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Zinnwald Lithium PLC

15 January 2024

15 January 2024

Zinnwald Lithium plc

("Zinnwald Lithium" or the "Company")

Issuance of Share Incentive Awards and Vesting of RSUs

Zinnwald Lithium plc (AIM: ZNWD), the German focussed lithium development company, announces the grant of a total of 4,228,475 Restricted Share Units ("RSUs") and 4,350,000 Options under the Company's Long-Term Incentive Plans relating to performance in 2023, and a total of 4,500,000 Performance Share Units ("PSUs") relating to performance from 1 October 2020 to 31 December 2023. The Company also announces the issuance of 1,012,051 new shares in relation to the vesting of RSUs granted in January 2022.

The RSUs being granted to Executive Management under the terms of the RSU Scheme, approved by shareholders in October 2020, relate to the performance period that ran from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023. The RSUs will vest two years from the date of grant, being 15 January 2026, and the related shares (or cash alternative at the Company's discretion) will be issued on that date. The RSUs are being granted to Executive Management on the following basis:

 
 Name             Role    No of RSUs        Grant Date      Vesting Date 
 Anton du         CEO      2,306,441   15 January 2024   15 January 2026 
  Plessis 
 Cherif Rifaat    CFO      1,922,034   15 January 2024   15 January 2026 
 Total                     4,228,475 
-----------------------  -----------  ----------------  ---------------- 
 

The Options have been granted to employees, consultants and Directors under the terms of the Scheme put in place at the time of the Company's original IPO in 2017. These Options to acquire ordinary shares in the capital of the Company have been granted at a price of 6.75p being the price at close on 12 January 2024. Such options vest as to 1/3 on the date of grant and an additional 1/3 on each of the first and second anniversaries of the date of grant and are exercisable for a period of five years. The Options are being granted on the following basis:

 
 Name             Role                 No of       Issue   Grant Date   Expiry Date 
                                     Options       Price 
 Jeremy Martin    Non-executive      350,000   GBP0.0675   15 January   15 January 
                   Chairman                                 2024         2029 
 Graham Brown     Non-executive      250,000   GBP0.0675   15 January   15 January 
                   Director                                 2024         2029 
 Peter Secker     Non-executive      250,000   GBP0.0675   15 January   15 January 
                   Director                                 2024         2029 
 Employees and Consultants         3,500,000   GBP0.0675   15 January   15 January 
                                                            2024         2029 
 Total                             4,350,000 
--------------------------------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ------------ 
 

The PSUs being granted to Executive Management under the terms of the PSU Scheme, approved by shareholders in October 2020, relate to the performance period that ran from 1 October 2020 to 31 December 2023. The PSUs will vest two years from the date of grant, being 15 January 2026. The PSUs are being granted to Executive Management on the following basis:

 
 Name             Role    No of PSUs        Grant Date      Vesting Date 
 Anton du         CEO      3,000,000   15 January 2024   15 January 2026 
  Plessis 
 Cherif Rifaat    CFO      1,500,000   15 January 2024   15 January 2026 
 Total                     4,500,000 
-----------------------  -----------  ----------------  ---------------- 
 

Issue of Equity & Total Voting Rights

The first tranche of 1,909,531 RSUs originally issued in January 2022 have now reached their vesting date, and in accordance with the rules of the scheme will vest at a price of 7.11p being the 20 Day VWAP price at close on 12 January 2024. At its discretion, the Board has elected to pay the net amount due after tax under these awards in shares rather than cash. Accordingly, 691,782 shares will be issued to Anton du Plessis and 320,269 shares will be issued to Cherif Rifaat.

Application has been made for the 1,012,051 new ordinary shares to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission"). Admission is expected to occur on or around 18 January 2024. These new ordinary shares will rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares in issue. Following admission of the new ordinary shares, there will be 474,536,675 ordinary shares in issue. This number may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company.

On issuance of the Incentive awards and vesting of RSUs, the total number of RSUs in issue will be 7,635,254, the total number of Options will be 11,000,000 and the total number of PSUs will be 4,500,000.

For further information contact:

 
 Anton du Plessis         Zinnwald Lithium plc             info@zinnwaldlithium.com 
 David Hart               Allenby Capital Limited 
  Dan Dearden-Williams     (Nominated Adviser)             +44 (0) 20 3328 5656 
                         -------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 Mike Seabrook            Oberon Capital                   +44 (0) 20 3179 5344 
  Adam Pollock             (Joint Broker)                   +44 (0) 20 3179 5315 
                         -------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 Richard Greenfield       Tamesis Partner LLP 
  Charles Bendon           (Co-Broker to the Placing)      +44 (0) 20 3882 2868 
                         -------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 Isabel de Salis          St Brides Partners (Financial    zinnwald@stbridespartners.co.uk 
  Paul Dulieu              PR) 
                         -------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 

Notes

Zinnwald Lithium plc (EPIC: ZNWD.L) is an AIM quoted, German focused lithium development company focussed on becoming an important supplier to Europe's fast-growing battery sector. The Company owns the Zinnwald Lithium Project in Germany, an advanced development project with attractive economics and approved mining licence. Its PEA, published in September 2022 highlighted the positive economics of the Project with a Pre-tax NPV8 of US$1,605m, IRR of 39.0%, $192m EBITDA and a payback of just 3.3 years. The Project is located in the heart of Europe's chemical and automotive industries and has the potential to be one of Europe's more advanced battery grade lithium projects.

 
       Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
  1     / person closely associated 
 a)    Name                          Name               Position 
                                      Anton du Plessis   CEO 
                                                        --------- 
                                      Cherif Rifaat      CFO 
                                                        --------- 
      ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
       Reason for the notification 
  2 
      ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 a)    Position/status              See 1a) 
      ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 b)    Initial notification         Initial notification 
        /Amendment 
      ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
       Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
  3     auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
      ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 a)    Name                         Zinnwald Lithium plc 
      ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 b)    LEI                          213800LXW3HPZ7ZSBE37 
      ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
       Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for 
  4     (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           RSUs in relation to ordinary shares 
        financial instrument,        of GBP0.01 each in Zinnwald Lithium 
        type of instrument           plc (or cash alternative at the Company's 
        Identification code          discretion) 
 
                                     Identification code (ISIN) for Zinnwald 
                                     Lithium plc ordinary shares: GB00BFN4GY99 
      ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 b)    Nature of the transaction    Grant of RSUs 
      ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 c)    Price(s) and volume(s)       Name                Price(s)    Volume(s) 
                                     Anton du Plessis    n/a         2,306,441 
                                     Cherif Rifaat       n/a         1,922,034 
                                                        ----------  ---------- 
      ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 d)    Aggregated information       n/a 
        - Aggregated volume 
        - Price 
      ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 e)    Date of the transaction      15 January 2024 
      ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 f)    Place of the transaction     Outside a trading venue 
      ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Description of the           PSUs in relation to ordinary shares 
        financial instrument,        of GBP0.01 each in Zinnwald Lithium 
        type of instrument           plc (or cash alternative at the Company's 
                                     discretion) 
        Identification code          Identification code (ISIN) for Zinnwald 
                                     Lithium plc ordinary shares: GB00BFN4GY99 
      ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 b)    Nature of the transaction    Grant of PSUs 
      ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 c)    Price(s) and volume(s)       Name                Price(s)    Volume(s) 
                                     Anton du Plessis    n/a         3,000,000 
                                     Cherif Rifaat       n/a         1,500,000 
                                                        ----------  ---------- 
      ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 d)    Aggregated information       n/a 
        - Aggregated volume 
        - Price 
      ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 e)    Date of the transaction      15 January 2024 
      ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 f)    Place of the transaction     Outside a trading venue 
      ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Description of the           Ordinary shares of GBP0.01 each in 
        financial instrument,        Zinnwald Lithium plc 
        type of instrument           Identification code (ISIN) for Zinnwald 
        Identification code          Lithium plc ordinary shares: GB00BFN4GY99 
      ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 b)    Nature of the transaction    Vesting of RSUs into Ordinary Shares 
      ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 c)    Price(s) and volume(s)       Name                Price(s)   Volume(s) 
                                     Anton du Plessis    7.11p      691,782 
                                     Cherif Rifaat       7.11p      320,269 
                                                        ---------  ---------- 
      ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 d)    Aggregated information 
   - Aggregated volume               1,012,051 
   - Price                            7.11p 
 --------------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 e)    Date of the transaction      15 January 2024 
      ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 f)    Place of the transaction     Outside a trading venue 
      ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 
 
      Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
  1    / person closely associated 
 a)   Name                         Name            Position 
                                    Jeremy Martin   Non-Executive Chairman 
                                                   ----------------------- 
                                    Graham Brown    Non-Executive Director 
                                                   ----------------------- 
                                    Peter Secker    Non-Executive Director 
                                                   ----------------------- 
     --------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
      Reason for the notification 
  2 
     ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Position/status             See 1a) 
     --------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 b)   Initial notification        Initial notification 
       /Amendment 
     --------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
      Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
  3    auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
     ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                        Zinnwald Lithium plc 
     --------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 b)   LEI                         213800LXW3HPZ7ZSBE37 
     --------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
      Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for 
  4    (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          Options over ordinary shares of GBP0.01 
       financial instrument,       each in Zinnwald Lithium plc 
       type of instrument 
       Identification code         Identification code (ISIN) for Zinnwald 
                                   Lithium plc ordinary shares: GB00BFN4GY99 
     --------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the transaction   Grant of options over ordinary shares 
     --------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)      Name             Price(s)   Volume(s) 
                                   Jeremy Martin    6.75p      350,000 
                                   Graham Brown     6.75p      250,000 
                                   Peter Secker     6.75p      250,000 
                                                   ---------  ---------- 
     --------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated information      n/a 
       - Aggregated volume 
       - Price 
     --------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction     15 January 2024 
     --------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of the transaction    Outside a trading venue 
     --------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 

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