Issue of Equity and Total Vot

RNS Number : 5090L

Proton Power Systems PLC

13 January 2009

 



13 January 2009

Proton Power Systems plc

('Proton Power' or 'the Company')

Issue of equity and total voting rights

Proton Power (AIM: PPS), the designer, developer and producer of fuel cells and fuel cell electric hybrid systems, announces that, pursuant to the equity subscription announced on 25 September 2008 and the further announcement of 23 December 2008, it has today issued 10,000,000 ordinary shares of 5 pence each (the 'New Ordinary Shares') to Roundstone Properties Ltd at 10 pence per share.

Application has been made for the New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to AIM and it is expected that admission will take place on 16 January 2009. The New Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the Company's existing issued ordinary shares.

Following admission, the total number of issued ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the Company (the 'Ordinary Shares') will be 81,390,863 Ordinary Shares. The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in treasury. This figure may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Financial Service Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

For further information:

Proton Power Systems plc
John Wall, Chairman	Tel: [phone]
Ali Naini, Deputy Chairman	Tel: [phone]
Thomas Melczer, CEO	Tel: [phone]
	www.protonpowersystems.com

Arbuthnot Securities Limited
Tom Griffiths / Antonio Bossi	Tel: [phone]
	www.arbuthnotsecurities.co.uk

Media enquiries:

Abchurch Communications Limited
Heather Salmond / Justin Heath / Monique Tsang	Tel: [phone]
[e-mail]	www.abchurch-group.com

Notes to Editors 

Proton Power Systems plc is a developer and manufacturer of fuel cells and fuel cell hybrid systems for motive and stationary power supply. Its sales-driven strategy focuses on identifying applications with the greatest market needs and supplying large volumes of cost-competitive systems to fulfil those needs. Proton is targeting a global opportunity, accessing a broad range of markets through partnerships with leading OEMs such as Skoda Electric and Karmann.

Motive applications include forklifts, city buses, municipal utility vehicles and ferries; 'back-to-base' markets which can readily utilise the modularity and scalability of the Company's hydrogen fuel cell systems, and which do not depend on the existence of a ubiquitous hydrogen infrastructure, thereby facilitating swift commercialisation.  

Stationary applications focus on the Uninterruptible Power Supply sector, where there is a large demand for mission-critical, grid-independent secure power supply in places such as telecommunications stations, data centres, hospitals, and power substations. Further market potential lies in industrial and chemical processing plants, where the otherwise wasted hydrogen by-product can be harnessed for producing local power. 

Through its wholly owned subsidiary, Proton Motor Fuel Cell GmbH ('Proton Motor'), the Group has developed and produced a fuel cell module that can be integrated with energy storage media to create a hybrid fuel cell system. A proprietary, intelligent energy management software balances the power output across the fuel cell storage unit(s) to maximise efficiency and improve power delivery. The system thus boasts lower fuel consumption and more consistent levels of power delivery than conventional diesel/combustion engine or fuel cell-only systems, in addition to producing zero harmful emissions. 

Proton Power Systems plc was admitted to trading on AIM on 31 October 2006 and is incorporated in the UK. Proton Motor has more than 15 years of experience in the fuel cell market and is located in Puchheim, near Munich, Germany, where its manufacturing facility is based. 

 

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