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Directors' Share Dealings

30th Oct 2013 12:43

RNS Number : 7673R
Acta S.p.A.
30 October 2013
 

 

 Press Release

30 October 2013

 

Acta S.p.A.

("Acta" or "the Company")

 

Directors' Share Dealings

 

Following the announcement by Acta (AIM:ACTA), the clean energy products company, on 25 October 2013 confirming the successful placing (the 'Placing'), the Company has been notified that on 30 October 2013, the following Acta Board members participated in the Placing for a total subscription of £33,000 in aggregate, as follows:

 

Paolo Bert, Chief Executive, acquired 142,857 ordinary shares of EUR 0.006 each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 7 pence per Ordinary Share. Prior to the Placing, Paolo Bert held 17,313,022 Ordinary Shares and therefore, following the Placing, has a beneficial interest in 17,455,879 Ordinary Shares in Acta, representing 10.24% of the issued ordinary share capital.

 

Paul Barritt, Chief Financial Officer, acquired 142,857 Ordinary Shares of EUR 0.006 each in the Company at a price of 7 pence per Ordinary Share. Prior to the Placing, Paul Barritt held 35,000 Ordinary Shares and therefore, following the Placing, has a beneficial interest in 177,857 Ordinary Shares in Acta, representing 0.10% of the issued ordinary share capital.

 

Robert Drummond, Chairman, and family acquired 42,856 Ordinary Shares of EUR 0.006 each in the Company at a price of 7 pence per Ordinary Share. Prior to the Placing, Robert Drummond held 184,200 Ordinary Shares and therefore, following the Placing, has a beneficial interest in 227,056 Ordinary Shares in Acta, representing 0.13% of the issued ordinary share capital.

 

Aldo Filippini, Non Executive Director, acquired 71,429 Ordinary Shares of EUR 0.006 each in the Company at a price of 7 pence per Ordinary Share. Prior to the Placing, Aldo Filippini was not a shareholder of Acta and therefore, following the Placing, has a beneficial interest in 71,429 Ordinary Shares in Acta, representing 0.04% of the issued ordinary share capital.

 

Rodney Westhead, Non Executive Director, acquired 71,429 Ordinary Shares of EUR 0.006 each in the Company at a price of 7 pence per Ordinary Share. Prior to the Placing, Rodney Westhead held 100,000 Ordinary Shares and therefore, following the Placing, has a beneficial interest in 171,429 Ordinary Shares in Acta, representing 0.10% of the issued ordinary share capital.

 

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For further information please contact:

 

Acta S.p.A.

Tel: +39 050 644281

Paul Barritt, Chief Financial Officer

www.actaspa.com

 

Altium Capital (Nominated Advisor)

Tel: +44 (0)845 505 4343

Adrian Reed / Dom Orsini

 

Cantor Fitzgerald Europe (Broker)

 

Tel: +44 (0)20 7894 7000

Mark Percy / David Banks / Paul Jewell

 

Media enquiries:

 

Kreab Gavin Anderson (Financial PR)

Tel: +44 20 7074 1800

Robert Speed / Ross Gillam / Christina Clark

www.kreabgavinanderson.com

 

 

About Acta S.p.A.

 

Acta S.p.A. is a developer and manufacturer of a range of clean energy products. Based on its world-leading expertise in alkaline membrane technology, the Company has developed a unique range of low-cost, compact hydrogen generators (electrolysers) which produce pure, dry compressed hydrogen at high efficiency from renewable or grid power.

 

In April 2013 Acta launched the Acta Power, an integrated electrolyser and fuel cell system for use in back-up power and renewable energy storage applications. Best understood as a "Hydrogen Battery", the system converts energy from renewable or grid power when it is available and stores it in the form of hydrogen, and then converts the hydrogen back to electrical power when needed due to grid black-out or lack of solar / wind power.

 

This system has extensive application as a back-up power unit for telecommunications base stations, where it competes on cost against traditional battery and diesel solutions, while offering a cleaner solution and better service. In particular, the use of rainwater and the generation of hydrogen on-site removes the cost and logistical barriers of fuel delivery, while also avoiding the theft risk associated with diesel, methanol and battery systems.

 

The supply of fuel cell back-up power systems for telecommunications base stations represents a large and fast-growing market, especially in extensively bad-grid and off-grid locations such as in Asia and Africa. Battery sales to the Chinese telecoms industry are currently valued at $4.7 bn to $7.8 bn per annum (Fuel Cell Today, China).

 

Acta holds a portfolio of patents and patent applications on its key technologies, manufactures its products through a combination of production, component subcontracting, and final product assembly and quality control, and has established distribution channels through partnerships in China, India, SE Asia, Australia, Africa, Middle East, Germany, UK, USA and South America.

 

Acta S.p.A. is based near Pisa, Italy, and was admitted to trading on AIM in October 2005.

 

www.actaspa.com 

 

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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