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RNS Number : 9444R  Sivota PLC  22 July 2025

22 July 2025

Sivota plc

Intended Cancellation of Listing and Proposed Delisting from the London Stock
Exchange

 

Sivota plc ("Sivota" or the "Company"), the investment vehicle focused on
acquiring and scaling technology-led businesses in Israel, announces its
intention to cancel the admission of its ordinary shares ("Shares") to trading
on the London Stock Exchange (the "Delisting").

 Background and Rationale for Delisting

 Since admission, Sivota has operated as a public company with the aim of
deploying growth capital into high-potential businesses and delivering
shareholder value through strategic investment and operational support.

However, after extensive review and consideration, the Board has concluded
that the Company's continued listing is no longer in the best interests of the
business or its shareholders, for the following key reasons:

1.   Increased Difficulty in Raising Capital from Public Markets:

The Company has found it increasingly challenging to raise meaningful
investment capital via the public markets. Low liquidity, limited
institutional appetite, and broader market conditions have constrained the
Company's ability pursue new investment opportunities at the pace originally
envisaged.

2.   Material Changes in the Geopolitical and Economic Environment:

The geopolitical landscape and macroeconomic conditions have changed
significantly since the Company's investment strategy was formulated and its
original listing. These shifts have increased uncertainty and altered the
operational dynamics within Sivota's target market.

As a company listed on the Equity Shares (Transition) category, the Company is
not required to obtain the approval of its shareholders for the Delisting but
is required under UK Listing Rule 21.2.17 to give at least 20 business days'
notice of the intended cancellation.

Accordingly, the Company has requested that: (i) the FCA cancel the listing of
the Shares on the Official List of the FCA; and (ii) the London Stock Exchange
cancels the admission to trading of the Shares on the Main Market for listed
securities of the London Stock Exchange.

It is anticipated that the Delisting will become effective from 8:00 a.m.
(London time) on 19 August 2025. Investors holding Shares following the
Delisting will remain shareholders of the Company and continue to be entitled
to exercise all the rights attaching to the Shares.

The principal effects of the Delisting will be that:

·     there will no longer be a formal market mechanism enabling
shareholders to trade their Ordinary Shares;

·     the regulatory and financial reporting regime applicable to
companies whose shares are admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange
will no longer apply;

·     shareholders will no longer be afforded the protections given by
the UK Listing Rules, such as the requirement to be notified of certain
material developments or events (including substantial transactions, financing
transactions, related party transactions and certain acquisitions and
disposals) and the separate requirement to seek shareholder approval for
certain other corporate events such as reverse takeovers or fundamental
changes in the Company's business;

·     shareholders will no longer be required to publicly disclose any
change in major shareholdings in the Company under the DTRs;

·     the Company will no longer be subject to the provisions of the
Market Abuse Regulation (as in force in the United Kingdom) regulating inside
information and other matters, which will make it easier for the Company to
keep shareholders up to date on any developments; and

The Company will, at least in the short term, remain a public limited company
(and so, for example, will be required to hold an AGM in each year).  The
provisions of the Takeover Code will continue to apply to the Company.

Further Information

The Company will continue to keep shareholders informed and provide updates as
appropriate.

 

Enquiries:

 Sivota PLC                           via Vigo Consulting

 Tim Weller, Non-Executive Chairman

 www.sivotacapital.com

 Canaccord Genuity Limited            +44 (0) 20 7523 8000

 Bobbie Hilliam

 Vigo Consulting                      + 44 (0) 20 7390 0230

 Jeremy Garcia

 

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