Result of GM, Major New Shareholder and TVR

EnSilica PLC

07 April 2026

 

7 April 2026

NEWS RELEASE

("EnSilica", the "Company" or the "Group")

Result of General Meeting, Welcome to New Substantial Shareholder & Total Voting Rights

EnSilica plc (AIM: ENSI), a leading fabless, application-specific chipmaker, announces that at the general meeting of the Company held earlier today, all resolutions were duly passed. The results of the proxy voting will be available on the Company's website in due course.

As a result of the resolutions being passed today, the Second Tranche Placing and the Retail Offer as announced on 13 March 2026 and 18 March 2026 can now proceed to completion. It is expected that Admission will become effective and dealings in the new Ordinary Shares will commence on AIM at 8.00 a.m. on 8 April 2026.

Welcome to new substantial shareholder

The board of directors of EnSilica looks forward to welcoming Esterhuyzen Limited ("Esterhuyzen") as a substantial shareholder following Esterhuyzen's participation in the Second Tranche Placing. Esterhuyzen participated in the First Tranche Placing and, as announced on 19 March 2026, currently holds 8,000,000 Ordinary Shares, representing 7.53 per cent. of the Company's current issued share capital. Following Esterhuyzen's participation in the Second Tranche Placing, Esterhuyzen is expected to hold 16,000,000 Ordinary Shares, representing 13.57 per cent. of the enlarged issued share capital from Admission.

Esterhuyzen Limited is a privately held family office investment holding company with a particular focus on the pan European semiconductor sector. Esterhuyzen Limited's investment approach is long-term, and they are supportive of the Company's existing strategic direction.

Changes to significant shareholdings in the Company

With the completion of the Fundraising, the Company is aware of dilution to the following significant shareholders in the Company whose percentage interests on Admission is expected to be as follows:

Name	Total number of Ordinary Shares held	Percentage of issued share capital held on Admission
Ian Lankshear	16,040,358	13.61%
Richard Ashley Hamer	5,857,490	4.97%
Marc Castells	5,746,554	4.88%
Richard Neil Marley	4,771,554	4.05%
Alan Chi Wai Wong	3,400,000	2.88%
Andrew Peter Maund	3,310,237	2.81%

Total Voting Rights

Upon Admission, the Company's issued share capital will consist of 117,877,230 Ordinary Shares with one voting right each. The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in treasury. Therefore, the total number of Ordinary Shares and voting rights in the Company will be 117,877,230. With effect from Admission, 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 FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Terms used but not defined in this announcement have the same meaning as set out in the Company's announcement released at 4:35 p.m. on 12 March 2026.

EnSilica plc Ian Lankshear, Chief Executive Officer Kristoff Rademan, Chief Financial Officer www.ensilica.com	via Novella Communications [phone]
Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker) Jeremy Porter / Vivek Bhardwaj (Corporate Finance) Joscelin Pinnington / Tony Quirke (Sales & Corporate Broking)	[phone] [e-mail]
Panmure Liberum Limited (Joint Broker) Edward Mansfield / Will King / Phoebe Bunce	[phone]
Novella Communications (Investor & Financial Public Relations) Tim Robertson / Aeliya Bilgrami	[phone]   [e-mail]

About EnSilica plc

EnSilica is a fabless, application-specific chipmaker, combining deep domain and system-level expertise with world-class capability in RF, mmWave, mixed-signal and complex digital IC design. The Company serves customers across the space and communications, industrial, automotive and healthcare markets, where safety and security and reliability are critical.

A growing portfolio of reusable IP and silicon platforms underpins a repeatable, scalable delivery model, reducing development risk, cost and time to market while supporting long-term supply revenues. EnSilica has a strong track record of delivering production-proven silicon to demanding industry standards. Headquartered near Oxford, UK, the Company operates design centres across the UK, India, Brazil and Hungary.

 

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