20 February 2025
Mindflair plc
("Mindflair" or the "Company")
Result of GM
Issue of Options
Mindflair plc (AIM: MFAI), the company investing in next generation technology focused on AI, announces that at the General Meeting of the Company held earlier today, all resolutions were duly passed.
As part of the resolutions put to shareholders, the Company sought shareholder approval for a new Share Option Scheme which was announced on 22 January 2025 and the issue of options under that scheme, which was duly passed. Following shareholder approval, the Company has granted 41,500,000 options, in aggregate, with an exercise price equal to nominal value of the Company's ordinary shares, over new ordinary shares in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"), which represent 7.8% of the Company's current issued share capital. The recipients and details of the Scheme are set out below:
| Name | Position | Options | Exercise Price | Maturity |
| Nicholas Lee | Director | 28,000,000 | 0.25p | 22 January 2035 |
| David Palumbo | Non-Executive Director | 8,500,000 | 0.25p | 22 January 2035 |
| Robert Porter | Employee | 5,000,000 | 0.25p | 22 January 2035 |
Nicholas Lee, a Director of the Company, has been granted 28,000,000 options over new Ordinary Shares. These options vest as follows:
· 9,333,333 options have vested following shareholder approval;
· 9,333,333 options vest upon the Company's share price increasing to 2.5 pence per Ordinary Share, measured over a consecutive 5-day period; and
· the remaining options vest upon the Company's share price increasing to 4.0 pence per Ordinary Share, measured over a consecutive 5-day period.
David Palumbo, Non-Executive Director, and Robert Porter, an employee of the Company, have been granted 8,500,000 and 5,000,000 options, respectively. These options vest in three equal tranches subject to time-based milestones:
· one third of the options granted have vested following shareholder approval ("First Tranche");
· one third of the options granted shall vest on 22 January 2026; and
· one third of the options granted shall vest on 22 January 2027.
The current grant of options under the Scheme amounts to 7.8% of the Company's current issued share capital, although the Scheme will permit the issuance of up to 15% of the Company's issued share capital under option in the future, as enlarged from time to time, if required.
Capitalised terms used in this announcement, unless otherwise defined, shall have the meanings given to them in the announcement on 22 January 2025.
The Directors of the Company are responsible for the release of this announcement. The person who arranged for the release of this information is Nicholas Lee, a director of the Company.
Enquiries:
| Mindflair plc Nicholas Lee, Director |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3368 8961 |
| Nominated Adviser Cairn Financial Advisers LLP Liam Murray/Ludovico Lazzaretti
| Tel: +44 (0) 20 7213 0880 |
| Joint broker Peterhouse Capital Limited Duncan Vasey/Lucy Williams | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7469 0935 Tel: +44 (0) 20 7469 0936 |
| Joint broker Shard Capital Partners LLP Damon Heath | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7601 6100
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Notes to Editors
About Mindflair plc
Mindflair plc (AIM: MFAI) is an investment company providing investors with access to a portfolio of next generation technology businesses focused on AI with significant growth potential.
The Company is building an investment portfolio of high-tech businesses focused on Artificial Intelligence, across such areas as Internet of Things, Cyber Security, Machine Learning, Immersive Technologies and Big Data, which the Board believes demonstrate evidence of traction and the potential for exponential growth, due to increasing global demand for development in these sectors.
For further information, visit: http://www.mindflair.tech/.
| Notification of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 | |||||||
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | ||||||
| a. | Name | Nicholas Lee | |||||
| 2 | Reason for 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 | Mindflair PLC | |||||
| b. | LEI | 213800HIDICWXHGZBC82 | |||||
| 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 | Options over new ordinary shares of 0.25p each
ISIN: GB00BD07SH45 | |||||
| b. | Nature of the transaction | Issue of options pursuant to the Scheme
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| c. | Price(s) and volume(s) | | | | | | |
| | Price(s) per share | Volume(s) | | ||||
| 0.25p | 28,000,000 | | |||||
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| d. | Aggregated information - Volume - Price |
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| e. | Date of the transaction | 20 February 2025 | |||||
| f. | Place of the transaction | London | |||||
| Notification of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 | |||||||
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | ||||||
| a. | Name | David Palumbo | |||||
| 2 | Reason for 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 | Mindflair PLC | |||||
| b. | LEI | 213800HIDICWXHGZBC82 | |||||
| 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 | Options over new ordinary shares of 0.25p each
ISIN: GB00BD07SH45 | |||||
| b. | Nature of the transaction | Issue of options pursuant to the Scheme
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| c. | Price(s) and volume(s) | | | | | | |
| | Price(s) per share | Volume(s) | | ||||
| 0.25p | 8,500,000 | | |||||
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| d. | Aggregated information - Volume - Price |
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| e. | Date of the transaction | 20 February 2025 | |||||
| f. | Place of the transaction | London | |||||
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