Exercise of Options and Total Voting Rights

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Aminex PLC has issued 10,000,000 ordinary shares following the exercise of options under its 2020 Share Plan, with 5,000,000 shares exercised by Executive Chairman Charles Santos. These options were awarded in lieu of salary and will provide £60,000 in working capital. The new shares are expected to be admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange on October 20, 2026, bringing the total voting rights to 4,512,001,044. Charles Santos exercised his options at 0.60 pence each and sold the shares at 1.883 pence each.

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Aminex PLC
14 October 2026
 

14 October 2026

 

Aminex plc

 ("Aminex" or "the Company")

 

Exercise of Options and Total Voting Rights

 

Aminex announces that it has issued a total of 10,000,000 ordinary shares of €0.001 each (the "Option Shares") following the exercise of an option by (a) Charles Santos, Executive Chairman and Director, in respect of 5,000,000 shares; and (b) another option holder, in respect of 5,000,000 shares, both under the Aminex PLC Restricted Share Plan approved by shareholders in July 2020 (the "2020 Share Plan").

 

The 2020 Share Plan specifically introduced a class of options termed Compensation Options, that may be awarded in lieu of salary as a method of conserving cash and reducing costs in the Company. The options exercised by Charles Santos were Compensation Options awarded in lieu of salary almost five years ago, forming part of his overall remuneration package and which will expire in less than three months. The exercise will provide £60,000 of additional funding to the Company, which will be used for general working capital purposes.

 

Applications will be made to the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") and the London Stock Exchange for the Option Shares to be admitted to the FCA's Official List (Equity Shares (transition)) and to trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange ("Admission"). It is expected that Admission will become effective and that dealings will commence in the Option Shares at 8.00 a.m. (London time) on 20 October 2026. Following Admission, the enlarged share capital and the total voting rights of the Company will be 4,512,001,044. The Company does not hold any shares in treasury.

 

The above figure may be used by shareholders 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 Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

 

Director/PDMR Shareholding

 

The notification below is made in accordance with the Article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014, as it forms part of United Kingdom domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended.

 

 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

 

a)

Name

Charles Santos

 

 

 

2

Reason for the notification

 

a)

Position/status

Director

 

 

b)

Initial Notification Amendment

 

Initial Notification

 

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Aminex PLC

 

 

b)

LEI

 635400CSEBJAYPUUFC95

 

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

Identification code

Ordinary Shares of €0.001 each

 

 

 

 

IE0003073255

b)

Nature of the transaction  

Exercise of Options and Sale of Ordinary Shares

 

 

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Options exercised: 5,000,000 Ordinary Shares at an exercise price of 0.60 pence each

 

Ordinary Shares sold: 5,000,000 at 1.883 pence each

 

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

 

 

N/A

e)

Date of the transaction

8 October 2026

 

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For further information:

 


Aminex PLC

+44 203 355 9909

Charles Santos, Executive Chairman




Knights Media & Public Relations

aminex@knightsmpr.com

Sabina Zawadzki




Davy

+353 1 679 6363

Brian Garrahy

 


Shard Capital

+44 20 7186 9952

Damon Heath




Axis Capital Markets

+44 203 026 0320

Richard Hutchison





 

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