ASTRON LIMITED
ASX:ATRMaterialsToday’s holders own 97.3% of what they think they own, once every option and right converts.
In a trading halt since 27 Oct 2026: “Pending release of a material announcement in connection with a proposed project financing” · expected to resume 29 Oct 2026
Share count grew 130% in 24 months; runway 4–8 quarters
ASTRON LIMITED's ordinary share count increased 129.7% between October 2024 and June 2026, its latest share-count filing, reaching 430M shares. The company has not conducted any capital raises in the past 24 months. Options and rights on issue could convert into 12M new shares, representing 2.8% of current shares, none of which are in the money; an expiry date for these securities is not on record. The company has more than 4 quarters of funding at the recent spend rate. No proposed securities issues are pending.
Quick answers · 5
Why is ATR in a trading halt?
Astron requested a trading halt on 27 Oct 2026, giving the reason "Pending release of a material announcement in connection with a proposed project financing". Trading was expected to resume 29 Oct 2026.
How much placement capacity does ATR have left?
About 99% of the 15% placement capacity left, about 1% used in 12 months (estimate). Under ASX Listing Rule 7.1 a company may place up to 15% of its shares in 12 months without shareholder approval.
How much cash does ATR have?
In its quarterly cash report for the quarter ended 30 June 2026, Astron reported $17.3M of cash and estimated 6.7 quarters of funding available at its current rate of spending. That is the company's own estimate.
How many options and rights does ATR have outstanding?
Unexercised options and rights equal 2.8% of Astron's shares on issue.
How much has ATR's share count grown?
Astron has 429.9M shares on issue as at 28 Oct 2026, up 129.7% over 24 months according to its Appendix 2A filings.
Shares on issue — last 2 years
Cash runway
Issuance timeline
Latest 5 filings (Appendix 2AThe form a company lodges to have new securities quoted on the ASX. It restates how many of each class are on issue. quoted issues, 3G unquoted, 3H cancellations)
| Date | Form | Security | On issue, per this filing | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 June 2026 | 2A · quoted issue | ATR : ORDINARY FULLY PAID | 429.9M | Appendix 2A |
| 18 May 2026 | 2A · quoted issue | ATR : ORDINARY FULLY PAID | 423.0M | Appendix 2A |
| 1 Apr 2026 | 2A · quoted issue | ATR : ORDINARY FULLY PAID | 422.2M | Appendix 2A |
| 21 Jan 2026 | 3H · cancellation | ATR : ORDINARY FULLY PAID | 421.9M | Appendix 3H |
| 24 Dec 2025 | 2A · quoted issue | ATR : ORDINARY FULLY PAID | 421.9M | Appendix 2A |
Securities on issue over time
Ordinary shares and every option and rights class, month by month over two years. The top edge is the fully diluted count.
Capital raises
Forward supply
Every dated event on record that could add securities to the register — option expiries to their stated dates and proposed issues over the next 18 months, on one timeline.
Placement capacity
How much stock a company can place without asking holders. Listing Rule 7.1 / 7.1ARule 7.1 lets a company issue up to 15% of its shares in 12 months without a shareholder vote. Rule 7.1A adds 10% for smaller companies whose holders approve it. allows 15% of ordinary securities in any 12 months, and every Appendix 3BNotice that a company proposes to issue new securities, such as a placement. The securities are not on issue until a later filing confirms it. states how much of it an issue uses.
Pending proposed issues
Options & convertible securities
- Price-triggered600k · 0.1% of sharesOptions and warrants — they convert when the share price clears their exercise price.No exercise price is on record for any of it, so none of it can be called in or out of the money.
- Condition-triggered11.5M · 2.7% of sharesPerformance and incentive rights — they convert when a hurdle is met, not at a price, and can lapse to nothing.
Exercise price on record: 0 priced, 12.1M where the filing never states one. A security with no exercise price is never counted in the money — nothing is paid to convert it, so there is no price for it to be above.
Each figure is the filing’s own count of securities, not a share count — a 2A never states what one security converts into.
No option supply on record carries an exercise price to pay, so no share price switches any of it on. All 12.1M of it converts on something else — a hurdle that may never be met, or terms the filing does not price.
| Code | Security | Type | Exercise price | Expiry | On issue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATRAM | Options | Price-triggered, no exercise price stated | — | — | 600k | Filing |
| ATRAI | Performance rights | Condition-triggered | — | — | 11.5M | Filing Meeting |
“Nil” is a stated nil exercise price: nothing is paid to convert. An em dash means the filing names no exercise price at all. Security is read from the filing’s own class description; an em dash there means the description is not one this table labels. One row is one security class, at the number stated in the most recent quotation application that restated it — linked, and dated, in the last column. For what expires soon across other listed companies, see the options expiry calendar.
A condition-triggered class has no exercise price and usually no expiry: what it vests on is set by a shareholder resolution, not by the register. Where the company lodged a notice of meeting before the class first appears here, it is linked as “Meeting” — that is where terms of this kind are put to shareholders. It is not confirmation that the document sets this class’s conditions, and no link appears where there is no such filing.
Director dealings
| Date | Director | Type | Shares | Options | Other | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 May 2026 | George Lloyd | Other incentive | 533k | — | — | — | 3Y notice |
| 12 May 2026 | Gerard King | Other incentive | 267k | — | — | — | 3Y notice |
| 27 Mar 2026 | Dr Mark Elliott | Other incentive | 267k | — | — | — | 3Y notice |
Ownership
Latest announcements
Headlines link to the source PDFs on the ASX announcements platform. Data as of 28 Oct 2026.