Aquis Exchange PLC Exercise of Share Options & Total Voting Rights (6387J)

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RNS Number : 6387J

Aquis Exchange PLC

15 April 2020

15 April 2020

Aquis Exchange PLC

("Aquis" or the "Company")

Exercise of Share Options

and

Total Voting Rights

Aquis Exchange PLC (AIM: AQX), the exchange services group, announces that it has received notification that three former employees have exercised options under the Company's EMI Option Scheme over 20,137 ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at an exercise price of GBP2.69 per share.

Application has been made for 20,137 new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM, which is expected to take place on 20 April 2020. The new Ordinary Shares will rank pari pasu with the existing Ordinary Shares in issue.

Total Voting Rights

In accordance with the provisions of the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules of the FCA, the Company confirms that, following this issue, its issued share capital will comprise 27,169,696 Ordinary Shares. All Ordinary Shares shall have equal voting rights and none of the Ordinary Shares are held in treasury. Accordingly, the figure of 27,169,696 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 Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Enquiries:

 
  Aquis Exchange PLC                           Tel: [phone] 
                                                6321 
  Alasdair Haynes, CEO 
   Jonathan Clelland, CFO and COO 
  Belinda Keheyan, Head of Marketing           Tel: [phone] 
                                                078110 
 
  Liberum Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser   Tel: [phone] 
   and Broker)                                  2000 
  Clayton Bush 
   Chris Clarke 
   Edward Thomas 
   Kane Collings 
 
  Alma PR (Financial PR Adviser)               Tel: [phone] 
                                                0209 
  Caroline Forde                               [e-mail] 
   Susie Hudson 
   Rebecca Sanders-Hewett 
 

About Aquis Exchange

Aquis Exchange PLC is an exchange services group, which operates pan-European cash equities trading businesses (Aquis Exchange), growth and regulated primary markets (Aquis Stock Exchange/AQSE) and develops/licenses exchange software to third parties (Aquis Technologies).

Aquis Exchange is authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority and France's Autorité des Marchés Financiers to operate Multilateral Trading Facility businesses in the UK and in EU27 respectively. Aquis operates a lit order book and does not allow aggressive non-client proprietary trading, which has resulted in lower toxicity and signalling risk on Aquis than other trading venues in Europe. According to independent studies, trades on Aquis are less likely to lead to price movement than on other lit markets. Aquis uses a subscription pricing model which works by charging users according to the message traffic they generate, rather than a percentage of the value of each stock that they trade.

Aquis Stock Exchange (AQSE) is a stock market providing primary and secondary markets for equity and debt products. It is permissioned as a Recognised Investment Exchange, which allows it to operate a regulated listings venue.

Aquis Technologies is the software and technology division of Aquis Exchange PLC. It creates and licenses cutting-edge, cost-effective matching engine and trade surveillance technology for banks, brokers, investment firms and exchanges.

Aquis Exchange PLC (AQX.L) is listed on the Alternative Investment Market of the LSE (AIM) market. For more information, please go to www.aquis.eu

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