REG - Renalytix PLC - Proposed Fundraise
22/09/2025 07:00
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RNS Number : 2180A Renalytix PLC 22 September 2025
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22 September 2025
Renalytix Plc
("Renalytix" or the "Company")
Proposed Fundraise
Renalytix plc (LSE: RENX) (OTCQB: RNLXY), a precision medicine company
with kidneyintelX.dkd, the only FDA-approved and Medicare reimbursed
prognostic test to support early-stage risk assessment in chronic kidney
disease, today announces its intention to raise a minimum of £4.0 million
gross proceeds through a placing ("Placing") and a subscription
("Subscription") (together, the "Fundraise") of new ordinary shares of
£0.0025 each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") and a separate
retail offer of new Ordinary Shares (the "Retail Offer") via the Winterflood
Retail Access Platform (the "WRAP")at an issue price of 9.5 pence per new
Ordinary Share (the "Issue Price") to new and existing institutional and
other investors. Oberon Capital (a trading name of Oberon Investments
Limited) is acting as sole bookrunner on the Placing.
The Placing will be effected by way of an accelerated bookbuild (the
"Bookbuild"), which will open with immediate effect, and the Placing is
subject to the terms and conditions set out in Appendix I to this announcement
(which forms part of this announcement, such announcement and Appendix I
together being the "Announcement"). A further announcement confirming the
closing of the Bookbuild and the aggregate number of new Ordinary Shares to be
issued pursuant to the Placing and the Subscription is expected to be made in
due course.
The Issue Price represents a discount of 11.6 per cent. to the closing middle
market price of 10.75 pence per Ordinary Share on 19 September 2025, and a
premium of 39 per cent. to the Company's 90 day closing average share price,
as of the last business day prior to this Announcement.
At the annual general meeting of the Company held on 19 December 2024,
allotment and disapplication of pre-emption rights authorities were obtained
which enable the Directors to issue and allot new Ordinary Shares for cash up
to a maximum aggregate nominal amount of £289,805.26 (representing
115,922,104 new Ordinary Shares in the capital of the Company) (the "AGM
Authorities"). These AGM Authorities will be sufficient for the proposed
Fundraise and will be used for the purposes of issuing any new Ordinary Shares
pursuant to the Fundraise. Consequently, the Company would not need to obtain
further authorities to issue and allot new Ordinary Shares in the Fundraise on
a non-pre-emptive basis.
In addition, certain Directors (the "Directors"), intend to participate in the
Fundraise. It is intended that the Directors' participation will comprise
approximately £270,000, in aggregate, through the issue of approximately 2.84
million new Ordinary Shares at the Issue Price. The Directors participating
in the Fundraise will be subject to a 6 month lock-in period. Further details
will be announced as appropriate in due course.
Placing Highlights
• The Company intends to raise a minimum of £4.0 million gross proceeds
(c.US$5.4 million, assuming an exchange rate of £1 = US$1.35), before
expenses, pursuant to the Fundraise;
• Certain Directors are to subscribe for approximately 2.84 million new Ordinary
Shares in the Placing, raising approximately £270,000 in aggregate, before
expenses.
• The Fundraise will been conducted utilising the Company's existing share
authorities. The new Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu in all respects with
the Company's existing Ordinary Shares.
• The Company's existing cash resources and net proceeds from the Fundraise will
provide additional working capital to support Renalytix's collaboration
agreement with Tempus AI, Inc. (NASDAQ: TEM) ("Tempus"), which was announced
on 15 September 2025.
• The Company will be conducting a conditional Retail Offer separately from the
Placing and the Subscription to raise up to an additional £0.5 million
(before expenses). A separate announcement will shortly be made by the Company
regarding the Retail Offer and its terms.
Use of proceeds from Fundraise
On 15 September 2025 the Company announced that it had signed a collaboration
agreement with Tempus. The collaboration will make the Company's
kidneyintelX.dkd prognostic blood testing more widely available for eligible
patients within its US network of healthcare institutions. Eligible patients
have type 2 diabetes with chronic kidney disease, impacting nearly 15 million
individuals in the US.
Renalytix's kidneyintelX.dkd will be the first test offered in Tempus'
portfolio in the chronic kidney disease category, indicated for use as an aid
in predicting level of risk (high, moderate, low) for progressive decline in
kidney function in type 2 diabetes patients with diagnosed chronic kidney
disease stages 1-3b.
The agreement with Tempus is a significant milestone for the Company pursuant
to which Tempus and Renalytix will collaborate with US health systems to make
testing more available for providers to order within existing clinical
workflows.
The Company will therefore use the net proceeds of the Fundraise to support
the collaboration with Tempus and ensure the effective integration of
kidneyintelX.dkd into Tempus' portfolio in the chronic kidney disease
category.
Placing
The Ordinary Shares being issued pursuant to the Placing are to UK investors
only. The Placing Shares are subject to certain conditions set out in Appendix
I to this Announcement.
Subscription
Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to the Subscription to investors in the U.S.
will be issued pursuant to an exemption from registration with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC").
Pursuant to the Subscription Agreements, the Subscribers have agreed to
subscribe for the Subscription Shares at the Issue Price.
The Subscription Shares, when issued, will be fully paid and will rank pari
passu in all respects with the existing Ordinary Shares in issue. It is
expected that the Subscription Shares will be issued on or around 29 September
2025.
The Retail Offer
The Directors value the Company's retail investor base and believe that it is
appropriate to provide private and other investors with an opportunity to
participate in the Fundraise alongside institutional investors. The Company
therefore intends to open this opportunity to individual investors through
WRAP and further announcements will be made shortly in connection with the
Retail Offer. For the avoidance of doubt, the Retail Offer is not part of the
Placing and is the sole responsibility of the Company. Oberon and SP Angel
have no responsibilities, obligations, duties or liabilities (whether arising
pursuant to any contract, law, regulation, or tort) in relation to the same.
Admission to AIM
Application will be made to the London Stock Exchange for Admission of the
Placing Shares and the Subscription Shares to trading on AIM. It is expected
that Admission of Placing Shares will become effective and that dealings in
the Placing Shares with the First Tranche Placing Shares admission commencing
at 8.00 a.m. on 26 September 2025.
Information regarding the Admission of the shares that are to be issued
pursuant to the Retail Offer will be provided in due course.
For further information, please contact:
Renalytix Plc www.renalytix.com (http://www.renalytix.com)
James McCullough, CEO Via Walbrook PR
SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker) Tel: 0203 470 0470
Jeff Keating / David Hignell (Corporate Finance)
Vadim Alexandre (Corporate Broking)
Oberon Capital (Joint Broker) Tel: 020 3179 5300
Mike Seabrook / Nick Lovering / Aimee McCusker
Walbrook PR Limited Tel: 020 7933 8780 or renalytix@walbrookpr.com
(mailto:renalytix@walbrookpr.com)
Paul McManus / Alice Woodings
Mob: 07980 541 893 / 07407 804 654
The person responsible for arranging for the release of this Announcement on
behalf of Renalytix is James McCullough, CEO.
About Renalytix
Renalytix (LSE: RENX) (OTCQB: RNLXY) is an artificial intelligence-enabled in
vitro diagnostics company, focused on optimizing clinical management of
kidney disease to drive improved patient outcomes. Renalytix has received FDA
approval and Medicare reimbursement for kidneyintelX.dkd which is now
offered commercially in the United States.
Unrecognized and uncontrolled kidney disease remains one of the largest
barriers to controlling cost and suffering in the United States and the United
Kingdom's medical system, affecting over 14 million and 8 million people,
respectively. After five years of development and clinical
validation, kidneyintelX.dkd is the only FDA-approved and Medicare
reimbursed prognostic tool capable of understanding a patient's risk with
kidney disease early where treatment has maximal effect. kidneyintelX.dkd is
now being deployed across large physician group practices and health systems
in select regions of the United States.
The over 15,000 patients that have been tested by kidneyintelX.dkd have
produced a substantial body of real-world performance data. In patient
populations where kidneyintelX.dkd has been deployed, a demonstrated and
significant increase in diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment rates have been
recorded. kidneyintelX.dkd now has full reimbursement established by
Medicare, the largest insurance payer in the United States, at $950 per
reportable result. kidneyintelX.dkd is also recommended for use in the
international chronic kidney disease clinical guidelines ("KDIGO").
FURTHER INFORMATION
Details of the Placing
The Placing will be conducted by way of an accelerated bookbuilding process
(the "Bookbuild") which will be launched immediately following this
Announcement in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in Appendix
I. The Placing Shares are not being made available to the public. Details of
the final number of the Placing Shares and the approximate gross proceeds of
the Fundraise will be announced as soon as practicable after the closing of
the Bookbuild.
The Company's existing cash resources and net proceeds from the Fundraise will
be used to support the collaboration with Tempus and ensure the effective
integration of kidneyintelX.dkd into Tempus' portfolio in the chronic kidney
disease category.
Application will be made to the London Stock Exchange for admission of the (i)
EIS/VCT Placing Shares 26 September 2025 and the Non-EIS/VCT Placing Shares
and Subscription Shares to trading on or around 29 September 2025.
The Placing Shares when issued, will be credited as fully paid and will rank
on Admission pari passu in all respects with each other and with the existing
Ordinary Shares, including the right to receive all dividends and other
distributions declared, made or paid after the date of issue.
The securities to be issued in the Fundraise have not been registered under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Securities Act"), or any state or
other applicable jurisdiction's securities laws, and may not be offered or
sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state or
other jurisdictions' securities laws.
Capitalised terms not otherwise defined in the text of this Announcement are
defined in Appendix II.
All references to times and dates in this Announcement are to times and dates
in London, United Kingdom, unless otherwise stated.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Announcement includes "forward-looking statements" which includes all
statements other than statements of historical fact, including, without
limitation, those regarding the Company's financial position, business
strategy, plans and objectives of management for future operations, or any
statements preceded by, followed by or that include the words "targets",
"believes", "expects", "aims", "intends", "will", "may", "anticipates",
"would", "could" or similar expressions or negatives thereof. Such
forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and
other important factors beyond the Company's control that could cause the
actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially
different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or
implied by such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements
are based on numerous assumptions regarding the Company's present and future
business strategies and the environment in which the Company will operate in
the future. These and other risks are described more fully in the Company's
filings with the SEC, including the "Risk Factors" section of its Annual
Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC, and other filings the Company makes
with the SEC from time to time. These forward-looking statements speak only as
at the date of this Announcement. The Company expressly disclaims any
obligation or undertaking to disseminate any updates or revisions to any
forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in the
Company's expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions
or circumstances on which any such statements are based unless required to do
so by applicable law or the AIM Rules for Companies.
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 per
share of the Company for the current or future financial years would
necessarily match or exceed the historical published earnings per share of the
Company.
This Announcement does not constitute a recommendation concerning any
investor's investment decision with respect to the Placing. Each investor or
prospective investor should conduct his, her or its own investigation,
analysis and evaluation of the business and data described in this
Announcement and publicly available information.
The new Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to the Fundraise will not be
admitted to trading on any stock exchange other than the AIM market of the
London Stock Exchange plc.
The price and value of Ordinary Shares of the Company can go down as well as
up. Past performance is not a guide to future performance.
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.
Important Notice
SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP ("SP Angel"), which is authorised and
regulated in the United Kingdom by the FCA, is acting exclusively for the
Company as nominated adviser and no-one else in connection with the Placing
and will not regard any other person as a client in relation to the Placing
and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the
protections afforded to its clients or for providing advice in relation to the
Placing or any other matter referred to herein. Its responsibilities as
nominated advisor to the Company are owed to the London Stock Exchange plc and
are not owed to the Company or to any director or shareholder of the Company
or any other person including, without limitation, in respect of any decision
to acquire Placing Shares in reliance on any part of this Announcement.
Oberon Capital (a trading name of Oberon Investments Limited) ("Oberon"),
which is authorised and regulated by the FCA in the United Kingdom, is acting
as sole broker and bookrunner to the Company in connection with the Placing.
Oberon will not be responsible to any person other than the Company for
providing the protections afforded to clients of Oberon or for providing
advice to any other person in connection with the Placing or any acquisition
of shares in the Company.
Neither SP Angel nor Oberon is not making any representation or warranty,
express or implied, as to the contents of this Announcement.
UK Product Governance Requirements
Solely for the purposes of the product governance requirements contained
within Chapter 3 of the FCA Handbook Product Intervention and Product
Sourcebook (the "UK Product Governance Requirements") and disclaiming all and
any liability, whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise, which any
"manufacturer" (for the purposes of the UK Product Governance Requirements)
may otherwise have with respect thereto, the Placing Shares have been subject
to a product approval process, which has determined that the Placing Shares
are: (i) compatible with an end target market of: (a) retail investors, (b)
investors who meet the criteria of professional clients and (c) eligible
counterparties (each as defined in the FCA Handbook Conduct of Business
Sourcebook); and (ii) eligible for distribution through all distribution
channels as are permitted by MiFID II (the "Target Market Assessment").
Notwithstanding the Target Market Assessment, distributors should note that:
the price of the Ordinary Shares may decline and investors could lose all or
part of their investment; the Placing Shares offer no guaranteed income and no
capital protection; and an investment in the Placing Shares is compatible only
with investors who do not need a guaranteed income or capital protection, who
(either alone or in conjunction with an appropriate financial or other
adviser) are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of such an investment
and who have sufficient resources to be able to bear any losses that may
result therefrom. The Target Market Assessment is without prejudice to the
requirements of any contractual, legal or regulatory selling restrictions in
relation to the offer. In all circumstances Oberon will only procure investors
who meet the criteria of professional clients and eligible counterparties.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Target Market Assessment does not constitute:
(a) an assessment of suitability or appropriateness for the purposes of the
FCA Handbook Conduct of Business Sourcebook; or (b) a recommendation to any
investor or group of investors to invest in, or purchase, or take any other
action whatsoever with respect to the Placing Shares. Each distributor is
responsible for undertaking its own target market assessment in respect of the
Placing Shares and determining appropriate distribution channels.
APPENDIX I
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE PLACING
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PLACEES ONLY REGARDING THE PLACING
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, INCLUDING THE APPENDICES (TOGETHER, THE "ANNOUNCEMENT") AND
THE INFORMATION IN IT, IS RESTRICTED, AND IS NOT FOR PUBLICATION, RELEASE OR
DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN OR INTO THE
UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, JAPAN OR THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH
AFRICA OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH PUBLICATION, RELEASE OR
DISTRIBUTION WOULD BE UNLAWFUL.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON THE PLACING FOR PLACEES PROCURED BY THE
BOOKRUNNER ONLY.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO TAKE PART IN THE PLACING. THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT (INCLUDING THE APPENDICES) AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET OUT
HEREIN ARE FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND ARE DIRECTED ONLY AT PERSONS
WHOSE ORDINARY ACTIVITIES INVOLVE THEM IN ACQUIRING, HOLDING, MANAGING AND
DISPOSING OF INVESTMENTS (AS PRINCIPAL OR AGENT) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THEIR
BUSINESS AND WHO HAVE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN MATTERS RELATING TO
INVESTMENTS AND ARE: (A) PERSONS IN MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC
AREA (THE "EEA") WHO ARE QUALIFIED INVESTORS WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE
2(E) OF THE PROSPECTUS REGULATION ((EU) 2017/1129, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO
TIME) (THE "EU PROSPECTUS REGULATION") ("QUALIFIED INVESTORS"); (B) IN THE
UNITED KINGDOM, QUALIFIED INVESTORS WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 2(E) OF THE
EU PROSPECTUS REGULATION, AS AMENDED BY THE PROSPECTUS (AMENDMENT ETC.) (EU
EXIT) REGULATIONS 2019, AND WHICH IS PART OF UK LAW BY VIRTUE OF THE EUROPEAN
UNION (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018 (AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME)
(THE "UK PROSPECTUS REGULATION ") AND WHO ARE PERSONS WHO: (I) HAVE
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN MATTERS RELATING TO INVESTMENTS FALLING WITHIN
ARTICLE 19(5) OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 (FINANCIAL
PROMOTION) ORDER 2005 (AS AMENDED) (THE "ORDER"); (II) ARE PERSONS FALLING
WITHIN ARTICLE 49(2)(A) TO (D) ("HIGH NET WORTH COMPANIES, UNINCORPORATED
ASSOCIATIONS, ETC") OF THE ORDER; OR (III) ARE PERSONS TO WHOM IT MAY
OTHERWISE BE LAWFULLY COMMUNICATED; OR (C) IN THE UNITED STATES, "QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYERS" WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A OF THE U.S. SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT") OR "ACCREDITED INVESTORS"
WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501 OF THE SECURITIES ACT (ALL SUCH PERSONS
TOGETHER BEING REFERRED TO AS "RELEVANT PERSONS"). THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET OUT HEREIN MUST NOT BE ACTED ON OR RELIED ON BY
PERSONS WHO ARE NOT RELEVANT PERSONS. ANY INVESTMENT OR INVESTMENT ACTIVITY
TO WHICH THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET OUT HEREIN RELATE
IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO RELEVANT PERSONS AND WILL BE ENGAGED IN ONLY WITH
RELEVANT PERSONS. PERSONS DISTRIBUTING THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MUST SATISFY
THEMSELVES THAT IT IS LAWFUL TO DO SO.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, INCLUDING THE APPENDICES, IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY
AND DOES NOT ITSELF CONSTITUTE AN OFFER FOR SALE OR SUBSCRIPTION OF ANY
SECURITIES IN THE COMPANY. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED BY AND IS THE
SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COMPANY.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, INCLUDING THE APPENDICES, IS NOT AN OFFER FOR SALE OR
SUBSCRIPTION IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE
WOULD BE UNLAWFUL UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH JURISDICTION. THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT, INCLUDING THE APPENDICES, IS NOT AN OFFER OF OR SOLICITATION TO
PURCHASE OR SUBSCRIBE FOR SECURITIES IN THE UNITED STATES.
THE SECURITIES REFERRED TO HEREIN HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, NOR UNDER ANY SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER
JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED, TAKEN
UP, EXERCISED, RESOLD, TRANSFERRED OR DELIVERED TO, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN
OR INTO THE UNITED STATES EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT OR 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 OTHER JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
NEITHER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY
SECURITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION OR ANY
OTHER REGULATORY AUTHORITY IN THE UNITED STATES HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED,
OR WILL APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE, OF AN INVESTMENT IN THE SECURITIES MENTIONED
HEREIN, NOR HAVE ANY OF THE FOREGOING AUTHORITIES PASSED UPON OR ENDORSED, NOR
WILL THEY PASS UPON OR ENDORSE, THE MERITS OF THE PLACING OR THE ACCURACY OR
ADEQUACY OF THE CONTENTS OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE
CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE IN THE UNITED STATES. THERE WILL BE NO PUBLIC
OFFER OF THE SECURITIES MENTIONED HEREIN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE UNITED
STATES, ANY OTHER RESTRICTED JURISDICTION OR ELSEWHERE.
EACH PLACEE SHOULD CONSULT WITH ITS OWN ADVISERS AS TO THE LEGAL, TAX,
BUSINESS AND RELATED ASPECTS OF AN INVESTMENT IN THE PLACING SHARES. THE
PRICE OF SHARES IN THE COMPANY AND THE INCOME FROM THEM (IF ANY) MAY GO DOWN
AS WELL AS UP AND INVESTORS MAY NOT GET BACK THE FULL AMOUNT INVESTED ON
DISPOSAL OF THE PLACING SHARES.
The distribution of this Announcement and the Placing and/or the offer or sale
of the Placing Shares in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. No
action has been taken by the Company, the Bookrunner or any of its or their
respective affiliates or any of its or their respective agents, directors,
officers, consultants or employees which would permit an offer of the Placing
Shares or possession or distribution of this Announcement or any other
offering or publicity material relating to such Placing Shares in any
jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required.
This Announcement is being distributed and communicated to persons in the UK
only in circumstances to which section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply.
Subject to certain exceptions, the securities referred to in this Announcement
may not be offered or sold in any Restricted Jurisdiction or to, or for the
account or benefit of, a citizen or resident, or a corporation, partnership or
other entity created or organised in or under the laws of a Restricted
Jurisdiction.
Neither the Company, the Bookrunner or any of its or their respective
affiliates or any of its or their respective agents, directors, officers,
consultants or employees makes any representation or warranty, express or
implied to any Placees regarding any investment in the securities referred to
in this Announcement under the laws applicable to such Placees.
Persons who are invited to and who choose to participate in the Placing, by
making (or on whose behalf there is made) an oral or written offer to
subscribe for Placing Shares (the "Placees"), will be deemed: (i) to have
read and understood this Announcement, including the Appendices, in its
entirety; and (ii) to be making such offer on the terms and conditions, and to
be providing the representations, warranties, acknowledgements, and
undertakings contained in this Appendix, including being deemed to be
providing (and shall only be permitted to participate in the Placing on the
basis that they have provided), the representations, warranties,
acknowledgements and undertakings set out herein.
In particular, each such Placee represents, warrants and acknowledges that:
1. it is a Relevant Person (as defined above) and undertakes that it will
acquire, hold, manage or dispose of any Placing Shares that are allocated to
it for the purposes of its business;
2. in the case of any Placing Shares acquired by it as a financial intermediary,
as that term is used in Article 5(1) of the EU Prospectus Regulation and
Article 5(1) of the UK Prospectus Regulation, (i) that it understands the
resale and transfer restrictions set out in this Appendix and that the Placing
Shares acquired by it have not been acquired on a non-discretionary basis on
behalf of, nor have they been acquired with a view to their offer or resale
to, persons in any member state of the EEA or in the United Kingdom or to
which the EU Prospectus Regulation or, as the case may be, the UK Prospectus
Regulation, otherwise applies other than Qualified Investors (in the case of a
member state of the EEA), Relevant Persons (in the case of the United Kingdom)
or in circumstances in which the prior consent of the Bookrunner has been
given to the offer or resale; or (ii) where Placing Shares have been acquired
by it on behalf of persons in any member state of the EEA or (iii) the United
Kingdom other than Qualified Investors, or in the United Kingdom other than
Relevant Persons, the offer of those Placing Shares to it is not treated under
the EU Prospectus Regulation or, as the case may be, the UK Prospectus
Regulation, as having been made to such persons;
3. in the case of Non-US Placees, the Placing Shares will be subject to the
conditions listed under Section 903(b)(3), of Category 3, of Regulation S and
it agrees to resell the Placing Shares only in accordance with the provisions
of Regulation S, pursuant to registration under the Securities Act, or
pursuant to an available exemption from registration; and it agrees not to
engage in hedging transactions with regard to the Placing Shares unless in
compliance with the Securities Act;
4. in the case of US Placees, the Placing Shares have not been registered under
the Securities Act or with any securities or other regulatory authority of any
state or territory of the United States and that the sale to such US Placee
(or such beneficial owner) is being made in a private placement transaction
not involving a public offering, exempt from registration under the Securities
Act. The Placing Shares are "restricted securities" within the meaning of Rule
144(a)(3) and may not be reoffered, resold, pledged or otherwise transferred
except pursuant to an effective resale registration statement or pursuant to
an applicable exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the
registration requirements of the Securities Act, and that, in each case, such
offer, sale, pledge or transfer must be made in accordance with any applicable
securities laws of any state of the United States or any jurisdiction;
5. except as otherwise permitted by the Company and subject to any available
exemptions from applicable securities laws, it and any account with respect to
which it exercises sole investment discretion, is either (i) a Non-US Placee
outside the United States subscribing for the Placing Shares in an "offshore
transaction" as defined in and in accordance with Regulation S under the
Securities Act ("Regulation S") or (ii) a US Placee who is (a) a "qualified
institutional buyer" ("QIB") as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act
("Rule 144A"); or (b) an "Accredited Investor" as defined in Rule 501 of the
Securities Act; and
6. acknowledges that the Placing Shares will be delivered in certificated form
and will bear the following legend:
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR UNDER THE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND
MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, RESOLD, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, EXCEPT IF SUCH TRANSFER IS EFFECTED (A)
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION S
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (B) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (C) PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, AND IN EACH CASE OF CLAUSES
(A)-(C), IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE LOCAL SECURITIES LAWS OR
REGULATIONS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES. HEDGING
TRANSACTIONS MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES
ACT.
THE HOLDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE COMPANY RESERVES THE RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SALE
OR OTHER TRANSFER TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH CERTIFICATIONS AND OTHER
INFORMATION AS THE COMPANY MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE PROPOSED
SALE OR OTHER TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
The Company and the Bookrunner will rely upon the truth and accuracy of the
foregoing representations, acknowledgements and agreements.
This Announcement does not constitute an offer, and may not be used in
connection with an offer, to sell or issue or the solicitation of an offer to
buy or subscribe for Placing Shares in any jurisdiction in which such offer or
solicitation is or may be unlawful. No action has been taken by the Company
or the Bookrunner that would permit an offering of such securities or
possession or distribution of this document or any other offering or publicity
material relating to such securities in any jurisdiction where action for that
purpose is required. This Announcement and the information contained herein
is not for publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, to persons in
the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan or the Republic of
South Africa or in any jurisdiction in which such publication or distribution
is unlawful. Persons into whose possession this Announcement may come are
required by the Company to inform themselves about and to observe any
restrictions of transfer of this Announcement. No public offer of the
Placing Shares is being made in the United Kingdom, the United States or
elsewhere.
In particular, the Placing Shares referred to in this Announcement have not
been registered under the Securities Act or any laws of, or with any
securities regulatory authority of, any state or other jurisdiction of the
United States, and may not be offered, sold, pledged or otherwise transferred
within the United States except pursuant to an effective registration
statement or an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the
registration requirements of the Securities Act and the securities laws of any
state or other jurisdiction of the United States. The Placing Shares are
being offered and sold outside the United States in accordance with Regulation
S.
The Placing Shares have not been approved or disapproved, nor will they be
approved or disapproved, by the US SEC, any state securities commission or
other regulatory authority in the United States, nor have any of the foregoing
authorities passed upon or endorsed, nor will they pass upon or endorse, the
merits of the Placing or the accuracy or adequacy of the contents of this
Announcement. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offence in
the United States.
The relevant clearances have not been, nor will they be, obtained from the
securities commission of any province or territory of Canada; no prospectus
has been lodged with or registered by the Australian Securities and
Investments Commission or the Japanese Ministry of Finance; and the Placing
Shares have not been, nor will they be, registered under or offered in
compliance with the securities laws of any state, province or territory of
Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan or the Republic of South Africa.
Accordingly, the Placing Shares may not (unless an exemption under the
relevant securities laws is applicable) be offered, sold, resold or delivered,
directly or indirectly, in or into Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan or
the Republic of South Africa or any other jurisdiction outside the United
Kingdom.
The Placing Shares will not be admitted to trading on any stock exchange other
than AIM, the market operated by the London Stock Exchange. The Placing Shares
will not be admitted to trading on AIM until after the restrictions have been
removed and they are capable of being held in CREST.
Persons (including, without limitation, nominees and trustees) who have a
contractual or other legal obligation to forward a copy of this Appendix or
the Announcement of which it forms part should seek appropriate advice before
taking any action.
In this Appendix, unless the context otherwise requires, "Placee" means a
Relevant Person (including individuals, funds or others) by whom or on whose
behalf a commitment to subscribe for Placing Shares has been given.
Bookbuild
The Bookrunner will today commence an accelerated bookbuilding process to
determine demand for participation in the Placing by potential Placees. The
Bookrunner and the Company shall be entitled to effect the Placing by such
alternative method to the Bookbuild as they may, in their sole discretion
determine.
Details of the Placing
The Bookrunner has entered into the Placing Agreement with the Company under
which the Bookrunner has agreed, on the terms and subject to the conditions
set out therein, to undertake to use its reasonable endeavours to procure, as
the Company's placing agent and bookrunner for the purpose of the Placing,
subscribers for the Placing Shares at the Placing Price.
The final number of Placing Shares will be decided at the close of the
Bookbuild following the execution of the terms of the Placing by the Company
and the Bookrunner (the "Placing Term Sheet").
The Placing Agreement contains customary undertakings and warranties given by
the Company to the Bookrunner including as to the accuracy of information
contained in this Announcement and to be contained in the Placing Document, to
matters relating to the Company and its business and a customary indemnity
given by the Company to the Bookrunner in respect of liabilities arising out
of or in connection with the Placing and/or the First Admission and/or the
Second Admission (if applicable).
The Placing is conditional upon, inter alia:
a) the Company complying with its obligations under the Placing Agreement as they
fall to be performed prior to Admission; and
b) the obligations of the Bookrunner under the Placing Agreement not having been
terminated in accordance with its terms prior to the First Admission in
respect of the First Tranche Placing Shares or the Second Admission in respect
of the Second Tranche Placing Shares.
The number of Placing Shares will be determined following completion of the
Bookbuild as set out in this Announcement.
The Placing Shares will, as from the date when they are issued, be fully paid
or credited as fully paid and will rank pari passu in all respects with the
existing issued Ordinary Shares, including the right to receive all dividends
and other distributions declared (if any), made or paid on or in respect of
the Ordinary Shares after the relevant date of issue of the Placing Shares.
Lock up
As part of the Placing, the Company has agreed that it will not issue or sell
any Ordinary Shares for a period of 90 days after the date of this
announcement without the prior written consent of the Bookrunner (not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed). That agreement is subject to certain
customary carve-outs agreed between the Bookrunner and the Company.
Enterprise Investment Scheme ("EIS") and Venture Capital Trusts ("VCT")
The EIS/VCT Placing Shares to be issued pursuant to the Placing are intended
to rank as "eligible shares" for the purposes of EIS and VCT investors and a
"qualifying holding" for the purposes of an investment by VCTs, each pursuant
to the relevant respective sections of the Income Tax Act 2007 (the "VCT
Legislation").
The Company has obtained a written opinion from specialist tax advisers
confirming that the EIS/VCT Placing Shares will rank as "eligible shares" for
the purposes of the EIS and will be capable of being a "qualifying holding"
for the purposes of VCT Legislation. However, no assurance has been obtained
from HMRC that the Company is a qualifying company for the purposes of the EIS
or that a subscription for EIS/VCT Placing Shares is a qualifying holding.
The status of the EIS/VCT Placing Shares as a qualifying holding for EIS and
VCT purposes respectively will be conditional (amongst other things) on the
qualifying conditions being satisfied throughout the period of ownership.
There can be no assurance that the Company will conduct its activities in a
way that will secure or retain qualifying status for VCT and/or EIS purposes
(and indeed circumstances may arise where the Directors of the Company believe
that the interests of the Company and the Group are not served by seeking to
retain such status).
Neither the Company nor the Directors have given any warranties or
undertakings that EIS reliefs or VCT reliefs will be granted in respect of the
EIS/VCT Placing Shares. Neither the Company nor the Directors have given any
warranties or undertakings that EIS reliefs or VCT reliefs, if granted, will
not be withdrawn.
Application for admission to trading
Application will be made to the London Stock Exchange for the First Admission
and the Second Admission respectively. It is expected that settlement of the
First Tranche Placing Shares will take place on or around 26 September 2025
and First Admission will become effective and dealings in the First Tranche
Placing Shares will commence at that time. It is expected that settlement of
the Second Tranche Placing Shares will take place within one trading day of
First Admission and that the Second Admission will become effective and
dealings in the Second Tranche Placing Shares will commence at that time.
Participation in, and principal terms of, the Placing
1. The Bookrunner is arranging the Placing as placing agent and
bookrunner of the Company for the purpose of using its reasonable endeavours
to procure Placees at the Placing Price for the Placing Shares.
2. Participation in the Placing will only be available to persons who
may lawfully be, and are, invited to participate by the Bookrunner. The
Bookrunner and its affiliates may participate in the Placing as principal.
3. This Appendix gives details of the terms and conditions of, and the
mechanics of participation in, the Placing. No commissions will be paid to
Placees or by Placees in respect of any Placing Shares.
4. The Bookbuild, if successful, will establish the number of Placing
Shares to be issued at the Placing Price. The number of Placing Shares to be
issued will be agreed between the Bookrunner and the Company following
completion of the Bookbuild. The number of Placing Shares will be announced
on a Regulatory Information Service following the completion of the Bookbuild.
5. To bid in the Bookbuild, prospective Placees should communicate their
bid by telephone or email to their usual sales contact at the Bookrunner. Each
bid should state the number of Placing Shares which the prospective Placee
wishes to subscribe for at the Placing Price. Bids may be scaled down by the
Bookrunner on the basis referred to in paragraph 9 below.
6. The timing of the closing of the Bookbuild will be at the discretion
of the Bookrunner. The Company reserves the right (upon agreement with the
Bookrunner) to reduce or seek to increase the amount to be raised pursuant to
the Placing, in its absolute discretion.
7. Each Placee's allocation will be confirmed to Placees orally or by
email by the Bookrunner, and evidenced by a trade confirmation or contract
note which will be dispatched as soon as practicable thereafter. The terms of
this Appendix will be deemed incorporated by reference therein. The oral or
email confirmation to such Placee will constitute an irrevocable legally
binding commitment upon such person (who will at that point become a Placee)
in favour of the Bookrunner and the Company, under which it agrees to acquire
the number of Placing Shares allocated to it at the Placing Price on the terms
and conditions set out in this Appendix and in accordance with the Company's
Articles. Except as required by law or regulation, no press release or other
announcement will be made by the Bookrunner, or the Company using the name of
any Placee (or its agent), in its capacity as Placee (or agent), other than
with such Placee's prior written consent. The Company and the Bookrunner will
determine, in their absolute discretion, the allocation of Placing Shares
between First Tranche Placing Shares and Second Tranche Placing Shares.
8. The Company will make a further announcement following the close of
the Bookbuild detailing the number of Placing Shares to be issued at the
Placing Price.
9. Subject to paragraphs 5 and 6 above, the Bookrunner may choose to
accept bids, either in whole or in part, on the basis of allocations
determined at their discretion (in agreement with the Company) and may scale
down any bids for this purpose on such basis as they may determine (in
agreement with the Company). The Bookrunner may also, notwithstanding
paragraphs 5 and 6 above, subject to the prior consent of the Company: (a)
allocate Placing Shares after the time of any initial allocation to any person
submitting a bid after that time; and (b) allocate Placing Shares after the
Bookbuild has closed to any person submitting a bid after that time.
10. The allocation of Placing Shares to Non-US Placees shall be conditional
on the execution by each Non-US Placee of a Non-US Investor Letter in the form
provided to it to the Bookrunner or its affiliates.
11. The allocation of Placing Shares to US Placees shall be conditional on
the execution by each US Placee of a US Investor Letter in the form provided
to it to the Bookrunner or its affiliates.
12. Each Placee will have an immediate, separate, irrevocable and binding
obligation, owed to the Bookrunner, to pay in cleared funds immediately on the
settlement date, in accordance with the registration and settlement
requirements set out below, an amount equal to the product of the Placing
Price and the number of Placing Shares such Placee has agreed to take up and
the Company has agreed to allot.
13. Irrespective of the time at which a Placee's allocation pursuant to the
Placing is confirmed, settlement for all Placing Shares to be acquired
pursuant to the Placing will be required to be made at the times and on the
basis explained below under "Registration and Settlement".
14. All obligations under the Placing will be subject to fulfilment or
(where applicable) waiver of, inter alia, the conditions referred to below
under "Conditions of the Placing" and to the Placing not being terminated on
the basis referred to below under "Right to terminate under the Placing
Agreement".
15. By participating in the Placing, each Placee will agree that its rights
and obligations in respect of the Placing will terminate only in the
circumstances described below and will not be capable of rescission or
termination by the Placee.
16. To the fullest extent permissible by law, neither the Company, the
Bookrunner or any of their respective affiliates shall have any responsibility
or liability (whether in contract, tort or otherwise) to any Placee (or to any
other person whether acting on behalf of a Placee or otherwise) under these
terms and conditions. In particular, none of the Company, the Bookrunner or
any of their respective affiliates shall have any liability (whether in
contract, tort or otherwise and including, to the fullest extent permissible
by law, any fiduciary duties) in respect of the Bookrunner's conduct of the
Bookbuild or Placing. Each Placee acknowledges and agrees that the Company
is responsible for the allotment of the Placing Shares to the Placees and the
Bookrunner shall have no liability to the Placees for the failure of the
Company to fulfil those obligations.
Conditions of the Placing
The Bookrunner's obligations under the Placing Agreement in respect of the
First Tranche Placing Shares are conditional on, inter alia:
a) the Placing Term Sheet having been agreed and duly signed by the Bookrunner
and the Company on the Business Day following the date of the Placing
Agreement (or by such later time/date as the Company and the Bookrunner may
agree);
b) the warranties contained in clause 10 and Schedule 1 of the Placing Agreement
("Warranties") being true and accurate and not misleading (and remaining true
and accurate and not misleading if they were repeated at First Admission
c) the Company allotting the First Tranche Placing Shares in accordance with the
Placing Agreement;
d) the Company complying with its obligations under the Placing Agreement as they
fall to be performed prior to First Admission;
e) the Bookrunner not having terminated the Placing Agreement in accordance with
its terms and conditions prior to First Admission; and
f) Admission occurring on or before 8.00 a.m. on 26 September 2025 (or such later
date and/or time as the Bookrunner and the Company may agree, being no later
than the First Long Stop Date).
The Bookrunner's obligations under the Placing Agreement in respect of the
Second Tranche Placing Shares are conditional on, inter alia:
a) First Admission having occurred;
c) the Warranties being true and accurate and not misleading at all times up to
and immediately prior to Second Admission, as though they had been given and
made on such dates by reference to the facts and circumstances then
subsisting;
d) the Company complying with its obligations under the Placing Agreement as they
fall to be performed prior to Second Admission;
e) the Bookrunner not having terminated the Placing Agreement in accordance with
its terms and conditions prior to Second Admission; and
f) Second Admission occurring on or before 8.00 a.m. on 29 September 2025 (or
such later date and/or time as the Bookrunner and the Company may agree, being
no later than the Second Long Stop Date).
If (i) any of the conditions contained in the Placing Agreement in respect of
the Placing Shares are not fulfilled or waived by the Bookrunner by the time
or date where specified (or such later time or date as the Company and the
Bookrunner may agree, not being later than the Long Stop Date), or (ii) the
Placing Agreement is terminated as described below, the Placing will lapse and
the Placees' rights and obligations hereunder in relation to the Placing
Shares shall cease and terminate at such time and each Placee agrees that no
claim can be made by the Placee in respect thereof.
The Bookrunner may, in its absolute discretion, waive, or extend the period
(up to the Long Stop Date) for, compliance by the Company with the whole or
any part of any of the Company's obligations in relation to the conditions in
the Placing Agreement, save that certain conditions and the Company allotting
the Placing Shares may not be waived and the period for compliance with such
conditions may not be extended. Any such extension or waiver will not affect
Placees' commitments as set out in this Announcement.
Neither the Bookrunner or the Company, nor any of their respective affiliates,
agents, directors, officers, consultants or employees, shall have any
liability to any Placee (or to any other person whether acting on behalf of a
Placee or otherwise) in respect of any decision they may make as to whether or
not to waive or to extend the time and/or date for the satisfaction of any
condition to the Placing nor for any decision they may make as to the
satisfaction of any condition or in respect of the Placing generally and by
participating in the Placing each Placee agrees that any such decision is
within the absolute discretion of the Bookrunner.
Right to terminate under the Placing Agreement
The Bookrunner is entitled in its absolute discretion, at any time before
First Admission, acting in good faith and, to the extent reasonably
practicable, following consultation with the Company, to terminate the
Placing.
Agreement by giving written notice to the Company (or by orally communicating
the same to the Company) in the following circumstances:
a) any statement contained in any Placing Document is or has become or has been
discovered to be untrue, misleading or inaccurate or any matter has arisen
which would, if the Placing Documents were to be issued at that time,
constitute an inaccuracy or omission therefrom which in the opinion of the
Bookrunner, acting in good faith, is material in the context of the Placing,
First Admission or Second Admission or any of the transactions contemplated by
the Placing Agreement; or
b) any of the Warranties was, when given, untrue, inaccurate or misleading;
c) any of the Warranties is not, or has ceased to be, true, accurate or not
misleading (or would not be true, accurate or not misleading if then repeated)
by reference to the facts subsisting at the time; or
d) the Company fails to comply with any of its obligations under the Placing
Agreement in any case which is material in the context of the Placing; or
e) a matter having arisen in respect of which indemnification may be sought from
the Company under the indemnity included in the Placing Agreement; or
f) there has occurred a suspension or cancellation by the LSE of trading in the
Company's securities; or
g) a matter, fact, circumstance or event has arisen such that in the opinion of
the Bookrunner, acting in good faith, a Supplementary Placing Announcement is
required to be published; or
h) there is introduced, or there is a public announcement of a proposal to
introduce, any change in Market Rules or any other applicable law in the
United Kingdom or the US, which does or is likely to prohibit or restrict the
Placing, capital issues or stock markets or materially adversely affect the
Group; or
i) there has occurred, in the Bookrunner's opinion, acting in good faith, a
Material Adverse Change.
Additionally, if, at any time before Admission, there has occurred:
a) any change, or development involving a prospective change, in national or
international, military, diplomatic, monetary, economic, political, financial,
industrial or market conditions or exchange rates or exchange controls, or any
incident of terrorism or outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any
declaration of a national emergency or war or any other calamity or crisis, in
each case, in any jurisdiction; or
b) a suspension of trading in securities generally on the LSE or generally on any
stock exchange or trading in any stock exchange or over-the-counter market is
materially disrupted or minimum or maximum prices have been established on any
such exchange; or
c) a declaration of a banking moratorium in London or by the US federal or New
York State authorities or the European Central Bank or any material disruption
to commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the US
or the UK,
which, in the opinion of a Bookrunner, acting in good faith, would or would be
likely to prejudice materially the Company or the Placing or makes it
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the Placing then the Bookrunner
may, acting in good faith and, to the extent reasonably practicable, following
consultation with the Company, by notice in writing to the Company (or by
orally communicating the same to the Company), terminate the Placing Agreement
with immediate effect.
The Bookrunner is entitled in its absolute discretion, at any time before
Second Admission, acting in good faith and, to the extent reasonably
practicable, following consultation with the Company, to terminate the Placing
Agreement by giving written notice to the Company (or by orally communicating
the same to the Company) in the following circumstances:
a) any statement contained in any Placing Document is or has become or has been
discovered to be untrue, misleading or inaccurate or any matter has arisen
which would, if the Placing Documents were to be issued at that time,
constitute an inaccuracy or omission therefrom which in the opinion of the
Bookrunner, acting in good faith, is material in the context of the Placing of
the Second Tranche Placing Shares or Second Admission or any of the
transactions contemplated by the Placing Agreement;
b) any of the Warranties was, when given, untrue, inaccurate or misleading; or
c) any of the Warranties is not, or has ceased to be, true, accurate or not
misleading (or would not be true, accurate or not misleading if then repeated)
by reference to the facts subsisting at the time; or
d) the Company fails to comply with any of its obligations under the Placing
Agreement in any case which is material in the context of the Placing of the
Second Tranche Placing Shares;
e) a matter having arisen in respect of which indemnification may be sought from
the Company under the indemnity included in the Placing Agreement;
f) there has occurred a suspension or cancellation by the LSE of trading in the
Company's securities;
g) a matter, fact, circumstance or event has arisen such that in the opinion of
the Bookrunner, acting in good faith, a Supplementary Placing Announcement is
required to be published; or
h) there is introduced, or there is a public announcement of a proposal to
introduce, any change in Market Rules or any other applicable law in the
United Kingdom or the US, which does or is likely to prohibit or restrict the
Placing, capital issues or stock markets or materially adversely affect the
Group; or
i) there has occurred, in the Bookrunner's opinion, acting in good faith, a
Material Adverse Change.
Additionally, if, at any time after First Admission and before Second
Admission, there has occurred:
a) any change, or development involving a prospective change, in national or
international, military, diplomatic, monetary, economic, political, financial,
industrial or market conditions or exchange rates or exchange controls, or any
incident of terrorism or outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any
declaration of a national emergency or war or any other calamity or crisis, in
each case, in any jurisdiction; or
b) a suspension of trading in securities generally on the LSE or generally on any
stock exchange or trading in any stock exchange or over-the-counter market is
materially disrupted or minimum or maximum prices have been established on any
such exchange; or
c) a declaration of a banking moratorium in London or by the US federal or New
York State authorities or the European Central Bank or any material disruption
to commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the US
or the UK,
which, in the opinion of a Bookrunner, acting in good faith, would or would be
likely to prejudice materially the Company or the Placing of the Second
Tranche Placing Shares or makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed
with the Placing of the Second Tranche Placing Shares then the Bookrunner may,
acting in good faith and, to the extent reasonably practicable, following
consultation with the Company, by notice in writing to the Company (or by
orally communicating the same to the Company), terminate the Placing Agreement
with immediate effect.
Following First Admission, the Placing Agreement will not be capable of
termination or rescission by any party to it in so far as it relates to the
Placing of the EIS/VCT Placing Shares and, following Second Admission, the
Placing Agreement will not be capable of termination or rescission by any
party in so far as it relates to the Placing of the Second Tranche Placing
Shares.
The rights and obligations of the Placees shall terminate only in the
circumstances described in these terms and conditions and in the Placing
Agreement and will not be subject to termination by the Placee or any
prospective Placee at any time or in any circumstances. By participating in
the Placing, Placees agree that the exercise by the Bookrunner of any right of
termination or other discretion under the Placing Agreement shall be within
the absolute discretion of the Bookrunner, and that it need not make any
reference to Placees and that it shall have no liability to Placees whatsoever
in connection with any such exercise or decision not to exercise. Placees
will have no rights against the Bookrunner, the Company or any of their
respective directors or employees under the Placing Agreement pursuant to the
Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (as amended).
No admission document or prospectus
The Placing Shares are being offered to a limited number of specifically
invited persons only and will not be offered in such a way as to require an
admission document or prospectus in the United Kingdom or in any other
jurisdiction. No offering document, admission document or prospectus has
been or will be submitted to be approved by the FCA or submitted to the London
Stock Exchange in relation to the Placing, and Placees' commitments will be
made solely on the basis of the information contained in the Announcement
(including the Appendices) and the UK Public Information. Each Placee, by
accepting a participation in the Placing, agrees that the content of this
Announcement is exclusively the responsibility of the Company and confirms
that it has neither received nor relied on any other information (other than
the UK Public Information), representation, warranty, or statement made by or
on behalf of the Company, the Bookrunner, or any other person and neither the
Bookrunner, the Company nor any other person will be liable for any Placee's
decision to participate in the Placing based on any other information,
representation, warranty or statement which the Placees may have obtained or
received and, if given or made, such information, representation, warranty or
statement must not be relied upon as having been authorised by the Bookrunner,
the Company, or their respective officers, directors, consultants, employees
or agents. Each Placee acknowledges and agrees that it has relied on its own
investigation of the business, financial or other position of the Company in
accepting a participation in the Placing. Neither the Company nor the
Bookrunner is making any undertaking or warranty to any Placee regarding the
legality of an investment in the Placing Shares by such Placee under any
legal, investment or similar laws or regulations. Each Placee should not
consider any information in this Announcement to be legal, tax or business
advice. Each Placee should consult its own solicitor, tax adviser and
financial adviser for independent legal, tax and financial advice regarding an
investment in the Placing Shares. Nothing in this paragraph shall exclude the
liability of any person for fraudulent misrepresentation.
Registration and settlement
Provided payment in full has been made, definitive legended share
certificate(s) in respect of the Placing Shares shall be prepared by MUFG
Group (the "Registrar") as soon as possible following the First Admission or
Second Admission, as applicable. Interest is chargeable daily on payments
not received from Placees on the due date in accordance with the arrangements
set out above at the rate of two percentage points above the Sterling
Overnight Index Average (SONIA) as determined by the Bookrunner.
Each Placee is deemed to agree that, if it does not comply with these
obligations, the Bookrunner may sell any or all of the Placing Shares
allocated to that Placee on such Placee's behalf and retain from the proceeds,
for the Bookrunner's account and benefit (as agent for the Company), an amount
equal to the aggregate amount owed by the Placee plus any interest due. The
relevant Placee will, however, remain liable and shall indemnify the
Bookrunner (as agent for the Company) on demand for any shortfall below the
aggregate amount owed by it and may be required to bear any stamp duty or
stamp duty reserve tax or securities transfer tax (together with any interest
or penalties) which may arise upon the sale of such Placing Shares on such
Placee's behalf. By communicating a bid for Placing Shares to
the Bookrunner, each Placee confers on the Bookrunner all such authorities
and powers necessary to carry out any such sale and agrees to ratify and
confirm all actions which the Bookrunner lawfully takes in pursuance of such
sale.
If Placing Shares are to be delivered to a custodian or settlement agent,
Placees should ensure that the trade confirmation or contract note is copied
and delivered immediately to the relevant person within that organisation.
Insofar as Placing Shares are registered in a Placee's name or that of its
nominee or in the name of any person for whom a Placee is contracting as agent
or that of a nominee for such person, such Placing Shares should, subject as
provided below, be so registered free from any liability to UK stamp duty or
stamp duty reserve tax or securities transfer tax. Placees will not be
entitled to receive any fee or commission in connection with the Placing.
Representations, warranties and further terms
By participating in the Placing each Placee (and any person acting on such
Placee's behalf) makes the following representations, warranties,
acknowledgements, agreements and undertakings (as the case may be) to the
Company and the Bookrunner, namely that, each Placee (and any person acting on
such Placee's behalf):
1. represents and warrants that it has read and understood the Announcement,
including the Appendices, in its entirety and that its subscription of Placing
Shares is subject to and based upon all the terms, conditions,
representations, warranties, acknowledgements, agreements and undertakings and
other information contained herein and not in reliance on any information
given or any representations, warranties or statements made at any time by any
person in connection with the First Admission, Second Admission, the Company,
the Placing, or otherwise, other than the information contained in this
Announcement and undertakes not to redistribute or duplicate this Announcement
or any part of it;
2. acknowledges that no offering document, admission document or prospectus has
been prepared in connection with the Placing and represents and warrants that
it has not received and will not receive a prospectus, admission document or
other offering document in connection therewith;
3. acknowledges that the Ordinary Shares are admitted to trading on AIM and the
Company is therefore required to publish certain business and financial
information in accordance with the AIM Rules for Companies (collectively, "UK
Public Information"), which includes a description of the nature of the
Company's business, the Company's most recent balance sheet and profit and
loss account and similar statements published in preceding years and that the
Placee is able to obtain or access such information or comparable information
concerning any other publicly traded company without undue difficulty;
4. acknowledges that none of the Bookrunner, the Company, any of their respective
affiliates or any person acting on behalf of any of them has provided it, and
will not provide it, with any material regarding the Placing Shares or the
Company other than this Announcement; nor has it requested any of the
Bookrunner, the Company, their respective affiliates or any person acting on
behalf of any of them to provide it with any such information and has read and
understood the UK Public Information;
5. acknowledges that the content of this Announcement is exclusively the
responsibility of the Company, and not the Bookrunner, its affiliates, agents,
directors, officers, consultants or employees, or any person acting on its
behalf has or shall have any liability for any information, representation or
statement contained in this Announcement or any information previously or
concurrently published by or on behalf of the Company, and will not be liable
for any Placee's decision to participate in the Placing based on any
information, representation or statement contained in this Announcement or
otherwise. Each Placee further represents, warrants and agrees that the only
information on which it is entitled to rely and on which such Placee has
relied in committing itself to acquire the Placing Shares is contained in this
Announcement and any UK Public Information, such information being all that it
deems necessary to make an investment decision in respect of the Placing
Shares and that it has neither received nor relied on any other information
given or representations, warranties or statements made by the Bookrunner, the
Company or any of their respective affiliates, agents, directors, officers,
consultants or employees or any person acting on behalf of any of them, or, if
received, it has not relied upon any such information, representations,
warranties or statements (including any management presentation) that may have
been received by any prospective Placee or any material prepared by the
research departments of the Bookrunner (the views of such research department
are not representing and being independent from those of the Company and the
corporate finance departments of the Bookrunner and not being attributable to
the same), and neither the Bookrunner, nor the Company will be liable for any
Placee's decision to accept an invitation to participate in the Placing based
on any other information, representation, warranty or statement. Each Placee
further acknowledges and agrees that it may not place the same degree of
reliance on this Announcement as it may otherwise place on a prospectus or
admission document. Each Placee further acknowledges and agrees that it has
relied solely on its own investigation of the business, financial or other
position of the Company in deciding to participate in the Placing and it will
not rely on any investigation that the Bookrunner, their affiliates, agents,
directors, officers, consultants or employees or any other person acting on
its or their behalf has or may have conducted;
6. represents and warrants that it has neither received nor relied on any "inside
information" as defined in the EU Market Abuse Regulation (Regulation
596/2014/EU) as it forms part of UK law by virtue of the European Union
(Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended and supplemented from time to time) ("UK
MAR") concerning the Company in accepting this invitation to participate in
the Placing;
7. acknowledges that the Bookrunner does not have any duties or responsibilities
to it, or its clients, similar or comparable to the duties of "best execution"
and "suitability" imposed by the COB Rules in the FCA Handbook and that the
Bookrunner is not acting for it or its clients and that the Bookrunner will
not be responsible for providing protections to it or its clients;
8. acknowledges that neither the Bookrunner, any of its affiliates, agents,
directors, officers, consultants or employees or any person acting on behalf
of them has or shall have any liability for the UK Public Information, any
publicly available or filed information or any representation relating to the
Company, provided that nothing in this paragraph excludes the liability of any
person for fraudulent misrepresentation made by that person;
9. acknowledges that neither of the Bookrunner, its ultimate holding company nor
any direct or indirect subsidiary undertakings of such holding company, nor
any of their respective affiliates, agents, directors, officers, consultants
or employees shall be liable to Placees for any matter arising out of the
Bookrunner's role as placing agent or otherwise in connection with the Placing
and that where any such liability nevertheless arises as a matter of law each
Placee will immediately waive any claim against any of such persons which you
may have in respect thereof;
10. acknowledges that the Placing Shares have not been registered under the
Securities Act or with any securities or other regulatory authority of any
state or territory of the United States and that the sale to the Placee (or
such beneficial owner) is being made in a transaction not involving a public
offering, exempt from registration under the Securities Act. The Placing
Shares are "restricted securities" within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) and
may not be reoffered, resold, pledged or otherwise transferred except pursuant
to an effective resale registration statement or pursuant to an applicable
exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration
requirements of the Securities Act, and that, in each case, such offer, sale,
pledge or transfer must be made in accordance with any applicable securities
laws of any state of the United States or any jurisdiction;
11. acknowledges that the Placing Shares are being offered and sold by or on
behalf of the Company (i) to Non-US Placees in "offshore transactions" as
defined in, and in accordance with, Regulation S and (ii) to a limited
number of US Placees reasonably believed to be QIBs or Accredited Investors in
transactions not involving a public offering within the meaning of Section
4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and which are exempt from or not subject to the
registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable US state
securities laws. It and the prospective beneficial owner of the Placing Shares
are, and at the time the Placing Shares are subscribed for will be, either:
(i) outside the United States and subscribing for the Placing Shares in an
"offshore transaction" as defined in, and in accordance with, Regulation S,
and has agreed to be bound to the terms of the Non-US Investor Letter in the
form provided to it by the Bookrunner or its affiliates; or (ii) a QIB or
Accredited Investor which has agreed to be bound to the terms of the US
Investor Letter in the form provided to it by the Bookrunner or its
affiliates. In addition, with respect to (ii) above, it further acknowledges:
(a) it is subscribing for the Placing Shares for its own account or for one or
more accounts as to each of which it exercises sole investment discretion and
each of which is a QIB; (b) it is subscribing for the Placing Shares for
investment purposes only and not with a view to any distribution or for resale
in connection with the distribution thereof, in whole or in part, in the
United States; and (c) it has full power to make the acknowledgements,
representations and agreements herein on behalf of each such account;
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13. represents and warrants that it is not acquiring any of the Placing Shares as
a result of any form of "general solicitation" or "general advertising"
(within the meaning of Rule 502(c) of Regulation D under the Securities Act)
or any form of "directed selling efforts" (as defined in Regulation S);
14. unless otherwise specifically agreed in writing with the Bookrunner,
represents and warrants that neither it nor the beneficial owner of such
Placing Shares will be a resident of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan or
the Republic of South Africa;
15. acknowledges that the Placing Shares have not been and will not be registered
under the securities legislation of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan or
the Republic of South Africa and, subject to certain exceptions, may not be
offered, sold, taken up, renounced or delivered or transferred, directly or
indirectly, within those jurisdictions;
16. represents and warrants that the issue to it, or the person specified by it
for registration as holder, of Placing Shares will not give rise to a
liability under any of sections 67, 70, 93 or 96 of the Finance Act 1986
(depositary receipts and clearance services) and that the Placing Shares are
not being acquired in connection with arrangements to issue depositary
receipts or to transfer Placing Shares into a clearance system;
17. represents and warrants that: (i) it has complied with its obligations under
the Criminal Justice Act 1993 and UK MAR; (ii) in connection with money
laundering and terrorist financing, it has complied with its obligations under
the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (as amended), the Terrorism Act 2000 (as
amended), the Terrorism Act 2006 and the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing
and Transfer of Funds (Information on Payer) Regulations 2017 and any related
rules, regulations or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any
government agency having jurisdiction in respect thereof; and (iii) it is not
a person: (a) with whom transactions are prohibited under the Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or any economic sanction programmes administered
by, or regulations promulgated by, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the
US Department of the Treasury; (b) named on the Consolidated List of Financial
Sanctions Targets maintained by HM Treasury of the United Kingdom; or (c)
subject to financial sanctions imposed pursuant to a regulation of the
European Union or a regulation adopted by the United Nations (together, the
"Regulations"); and, if making payment on behalf of a third party, that
satisfactory evidence has been obtained and recorded by it to verify the
identity of the third party as required by the Regulations and has obtained
all governmental and other consents (if any) which may be required for the
purpose of, or as a consequence of, such purchase, and it will provide
promptly to the Bookrunner such evidence, if any, as to the identity or
location or legal status of any person which the Bookrunner may request from
it in connection with the Placing (for the purpose of complying with such
Regulations or ascertaining the nationality of any person or the
jurisdiction(s) to which any person is subject or otherwise) in the form and
manner requested by the Bookrunner on the basis that any failure by it to do
so may result in the number of Placing Shares that are to be purchased by it
or at its direction pursuant to the Placing being reduced to such number, or
to nil, as the Bookrunner may decide in their sole discretion;
18. if a financial intermediary, as that term is used in Article 5(1) of the EU
Prospectus Regulation, or Article 5(1) of the UK Prospectus Regulation
represents and warrants that the Placing Shares purchased by it in the Placing
will not be acquired on a non-discretionary basis on behalf of, nor will they
be acquired with a view to their offer or resale to, persons in a member state
of the EEA as the case may be or the United Kingdom or to which the EU
Prospectus Regulation (in the case of a member state of the EEA) or the UK
Prospectus Regulation (in the case of the United Kingdom) otherwise applies
other than Qualified Investors in a member state in the EEA or Relevant
Persons in the United Kingdom, or in circumstances in which the prior consent
of the Bookrunner has been given to the offer or resale;
19. represents and warrants that it has not offered or sold and will not offer or
sell any Placing Shares to persons in the EEA prior to First Admission or
Second Admission except to persons whose ordinary activities involve them in
acquiring, holding, managing or disposing of investments (as principal or
agent) for the purposes of their business or otherwise in circumstances which
have not resulted in and which will not result in an offer to the public in
any member state of the EEA within the meaning of the EU Prospectus Regulation
(including any relevant implementing measure in any member state);
20. represents and warrants that it has not offered or sold and will not offer or
sell any Placing Shares to persons in the United Kingdom prior to First
Admission or Second Admission except to persons whose ordinary activities
involve them in acquiring, holding, managing or disposing of investments (as
principal or agent) for the purposes of their business or otherwise in
circumstances which have not resulted in and which will not result in an offer
to the public in the United Kingdom within the meaning of the UK Prospectus
Regulation (including any relevant implementing measure in the United
Kingdom);
21. represents and warrants that it has only communicated or caused to be
communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated any
invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning
of section 21 of the FSMA) relating to the Placing Shares in circumstances in
which section 21(1) of the FSMA does not require approval of the communication
by an authorised person;
22. represents and warrants that it has complied and will comply with all
applicable provisions of UK MAR and the FSMA with respect to anything done by
it in relation to the Placing Shares in, from or otherwise involving, the
United Kingdom;
23. if in a member state of the EEA, unless otherwise specifically agreed with the
Bookrunner in writing, represents and warrants that it is a Qualified
Investor;
24. if in the United Kingdom, represents and warrants that it is a Relevant Person
or to whom this Announcement may otherwise be lawfully communicated;
25. represents and warrants that it and any person acting on its behalf is
entitled to acquire the Placing Shares under the laws of all relevant
jurisdictions and that it has all necessary capacity and has obtained all
necessary consents and authorities and taken any other necessary actions to
enable it to commit to this participation in the Placing and to perform its
obligations in relation thereto (including, without limitation, in the case of
any person on whose behalf it is acting, all necessary consents and
authorities to agree to the terms set out or referred to in this Announcement)
and will honour such obligations;
26. where it is acquiring Placing Shares for one or more managed accounts,
represents and warrants that it is authorised in writing by each managed
account: (a) to acquire the Placing Shares for each managed account; (b) to
make on its behalf the representations, warranties, acknowledgements,
undertakings and agreements in this Appendix and the Announcement of which it
forms part; and (c) to receive on its behalf any investment letter relating to
the Placing in the form provided by the Bookrunner;
27. if it is acting as a "distributor" (for the purposes of the UK Product
Governance Requirements):
27.1 it acknowledges that the UK target market assessment undertaken by the
Bookrunner does not constitute: (a) an assessment of suitability or
appropriateness for the purposes of COBS 9A and COBS 10A, respectively; or (b)
a recommendation to any investor or group of investors to invest in, or
purchase, or take any other action whatsoever with respect to the Placing
Shares and each distributor is responsible for undertaking its own UK target
market assessment in respect of the Placing Shares and determining appropriate
distribution channels;
27.2 notwithstanding any UK target market assessment undertaken by the Bookrunner,
it confirms that, other than where it is providing an execution-only service
to investors, it has satisfied itself as to the appropriate knowledge,
experience, financial situation, risk tolerance and objectives and needs of
the investors to whom it plans to distribute the Placing Shares and that is
has considered the compatibility of the risk/reward profile of such Placing
Shares with the end target market; and
27.3 it acknowledges that the price of the Placing Shares may decline and investors
could lose all or part of their investment; the Placing Shares offer no
guaranteed income and no capital protection; and an investment in the Placing
Shares is compatible only with investors who do not need a guaranteed income
or capital protection, who (either alone or in conjunction with an appropriate
financial or other adviser) are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of
such an investment and who have sufficient resources to be able to bear any
losses that may result therefrom;
28. if it is acting as a "distributor" (for the purposes of MiFID II Product
Governance Requirements):
28.1 it acknowledges that the Target Market Assessment undertaken by the Bookrunner
does not constitute: (a) an assessment of suitability or appropriateness for
the purposes of MiFID II; or (b) a recommendation to any investor or group of
investors to invest in, or purchase, or take any other action whatsoever with
respect to the Placing Shares and each distributor is responsible for
undertaking its own target market assessment in respect of the Placing Shares
and determining appropriate distribution channels;
28.2 notwithstanding any Target Market Assessment undertaken by the Bookrunner, it
confirms that, other than where it is providing an execution-only service to
investors, it has satisfied itself as to the appropriate knowledge,
experience, financial situation, risk tolerance and objectives and needs of
the investors to whom it plans to distribute the Placing Shares and that is
has considered the compatibility of the risk/reward profile of such Placing
Shares with the end target market; and
28.3 it acknowledges that the price of the Placing Shares may decline and investors
could lose all or part of their investment; the Placing Shares offer no
guaranteed income and no capital protection; and an investment in the Placing
Shares is compatible only with investors who do not need a guaranteed income
or capital protection, who (either alone or in conjunction with an appropriate
financial or other adviser) are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of
such an investment and who have sufficient resources to be able to bear any
losses that may result therefrom;
29. it is capable of being categorised as a person who is a "professional client"
or an "eligible counterparty" within the meaning of Chapter 3 of the FCA's
Conduct of Business Sourcebook;
30. undertakes that it (and any person acting on its behalf) will make payment to
the Bookrunner for the Placing Shares allocated to it in accordance with this
Announcement on the due time and date set out herein, failing which the
relevant Placing Shares may be placed with other subscribers or sold as the
Bookrunner may in their sole discretion determine and without liability to
such Placee and it will remain liable and will indemnify the Bookrunner on
demand for any shortfall below the net proceeds of such sale and the placing
proceeds of such Placing Shares and may be required to bear the liability for
any stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax or security transfer tax (together
with any interest or penalties due pursuant to or referred to in these terms
and conditions) which may arise upon the placing or sale of such Placee's
Placing Shares on its behalf;
31. acknowledges that the Bookrunner, any of its affiliates, nor any person acting
on behalf of it or any of them, is making any recommendations to it, advising
it regarding the suitability of any transactions it may enter into in
connection with the Placing and that participation in the Placing is on the
basis that it is not and will not be treated for these purposes as a client of
the Bookrunner and nor that the Bookrunner has any duties or responsibilities
to it for providing the protections afforded to their clients or customers or
for providing advice in relation to the Placing nor in respect of any
representations, warranties, undertakings or indemnities contained in the
Placing Agreement nor for the exercise or performance of any of their rights
and obligations thereunder including any rights to waive or vary any
conditions or exercise any termination right;
32. undertakes that the person whom it specifies for registration as holder of the
Placing Shares will be (i) itself or (ii) its nominee, as the case may be.
Neither the Bookrunner, nor the Company will be responsible for any liability
to stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax resulting from a failure to observe
this requirement. Each Placee and any person acting on behalf of such Placee
agrees to participate in the Placing and it agrees to indemnify the Company
and the Bookrunner in respect of the same on the basis that the Placing Shares
will be held by the Bookrunner who will hold them, in certificated form, as
nominee on behalf of such Placee until settlement in accordance with its
standing settlement instructions;
33. the exercise by the Bookrunner of any right or discretion under the Placing
Agreement shall be within the absolute discretion of the Bookrunner and the
Bookrunner need not have any reference to the Placee and shall have no
liability to the Placee whatsoever in connection with any decision to exercise
or not to exercise any such right and each Placee agrees that it has no rights
against the Bookrunner, the Company or any of their respective affiliates
under the Placing Agreement pursuant to the Contracts (Rights of Third
Parties) Act 1999 (as amended) or otherwise;
34. acknowledges that these terms and conditions and any agreements entered into
by it pursuant to these terms and conditions and any non-contractual
obligations arising out of or in connection with such agreement shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and
it submits (on behalf of itself and on behalf of any person on whose behalf it
is acting) to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts as regards any
claim, dispute or matter (including non-contractual matters) arising out of
any such contract, except that enforcement proceedings in respect of the
obligation to make payment for the Placing Shares (together with any interest
chargeable thereon) may be taken by the Company or the Bookrunner in any
jurisdiction in which the relevant Placee is incorporated or in which any of
its securities have a quotation on a recognised stock exchange;
35. acknowledges that time shall be of the essence as regards to obligations
pursuant to this Appendix;
36. agrees that the Company, the Bookrunner and their respective affiliates and
others will rely upon the truth and accuracy of the foregoing representations,
warranties, acknowledgements and undertakings which are given to the
Bookrunner on their own behalf and on behalf of the Company and are
irrevocable and are irrevocably authorised to produce this Announcement or a
copy thereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding
or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby;
37. agrees to indemnify on an after-tax basis and hold the Company, the Bookrunner
and their respective affiliates harmless from any and all costs, claims,
liabilities and expenses (including legal fees and expenses) arising out of or
in connection with any breach of the representations, warranties,
acknowledgements, agreements and undertakings in this Appendix and further
agrees that the provisions of this Appendix shall survive after completion of
the Placing;
38. acknowledges that no action has been or will be taken by any of the Company,
the Bookrunner or any person acting on behalf of the Company or the Bookrunner
that would, or is intended to, permit a public offer of the Placing Shares in
any country or jurisdiction where any such action for that purpose is
required;
39. acknowledges that it is an institution that has knowledge and experience in
financial, business and international investment matters as is required to
evaluate the merits and risks of subscribing for the Placing Shares. It
further acknowledges that it is experienced in investing in securities of this
nature and in this sector and is aware that it may be required to bear, and
it, and any accounts for which it may be acting, are able to bear, the
economic risk of, and is able to sustain, a complete loss in connection with
the Placing. It has relied upon its own examination and due diligence of the
Company and its associates taken as a whole, and the terms of the Placing,
including the merits and risks involved;
40. acknowledges that its commitment to subscribe for Placing Shares on the terms
set out herein and in the trade confirmation or contract note will continue
notwithstanding any amendment that may in future be made to the terms of the
Placing and that Placees will have no right to be consulted or require that
their consent be obtained with respect to the Company's conduct of the
Placing;
41. acknowledges that the Bookrunner, or any of its affiliates acting as an
investor for its own account may take up shares in the Company and in that
capacity may retain, purchase or sell for their own account such shares and
may offer or sell such shares other than in connection with the Placing;
42. represents and warrants that, if it is a pension fund or investment company,
its purchase of Placing Shares is in full compliance with all applicable laws
and regulation; and
43. to the fullest extent permitted by law, it acknowledges and agrees to the
disclaimers contained in the Announcement including these Appendices.
The representations, warranties, acknowledgments and undertakings contained in
this Appendix are given to the Bookrunner and the Company and are irrevocable
and shall not be capable of termination in any circumstances.
The agreement to settle a Placee's subscription (and/or the subscription of a
person for whom such Placee is contracting as agent) free of stamp duty and
stamp duty reserve tax depends on the settlement relating only to a
subscription by it and/or such person direct from the Company for the Placing
Shares in question. Such agreement assumes that the Placing Shares are not
being subscribed for in connection with arrangements to issue depositary
receipts or to transfer the Placing Shares into a clearance service. If
there are any such arrangements, or the settlement relates to any other
subsequent dealing in the Placing Shares, stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax
may be payable, for which neither the Company or the Bookrunner will be
responsible, and the Placee to whom (or on behalf of whom, or in respect of
the person for whom it is participating in the Placing as an agent or nominee)
the allocation, allotment, issue or delivery of Placing Shares has given rise
to such UK stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax undertakes to pay such UK
stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax forthwith and to indemnify on an
after-tax basis and to hold harmless the Company and the Bookrunner in the
event that any of the Company or the Bookrunner has incurred any such
liability to UK stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax. If this is the case,
each Placee should seek its own advice and notify the Bookrunner accordingly.
In addition, Placees should note that they will be liable for any stamp duty
and all other stamp, issue, securities, transfer, registration, documentary or
other duties or taxes (including any interest, fines or penalties relating
thereto) payable outside the UK by them or any other person on the
subscription by them of any Placing Shares or the agreement by them to
subscribe for any Placing Shares.
Each Placee, and any person acting on behalf of the Placee, acknowledges that
the Bookrunner does not owe any fiduciary or other duties to any Placee in
respect of any representations, warranties, undertakings or indemnities in the
Placing Agreement.
When a Placee or person acting on behalf of the Placee is dealing with the
Bookrunner, any money held in an account with the Bookrunner on behalf of the
Placee and/or any person acting on behalf of the Placee will not be treated as
client money within the meaning of the rules and regulations of the FCA made
under the FSMA. The Placee acknowledges that the money will not be subject
to the protections conferred by the client money rules; as a consequence, this
money will not be segregated from the Bookrunner's money in accordance with
the client money rules and will be used by the Bookrunner in the course of its
own business and the Placee will rank only as a general creditor of the
Bookrunner.
All times and dates in this Announcement may be subject to amendment. The
Bookrunner shall notify the Placees and any person acting on behalf of the
Placees of any changes.
Past performance is no guide to future performance and persons needing advice
should consult an independent financial adviser.
APPENDIX II
DEFINITIONS
The following definitions apply throughout this Announcement unless the
context requires otherwise:
"Accredited Investor" means an accredited investor as defined in Rule 501 under the Securities Act;
"Admission" means the First Admission and/or the Second Admission (as the context
requires);
"AIM" means the AIM market operated by the London Stock Exchange;
"AIM Rules" means the AIM Rules for Companies and the AIM Rules for Nominated Advisers,
together;
"AIM Rules for Companies" means the AIM Rules for Companies as issued by the London Stock Exchange, from
time to time;
"AIM Rules for Nominated Advisers" means the AIM Rules for Nominated Advisers as issued by the London Stock
Exchange, from time to time;
"Announcement" means this announcement (including the appendices to this announcement);
"Appendices" means the appendices to this announcement;
"Articles" means the articles of association of the Company in force at the date of this
Announcement;
means the audited full year fiscal results of the Company for the 2024
"Audited Full Year Fiscal 2024 Results" financial year;
"Board of Directors" means the board of directors of the Company;
"Bookbuild" means the accelerated bookbuilding process to be conducted by the Bookrunner
in relation to the Placing;
"Bookrunner" or "Oberon" means the Company's broker, namely Oberon Investments Limited (trading as
Oberon Capital) a company incorporated in England and Wales with company
number 02198303, authorised and regulated by the FCA.
"Business Day" means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, when clearing banks are open
for business in London, United Kingdom;
"COB Rules" means the rules set out in the conduct of business sourcebook of the FCA
Handbook;
"Company" or "Renalytix" means Renalytix Plc, registered in England and Wales with number 11257655,
whose registered office is at 2 Leman Street, London, United Kingdom, E1W 9US;
"Company Secretary" Salim Hamir, who holds the role of Company Secretary to the Company
"DKD" diabetic kidney disease;
"DTRs" means the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules sourcebook published by
the FCA from time to time;
"EEA" means the European Economic Area;
"EHR" electronic health record;
"EIS" Enterprise Investment Scheme;
"EIS/VCT Placing Shares" means the new Ordinary Shares, which are intended to qualify for the purpose
of the EIS or VCT, to be allotted and issued to the relevant Placees at the
Placing Price pursuant to the Placing in such total number as set out in the
Placing Term Sheet which are proposed to be admitted to trading on AIM on
Admission;
"EU Prospectus Regulation" means Regulation (EU) 2017/1129, as amended;
"FCA" means the Financial Conduct Authority;
"FCA Handbook" means the handbook of rules and guidance of the FCA made pursuant to FSMA;
"FDA" Food and Drug Administration;
"First Admission" means the admission of the First Tranche Placing Shares to trading on AIM
becoming effective in accordance with the AIM Rules for Companies;
"First Long Stop Date" means such later date or time as the parties to the Placing Agreement may
agree in writing but not later than 8:00 a.m. on 26 September 2025 in respect
of the First Admission;
"First Tranche Placing Shares" means the EIS/VCT Placing Shares;
"FSMA" means the UK Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended;
"Group" means the Company and its subsidiary undertakings from time to time and as at
the date of this Agreement;
"Insider Participation" has the meaning given in the fifth paragraph of this Announcement;
"KDIGO Clinical Guidelines" Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes CKD Evaluation and Management clinic
guidelines;
"London Stock Exchange" or "LSE" means London Stock Exchange plc;
"Long Stop Date" means the First Long Stop Date and/or the Second Long Stop Date (as the
context requires);
"Market Rules" means any law, regulation or stock or financial market rule, or policy
statement, ruling, order or other regulatory instrument of any securities
regulatory authority in the UK, the US or any other jurisdiction in which the
Placing Shares are offered or sold, applicable to the Company or its Ordinary
Shares, including, without limitation, the AIM Rules, the rules and
regulations of the LSE, MAR, the DTRs, the US Securities Act and the US
Exchange Act;
"Material Adverse Change" means a circumstance that (i) would reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on the performance of the Placing Agreement or the consummation
of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or (ii) would reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or
otherwise), results of operations, business, prospects, management,
shareholders' equity or properties of the Group taken as a whole;
"MiFID II" means the EU Directive 2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments, as
amended;
"MiFID II Product Governance Requirements" means the product governance requirements contained within: (a) MiFID II; (b)
Articles 9 and 10 of Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2017/593
supplementing MiFID II; and (c) local implementing measures;
"Non-EIS/VCT Placing Shares" means the new Ordinary Shares to be allotted and issued to the relevant
Placees and the Subscribers at the Placing Price, which are proposed to be
admitted to trading on AIM on Second Admission;
"Non-US Investor Letter" means the letter in the form provided by the Bookrunner or its affiliates for
Non-US Placees;
"Non-US Placee" means Placees other than US Placees;
"Order" means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order
2005, as amended;
"Ordinary Shares" means the ordinary shares of nominal value £0.0025 each in the capital of the
Company;
"OTCQB" OTCQB ® Venture Market;
"Placees" means persons to be procured by the Bookrunner who agree to subscribe for
Placing Shares;
"Placing" means the placing of the Placing Shares by the Bookrunner pursuant to the
Placing Agreement;
"Placing Agreement" means the placing agreement dated the date of this Announcement between the
Company and the Bookrunner in respect of the Placing;
"Placing Document" as defined in the Placing Agreement;
"Placing Price" or "Issue Price" means 9.5 pence per Placing Share;
"Placing Shares" means the new Ordinary Shares proposed to be allotted and issued by the
Company as set out in the Placing Term Sheet fully paid up pursuant to the
Placing in accordance with the terms of the Placing Agreement following the
Bookbuild being the Placing Shares;
"Placing Term Sheet" means the term sheet in relation to the Placing to be entered into by the
Company and the Bookrunner following the Bookbuild;
"Prod Rules" means the rules contained in the FCA's Product Intervention and Product
Governance Sourcebook;
"QIB" means qualified institutional buyer as defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act;
"Qualified Investors" means persons in member states of the EEA who are qualified investors within
the meaning of Article 2(E) of the EU Prospectus Regulation;
"Regulation S" means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act;
"Regulatory Information Service" means regulatory information service that is on the list of approved
regulatory information services maintained by the FCA;
"Relevant Persons" means persons whose ordinary activities involve them in acquiring, holding,
managing and disposing of investments (as principal or agent) for the purposes
of their business and who have professional experience in matters relating to
investments and are: (a) persons in member states of the EEA who are qualified
investors within the meaning of the EU Prospectus Regulation; (b) in the
United Kingdom, qualified investors within the meaning of the UK Prospectus
Regulation and who are persons who: (i) have professional experience in
matters relating to investments falling within article 19(5) of the Order;
(ii) are persons falling within article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order; or (iii)
are persons to whom it may otherwise be lawfully communicated or (c) in the
United States, "qualified institutional buyers" within the meaning of Rule
144A of the Securities Act, or Accredited Investors;
"Restricted Jurisdiction" means each and any of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the Republic of South
Africa, Japan or any other jurisdiction where the extension or the
availability of the Placing would breach any applicable law or regulation;
"Rule 144A" means Rule 144A under the Securities Act;
"Second Admission" means the admission of the Second Tranche Placing Shares, to trading on AIM
becoming effective in accordance with the AIM Rules for Companies;
"Second Long Stop Date" means such later date or time as the parties to the Placing Agreement may
agree in writing but not later than 8:00 a.m. on 29 September 2025 in respect
of the Second Admission;
"Second Tranche Placing Shares" means the conditional Non-EIS/VCT Placing Shares;
"Securities Act" means the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended;
"Shareholders" means holders of Ordinary Shares from time to time;
"Subscribers" means those persons participating in the Subscription;
"Subscription" the conditional subscription for the Subscription Shares pursuant to the terms
of the Subscription Agreements;
"Subscription Agreements" the conditional agreements in respect of the Subscription Shares;
"Subscription Shares" the new Ordinary Shares being subscribed for at a subscription price per
Ordinary Share equal to the Placing Price;
"Supplementary Placing Announcement" means any supplementary placing announcement prepared in accordance with the
provisions of the Placing Agreement;
"Target Market Assessment" means the product approval process, which has determined that the Placing
Shares are: (i) compatible with an end target market of retail investors and
investors who meet the criteria of professional clients and eligible
counterparties, each as defined in MiFID II; and (ii) eligible for
distribution through all distribution channels as are permitted by MiFID II;
"Tranche 2 Payment" has the meaning given in paragraph 2.1 of this Announcement;
"UK MAR" means EU Market Abuse Regulation (Regulation 596/2014/EU) as it forms part of
domestic law in the United Kingdom by virtue of the European Union
(Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended and supplemented from time to time);
"UK Product Governance Requirements" means the product governance requirements contained in the Prod Rules;
"UK Prospectus Regulation" means the EU Prospectus Regulation, as amended by The Prospectus (Amendment
etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, and which forms part of domestic law in the
United Kingdom by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as
amended and supplemented from time to time);
"United Kingdom" or "UK" means the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
"UK target market assessment" means the product approval process, which has determined that the Placing
Shares are: (a) compatible with an end target market of retail investors and
investors who meet the criteria of professional clients and eligible
counterparties, each as defined in Chapter 3 of the FCA Handbook Conduct of
Business Sourcebook; and (b) eligible for distribution through all permitted
distribution channels;
"US Exchange Act" means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;
"US Investor Letter" means the letter in the form provided by the Bookrunner or its affiliates for
Placees in the United States;
"US Placee" means Placees who are "U.S. persons" as defined in Regulation S;
"United States" or "US" means the United States of America, its territories and possessions, any state
of the United States and the District of Columbia; and
"VCT" Venture Capital Trusts.
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