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Oxford BiodynamicsAnnouncement

17/01/2025 07:00

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RNS Number : 6711T  Oxford BioDynamics PLC  17 January 2025

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Oxford BioDynamics plc

 

("Oxford BioDynamics" or the "Company")

 

Result of WRAP Retail Offer

 

Oxford, UK - 17 January 2025 - Oxford Biodynamics plc, (AIM: OBD), a precision
clinical diagnostics company bringing specific and sensitive tests to the
practice of medicine based on OBD's EpiSwitch® 3D genomics platform, is
pleased to confirm, further to the announcements made on 14 and 15 January
2025, the result of its Fundraise at the Issue Price of 0.5 pence per share.
The Company announces that it has raised gross proceeds of approximately
£350,000 pursuant to the WRAP Retail Offer, in addition to the £7 million
raised through the Placing and Subscriptions announced on 15 January 2025.
Accordingly, the Company will issue 70,002,778 new Ordinary Shares at the
Issue Price pursuant to the WRAP Retail Offer.

 

In total, the Fundraising has raised gross proceeds of approximately £7.35
million for the Company, via the issue of 988,625,012 Placing Shares,
411,374,988 Subscription Shares and 70,002,778 WRAP Offer Shares.

 

Admission and settlement

An application will be made to the London Stock Exchange for the new Ordinary
Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM. It is expected that General Admission
will become effective and dealings in the new Ordinary Shares to be issued
pursuant to the General Placing, the General Subscription and the WRAP Retail
Offer will commence on 4 February 2025, subject to the approval by the
Company's shareholders of the resolutions to be proposed at a general meeting
of the Company's shareholders to be held at 10.00 a.m. on 31 January 2025 in
connection with the Fundraising.

The new Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to the Fundraising will, on
Admission, rank in full for all dividends and other distributions declared,
made or paid on the Ordinary Shares after Admission and will otherwise
rank pari passu in all respects with the Company's existing Ordinary Shares.

Defined terms used but not defined in this announcement have the meanings set
out in the announcement released by the Company on 14 January 2025 (the
"Launch Announcement").

 

 

 

For further information, please contact:

 Oxford BioDynamics PLC                                              +44 (0)1865 518910
 Matthew Wakefield, Non-Executive Chairman

 Paul Stockdale, CFO
 OAK Securities - Sole Broker to the Fundraise                       +44 (0)203 973 3678

 Jerry Keen / Henry Clarke / Damion Carruel
 Shore Capital - Nominated Adviser                                   +44 (0)20 7408 4090
 Stephane Auton / Lucy Bowden
 WG Partners - Financial Adviser to OBD                              +44 (0)20 3705 9330

 David Wilson / Claes Spång / Satheesh Nadarajah / Erland Sternby
 Vigo Consulting - Media / Analyst enquiries for OBD                 +44 (0)20 7390 0230

Rozi Morris

                                                                     obd@vigoconsulting.com
 Winterflood Retail Access Platform                                  WRAP@winterflood.com (mailto:WRAP@winterflood.com)

 Joe Winkley / Sophia Bechev                                         +44 (0)203 100 0286

 

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

 

The Company's LEI is 2138005Y1TK258O5U928.

 

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.

 

Important Notices

 

The content of this announcement, which has been prepared by and is the sole
responsibility of the Company.

 

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 or from the United States (including its territories and possessions,
any state of the United States and the District of Columbia (the "United
States" or "US")), 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.

 

The WRAP Retail Offer Shares have not been and will not be registered under
the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "US Securities Act") or under
the applicable state securities laws of the United States and may not be
offered or sold directly or indirectly in or into the United States. No public
offering of the WRAP Retail Offer Shares is being made in the United States.
The WRAP 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 ("Regulation S") to non-US persons
(within the meaning of Regulation S). In addition, the Company has not been,
and will not be, registered under the US Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.

 

This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or issue or a
solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for WRAP Retail Offer Shares in
the United States, 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.

 

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indirectly, in or into the United States of America.  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 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.

 

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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.

 

WRAP is a proprietary technology platform owned and operated by Winterflood
Securities Ltd (registered address at Riverbank House, 2 Swan Lane, London
EC4R 3GA; FRN 141455). Winterflood Securities Ltd ("Winterflood") is
authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct
Authority, is acting exclusively for the Company and for no-one else and will
not regard any other person (whether or not a recipient of this announcement)
as its client in relation to the WRAP Retail Offer and will not be responsible
to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to its
clients, nor for providing advice in connection with the WRAP Retail Offer,
Admission and the other arrangements referred to in this announcement.

 

The value of Ordinary 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 Winterflood 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
Financial Conduct Authority, the London Stock Exchange or applicable law.

 

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otherwise arising in connection therewith.

 

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have been bought or sold in the past cannot be relied upon as a guide to
future performance. Persons needing advice should consult an independent
financial adviser. 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.

 

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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 WRAP Retail Offer Shares to be issued or sold pursuant to the WRAP Retail
Offer will not be admitted to trading on any stock exchange other than the
London Stock Exchange.

 

It is further noted that the WRAP Retail Offer was only open to investors in
the United Kingdom who fall within Article 43 of the Financial Services and
Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (which includes
an existing member of the Company).

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