Aggregated volume

Price

N/A Single transaction

 

e)

Date of the transaction

30 July 2021

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange  

 

1. 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Michael Rowan 

2. 

Reason for the 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

Active Energy Group plc

b)

LEI

213800P9PW3HJ5YJRK43

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 0.01 pence each

Identification code

GB00B1YMN108

b)

Nature of the transaction

Purchase of Ordinary Shares

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

 0.375p

 

 5,000,000

d)

Aggregated information:

Aggregated volume

Price

N/A Single transaction

e)

Date of the transaction

30 July 2021

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange  

 

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