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Tirupati Graphite PLC

28 December 2022

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28 December 2022

Tirupati Graphite plc

('Tirupati' or the 'Company')

Extension of Warrants

Tirupati Graphite plc (TGR.L, TGRHF.OTCQX), the specialist flake graphite company announces that the Board has extended the expiry date on 4,940,000 warrants previously issued to Directors and management from their current expiry date, as per the table below. All other terms of the warrants remain the same.

Since Tirupati was admitted to the Official List of the FCA (by way of a standard listing under Chapter 14 of the Listing Rules) and to trading on the Main Market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange in December 2020, the Directors and management have been restricted from trading in the securities of the Company for a substantial part of that period. As such, the Board had granted extension to provide a reasonable opportunity for warrants to be exercised as announced on 30 December 2021. There has, however, been very limited opportunity for exercise of the these warrants since then as a result of the Company being in close periods during the year during which the directors have not been permitted to exercise the warrants. The warrants remain the only significant equity linked incentive provided by the Company to its leadership team.

The Board has therefore considered it appropriate to grant a further extension of the expiry date for all the outstanding warrants as tabulated below to 31 December 2025; the longer-term is designed to avoid a similar situation occurring as in 2022.

 
 Warrant Holder              No of warrants      Exercise   Current expiry   Extended expiry 
                                                  Price      date             date 
 Hemant Poddar                         200,000   GBP0.300     31-12-2022       31-12-2025 
                            ------------------  ---------  ---------------  ---------------- 
 Christian St. John-Dennis             200,000   GBP0.300     31-12-2022       31-12-2025 
                            ------------------  ---------  ---------------  ---------------- 
 Shishir Poddar                        600,000   GBP0.300     31-12-2022       31-12-2025 
                            ------------------  ---------  ---------------  ---------------- 
 Hemant Poddar                         240,000   GBP0.400     31-12-2022       31-12-2025 
                            ------------------  ---------  ---------------  ---------------- 
 Christian St. John-Dennis             240,000   GBP0.400     31-12-2022       31-12-2025 
                            ------------------  ---------  ---------------  ---------------- 
 Rajesh Kedia                          140,000   GBP0.400     31-12-2022       31-12-2025 
                            ------------------  ---------  ---------------  ---------------- 
 Shishir Poddar                        900,000   GBP0.400     31-12-2022       31-12-2025 
                            ------------------  ---------  ---------------  ---------------- 
 Puruvi Poddar                         320,000   GBP0.400     31-03-2023       31-03-2025 
                            ------------------  ---------  ---------------  ---------------- 
 Hemant Poddar                         240,000   GBP0.400     31-12-2023       31-12-2025 
                            ------------------  ---------  ---------------  ---------------- 
 Christian St. John-Dennis             240,000   GBP0.400     31-12-2023       31-12-2025 
                            ------------------  ---------  ---------------  ---------------- 
 Rajesh Kedia                          240,000   GBP0.400     31-12-2023       31-12-2025 
                            ------------------  ---------  ---------------  ---------------- 
 Shishir Poddar                        900,000   GBP0.400     31-12-2023       31-12-2025 
                            ------------------  ---------  ---------------  ---------------- 
 Puruvi Poddar                         480,000   GBP0.400     31-03-2024       31-03-2025 
                            ------------------  ---------  ---------------  ---------------- 
 

**S **

For further information, please visit https://www.tirupatigraphite.co.uk/ or contact:

 
Tirupati Graphite Plc                            admin@tirupatigraphite.co.uk 
 Puruvi Poddar - Chief of Corporate & Business            +44 (0) 20 39849894 
 Development 
Optiva Securities Limited (Broker) 
 Ben Maitland - Corporate Finance                        +44 (0) 20 3034 2707 
 Robert Emmet - Corporate Broking                        +44 (0) 20 3981 4173 
FTI Consulting (Financial PR)                            +44 (0) 20 3727 1000 
 Ben Brewerton / Nick Hennis / Kelly Smith         tirupati@fticonsulting.com 
 
 
1.   Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR")/person 
      closely associated 
a)   Name:                                  1. Shisir Poddar 
                                             2. Henant Poddar 
                                             3. Christian Dennis 
                                             4. Rajesh Kedia 
                                             5. Puruvi Poddar 
     -------------------------------  --------------------------------------------------------------- 
2.   Reason for the notification 
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
a)   Position/status:                       1. Executive Chairman 
                                             2. Non-Executive Director 
                                             3. Non-Executive Director 
                                             4. Non-Executive Director 
                                             5. Chief of Corporate & Business Development 
     -------------------------------  --------------------------------------------------------------- 
b)   Initial notification/Amendment:  Amendment notification 
     -------------------------------  --------------------------------------------------------------- 
3.   Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction 
      platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
a)   Name:                            Tirupati Graphite Plc 
     -------------------------------  --------------------------------------------------------------- 
b)   LEI:                             2138006PQV9F72H17783 
     -------------------------------  --------------------------------------------------------------- 
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               Ordinary shares of GBP0.025 each 
      instrument, type of instrument:            GB00BFYMWJ95 
      Identification code: 
     -----------------------------------------  ----------------------------------------------------- 
b)   Nature of the transaction:                 Extension of Warrants expiry 
     -----------------------------------------  ----------------------------------------------------- 
c)   Price(s) and volume(s):                           Price     Volume              PDMR 
                                                  1    GBP0.300   200,000   Hemant Poddar 
                                                      ---------  --------  -------------------------- 
                                                  2    GBP0.300   200,000   Christian St. John-Dennis 
                                                      ---------  --------  -------------------------- 
                                                  3    GBP0.300   600,000   Shishir Poddar 
                                                      ---------  --------  -------------------------- 
                                                  4    GBP0.400   240,000   Hemant Poddar 
                                                      ---------  --------  -------------------------- 
                                                  5    GBP0.400   240,000   Christian St. John-Dennis 
                                                      ---------  --------  -------------------------- 
                                                  6    GBP0.400   140,000   Rajesh Kedia 
                                                      ---------  --------  -------------------------- 
                                                  7    GBP0.400   900,000   Shishir Poddar 
                                                      ---------  --------  -------------------------- 
                                                  8    GBP0.400   320,000   Puruvi Poddar 
                                                      ---------  --------  -------------------------- 
                                                  10   GBP0.400   240,000   Hemant Poddar 
                                                      ---------  --------  -------------------------- 
                                                  11   GBP0.400   240,000   Christian St. John-Dennis 
                                                      ---------  --------  -------------------------- 
                                                  12   GBP0.400   240,000   Rajesh Kedia 
                                                      ---------  --------  -------------------------- 
                                                  13   GBP0.400   900,000   Shishir Poddar 
                                                      ---------  --------  -------------------------- 
                                                  14   GBP0.400   480,000   Puruvi Poddar 
                                                      ---------  --------  -------------------------- 
     -----------------------------------------  ----------------------------------------------------- 
d)   Aggregated information:                          Price     Volume 
      Aggregated volume:                          1.   GBP0.30   1,000,000 
      Price:                                          --------  ---------- 
                                                  2.   GBP0.40   3,940,000 
                                                      --------  ---------- 
     -----------------------------------------  ----------------------------------------------------- 
e)   Date of the transaction:                   27 December 2022 
     -----------------------------------------  ----------------------------------------------------- 
f)   Place of the transaction:                  Outside a trading venue 
     -----------------------------------------  ----------------------------------------------------- 
 
 

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