Versarien PLC Exercise of Options (5920K)

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RNS Number : 5920K

Versarien PLC

14 December 2018

Versarien plc

("Versarien" or the "Company")

Exercise of Options

Versarien plc (AIM: VRS), the advanced materials engineering group, announces that it has issued 88,120 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") following the exercise of 88,120 options at 39 pence per share by a member of the Company's staff, under the Company's share option schemes.

Application will be made for the 88,120 new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM, which is expected to take place on or around 21 December 2018. The new Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares in issue.

Total Voting Rights

Following the issue of the new Ordinary Shares, the Company will have 153,624,320 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in issue. No Ordinary Shares are held in treasury. The figure of 153,624,320 may be used by the Company's 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:

 
 Versarien 
  Neill Ricketts, CEO 
  Chris Leigh, CFO                                01242 269 122 
 Arden Partners (Nominated Adviser and Broker) 
  John Llewellyn-Lloyd 
  Dan Gee-Summons                                 020 7614 5900 
 IFC Advisory (Financial PR and IR) 
  Tim Metcalfe 
  Graham Herring 
  Heather Armstrong                               020 3934 6630 
 

About Versarien

Versarien plc (AIM:VRS), is an advanced engineering materials group. Leveraging proprietary technology, the Group creates innovative engineering solutions for its clients in a diverse range of industries. Versarien has six subsidiaries operating under two divisions:

Graphene and Plastics

2-DTech Ltd, which specialises in the supply, characterisation and early stage development of graphene products. www.2-dtech.com

AAC Cyroma Limited, which specialises in the supply of vacuum-formed and injection-moulded products to the automotive, construction, utilities and retail industry sectors. Using Versarien's existing graphene manufacturing capabilities, AAC will have the ability to produce graphene-enhanced plastic products. www.aaccyroma.co.uk

Cambridge Graphene Limited, supplies novel inks based on graphene and related materials, using patented processes to develop graphene materials technology.

www.cambridgegraphene.com

Gnanomat S.L. ("GNA"), based in the Parque Cientifico Madrid, Spain, is a company capable of utilising Versarien's graphene products in an environmentally friendly, scalable production process for energy storage devices that offer high power density, almost instant recharging and very long lifetimes for use in electrical vehicles and portable electronics products. www.gnanomat.com

Hard Wear and Metallic Products

Versarien Technologies Limited has developed an additive process for creating advanced micro-porous metals targeting the thermal management industry and supplies extruded aluminium. www.versarien-technologies.co.uk

Total Carbide Limited, a leading manufacturer in sintered tungsten carbide for applications in arduous environments such as the oil and gas industry. www.totalcarbide.com

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