Exercise of SAYE Options
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NIOX Group plc (the "Company") (AIM: NIOX) today announces that on 27 March 2024 options over a total of 336,937 ordinary shares of 0.08p in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") were exercised under the terms of the NIOX Group plc Save As You Earn Scheme 2020 - UK ("SAYE"). The total includes 245,343 options exercised by the following directors:
| Number of SAYE options exercised | Exercise price per Ordinary Share (pence) | Amount paid (£) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Johnson | 81,781 | 22.01 | 18,000 |
| Jonathan Emms | 81,781 | 22.01 | 18,000 |
| Michael Roller | 81,781 | 22.01 | 18,000 |
| 245,343 | 54,000 |
The new Ordinary Shares issued in connection with the exercise of options under the SAYE are subject to an existing block admission and rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares.
Voting rights
Following these transactions, Ian Johnson holds 791,601 Ordinary Shares, Jonathan Emms holds 791,867 Ordinary Shares and Michael Roller holds 581,903 Ordinary Shares. This equates to 0.19%, 0.19% and 0.14% of the total voting rights of the Company respectively.
Following the issue of the 336,937 Ordinary shares under the SAYE scheme and the issue of an additional 289,136 Ordinary shares granted under the PSP scheme earlier this month the Company's issued share capital now consists of 422,746,703 Ordinary Shares, each carrying one voting right. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 422,746,703. This number 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.
Additional disclosure in relation to PDMR dealing is included at the end of this announcement.
| 1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |
| a. | Name | 1. Ian Johnson 2. Jonathan Emms 3. Michael Roller |
| 2. | Reason for the notification | |
| a. | Position/status | 1. Executive Chairman 2. Chief Operating Officer 3. Chief Financial Officer |
| b. | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification |
| a. | Name | NIOX Group plc |
| b. | LEI | 2138006YAT138TOGA556 |
| a. | Description of the Financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code | Ordinary Shares of 0.08p each GB00BJVD3B28 |
| b. | Nature of the transaction | Issue of new Ordinary Shares |
| c. | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) Volume(s) 1. 22.01p 2. 22.01p 3. 22.01p 1. 81,781 2. 81,781 3. 81,781 |
| d. | Aggregated information · Aggregated volume · Price | n/a |
| f. | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, AIM |
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