Graphite One Announces Grant of Long-Term Incentive Awards
Graphite One Announces Grant of Long-Term Incentive
Awards
VANCOUVER, BC
,
Aug. 22, 2025
/CNW/ -
Graphite One Inc.
(TSXV: GPH) (OTCQX: GPHOF)
("Graphite One", "G1"
or the "Company"),
announces that the board of directors has approved a grant of long-term incentive awards for
calendar year 2025 to employees, officers, directors and consultants consisting of 410,000 stock options (the "
Options
"),
3,024,730 restricted share units ("
RSUs
") and 2,441,716 performance share units ("
PSUs
") pursuant to the terms of the
Company's Omnibus Plan.
The Options have an exercise price of
$0.81
per share, being the closing price of the Company's shares on the TSX
Venture Exchange ("
TSX-V
") on
August 22, 2025
. The Options vest one-third (1/3) on the first anniversary from the date
of grant, and one third on
April 14, 2027
and April 14, 2028 and will expire on
April 14, 2030
.
Each RSU and PSU will convert into one common share of the Company on each vest date. RSUs granted to
management totaling 2,441,716 will vest one-third (1/3) on the first anniversary from the date of grant, and one-third (1/3)
will vest on
April 14, 2027
and
April 14
, 2028. One-half (1/2) of the 583,014 RSUs granted to directors will vest on the
first anniversary from the date of grant, and the remaining one-half (1/2) will vest on
September 30, 2026
. The PSUs will
vest on
April 13, 2028
subject to the achievement of certain corporate performance criteria. Further details regarding the
Omnibus Plan are set out in the management information circular of the Company dated
May 14, 2025
, which is available
on the Company's website
click here
or on SEDAR+ at
www.sedarplus.ca
.
Following the above-noted grant of Options, RSUs and PSUs, the Company has 161,547,753 common shares issued and
outstanding, 12,185,738 Options, 8,059,260 RSUs and 5,642,152 PSUs issued under the Company's Omnibus Plan.
Graphite One's Supply Chain Strategy
With
the United States
currently 100 percent import dependent for natural and synthetic graphite, Graphite One is
developing a complete U.S.-based, advanced graphite supply chain solution anchored by the Graphite Creek deposit,
recognized by the US Geological Survey as the largest graphite deposit in the U.S. "and among the largest in the world."
The Graphite One Project plan includes an advanced synthetic graphite material and battery anode material
manufacturing plant located in
Warren, Ohio
. The plan also includes a recycling facility to reclaim graphite and the other
battery materials, to be co-located at the
Ohio
site, the third link in Graphite One's non-linear circular economy strategy.
About Graphite One Inc.
GRAPHITE ONE INC. continues to develop its Graphite One Project (the "
Project
"), with the goal of becoming an
American producer of high grade anode materials that is integrated with a domestic graphite resource. The Project is
proposed as a vertically integrated enterprise to mine and process natural graphite, and to manufacture artificial and
natural graphite anode materials primarily for the lithium
ion electric vehicle battery and energy storage markets.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors
"Anthony Huston" (signed)
For more information on Graphite One Inc., please visit the Company's website,
www.GraphiteOneInc.com
.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX
Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
All statements in this release, other than statements of historical facts, are forward-looking statements. Generally,
forward
looking information can be identified by the use of forward
looking terminology such as "proposes", "expects",
"is expected", "scheduled", "estimates", "projects", "plans", "is planning", "intends", "assumes", "believes", "indicates",
"to be" or variations of such words and phrases that state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would",
"might" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved". Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such
forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future
performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include market
prices, exploitation and exploration successes, continuity of mineralization, uncertainties related to the ability to obtain
necessary permits, licenses and title and delays due to third party opposition, changes in government policies regarding
mining and natural resource exploration and exploitation, and continued availability of capital and financing, and
general economic, market or business conditions. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on this forward-
looking information, which is given as of the date it is expressed in this press release, and the Company undertakes no
obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking information, except as required by applicable securities laws.
For more information on the Company, investors should review the Company's continuous disclosure filings that are
available at
www.sedarplus.ca
.
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For more information on Graphite One Inc., please visit the Company's website,
www.GraphiteOneInc.com or contact: Anthony Huston, CEO, President & Director, Tel: (604) 889-4251, Email:
[email protected]; Investor Relations Contact: Tel: (604) 684-6730, [email protected], On X
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