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RNS Number : 7328B  ATOME PLC  23 April 2026

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLE 7 OF
THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION (EU) 596/2014 (WHICH FORMS PART OF DOMESTIC UK LAW
PURSUANT TO THE EUROPEAN UNION (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018 ("UK MAR").

 

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS ONLY FOR DISTRIBUTION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IS NOT
FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR
IN PART, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, NEW ZEALAND, JAPAN,
THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, ANY MEMBER STATE OF THE EEA OR ANY OTHER
JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO MIGHT CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS
OR REGULATIONS OF SUCH JURISDICTION.

 

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AMOUNTS TO A FINANCIAL PROMOTION FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTION
21 OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 ("FSMA") AND HAS BEEN
APPROVED BY RETAIL BOOK LIMITED WHICH IS AUTHORISED AND REGULATED BY THE
FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY (FRN 994238). THIS FINANCIAL PROMOTION IS NOT
INTENDED TO BE INVESTMENT ADVICE.

 

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY, AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE
OR FORM PART OF ANY OFFER OR INVITATION TO SELL OR ISSUE, OR ANY SOLICITATION
OF AN OFFER TO PURCHASE OR SUBSCRIBE FOR, ANY SECURITIES OF ATOME PLC.

 

 

23 April 2026

 

Atome plc

 

("ATOME" or the "Company")

 

RetailBook Offer

 

·      Further to ATOME's announcement on 23 April 2026 regarding a
proposed fundraising, ATOME announces a conditional retail offer of new
ordinary shares of the Company via RetailBook (https://www.retailbook.com/) ;

·      The Issue Price for the Retail Offer Shares is 60 pence per
Retail Offer Share, representing a discount of 34.4 per cent to the closing
mid-price of the Company's existing ordinary shares on 22 April 2026;

·      Investors can take part through RetailBook's partner network of
retail brokers, wealth managers and investment platforms, (subject to such
partners' participation);

·      Applications for Retail Offer Shares through these partners can
be made from tax efficient savings vehicles such as ISAs or SIPPs, as well as
General Investment Accounts ("GIAs");

·      The RetailBook Offer is available to both existing shareholders
and new investors;

·      There is a minimum subscription of £250 per investor in the
RetailBook Offer;

·      No commission will be charged by RetailBook on applications to
the RetailBook Offer.

·      Brokers wishing to offer their customers access to the RetailBook
Offer and future RetailBook transactions, should
contact partners@retailbook.com (mailto:partners@retailbook.com) ;

·      UK Investors that wish to receive alerts for future RetailBook
transactions should sign up here: https://www.retailbook.com/investors
(https://www.retailbook.com/investors) .

 

 

The RetailBook Offer

 

ATOME (AIM : ATOM), the AIM quoted low-carbon fertiliser developer is pleased
to announce a conditional retail offer of new ordinary shares in the capital
of the Company ("Retail Offer Shares") via RetailBook (the "RetailBook Offer")
at an issue price of 60 pence per Retail Offer Share (the "Issue Price"),
which represents a discount of approximately 0.8% to the closing mid-market
price of 60.5 pence per ordinary share on 9 April 2026, being the last trading
day immediately preceding the announcement by ATOME providing an update
stating that final definitive documentation on the equity financing of the
Villeta Project was being finalised by the parties' lawyers and represents a
discount of approximately 34.4% to the closing mid-market price of 91.50 pence
per Ordinary Share on 22 April 2026, being the last trading day immediately
preceding the date of this announcement.

 

The Company is also conducting a placing of new ordinary shares to
institutional investors by way of an accelerated bookbuilding process (the
"Placing") and Subscription to certain other investors as announced by the
Company earlier today (the "Fundraising Announcement"). Further details of the
Placing and Subscription are set out in the Fundraising Announcement For the
avoidance of doubt, the RetailBook Offer is not part of the Placing or
Subscription.

 

The RetailBook Offer is conditional on the Retail Offer Shares and the new
ordinary shares to be issued pursuant to the Placing being admitted to trading
on AIM ("Admission"). Admission is expected to take place at 8:00 a.m. on 30
April 2026 .

 

The RetailBook Offer will not be completed without the Placing also being
completed.

 

The Company will use the gross proceeds to subscribe for US$31 million of new
Preferred equity in the Villeta green fertiliser project (the "Project") pari
passu with the Project investors and provide working capital for ATOME's
pipeline of projects.

 

Reason for the RetailBook Offer

 

The Company values its retail shareholder base and believes that it is in the
best interests of shareholders as well as wider stakeholders, to provide
retail and other interested investors the opportunity to participate in the
RetailBook Offer.

 

The RetailBook Offer is open to eligible investors resident and physically
located in the United Kingdom following release of this announcement. The
RetailBook Offer is expected to close at 9:00 p.m. on 23 April 2026 and may
close earlier at the discretion of the Company or if it is oversubscribed.

 

Investors can participate through RetailBook's partner network of investment
platforms, retail brokers and wealth managers, subject to such partners'
participation. More information on RetailBook's partner network can be found
here (https://www.retailbook.com/investors) .

 

Applications for Retail Offer Shares through participating partners can be
made from tax efficient savings vehicles such as ISAs or SIPPs, as well as
GIAs. Investors wishing to apply using their ISA, SIPP or GIA should contact
their investment platform, retail broker or wealth manager for details of
their terms and conditions, process and any relevant fees or charges.

 

The Retail Offer Shares will, when issued, be credited as fully paid and will
rank pari passu in all respects with the Company's existing Ordinary Shares
including the right to receive all dividends and other distributions declared,
made or paid after their date of issue.

 

Brokers wishing to offer their customers access to the RetailBook Offer and
future RetailBook transactions, should contact partners@retailbook.com
(mailto:partners@retailbook.com) . UK Investors that wish to receive alerts
for future RetailBook transactions should sign up here:
https://www.retailbook.com/investors (https://www.retailbook.com/investors) .
 

 

Eligibility for the RetailBook Offer

 

The RetailBook Offer is available to new investors and existing shareholders
of the Company. To be eligible to participate in the RetailBook Offer,
applicants must be a customer of a participating partner.

 

Eligible investors wishing to subscribe for Retail Offer Shares should contact
their investment platform, retail broker or wealth manager to confirm if they
are participating in the RetailBook Offer.

 

Some partners
may only accept applications from existing shareholders and/or existing customers.

 

There is a minimum subscription of £250 per investor. The terms and
conditions on which investors subscribe will be provided by the relevant
financial intermediaries including relevant commission or fee charges. Note,
no commission will be charged to investors by RetailBook in connection with
the RetailBook Offer.

 

The Company reserves the right to scale back any order under the RetailBook
Offer at its discretion. The Company reserves the right to reject any
application for subscription under the RetailBook Offer without giving any
reason for such rejection.

 

It is a term of the RetailBook Offer that the aggregate value of the shares
available for subscription at the Issue Price does not, unless further
allocations are agreed by the Company at its discretion, exceed £500,000.

 

Investors should also note that the RetailBook Offer will remain open
alongside a live share price and the market price of the Retail Offer Shares
may be less than the Issue Price.

 

Investors should make their own investigations into the merits of an
investment in the Company. Nothing in this announcement amounts to a
recommendation to invest in the Company or amounts to investment, taxation or
legal advice.

 

It should be noted that a subscription for Retail Offer Shares and investment
in the Company carries a number of risks. Investors should take independent
advice from a person experienced in advising on investment in securities such
as the Retail Offer Shares if they are in any doubt.

 

AIM is a market designed primarily for emerging or smaller companies to which
a higher investment risk tends to be attached than to larger or more
established companies. A prospective investor should be aware of the risks of
investing in such companies and should make the decision to invest only after
careful consideration and, if appropriate, consultation with an independent
financial adviser.

 

An investment in the Company will place capital at risk. The value of your
investment in the Company and any income from it is not guaranteed and can go
down as well as rise due to stock market and currency movements. When you sell
your investment, you may get back less than the amount originally invested.

 

Neither past performance nor any forecasts should be considered a reliable
indicator of future results.

 

This announcement should be read in its entirety. In particular, the
information in the "Important Notices" section of the announcement should be
read and understood.

 

 

Enquiries

 

 ATOME PLC                                +44 (0) 113 337 2210

info@atomeplc.com
 Nikita Levine, Investor Relations
 Retail Book Limited                      c (mailto:capitalmarkets@retailbook.com) apitalmarkets

                                        (mailto:capitalmarkets@retailbook.com) @retailbook.com
 Nick Smith / James Deal                  (mailto:capitalmarkets@retailbook.com)

 Beaumont Cornish (Nominated Adviser)     +44 (0) 20 7628 3396
 Roland Cornish, Michael Cornish

 FTI Consulting (Communications Adviser)  +44 (0) 20 3727 1000

                                        atome@fticonsulting.com (mailto:atome@fticonsulting.com)
 Elizabeth Adams, Ben Brewerton

 

Further information on the Company can be found on its website at
www.atomeplc.com.

 

Important Notices

 

The contents of this announcement, which has been prepared by and is the sole
responsibility of the Company, have been approved by Retail Book Limited
("RetailBook") solely for the purposes of section 21(2)(b) of FSMA.

 

The RetailBook Offer is offered in the United Kingdom under an exemption from
the requirement to publish a prospectus contained in Schedule 1 of the Public
Offers and Admissions to Trading Regulations 2024 (the "POATR"). As such,
there is no need for publication of a prospectus or MTF admission prospectus
as defined in the POATR. The RetailBook Offer is not being made into any
jurisdiction other than the United Kingdom.

 

No offering document, prospectus or admission document has been or will be
prepared or submitted to be approved by the FCA (or any other authority) in
relation to the RetailBook Offer, and investors' commitments will be made
solely on the basis of the information contained in this announcement and
information that has been published by or on behalf of the Company prior to
the date of this announcement by notification to a Regulatory Information
Service in accordance with the AIM Rules for Companies and UK MAR.

 

This announcement is not for publication or distribution in or into the United
States.  This announcement is not an offer of securities for sale into the
United States. The securities referred to herein have not been and will not be
registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "US
Securities Act"), and may not be offered or sold in the United States, except
pursuant to an applicable exemption from registration. No public offering of
securities is being made in the United States.

 

The Retail Offer Shares are being offered and sold outside the United States
in "offshore transactions", as defined in, and in compliance with,
Regulation S under the US Securities Act. In addition, the Company has not
been, and will not be, registered under the US Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended.

 

This announcement and the information contained herein is not for release,
publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, in
or into Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, the Republic of South Africa,
any member state of the EEA or any other jurisdiction where to do so might
constitute a violation of the relevant laws or regulations of such
jurisdiction.

 

This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or issue or a
solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for Retail Offer Shares in
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, the Republic of South Africa, any
member state of the EEA or any other jurisdiction in which such offer or
solicitation is or may be unlawful. No public offer of the securities referred
to herein is being made in any such jurisdiction.

 

The distribution of this announcement may be restricted by law in certain
jurisdictions and persons into whose possession any document or other
information referred to herein comes should inform themselves about and
observe any such restriction. Any failure to comply with these restrictions
may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

 

RetailBook is a proprietary technology platform owned and operated by Retail
Book Limited (registered address at 10 Queen Street Place, London EC4R 1AG).
Retail Book Limited is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the
FCA (FRN 994238).

 

The value of the Retail Offer Shares and the income from them is not
guaranteed and can fall as well as rise due to stock market movements. When
you sell your investment, you may get back less than you originally invested.
Figures refer to past performance and past performance is not a reliable
indicator of future results. Returns may increase or decrease as a result of
currency fluctuations.

 

Certain statements in this announcement are forward-looking statements which
are based on the Company's expectations, intentions and projections regarding
its future performance, anticipated events or trends and other matters that
are not historical facts. These forward-looking statements, which may use
words such as "aim", "anticipate", "believe", "intend", "estimate", "expect"
and words of similar meaning, include all matters that are not historical
facts. These forward-looking statements involve risks, assumptions and
uncertainties that could cause the actual results of operations, financial
condition, liquidity and dividend policy and the development of the industries
in which the Company's businesses operate to differ materially from the
impression created by the forward-looking statements. These statements are not
guarantees of future performance and are subject to known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
Given those risks and uncertainties, prospective investors are cautioned not
to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.

 

These forward-looking statements speak only as at the date of this
announcement and cannot be relied upon as a guide to future performance. The
Company and Retail Book expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to
update or revise any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect
actual results or any change in the assumptions, conditions or circumstances
on which any such statements are based unless required to do so by the FCA,
the London Stock Exchange or applicable law.

 

The information in this announcement is for background purposes only and does
not purport to be full or complete. None of RetailBook or any of its
affiliates, accepts any responsibility or liability whatsoever for, or makes
any representation or warranty, express or implied, as to this announcement,
including the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information in this
announcement (or whether any information has been omitted from the
announcement) or any other information relating to the Company or associated
companies, whether written, oral or in a visual or electronic form, and
howsoever transmitted or made available or for any loss howsoever arising from
any use of the announcement or its contents or otherwise arising in connection
therewith. RetailBook and its affiliates, accordingly disclaim all and any
liability whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise which they might
otherwise be found to have in respect of this announcement or its contents or
otherwise arising in connection therewith.

 

No statement in this announcement is intended to be a profit forecast and no
statement in this announcement should be interpreted to mean that earnings or
target dividend per share of the Company for the current or future financial
years would necessarily match or exceed the historical published earnings or
dividends per share of the Company.

 

Neither the content of the Company's website (or any other website) nor the
content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or
any other website) is incorporated into or forms part of this announcement.
The Retail Offer Shares to be issued or sold pursuant to the RetailBook Offer
will not be admitted to trading on any stock exchange other than the AIM
market of the London Stock Exchange.

 

No other documents or materials are incorporated into, or form part of this
financial promotion and RetailBook has not carried out any verification or due
diligence in respect of any such other documents.

 

Beaumont Cornish Limited ("Beaumont Cornish") is the Company's Nominated
Adviser and is authorised and regulated by the FCA. Beaumont Cornish's
responsibilities as the Company's Nominated Adviser, including a
responsibility to advise and guide the Company on its responsibilities under
the AIM Rules for Companies and AIM Rules for Nominated Advisers, are owed
solely to the London Stock Exchange. Beaumont Cornish is not acting for and
will not be responsible to any other persons for providing protections
afforded to customers of Beaumont Cornish nor for advising them in relation to
the proposed arrangements described in this Announcement or any matter
referred to in it. No representation or warranty, expressed or implied, is
made by Beaumont Cornish or any of its directors, officers, partners,
employees, agents or advisers as to the contents of this Announcement
including in its accuracy, completeness or verification, or for any other
statement made or purported to be made by it or on its behalf, in connection
with the Announcement (without limiting the statutory rights of any person to
whom this Announcement is issued). Beaumont Cornish has not authorised the
contents of, or any part of, this Announcement and no liability whatsoever is
accepted by Beaumont Cornish or any of its directors, officers, partners,
employees, agents or advisers for the accuracy of information or opinions
contained in this Announcement or for the omission of any material information
for which it is not responsible.

 

 

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