ITM Power PLC Second Contract with AMEC and National Grid

RNS Number : 1101A

ITM Power PLC

18 December 2014

18 December 2014

ITM Power plc

("ITM Power" or "the Company")

Gas Network Optimisation Contract with AMEC and National Grid

ITM Power (AIM: ITM), the energy storage and clean fuel company, is pleased to announce that it has secured a second commercial contract from AMEC Foster Wheeler plc ("AMEC") and National Grid plc ("National Grid") to create the business case for widespread deployment of Power-to-Gas energy storage technology to reduce the energy losses in the gas network.

This second follow-on project will build on the Phase 1 Technical Feasibility and identify specific sites on the gas network where Power-to-Gas can be most advantageously deployed. This will reduce energy losses and increase system efficiency for the UK gas network. AMEC, a tier 1 supplier to National Grid will lead the project and continue to provide a third party assessment of the benefits.

Dr Graham Cooley, CEO of ITM Power commented: "ITM Power is delighted to be working with National Grid and AMEC on the next phase of this implementation. We are all very encouraged by the project findings so far and the objective now is to identify the sites best suited to installing Power-to-Gas equipment. We are solving a problem common with all gas networks and there is very significant market potential in the UK and worldwide."

Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited Issue of Shares and Options to Staff

RNS Number : 9813Z

Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited

17 December 2014

Market

Announcement

Wednesday, 17 December 2014

Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited (AIM / ASX: CFU) announces that as part of its remuneration review it has issued equity to staff under the CFCL Directors and Employee Benefits Plan ("Equity Plan").

Under the Equity Plan, approved by shareholders in October 2012, the Board offers equity to staff as an important component of remuneration. Based on the Board's assessment of the Company's performance against agreed milestones through to 30 June 2014, the Board has issued 49,420,875 ordinary shares (the "New Shares") and 77,743,557 unlisted options to certain employees. The New Shares represent approximately 1.8 percent of the Company's existing issued capital.

Approximately one third of the shares issued to staff are subject to an escrow agreement for two years meaning that, if the staff member leaves the Company within that time, they forfeit their remaining unvested shares (subject to Board discretion).

One third of the share options issued to staff have a two year waiting period before they vest. All of the options have a 10 year life and an exercise price of 1.85 Australian cents (A$0.0185).

Details of the New Shares and options issued are also set out in the Appendix 3B filed with the ASX as at the date of this announcement, and also available on the Company's website.

The Company has made application for the admission of the New Shares to trading on AIM. It is expected that admission to AIM will commence at 8:00 a.m. on 22 December 2014.

The New Shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the other ordinary shares currently in issue.

Following admission of the New Shares, the number of ordinary shares with voting rights in the Company is now 2,849,844,711. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest, their shareholding in the Company.