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23/03/2022 07:00

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RNS Number : 6750F  TruFin PLC  23 March 2022

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23 March 2022

TruFin plc

("TruFin" or the "Company")

Result of Placing and Notice of General Meeting

TruFin is pleased to announce that, following the announcement made yesterday,
it has received strong demand from institutional investors, resulting in an
oversubscribed book of demand, and it has successfully placed 10,666,666 new
ordinary shares (the "Placing Shares") at a price of 75 pence per share,
raising gross proceeds of £8.0 million under the Placing.

Liberum Capital Limited ("Liberum") acted as Nominated Adviser and Sole
Bookrunner on the oversubscribed Placing.

James van den Bergh, Chief Executive Officer of TruFin, commented:

"This is an exciting time for the Group with great progress being made across
all of our subsidiaries. In particular the placing proceeds will be invested
in Satago and Playstack to fund growth and help fund the Group through to
profitability. We are delighted our shareholders have supported us in this
oversubscribed placing, with the Open Offer to follow, and we look forward to
updating further on the Group's progress throughout the year."

 

Related Party Transaction

Watrium AS ("Watrium") is a related party of the Company as it is a
substantial shareholder in the Company (in accordance with the definitions of
the AIM Rules) and therefore its participation in the Placing is considered a
related party transaction for the purposes of the AIM Rules. Watrium has
agreed to subscribe for 4,666,666 as part of the Placing.

The Directors (other than Anders Wilhelmsen, being a representative of Watrium
on the Board), having consulted with the Company's Nominated Adviser, Liberum,
consider that the terms of Watrium's participation in the Placing are fair and
reasonable insofar as the shareholders of the Company are concerned.

Open Offer

As announced yesterday, the Company also intends to raise up to approximately
£2.0 million through the issue of up to 2,694,073 new Ordinary Shares
pursuant to the Open Offer (the "Open Offer Shares"), to allow Shareholders,
including those who are not participating in the Placing, to subscribe for new
Ordinary Shares at the Issue Price.

The terms and conditions of the Open Offer will be set out in the Circular,
which will be posted on 24 March 2022 and which will also be made available on
the Company's website at https://trufin.com/ (https://trufin.com/)  shortly
following posting.

Circular and Meeting

Completion of the Placing and Open Offer will be conditional upon, inter alia,
the approval by Shareholders of the resolutions to be proposed at a General
Meeting of the Company. Notice of the General Meeting will be set out in the
Circular. The General Meeting will be held at 9.00 a.m. on 11 April 2022 at
the offices of Travers Smith LLP, 10 Snow Hill, London EC1A 2AL.

Admission

Application will be made to London Stock Exchange plc for the Placing Shares
and the Open Offer Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission"). It
is expected that Admission will become effective and that dealings in the
Placing Shares and the Open Offer Shares will commence at 8.00 a.m. on 12
April 2022 (being the business day following the General Meeting), subject to
the Resolutions being passed at the General Meeting.

Other than where defined, capitalised terms used in this announcement have the
meanings given to them in the 'Placing and Open Offer to raise up to
approximately £10 million' announcement released by the Company on 22 March
2022.

Enquiries:

 TruFin plc

 James van den Bergh, Chief Executive Officer      020 3743 1340

 Kam Bansil, Investor Relations                    077 7922 9508
 Liberum (Nominated Adviser and Sole Bookrunner)   020 3100 2000

 Chris Clarke

 Edward Thomas

 Lydia Zychowska

 

About TruFin

TruFin plc is the holding company for an operating group of companies that
are niche lenders and early payment providers. TruFin Group combines the
benefits of both the traditional relationship banking model and developments
in the fintech sector. The Company was admitted to AIM in February 2018 and
trades under the ticker symbol: TRU. More information is available on the
Company website www.TruFin.com (http://www.trufin.com/)

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or into or from the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand or
the Republic of South Africa, or any other jurisdiction where to do so might
constitute a violation of the relevant laws or regulations of such
jurisdiction (the "Restricted Jurisdictions").

The New Ordinary Shares referred to herein have not been and will not be
registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), or under any securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the
United States and may not be offered, sold, resold, transferred or delivered,
directly or indirectly, in or into the United States except in transactions
exempt from, or 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. The New Ordinary Shares are being
offered and sold solely outside the United States in "offshore transactions"
as defined in and pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act. No public
offering of New Ordinary Shares is being made in the United States.

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This Announcement is directed only at:  (a) persons in member states of the
European Economic area who are "qualified investors", as defined in article 2
(e) of the Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (together with its delegated and
implementing regulations (the "EU Prospectus Regulation"), (b)  in the United
Kingdom, persons who (i) have professional experience in matters relating to
investments who fall within the definition of "investment professionals" in
Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial
Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the "Order"), or are high net worth
companies, unincorporated associations or partnerships or trustees of high
value trusts as described in Article 49(2) of the Order and (ii) are
"qualified investors", as defined in Article 2 (e) of the Regulation (EU)
2017/1129 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union
(Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended) (the "UK Prospectus Regulation") ("UK
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Person.

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Relevant Persons. Any investment or investment activity to which this
Announcement or the Placing relate is available only to Relevant Persons and
will be engaged in only with Relevant Persons. As regards all persons other
than Relevant Persons, the details of the Placing set out in this Announcement
are for information purposes only.

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SATISFACTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, OF A DISTRIBUTION TO BE MADE BY THAT
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the purposes of section 21 of FSMA by Liberum or any other person authorised
under FSMA. This Announcement is being distributed and communicated to persons
in the United Kingdom only in circumstances in which section 21(1) of FSMA
does not apply.

No prospectus or offering document will be made available in connection with
the matters contained in this Announcement and no such prospectus is required
(in accordance with the UK Prospectus Regulation) to be published.

Certain statements in this Announcement are forward-looking statements which
are based on the Company's expectations, intentions and projections regarding
its future performance, anticipated events or trends and other matters that
are not historical facts. These forward-looking statements, which may use
words such as "aim", "anticipate", "believe", "could", "intend", "estimate",
"expect" and words of similar meaning, include all matters that are not
historical facts. These forward-looking statements involve risks, assumptions
and uncertainties that could cause the actual results of operations, financial
condition, liquidity and dividend policy and the development of the industries
in which the Group's businesses operate to differ materially from the
impression created by the forward-looking statements. These statements are not
guarantees of future performance and are subject to known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
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to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Forward-looking
statements speak only as of the date of such statements and, except as
required by the UK Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA"), the London Stock
Exchange or applicable law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update or
revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise.

Any indication in this Announcement of the price at which the Company's shares
have been bought or sold in the past cannot be relied upon as a guide to
future performance. Persons needing advice should consult an independent
financial adviser. No statement in this Announcement is intended to be a
profit forecast and no statement in this Announcement should be interpreted to
mean that earnings 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 Group.

Liberum, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the FCA,
are acting for the Company and for no one else in connection with the Placing
and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the
protections afforded to clients of Liberum or for providing advice in relation
to the Placing, or any other matters referred to in this Announcement.

No representation or warranty, express or implied, is or will be made as to,
or in relation to, and no responsibility or liability is or will be accepted
by or on behalf of the Company or Liberum or by their affiliates or their
respective agents, directors, officers and employees as to, or in relation to,
the accuracy or completeness of this Announcement or any other written or oral
information made available to or publicly available to any interested party or
its advisers, and any liability therefor is expressly disclaimed.

The Placing Shares to be issued pursuant to the Placing will not be admitted
to trading on any stock exchange other than to trading on AIM.

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content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or
any other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this Announcement.

Notice to distributors

Solely for the purposes of the product governance requirements contained
within: (a) EU Directive 2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments, as
amended ("MiFID II"); (b) Articles 9 and 10 of Commission Delegated Directive
(EU) 2017/593 supplementing MiFID II; and (c) local implementing measures
(together, the "MiFID II Product Governance Requirements"), and disclaiming
all and any liability, whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise, which
any "manufacturer" (for the purposes of the MiFID II Product Governance
Requirements) may otherwise have with respect thereto, the New Ordinary Shares
have been subject to a product approval process, which has determined that
such securities 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
(the "Target Market Assessment").

Notwithstanding the Target Market Assessment, distributors should note that:
the price of the New Ordinary Shares may decline and investors could lose all
or part of their investment; the New Ordinary Shares offer no guaranteed
income and no capital protection; and an investment in the New Ordinary 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
Placing. Furthermore, it is noted that, notwithstanding the Target Market
Assessment, Liberum are only procuring investors who meet the criteria of
professional clients and eligible counterparties.

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(a) an assessment of suitability of 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 New
Ordinary Shares. Each distributor is responsible for undertaking its own
target market assessment in respect of the New Ordinary Shares and determining
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