AFC Energy : Issue of Equity and PDMR Dealing

RNS Number : 7073H

AFC Energy Plc

19 August 2016

19 August 2016

AFC Energy PLC

("AFC Energy" or the "Company")

Issue of Equity and PDMR Dealing

AFC Energy (AIM: AFC), the industrial fuel cell power company, announces that application has been made for the issue of 200,000 ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") to a consultant to the Company at 25.75 pence per share in consideration for services provided to the Company.

Additionally, application has been made for a further 500,000 Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to an exercise of options under the AFC 2007 Share Option Scheme at an exercise price of 20.75 pence per share.

The 700,000 new Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the Company's existing ordinary share capital and application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for the Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading which is expected to commence at 8.00 a.m. on 24 August 2016 ("Admission").

Following Admission, the total issued share capital of the Company consists of 310,013,943 Ordinary Shares, none of which are held in treasury. Accordingly, following Admission, the total number of voting rights in the Company will be 310,013,943. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator by which they can determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Bailey Hoyle Limited (a person closely associated with Colin Bailey)
2.	Reason for the Notification
a)	Position/status	Consultant to AFC Energy PLC
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	AFC Energy PLC
b)	LEI	N/A
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	Ordinary shares of 0.1p each
	Identification code	GB00B18S7B29
b)	Nature of the transaction	Issue of equity as fees
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		25.75 pence	200,000
d)	Aggregated information: ·Aggregated volume ·Price	N/A Single transaction
e)	Date of the transaction	18thAugust 2016
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)

For further information, please contact:

AFC Energy plc Adam Bond (Chief Executive Officer)	[phone]
Cantor Fitzgerald Europe - Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker Andrew Craig Richard Salmond	[phone]
M C Peat & Co LLP - Joint Broker Charlie Peat	[phone]
Lionsgate Communications - Public Relations Jonathan Charles	[phone]

About AFC Energy

AFC Energy plc has developed and successfully operated an alkaline fuel cell system ("KORE"), which converts hydrogen into "clean" electricity. AFC Energy's key project POWER-UP demonstrated the world's largest operational alkaline fuel cell system at Air Products' industrial gas plant in Stade, Germany in January 2016. The Company is now looking to build upon an already established pipeline of commercial opportunities and drive the findings from the development phase of the technology into a technically optimised and commercially relevant fuel cell system. For further information, please visit our website:www.afcenergy.com

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