ITM Power (AIM: ITM), the energy storage and clean fuel group, announces that on 24 October 2019, the Remuneration Committee of the Company approved the awards of options over ordinary shares of par value £0.05 each in the capital of the Company to the Executive Directors as follows:

All options are being issued with an exercise price of 48p, being the mid closing price on the day of the award which was made after trading hours. Options vest on the third anniversary of the grant award and have a ten year expiry from the date when the options were granted. The Executive Directors currently have the following interests in ordinary shares in addition to the options set out above:

For further information, please visit www.itm-power.com or contact:

ITM Power plc
Nicola Ham Edmonds, Company Secretary (0)114 244 5111
Investec Bank plc (Nominated Adviser and Broker)
Jeremy Ellis / Chris Sim (0)20 7597 5970
Tavistock (Financial PR and IR)
Simon Hudson / Barney Hayward (0)20 7920 3150

1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a) Name Graham Cooley
2 Reason for the notification
a) Position/status Chief Executive Officer
b) Initial notification /Amendment Initial Notification
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a) Name ITM Power plc
b) LEI 21380042MB2JKZ6RRP12
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
Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Options over ordinary shares of 5p each
Identification code ISIN: GB00B0130H42
b) Nature of the transaction Issue of Options
c) Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s) Volume(s)
Nil cost option 307,500
d) Aggregated information
– Aggregated volume 307,500
– Price NA
e) Date of the transaction 24 October 2019
f) Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue

1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a) Name Simon Bourne
2 Reason for the notification
a) Position/status Chief Technical Officer
b) Initial notification /Amendment Initial Notification
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a) Name ITM Power plc
b) LEI 21380042MB2JKZ6RRP12
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
Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Options over ordinary shares of 5p each
Identification code ISIN: GB00B0130H42
b) Nature of the transaction Issue of Options
c) Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s) Volume(s)
Nil cost option 159,750
d) Aggregated information
– Aggregated volume 159,750
– Price NA
e) Date of the transaction 24 October 2019
f) Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue

1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a) Name Rachel Smith
2 Reason for the notification
a) Position/status Executive Director
b) Initial notification /Amendment Initial Notification
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a) Name ITM Power plc
b) LEI 21380042MB2JKZ6RRP12
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
Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Options over ordinary shares of 5p each
Identification code ISIN: GB00B0130H42
b) Nature of the transaction Issue of Options
c) Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s) Volume(s)
Nil cost option 72,000
d) Aggregated information
– Aggregated volume 72,000
– Price NA
e) Date of the transaction 24 October 2019
f) Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue

1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a) Name Andy Allen
2 Reason for the notification
a) Position/status Chief Financial Officer
b) Initial notification /Amendment Initial Notification
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a) Name ITM Power plc
b) LEI 21380042MB2JKZ6RRP12
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
Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Options over ordinary shares of 5p each
Identification code ISIN: GB00B0130H42
b) Nature of the transaction Issue of Options
c) Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s) Volume(s)
Nil cost option 47,250
d) Aggregated information
– Aggregated volume 47,250
– Price NA
e) Date of the transaction 24 October 2019
f) Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue
About ITM Power plc:
ITM Power plc manufactures integrated hydrogen energy solutions for grid balancing, energy storage and the production of green hydrogen for transport, renewable heat and chemicals. ITM Power plc was admitted to the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange in 2004. In October 2019, the Company announced the completion of a £58.8 million fundraise, including a subscription by Linde of £38 million, together with the formation of a joint-venture with Linde to focus on delivering green hydrogen to large scale industrial projects worldwide. ITM Power signed a forecourt siting agreement with Shell for hydrogen refuelling stations in September 2015, (which was extended in May 2019 to include buses, trucks, trains and ships) and in January 2018 a deal to deploy a 10MW electrolyser at Shell’s Rhineland refinery. ITM Power announced the lease of the world’s largest electrolyser factory in Sheffield with a capacity of 1GW (1,000MW) per annum in July 2019. Customers and partners include Sumitomo, Ørsted, National Grid, Cadent, Northern Gas Networks, Gasunie, RWE, Engie, BOC Linde, Toyota, Honda, Hyundai and Anglo American among others.

ITM Power (AIM: ITM), the energy storage and clean fuel company, published and posted a shareholder circular on 4 October 2019, including a notice of general meeting (“General Meeting”) in connection with the proposed Share Subscription, Firm Placing and Open Offer.

At the General Meeting of the Company held today the requisite shareholder approval was duly given. The proxy votes cast at the General Meeting were as follows:

The number of Ordinary Shares in issue on 18 October 2019 was 324,009,401. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.

The Share Subscription, Firm Placing and Open Offer remain conditional on, inter alia, Admission taking place on 23 October 2019 (or such later time as the Company and Investec may agree, being not later than 1 November 2019).

Result of Open Offer

The Open Offer closed for acceptances at 11.00 a.m. on 21 October 2019 in accordance with its terms and was oversubscribed. The Company therefore announces that is has received valid acceptances in respect of 17,053,126 New Ordinary Shares pursuant to Qualifying Shareholders’ Open Offer Entitlements representing a significant oversubscription of the new Ordinary Shares available under the Open Offer. Accordingly, the aggregate amount raised pursuant to the Open Offer is approximately £6.8 million and the aggregate amount raised pursuant to the Share Subscription, Firm Placing and Open Offer is approximately £58.8 million.

Application has been made for the 147,053,126 New Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to the Share Subscription, Firm Placing and Open Offer to be admitted to trading on AIM. It is expected that Admission and dealings in the 147,053,126 New Ordinary Shares will commence at 8.00 a.m. on 23 October 2019.

Upon Admission, the Enlarged Share Capital will comprise 471,062,527 Ordinary Shares with one voting right per share. The Company does not hold any shares in treasury. Therefore, this figure of 471,062,527 Ordinary Shares may be used by Shareholders following Admission 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 ITM Power under the FCA’s Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Capitalised terms not otherwise defined in the text of this announcement have the meanings given in the Company’s announcement dated 3 October 2019 in relation to the Share Subscription, Firm Placing and Open Offer.

For further information please visit www.itm-power.com or contact:

ITM Power plc
Nicola Ham Edmonds, Company Secretary
(0)114 244 5111

Investec Bank plc (Nominated Adviser and Broker)
Jeremy Ellis / Chris Sim / Ben Griffiths / Tejas Padalkar
(0)20 7597 5970

Tavistock (Financial PR and IR)
Simon Hudson / Barney Hayward / Edward Lee
(0)20 7920 3150

Total fundraising of at least £52m
(i) a strategic investment of £38m by Linde
(ii) a proposed Firm Placing of £14m, and
(iii) an Open Offer of up to c£6.8m,  each at 40 pence per share

Entry into new 50/50 Joint Venture with Linde AG
ITM Power plc (AIM: ITM) (ITM Power or the Group) is pleased to announce its intention to raise at least £52.0 million (before expenses) through (i) a strategic investment of £38.0 million at 40 pence per share by Linde UK Holdings No. 2 Limited, a member of the Linde AG group (Linde) (the Share Subscription); and (ii) a conditional placing of £14.0 million at 40 pence per share (the Firm Placed Shares) with certain existing and new institutional investors (the Firm Placing).   The Group has also entered into a 50/50 joint venture with Linde (the Joint Venture) which will focus on delivering green hydrogen to large scale industrial projects, principally those with an installed electrolyser capacity of 10 Megawatts (“MW”) and above.

In addition to the Firm Placing and the Share Subscription, the Group intends to raise up to c.£6.8 million through an Open Offer (the Open Offer) of 17,053,126 New Ordinary Shares at 40 pence per share (the Open Offer Shares).

The net proceeds of the fundraising will be used principally to enhance the manufacturing capabilities of the Group, particularly for the development and production of large scale 5MW electrolysers, to facilitate product standardisation and manufacturing cost reduction, to fund its initial financial contribution to the Joint Venture, and provide working capital and balance sheet strength to support the delivery of the contract backlog and opportunity pipeline.

The Group has also today published its results for the year ended 30 April 2019 in a separate announcement.

Highlights of the conditional Share Subscription, the Firm Placing, the Open Offer and Joint Venture 

• ITM Power intends to raise a minimum of £52.0 million pursuant to the conditional Share Subscription, the Firm Placing and the Open Offer at a price of 40 pence per New Ordinary Share (the Issue Price).

• Strategic investment of £38.0m by Linde, a world leader in industrial gases and engineering, via a Share Subscription for 95,000,000 New Ordinary Shares at the Issue price. On completion, Linde will hold approximately 20% of the Group’s enlarged share capital.

• Formation of the Joint Venture alongside Linde’s strategic investment. The Joint Venture will focus on delivering green hydrogen to large scale industrial projects (generally being opportunities with installed electrolyser capacities of 10 Megawatts and above).

• It is intended that Linde will appoint a Non-Executive Director to the Board of ITM Power following completion of the Share Subscription.

• The Issue Price represents a discount of approximately 7.0 per cent to the closing mid-market price of an Existing Ordinary Share on 2 October 2019, being the latest practicable date prior to the publication of this announcement.

• The Firm Placing is being conducted, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, on ITM Power’s behalf by Investec Bank plc (Investec). The Firm Placing and the Open Offer are not being underwritten by Investec.

• The Share Subscription, the Firm Placing and the Open Offer are inter-conditional.  In particular, they are conditional on (amongst other things):
(i) the passing by the requisite majority of Shareholders of resolutions to grant authorities to Directors to allot further shares for cash on a non-pre-emptive basis; and
(ii) admission of the New Ordinary Shares to trading on AIM on or before 8.00 a.m. on 23 October 2019 (or such later time and/or date as may be agreed between the Group and Investec) (Admission).

• The net proceeds of the Share Subscription, the Firm Placing and the Open Offer (expected to be a minimum of approximately £50.8 million) will be utilised by the Group to facilitate the Group’s move to its new, larger Bessemer Park facility in Sheffield with an annual production capacity of over 1000 MW per annum, fund and resource development of a 5MW electrolyser module, enhance product standardisation, meet initial funding requirements for the Joint Venture and to provide working capital to support (among other things) the delivery of the contract backlog and opportunity pipeline and to strengthen the Group’s balance sheet.

The Group announced its final results for the year to 30 April 2019 on 3 October 2019. A copy of the final results will be available on the Group’s website at www.itm-power.com.

The Group expects to publish a circular in connection with the Firm Placing, the Open Offer and the Share Subscription in the coming days. Shareholders should read the Circular and the Group’s full year results in full before making any application for Open Offer Shares.

Graham Cooley, Chief Executive Officer of ITM Power plc, said: “The major strategic investment from Linde cements a five year relationship between us and provides ITM Power with a world leading partner that brings deep expertise in engineering, procurement and construction and a global customer base. The joint venture will enable us to focus on our core competency of the development and sale of electrolysers, and with Linde as our partner to deliver green hydrogen at scale, The successful fundraising provides the financial resources to exploit this exciting opportunity to the full.

“We are seeing increasing global demand for hydrogen as a solution to renewable energy storage needs and the decarbonisation of major industrial processes. The fundraising and our partnership with Linde will help us to meet this demand on a growing scale, deliver efficiencies throughout our supply chain and represents a significant step on our pathway to medium-term profitability”

Enquiries:
ITM Power plc +44 (0)114 244 5111 Graham Cooley, CEO
Investec Bank plc (Nominated Adviser, Financial Adviser and Broker)  +44 (0)20 75974000 Jeremy Ellis / Chris Sim / Ben Griffiths / Tejas Padalkar
Tavistock (Financial PR and IR) +44 (0)20 7920 3150 Simon Hudson / Nick Elwes / Barney Hayward

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ITM Power (AIM: ITM), the energy storage and clean fuel company is pleased to announce its final results for the year ended 30 April 2019. What follows is a preliminary announcement; the full annual report and financial statements will be available shortly.

HIGHLIGHTS

FINANCIAL:

• Total Revenue & Grant Funding of £17.5m (2018: £14.1m) up 25%, comprising:
  • Sales revenue - £4.6m (2018: £3.3m) up 40%
  • Grant income recognised on the income statement - £7.2m (2018: £4.1m) up 75%
  • Grant income recognised on the balance sheet - £5.7m (2018: £6.7m), down 14%
• Loss from operations £9.3m (2018: £6.5m) increased 44%, EBITDA loss of £7.5m (2018: £4.8m) increased 56% as the Group invests to significantly scale up facilities, resources and production capacity
• Available cash balance of £5.2m at year-end (2018: £20.4m)
• £52m minimum equity fundraising announced today, subject to shareholder approval, including a:
• £38m cornerstone investment from new strategic partner Linde Engineering (part of Linde AG)
• £14m firm placing with certain existing and new institutional investors
• Open offer of up to approximately £6.8m

COMMERCIAL:

• Formation of worldwide joint venture to market, tender and sell green electrolytic hydrogen projects with Linde Engineering - part of Linde AG, a world leading supplier of industrial, process and specialty gases
• Agreement to lease new premises in Sheffield for global manufacturing headquarters with an electrolyser manufacturing capacity of up to 1GW (1,000MW) per annum, the largest in the world
• Non-contracted tender opportunity pipeline increased to over £379m (September 2017: £200m), illustrating the growth in the global hydrogen economy
• German presence expanded, first sales in Australia

CORPORATE:

• Martin Green appointed as non-executive director, joining the board on 16 September 2019
• Lord Roger Freeman announces resignation as non-executive director with effect from the publication of these financial results
• Appointment of Nicola Ham Edmonds, Head of Legal, as Company Secretary on 16 September 2019

Clean Fuel

• 15 wholly owned Hydrogen Refuelling Station (HRS) assets in ITM Power’s portfolio:
• eight fully open to the public, seven in various stages of construction
• Awarded further £1.8m by OLEV to deliver another refuelling station, part of a larger grant to put 57 new hydrogen cars on the road in the next 12 months.
• UK refuelling collaboration agreement with Shell extended to 2024 and to all hydrogen vehicle types
• Hydrogen fuel contracts now 33 in total (2018: 20) with fuel sales increased to 32 tonnes for the period (2018: 16 tonnes), up 100%
• Two bus refuelling stations – Birmingham and Pau in France – due to open this financial year

Power-to-Gas

• Committee on Climate Change recommended a central role for green hydrogen based power storage in its report to the UK government
• Official opening of BIG HIT (Building Innovative Green Hydrogen Systems in an Isolated Territory) in Orkney provided a reference blueprint for renewable hydrogen deployment for island systems
• Undertaking a feasibility study (Centurion) to deploy 100MW Power-to-Gas (P2G) energy storage in Cheshire
• Part of consortium awarded £14.9m over four years by Ofgem to fund two decarbonised domestic heating trials in the north of England (HyDeploy and HyDeploy 2) in the largest gas Network Innovation Competition (NIC) project ever and the first to inject green hydrogen into a UK gas grid

Industrial

• EU 10MW refinery project with Shell in Germany is on schedule and progressing well
• Opportunity pipeline contains a growing number of industrial projects as organisations seek to cut their carbon footprint – focus is on refineries and steel making
• Won BEIS competition to demonstrate delivery of bulk, low-cost and zero carbon hydrogen through gigawatt scale PEM electrolysis in partnership with Orsted

Graham Cooley, CEO, commented, “ITM Power continues to deliver strong growth with revenues up 25% year on year. The Group has benefited from the lessons learned in deploying units above 1MW for the first time, including in harsh environments and difficult operating conditions. This delivers significant competitive advantage for future deployments as we scale up and standardise our products. We’ve also been learning how to maximise value from our growing portfolio of revenue generating assets in the shape of the first real hydrogen refuelling network in the UK.”

Roger Putnam, Chairman, added, “I am pleased to report our plans for expansion of staff and production capacity are on track. The next year will be a period in which we transition to our much larger new factory. We welcome the Committee for Climate Change report’s aspirations to make the UK zero emissions by 2050 and its recognition that PEM electrolysis will be an integral part of the new energy mix. As always, I would like to thank our staff for another year of hard work and enthusiastic dedication to our business ambition to help decarbonise the world’s energy markets.”

For further information please visit www.itm-power.com or contact:

About ITM Power plc

ITM Power plc designs and manufactures integrated hydrogen energy systems for grid balancing, energy storage and the production of green hydrogen for transport, renewable heat and chemicals. ITM Power plc was admitted to the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange in 2004. In September 2017, the Company announced the completion of a £29.4m working capital fundraise. The Company signed a forecourt siting agreement with Shell for hydrogen refuelling stations in September 2015, which was extended in May 2019 to include buses, trucks, trains and ships, and subsequently a deal to deploy a 10MW electrolyser at Shell’s Rhineland refinery. The Company entered into a Strategic Partnership Agreement with Sumitomo Corporation in July 2018 for the development of multi-megawatt projects in Japan. Additional customers and partners include Ørsted, National Grid, Cadent, Northern Gas Networks, Gasunie, RWE, Engie, BOC Linde, Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, Anglo American among others.