TIRUPATI GRAPHITE PLC

Regulatory Filings • Apr 26, 2024

National Storage Mechanism | Additional information

RNS Number : 2640M

Tirupati Graphite PLC

26 April 2024

26 April 2024

Tirupati Graphite plc

('Tirupati', the 'Group' or the 'Company')

Receipt of Requisition Letter

Tirupati Graphite (TGR.L, TGRHF.OTCQX), the specialist flake graphite company and supplier of the critical mineral for the global energy transition, confirms that it has received a letter from Walpole St. Andrews Nominees Ltd on behalf of a group of underlying shareholders holding, in aggregate, 6,847,813 ordinary shares representing c. 5.8% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company, requesting the Company to convene a general meeting of the Company's shareholders pursuant to section 303 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act"). The Company is taking advice as to the validity of the requisition letter and a further announcement will be made in due course.

The letter has requested that at the requisitioned meeting, shareholders of the Company consider resolutions to remove Shishir Poddar, Puruvi Poddar and Alastair Bath from office as directors of the Company and to appoint Mark Rollins, Leo Koot, Isabel de Salis and Murat Dogan Erden as directors of the Company.

Shareholders are advised that no action is required at this time. Further announcements will be made as appropriate.

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

Tirupati Graphite Plc   Puruvi Poddar - Joint Managing Director	admin@tirupatigraphite.co.uk  +44 (0) 20 39849894
CMC Markets UK Plc (Joint Broker) Douglas Crippen	+44 (0)20 3003 8632
Optiva Securities Limited (Joint Broker)   Ben Maitland - Corporate Finance	+44 (0) 20 3034 2707
FTI Consulting (Financial PR)   Ben Brewerton / Nick Hennis / Lucy Wigney	+44 (0) 20 3727 1000  tirupati@fticonsulting.com

About Tirupati Graphite  

Tirupati Graphite Plc is a specialist Graphite producer and a supplier of the critical mineral for a decarbonised economy and the energy transition. The Company places a special emphasis on green applications including renewable energy, e-mobility, energy storage and thermal management, and is committed to ensuring its operations are sustainable. 

The Company's operations include primary mining and processing in Madagascar where the Company operates two key projects, Sahamamy and Vatomina with a combined 30,000 tpa of currently installed capacity, producing high-quality flake graphite concentrate with up to 97% purity and selling to customers globally. 

The Company also holds two advanced stage, world class, natural graphite projects in Mozambique. Work has already commenced to optimise the economics for development of the Montepuez graphite project, which is permitted for 100,000tpa production and where substantial construction work has already been undertaken by the predecessor. A table of the Company's projects is provided below: 

Country	Project	Stage
Madagascar	Sahamamy	In production: 18,000tpa capacity
Madagascar	Vatomina	In production: 12,000tpa capacity
Mozambique	Montepuez	100,000tpa permitted, development-initiated
Mozambique	Balama Central	58,000tpa permitted, development-ready

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