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RNS Number : 3085S Creo Medical Group PLC 08 March 2023
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THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION.
LEI: 213800H188ZDCWWXFA21
8 March 2023
Creo Medical Group plc
("Creo" or the "Company")
Results of Placing and Open Offer
and Result of General Meeting
and Total Voting Rights
On 16 February 2023, Creo announced it had raised £28.5 million (before
expenses) by way of a conditional Placing and Subscription, and subsequently
launched an Open Offer to raise up to an additional £5.2 million.
The Company is pleased to announce that at its General Meeting held today all
of the resolutions, as set out in the Circular dated 17 February 2023, were
duly passed.
The voting results will be made available on the Company's website shortly at:
https://creomedical.com/investors/reports-and-presentations/
(https://creomedical.com/investors/reports-and-presentations/) .
The Company is also pleased to announce the results of the Open Offer, which
closed for acceptances at 11:00 a.m. on 7 March 2023 and was significantly
oversubscribed. Valid acceptances have been received in respect of 34,393,672
Open Offer Shares, representing 132.03 per cent. of the Open Offer Shares
available under the Open Offer. In accordance with the terms and conditions of
the Open Offer all applications made pursuant to the Open Offer (other than
Excess Shares applied for under the Excess Application Facility) have been met
in full and a scaling back exercise has been undertaken in respect of
applications for Excess Shares. The Company has therefore raised gross
proceeds of approximately £33.7 million, in aggregate, through the Placing,
Subscription and Open Offer.
Application has been made for a total of 168,548,909 new Ordinary Shares, to
be issued pursuant to the Placing, Subscription and Open Offer, to be admitted
to trading on AIM. It is expected that Admission and dealings in the
168,548,909 new Ordinary Shares will commence at 8.00 a.m. on 9 March 2023.
Following Admission, the Enlarged Share Capital of the Company will consist of
350,891,272 Ordinary Shares. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in
the Company is 350,891,272 and this figure may be used by Shareholders as the
denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are
required to notify their interest in the Company, or there is a change to
their interest in the Company.
This announcement should be read in conjunction with the full text of the
Circular posted to Shareholders on 17 February 2023, copies of which are
available on the Company's website www.creomedical.com/investors. The same
definitions apply throughout this announcement as are applied in the Circular.
Creo Medical Group plc www.creomedical.com (http://www.creomedical.com)
Richard Rees (CFO) +44 (0)1291 606 005
Cenkos Securities plc (Nominated Adviser, Joint Bookrunner and Joint Broker) +44 (0)20 7397 8900
Camilla Hume/Stephen Keys (NOMAD)
Russell Kerr/Michael Johnson (Sales)
Numis Securities Limited (Joint Bookrunner and Joint Broker) +44 (0)20 7260 1000
Freddie Barnfield / James Black / Duncan Monteith
William Baunton (ECM)
Walbrook PR Ltd Tel: +44 (0)20 7933 8780 or creo@walbrookpr.com (mailto:creo@walbrookpr.com)
Paul McManus / Sam Allen / Phillip Marriage Mob: +44 (0)7980 541 893 / +44 (0)7584 391 303
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offer to issue or sell, or the solicitation of an offer to acquire, purchase
or subscribe for, any securities in the United States, Canada, Australia, New
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other jurisdiction in which the same would be unlawful. No public offering of
the New Ordinary Shares is being made in any such jurisdiction.
The securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered
under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), or with any securities regulatory authority of any State or other
jurisdiction of the United States, and may not be offered, sold or transferred
directly or indirectly in or into the United States except pursuant to an
exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration
requirements of the Securities Act and in compliance with the securities laws
of any State or any other jurisdiction of the United States. Accordingly, the
New Ordinary Shares are being offered and sold by the Company only outside the
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a profit forecast or be relied upon as a guide to future performance. The
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announcement) as its client in relation to the Placing or any other matter
referred to in this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone
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