THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, INCLUDING THE
APPENDIX AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN, IS RESTRICTED AND IS
NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART,
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN, INTO OR FROM THE UNITED STATES, CANADA,
JAPAN, THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, HONG
KONG, SINGAPORE OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION
WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OR
REGULATIONS OF THAT JURISDICTION. PLEASE SEE THE IMPORTANT NOTICES
AT THE END OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.
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THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY, SUBSCRIBE FOR OR OTHERWISE
ACQUIRE ANY NEW ORDINARY SHARES OF 88 ENERGY LIMITED IN THE UNITED
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ZEALAND, HONG KONG, SINGAPORE OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH
SUCH RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION WOULD BE
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THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT FOR
PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT AN OFFER OF
SECURITIES FOR SALE INTO THE UNITED STATES. THE SECURITIES REFERRED
TO HEREIN HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S.
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD
IN THE UNITED STATES, EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION
FROM REGISTRATION. NO PUBLIC OFFERING OF SECURITIES IS BEING MADE
IN THE UNITED STATES.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE
INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE 7 OF THE UK VERSION OF THE MARKET
ABUSE REGULATION NO. 596/2014 ("MAR"), WHICH IS PART OF ENGLISH LAW BY
VIRTUE OF EUROPEAN UNION (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018, AS AMENDED. UPON
THE PUBLICATION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, THIS INSIDE INFORMATION IS
NOW CONSIDERED TO BE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
88 Energy
Limited
Proposed placing to raise up
to A$9.8 million approximately
(£5.23 million)
88 Energy Limited ("88 Energy" or the "Company") (ASX, AIM: 88E) today
announces that it proposes to raise up to A$9.8 million (approximately
£5.23 million)
(before expenses), within the Company's existing placement
capacity, pursuant to a placing (the "Placing") of new ordinary shares of no
par value in the Company (the "Placing Shares") at a price per Placing
Share of A$0.003 (equivalent to £0.0016) (the "Placing Price") per share.
The Placing Price is equivalent to a
discount of 40% to
the closing price of the Company's shares on the Australian
Securities Exchange ("ASX") on 22 April
2024, being the latest practicable date prior to
this announcement, and a discount of 33.7%
to the volume weighted average price on the
ASX for the five days prior
to 23 April 2024. The Company also announces that
its shares have been placed in a trading halt on the ASX pending
the release of an announcement in relation to the completion of the
Placing.
The Placing is being conducted
through a bookbuilding process (the "Bookbuild"), which is being managed by
Cavendish Capital Markets Limited ("Cavendish") in the UK (the
"UK Placing") and
EurozHartleys Ltd ("EurozHartleys") and Inyati Capital Pty
Ltd (Inyati) in Australia
(the "Australian
Placing").
The Bookbuild will open with
immediate effect following release of this announcement. The number
of Placing Shares to be issued in the UK (the "UK Placing Shares"), will be agreed by
Cavendish, EurozHartleys and Inyati and the Company at the close of
the Bookbuild. The timing of the closing of the Bookbuild, the
amount to be raised and allocations are at the discretion of
Cavendish, EurozHartleys, Inyati and the Company. Details of the
number of Placing Shares to be issued will be announced as soon as
practicable after the close of the Bookbuild. The Company intends
to rely on the Company's placement capacity pursuant to ASX Listing
Rules 7.1 to issue up to a maximum of 3,291,974,839
new ordinary shares (equivalent to maximum gross
proceeds of up toA$9.8 million (approximately £5.23
million), such that shareholder
approval will not be required for the Placing.
Current trading and activity
The Company released its financial
results for the year ending 31 December 2023 ("HY 2023"), including the events
occurring after the period end, on 28 March 2024, and recently the
Company released its first quarter report on 18 April 2024, and as
at 31 March 2024 had cash resources of A$17.5 million.
Project Phoenix
Project Phoenix is focused on
oil-bearing conventional reservoirs identified during the drilling
and logging of Icewine-1 and Hickory-1 and adjacent offset drilling
and testing. Project Phoenix is strategically located on the
Dalton Highway with the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline System running
through the acreage.
Hickory -1 Exploration
Well
The Hickory-1 discovery well was
previously drilled in February 2023. All American Oilfield's
upgraded Rig-111 was subsequently secured in September 2023 to
conduct the flow test. During the March 2024 quarter, ice road and
pad construction works were completed and the rig was subsequently
mobilised. Flow test operations commenced in March 2024.
The testing operations focussed on
the two primary targets, the SFS and SMD reservoirs. Of the SFS
series of reservoirs, the Upper SFS reservoir was targeted to be
flow tested as it has not been previously tested, whereas the Lower
SFS has previously been flow tested and producibility of that
reservoir confirmed on adjacent acreage. The Upper SFS was followed
by a targeted testing of the SMD-B reservoir.
Upper SFS flow test
results
A 20ft perforated interval in the
Upper SFS reservoir was stimulated via a single fracture stage of
241,611 lbs proppant volume. The well was cleaned-up and flowed for
111 hours in total, of which 88 hours was under natural flow back
and 23.5 hours utilising nitrogen lift.
The USFS test produced at a peak
flow rate of over ~70 bopd. Oil cuts increased throughout the flow
back period as the well cleaned up, reaching a maximum of 15% oil
cut at the end of the flow test program. The Company expects that
oil rates and cut would have likely increased further should the
test period have been extended. The well produced at an average oil
flow rate of approximately 42 bopd during the natural flow back
period, with instantaneous rates ranging from approximately 10 - 77
bopd with average rates increasing through the test period.
Importantly, the USFS zone flowed oil to surface under natural
flow. A total of 3,960bbls of fluid was injected into the reservoir
and 2,882bbls of water was recovered during the flow back period,
most of which was injection fluid. Total flow rates (inclusive of
recovery of frac fluid) averaged ~600 bbl/d over the duration of
the flow back.
SMD-B flow test results
A 20ft perforated interval in the
SMD-B reservoir was stimulated via a single fracture stage
comprising 226,967 lbs of proppant volume. The well was cleaned-up
and flowed for 84 hours in total, utilising nitrogen lift
throughout the entire test period. The average fluid flow rate over
the duration of the flow back period was approximately 445 bbls/d,
with choke sizes ranging from 8/64ths to 33/64ths.
The SMD-B test produced at a peak
estimated flow rate of ~50 bopd. Oil cuts varied throughout the
flow back period, reaching a maximum of 10% oil cut. The well
produced at an average oil cut of 4% following initial oil to
surface, with instantaneous rates observed during the 16-hour
period varying as the well continued to clean up. Total stimulation
load water was not recovered and water salinity measurements
indicated we were recovering load water at the conclusion of the
test..
Project Icewine West
Icewine West contains the Charlie-1
discovery well drilled in 2020 where hydrocarbons were successfully
recovered from the Torok formation during wireline
operations.
Mapping activity at Icewine West
identified a series of SMD prospects, the majority of which have
not yet been drilled. Given the recent success of the SMD at
Hickory-1, 88E intends to assess these prospects and add them to
the already extensive prospective resource portfolio at Icewine
West; this includes the interpreted extension of the Kodiak
contingent resources recently certified by Pantheon on their
acreage onto the Icewine West acreage. The Basin Floor Fan, mapped
across Pantheon's Kodiak field, as well as 88 Energy's Phoenix and
Icewine West Projects, is the same play type as (although slightly
younger than) 88 Energy's Lima Complex.
Project Leonis
Project Leonis is superbly located
adjacent to TAPS and the Dalton Highway, enhancing the future
potential for commercialisation. The acreage is covered by an
existing data suite including Storms 3D seismic data and the Hemi
Springs Unit #3 (HS-3) exploration well drilled by ARCO in 1985,
which logged 200 feet of bypassed net pay in the now-producing USB
reservoir, with good porosity and oil shows including oil over
shakers at multiple depths.
The maiden prospective resource
estimate for Upper Schrader Bluff reservoir expected H1
2024.
A farm-out process has commenced
with multiple parties engaged and reviewing data room materials,
ahead of potential drilling of a new well in 2025/2026 Alaska
winter operational season.
Project Peregrine
As announced on 21 December 2023,
Project Peregrine received a 12-month suspension until 30 November
2024 from the Bureau of Land Management Alaska.
During the suspension period, 88
Energy will persist with the refinement of internal geological and
geophysical models/interpretation, including further optimisation
of the Harrier-1 location however, no physical work will occur on
the leases other than to perform any necessary maintenance and
safety activities. The suspension also relieved 88 Energy of the
obligation to pay lease rentals during the suspension period of
~A$0.5 million, which were due in Q1 2024.
Project Longhorn
In December 2023, the Joint Venture
(Bighorn JV), Bighorn Energy LLC (Bighorn) which comprises Longhorn
Energy Investments LLC (LEI) a 100% wholly owned subsidiary of 88
Energy with 75% ownership and Lonestar I, LLC (Lonestar or
Operator) with remaining 25% ownership, finalised its 2024 work
program and budget. The Bighorn JV agreed to a development program
that included 5 workovers in 1H 2024 and 2 new wells in 2H 2024,
contingent on successful workovers.
During the first quarter, the
Bighorn JV commenced two of the planned five workovers with
assessment of production occurring during April 2024.
Q1 2024 production averaged a fairly
steady 328 BOE per day gross (~62% oil) which was slightly below
the budgeted volume of 346 BOE per day gross (65% oil) due to
January winter storms and the Company received a cash flow
distribution of A$0.7M in March 2024.
The Bighorn JV executed a ~10%
sell-down (gross, ~7% net to 9Energy) of the 2023 acquired acreage,
in order to re-disk and accelerate development opportunities. The
transaction realised acquisition payments of ~A$0.3M and the
non-operated partners will contribute their share of the capital
development costs coupled with a 25% carry of their ownership share
on the five 2024 WP&B agreed workovers.
Namibia
In February 2024, the Company
announced the successful 20% WI transfer by Monitor Exploration
Limited (Monitor) to 88 Energy in relation to PEL 93 located in the
Owambo Basin, Namibia following receipt approval from the Ministry
of Mines and Energy.
The Company, via its wholly-owned
Namibian subsidiary, previously executed a three-stage farm-in
agreement in November 2023 for up to a 45% non-operated working
interest in onshore Petroleum Exploration Licence (PEL 93), which
covers 18,500km2 of underexplored ground within the Owambo Basin in
Namibia (refer to ASX announcement dated 13 November
2023).
Under the terms of the agreement, 88
Energy may earn up to a 45% working interest by funding its share
of agreed costs under the 2023-2024 approved work program and
budget as defined in the Farm-In Agreement (2024 Work Program) and
any future work program budgets yet to be agreed. The maximum total
investment by the Company is anticipated to be US$18.7
million.
Namibia has been identified as one
of the last remaining under-explored onshore frontier basins and
one of the World's most prospective new exploration zones. PEL 93
is more than 10 times larger than 88 Energy's Alaskan portfolio and
more than 70 times larger than Project Phoenix.
Recent drilling results on nearby
acreage has highlighted the potential of a new and underexplored
conventional oil and gas play in the Damara Fold belt, referred to
as the Damara Play. Historical assessment utilised a combination of
techniques and interpretation of legacy data to identify the Owambo
Basin, and specifically blocks 1717 and 1817, as having significant
exploration potential.
Monitor has utilised a range of
geophysical and geochemical techniques to assess and validate the
significant potential of the acreage since award of PEL 93 in 2018.
It has identified ten (10) independent structural closures from
airborne geophysical methods and partly verified these using
existing 2D seismic coverage. Further, ethane concentration
measured in soil samples over interpreted structural leads
validates the existence of an active petroleum system, with passive
seismic anomalies also aligning closely to both interpreted
structural leads and measured alkane molecules (c1-c5)
concentrations in soil.
The forward work-program will start
with a low impact ~200 line-kilometre 2D seismic program focusing
on confirming the structural closures of the 10 independent leads
identified. The 2D seismic program will be conducted in mid-2024
following a period of planning, public consultation, updating of
environmental compliance requirements and relevant approvals.
Results from the 2D seismic program will then be incorporated into
existing historical exploration data over the acreage, with results
used to identify possible exploration drilling
locations.
Rationale for the Placing and Use of
Proceeds
The net proceeds of the Placing,
together with the Company's existing cash reserves, will strengthen
the Company's balance sheet and will provide the Company with
sufficient capital to fund:
·
Project Phoenix,
Alaska: Following the successful
flow testing at the Hickory-1 discovery well, 88 Energy will be
focused on:
o Completing post-well testing and analysis at
Hickory-1;
o Securing a contingent resource for the SFS and SMD
reservoirs;
o Commencing a formal farm-out process to attract a high-quality
new partner to fund the next stage of appraisal and development;
and
o Advance planning and design of a early stage production
system.
·
PEL 93,
Namibia: Completion of 2D Seismic
program, generation of a maiden prospective resource report and
other studies associated with the Owambo Basin.
·
Project Leonis,
Alaska: Securing a farm-out partner
to fund a future exploration well to test the proven producing
Upper Schrader Bluff (USB) reservoir and continue further studies
and analysis.
·
Funds will also be applied towards Alaskan lease
rental costs, working capital and assessment of further new venture
opportunities.
Following completion of the proposed
Placing, the Company will have sufficient cash to fund its ongoing
working capital requirements and general and administrative
overheads for at least 12 months.
88 Energy has made the decision to
complete the Placing to secure funding arrangements to fund the
transition to post well analysis and to secure further Contingent
Resources at Project Phoenix.
The Company intend to commence a
formal farm-out process for Project Phoenix following completion of
the Hickory-1 post flow test analysis, with the aim of attracting a
strategic partner for the next stage of development and
commercialisation.
Details of the Placing
The Placing is subject to the terms
and conditions set out in the Appendix (which forms part of this
announcement, such announcement and the Appendix together, the
"Announcement").
Application will be made to the
London Stock Exchange for the Placing Shares to be admitted to
trading on AIM. It is expected that admission to trading on AIM
("Admission") will become
effective and that dealings in the Placing Shares will commence on
AIM at 8.00 a.m. on 1 May 2024.
The Placing Shares will be issued
and credited as fully paid and will rank in full for all dividends
and other distributions declared, made or paid after the admission
of those Ordinary Shares and will otherwise rank on Admission pari
passu in all respects with each other and with the existing
ordinary shares in the Company.
The Placing is conditional upon,
inter alia, Admission taking place by no later than 8.00 a.m. on 1
May 2024 (or such later date as Cavendish may agree in writing with
the Company, being not later than 8.00 a.m. on 15 May 2024) and the
Placing Agreement entered into between the Company and Cavendish
not being terminated prior to Admission. If any of the conditions
of the Placing Agreement are not satisfied the Placing Shares will
not be issued and Admission will not take place.
The Company, in conjunction with
Cavendish, EurozHartleys and Inyati, reserves the right to accept
over-subscriptions for Placing Shares and to determine the maximum
number of Placing Shares that will be issued in the Placing.
However, the Company intends to rely on the Company's placement
capacity pursuant to ASX Listing Rules 7.1 to issue up to a maximum
of 3,291,974,839 new Ordinary
Shares (equivalent to maximum gross proceeds of up to
A$9.8 million (approximately
£5.23 million), such that shareholder
approval will not be required for the Placing.
Neither the Placing Shares have been
made available to the public and have not been offered or sold in
any jurisdiction where it would be unlawful to do so.
This Announcement should be read in its entirety. In
particular, your attention is drawn to the "Important Notices"
section of this Announcement, to the detailed terms and conditions
of the Placing and further information relating to the Bookbuild
described in the Appendix to this Announcement (which forms part of
this Announcement).
By choosing to participate in the
Placing and by making an oral and legally binding offer to acquire
Placing Shares, investors will be deemed to have read and
understood this Announcement in its entirety (including the
Appendix), and to be making such offer on the terms and subject to
the conditions of the Placing contained herein, and to be providing
the representations, warranties and acknowledgements contained in
the Appendix.
In this Announcement, references to
"pounds sterling", "£", "pence" and "p" are to the lawful currency
of the United Kingdom and references to "Australian dollars", "A$"
and "A cents" are to the lawful currency of Australia. Unless
otherwise stated, the basis of translation of pounds sterling into
Australian dollars is £1.00/A$1.8750.
For further information please
contact:
88
Energy Ltd
Ashley Gilbert, Managing
Director
Tel: +61 (0)8 9485 0990
Email:investor-relations@88energy.com
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Fivemark Partners, Investor and
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Michael Vaughan
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EurozHartleys Ltd
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Dale Bryan
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Tel: +61 (0)8 9268 2829
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Cavendish Capital Markets Limited
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Tel: +44 (0)207 220 0500
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Derrick Lee
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Tel: +44 (0)131 220 6939
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Pearl Kellie
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Tel: +44 (0)131 220 9775
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Pursuant to the requirements of the
ASX Listing Rules Chapter 5 and the AIM Rules for Companies, the
technical information and resource reporting contained in this
announcement was prepared by, or under the supervision of, Dr
Stephen Staley, who is a Non-Executive Director of the Company. Dr
Staley has more than 37 years' experience in the petroleum
industry, is a Fellow of the Geological Society of London, and a
qualified Geologist/Geophysicist who has sufficient experience that
is relevant to the style and nature of the oil prospects under
consideration and to the activities discussed in this document. Dr
Staley has reviewed the information and supporting documentation
referred to in this announcement and considers the prospective
resource estimates to be fairly represented and consents to its
release in the form and context in which it appears. His academic
qualifications and industry memberships appear on the Company's
website and both comply with the criteria for "Competence" under
clause 3.1 of the Valmin Code 2015. Terminology and standards
adopted by the Society of Petroleum Engineers "Petroleum Resources
Management System" have been applied in producing this
document.
Cautionary
Statement
The estimated quantities of
petroleum that may be potentially recovered by the application of a
future development project relate to undiscovered accumulations.
These estimates have both an associated risk of discovery and a
risk of development. Further exploration, appraisal and evaluation
are required to determine the existence of a significant quantity
of potentially movable hydrocarbons.
Important
Notices
Forward-looking statements
This announcement may include
certain "forward-looking statements" and "forward-looking
information" under applicable securities laws. Except for
statements of historical fact, certain information contained herein
constitutes forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements
are frequently characterised by words such as "plan", "expect",
"project", "intend", "believe", "anticipate", "estimate", and other
similar words, or statements that certain events or conditions
"may" or "will" occur. Forward-looking statements are based on the
opinions and estimates of management at the date the statements are
made, and are based on a number of assumptions and subject to a
variety of risks and uncertainties and other factors that could
cause actual events or results to differ materially from those
projected in the forward-looking statements. Assumptions upon which
such forward-looking statements are based include that all required
third party regulatory and governmental approvals will be obtained.
Many of these assumptions are based on factors and events that are
not within the control of the Company and there is no assurance
they will prove to be correct. Factors that could cause actual
results to vary materially from results anticipated by such
forward-looking statements include changes in market conditions and
other risk factors discussed or referred to in this announcement
and other documents filed with the applicable securities regulatory
authorities. Although the Company has attempted to identify
important factors that could cause actual actions, events or
results to differ materially from those described in
forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause
actions, events or results not to be anticipated, estimated or
intended. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements
will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events
could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.
The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking
statements if circumstances or management's estimates or opinions
should change except as required by applicable securities laws. The
reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking
statements.
As referenced above, the Company
notes that it is continually assessing new venture opportunities
across the asset life cycle to expand its portfolio of assets and
opportunities. Such potential opportunities are not announced
until such time as the Company has agreed the material commercial
and legal terms with the relevant counterparty or counterparties,
and customary due diligence is completed. Until the material
commercial and legal terms have been agreed and due diligence
completed, there can be no guarantee that such discussions, whether
or not they have been disclosed, will lead to the announcement or
completion of a binding agreement.
Cavendish is authorised and
regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (the "FCA") in the United Kingdom and is
acting exclusively for the Company and no one else in connection
with the Bookbuilding process and the Placing will not be
responsible to anyone (including any Placees) other than the
Company for providing the protections afforded to its clients or
for providing advice in relation to the Bookbuilding Process or 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
Cavendish or by any of its affiliates or agents 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.
No statement in this Announcement is
intended to be a profit forecast or estimate, 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.
The price of shares and any income
expected from them may go down as well as up and investors may not
get back the full amount invested upon disposal of the shares. Past
performance is no guide to future performance, and persons needing
advice should consult an independent financial adviser.
The Placing Shares to be issued
pursuant to the Placing will not be admitted to trading or listed
on any stock exchange other than on the AIM market operated by the
London Stock Exchange and the ASX.
Neither the content of the Company's
website nor any website accessible by hyperlinks on the Company's
website is incorporated in, or forms part of, this
Announcement.
THE
APPENDIX
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE
PLACING
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR
PLACEES ONLY REGARDING THE PLACING
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE NOT
ELIGIBLE TO TAKE PART IN THE PLACING AND NO PUBLIC OFFERING OF
PLACING SHARES IS BEING OR WILL BE MADE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT (WHICH
IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY) AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET
OUT IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT ("TERMS
AND CONDITIONS") ARE DIRECTED ONLY AT: (A) PERSONS IN MEMBER
STATES OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA ("EEA") WHO ARE QUALIFIED INVESTORS
WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 2(E) OF THE EU PROSPECTUS REGULATION
(WHICH MEANS REGULATION (EU) 2017/1129, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO
TIME, AND INCLUDES ANY RELEVANT IMPLEMENTING DIRECTIVE MEASURE IN
ANY MEMBER STATE) (THE "EU
PROSPECTUS REGULATION")
("QUALIFIED INVESTORS");
(B) IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, QUALIFIED INVESTORS WITHIN THE MEANING
OF ARTICLE 2(E) OF THE UK VERSION OF THE EU PROSPECTUS REGULATION
(THE "UK PROSPECTUS REGULATION")
(WHICH IS PART OF ENGLISH LAW BY VIRTUE OF
EUROPEAN UNION (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018, AS AMENDED) AND
WHO ALSO 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 (THE "ORDER"); OR (II) ARE PERSONS FALLING
WITHIN ARTICLE 49(2)(A) TO (D) ("HIGH NET WORTH COMPANIES,
UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS, ETC") OF THE ORDER; AND (C) PERSONS TO
WHOM IT MAY OTHERWISE LAWFULLY BE COMMUNICATED; IN EACH CASE TO
WHOM THE PLACING IS SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED (ALL SUCH PERSONS
TOGETHER BEING REFERRED TO AS "RELEVANT PERSONS" AND EACH A
"RELEVANT
PERSON").
THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS MUST NOT BE
ACTED ON OR RELIED ON BY PERSONS WHO ARE NOT RELEVANT PERSONS.
DISTRIBUTION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IN CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS MAY BE
RESTRICTED OR PROHIBITED BY LAW. PERSONS DISTRIBUTING THIS APPENDIX
MUST SATISFY THEMSELVES THAT IT IS LAWFUL TO DO SO. ANY INVESTMENT
OR INVESTMENT ACTIVITY TO WHICH THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS RELATE IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO RELEVANT PERSONS AND WILL BE
ENGAGED IN ONLY WITH RELEVANT PERSONS. THIS APPENDIX DOES NOT
ITSELF CONSTITUTE AN OFFER FOR SALE OR SUBSCRIPTION OF ANY
SECURITIES IN THE COMPANY.
NEITHER THIS ANNOUNCEMENT NOR THE PLACING CONSTITUTES OR IS
INTENDED TO CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO THE PUBLIC IN AUSTRALIA IN TERMS
OF THE CORPORATIONS ACT 2001 OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (AS
AMENDED)
THE SECURITIES MENTIONED HEREIN HAVE
NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE US SECURITIES ACT OF
1933 (THE "US 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 OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, US
PERSONS (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE US SECURITIES ACT)
EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE US SECURITIES ACT AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE US
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED
STATES. THERE WILL BE NO PUBLIC OFFER OF THE SECURITIES MENTIONED
HEREIN IN THE UNITED STATES.
THE SECURITIES MENTIONED HEREIN HAVE
NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE US SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION (THE "SEC"), ANY
STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION OR ANY OTHER REGULATORY AUTHORITY IN
THE UNITED STATES, NOR HAVE ANY OF THE FOREGOING AUTHORITIES PASSED
UPON OR ENDORSED THE MERITS OF THE PLACING OR THE ACCURACY OR
ADEQUACY OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY
IS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE IN THE UNITED STATES.
EACH PLACEE SHOULD CONSULT WITH ITS
OWN ADVISERS AS TO LEGAL, TAX, BUSINESS AND RELATED ASPECTS OF AN
ACQUISITION OF PLACING SHARES.
For the purposes of these Terms and
Conditions the expression the "Placing" shall mean the UK Placing
(as defined in this Announcement, and, for the avoidance of doubt,
in these Terms and Conditions the expression the "Placing" shall
not include the Australian Placing (as defined in this
Announcement) and the expression the "Placing Shares" shall refer
only to the UK Placing Shares (as defined in this
Announcement).
Persons who are invited to and who
choose to participate in the Placing by making an oral or written
offer to acquire Placing Shares (as defined in this Announcement),
including any individuals, funds or others on whose behalf a
commitment to acquire Placing Shares is given, (the "Placees"), will (i) be deemed to have
read and understood this Announcement, including this Appendix, in
its entirety; and (ii) be making such offer on the terms and
conditions contained in these Terms and Conditions, 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:
(a) 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;
(b) it is
and, at the time the Placing Shares are acquired, will be outside
the United States and is acquiring the Placing Shares in an
"offshore transaction" in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 of
Regulation S under the US Securities Act and is acquiring
beneficial interests in the Placing Shares for its own account; if
acquiring the Placing Shares for the account of one or more other
persons, it has full power and authority to make the
representations, warranties, agreements and acknowledgements herein
on behalf of each such account; and
(c) if it is
a financial intermediary, as that term is used in Article 5(1) of
the UK Prospectus Regulation, that any Placing Shares acquired 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 circumstances which may give rise to an
offer of securities to the public other than an offer or resale in
a member state of the EEA which has implemented the EU Prospectus
Regulation to Qualified Investors, or in circumstances in which the
prior consent of Cavendish has been given to each such proposed
offer or resale.
The Company and Cavendish will rely
upon the truth and accuracy of the foregoing representations,
warranties, acknowledgements and agreements.
This Announcement and the
information contained herein is not for publication or
distribution, directly or indirectly, to persons in the Republic of
South Africa ("South
Africa"), Canada, Japan or in any other jurisdiction in
which such publication or distribution would be unlawful (each a
"Restricted Jurisdiction").
This Announcement and the information contained in it is not for
publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, to persons in
a Restricted Jurisdiction unless permitted pursuant to an exemption
under the relevant local law or regulation in any such
jurisdiction.
Persons into whose possession this
Announcement may come are required by the Company to inform
themselves about and to observe any restrictions of transfer in
this Announcement. No public offer of securities of the Company is
being made in the United Kingdom or elsewhere.
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.
These materials may not be
published, distributed or transmitted by any means or media,
directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, in or into the United
States. These materials do not constitute an offer to sell, or a
solicitation of an offer to buy, securities in the United States.
Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent
(i) registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "US Securities Act")
or (ii) an available exemption from registration under the US
Securities Act. The securities mentioned herein have not been, and
will not be, registered under the US Securities Act and will not be
offered to the public in the United States. The Placing Shares are
being offered and sold outside the United States to non-US persons
(as defined in Regulation S under the US Securities Act) in
"offshore transactions" within the meaning of Regulation
S.
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; no prospectus has been lodged with or registered by the
securities regulator in South Africa or the Japanese Ministry of
Finance; and none of the Placing Shares have been, nor will they
be, registered under or offered in compliance with the securities
laws of any state, province or territory of Australia, South
Africa, Canada or Japan. Accordingly, none of the Placing Shares
may (unless an exemption under the relevant securities laws is
applicable) be offered, sold, resold or delivered, directly or
indirectly, in or into Australia, South Africa, Canada, Japan or
any other jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom.
Persons (including, without
limitation, nominees and trustees) who have a contractual or other
legal obligation to forward a copy of these Terms and Conditions or
the Announcement of which they form part should seek appropriate
advice before taking any action.
An 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.
Market Abuse Regulation
Market soundings, as defined in
the UK version ("UK MAR") of
the Market Abuse Regulation
No. 596/2014 ("EU MAR"), which is
part of English law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal)
Act 2018, as amended, were taken in respect
of the Placing, with the result that certain persons became aware
of inside information, as permitted by UK MAR. That inside
information is set out in this announcement and has been disclosed
as soon as possible in accordance with paragraph 7 of article 17 of
UK MAR. Therefore, those persons that received inside information
in a market sounding are no longer in possession of inside
information relating to the Company and its securities.
Information 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
constitute retained EU law (as defined in section 6(7) of the
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018) in the United Kingdom)
("Retained MiFID
Provisions" (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 Placing
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 the Retained MiFID Provisions; and (ii)
eligible for distribution through all distribution channels as are
permitted by MiFID II and the Retained MiFID Provisions (the
"Target Market
Assessment").
Notwithstanding the Target Market
Assessment, distributors should note 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.
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, Cavendish
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 MiFID II or the
Retained MiFID Provisions; 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.
Details of the Placing Agreement and the Placing
Shares
Cavendish is acting as agent for and
on behalf of the Company in connection with the Placing and has
entered into a placing agreement (the "Placing Agreement") with the Company
under which Cavendish has agreed to use its reasonable endeavours
to procure Placees (on a non-underwritten basis) to subscribe for
the Placing Shares at the Placing Price per Placing Share, on the
terms and subject to the conditions set out herein. In consideration of Cavendish acting as agent
for and on behalf of the Company, Cavendish will be entitled to
commission and may be granted 25,000,000 options (exercisable at
A$0.0055 (equivalent to £0.0029)on or before the date which is 3
years from the date of issue of the warrants) subject to and in
accordance with the terms of the Placing Agreement. The grant of
these options is subject to shareholder approval.
The Placing Shares will, when
issued, be credited as fully paid and will rank pari passu in all respects with the
existing ordinary shares in the capital of the Company (the
"Ordinary Shares"),
including the right to receive all dividends and other
distributions declared, made or paid on or in respect of the
Ordinary Shares after the date of issue of the Placing Shares, and
will on issue be free of all claims, liens, charges, encumbrances
and equities.
Application for admission to trading on AIM
Applications will be made for the
Placing Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM, a market operated
by the London Stock Exchange plc ("AIM") ("Admission"). It is expected that
settlement for the Placing Shares and Admission will take place on
or around 8.00 a.m. London time on 1
May 2024 (or such other time and date as
Cavendish may agree with the Company, but no later than
15 May
2024). The Placing is conditional upon,
amongst other things, Admission becoming effective and the Placing
Agreement not being terminated in accordance with its
terms.
Participation in, and principal terms of, the
Placing
1.
Cavendish is arranging the Placing as placing
agent of the Company for the purpose of procuring Placees at the
Placing Price (as defined above) for the Placing Shares following
completion of the Bookbuilding Process (as defined
below).
2.
Commencing today, Cavendish will be conducting an
accelerated bookbuilding process (the "Bookbuilding Process") in the United
Kingdom to determine demand for participation in the Placing by
Placees. These Terms and Conditions give details of the terms and
conditions of, and the mechanics of participation in, the
Placing.
3.
Participation in the Placing will only be
available to persons who are Relevant Persons and who may lawfully
be, and are, invited to participate by Cavendish.
4.
The Placing Price of 0.16 pence per Placing Share payable
by all Placees whose bids are successful is fixed.
5.
The number of Placing Shares will be agreed
between Cavendish and the Company following completion of the
Bookbuilding Process. The Company, in conjunction with Cavendish,
reserves the right to accept over-subscriptions for Placing Shares
and to determine the maximum number of Placing Shares that will be
issued in the Placing. However, the Company intends to rely on the
Company's placement capacity pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 7.1 to
issue up to a maximum of 3,291,974,839 new ordinary shares
(equivalent to maximum aggregate gross proceeds of the UK Placing
and the Australian Placing of A$9.8
million (approximately £5.23 million)), such that shareholder
approval will not be required for the Placing.
6.
The books will open with immediate effect. The
Bookbuilding Process is then expected to close not later than 5.00
p.m. London time on 23 April 2024 but may be closed earlier at the sole discretion of
Cavendish. A further announcement will be released on a Regulatory
Information Service as soon as practicable following the close of
the Bookbuilding Process, detailing the final number of Placing
Shares and the gross and net proceeds of the Placing. The Company
reserves the right (upon the agreement of Cavendish) to increase or
reduce the amount to be raised pursuant to the Placing, in its
absolute discretion.
7.
A bid in the Bookbuilding Process will be made on
the terms and conditions in these Terms and Conditions and will not
be capable of variation or revocation after the close of the
Bookbuilding Process.
8.
A Placee who wishes to participate in the
Bookbuilding Process should communicate its bid by telephone to the
usual sales contact at Cavendish. Each bid should either state the
number of Placing Shares which the prospective Placee wishes to
subscribe for or a fixed monetary amount at, in either case, the
Placing Price. If successful, Cavendish will re-contact and confirm
orally to its Placees following the close of the Bookbuilding
Process the size of their respective allocations and contract notes
will be dispatched thereafter. The identity of Placees and the
basis of the allocations are at the discretion of Cavendish in
consultation with the Company. Cavendish's oral confirmation of the
size of allocations will constitute an irrevocable legally binding
agreement with the Placee concerned in favour of the Company and
Cavendish, pursuant to which each such Placee will be required to
accept the number of Placing Shares allocated to the Placee at the
Placing Price (up to the number of Placing Shares indicated in its
bid) and otherwise on the terms and subject to the conditions set
out herein and in accordance with the Company's constitution. Each
Placee's allocation and commitment will be evidenced by a contract
note issued to such Placee by Cavendish. The terms of these Terms
and Conditions will be deemed incorporated in that contract note.
Each such Placee will have an immediate, separate, irrevocable and
binding obligation, owed to Cavendish, to pay it or (as it may
direct) one of its affiliates in cleared funds an amount equal to
the product of the Placing Price and the number of Placing Shares
allocated to such Placee.
9.
Cavendish reserves the right to accept bids,
either in whole or in part, on the basis of allocations determined
in accordance with the Company and to scale back the number of
Placing Shares to be subscribed for or acquired by any Placee in
the event of an oversubscription under the Placing. Cavendish also
reserves the right not to accept offers to subscribe for or acquire
Placing Shares or to accept such offers in part rather than in
whole. The acceptance of offers shall be at the absolute discretion
of Cavendish. Cavendish shall be entitled to effect the Placing by
such alternative method to the Bookbuilding Process as it may
determine in agreement with the Company.
10. 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 same time, on the basis explained below under
"Registration and Settlement".
11. All obligations of Cavendish under the Placing will be subject
to fulfilment of 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".
12. 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.
13. Except as required by law or regulation, no press release or
other announcement will be made by Cavendish 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.
14. To the fullest extent permissible by law, neither Cavendish,
nor the Company, nor any of their respective affiliates, agents,
directors, officers or employees shall have any responsibility or
liability to Placees (or to any other person whether acting on
behalf of a Placee or otherwise). In particular, neither of
Cavendish, nor the Company, nor any of their respective affiliates,
agents, directors, officers or employees shall have any
responsibility or liability (including to the extent permissible by
law, any fiduciary duties) in respect of Cavendish's conduct of the
Placing and the Bookbuilding Process or of such alternative method
of effecting the Placing or the Bookbuilding Process as Cavendish
and the Company may agree.
15. The Placing is not subject to any minimum fundraising and no
element of the Placing is underwritten by Cavendish or any other
person.
Conditions of the Placing
The Placing is conditional upon the
Placing Agreement becoming unconditional and not having been
terminated in accordance with its terms.
Cavendish's obligations under the
Placing Agreement in relation to the Placing of the Placing Shares
are conditional on, inter
alia:
(a)
admission of the Placing Shares to trading on AIM occurring at or
before 8.00 a.m. (London time) on 1
May 2024 (or such later time and/or date as the
Company and Cavendish may otherwise agree, being no later
than 15
May 2024);
(b) the
performance by the Company of its obligations under the Placing
Agreement so far as those obligations fall to be performed prior to
Admission; and
(c) the
Company having confirmed to Cavendish that, prior to the delivery
of such confirmation, none of the representations, warranties and
agreements of the Company contained in the Placing Agreement was
untrue, inaccurate or misleading at the date of the Placing
Agreement or will be untrue, inaccurate or misleading immediately
prior to Admission.
If: (i) any of the conditions in
relation to the Placing of the Placing Shares contained in the
Placing Agreement, including those described above, are not
fulfilled or (where permitted) waived by Cavendish by the relevant
time or date specified (or such later time or date as the Company
and Cavendish may agree, being no later than 15 May 2024); or (ii) any of such
conditions become incapable of being fulfilled; or (iii) the
Placing Agreement is terminated in the circumstances specified
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 it in respect thereof.
Cavendish may, at its discretion and
upon such terms as it considers fit, waive 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 the above condition relating to Admission taking place
may not be waived. Any such extension or waiver will not affect
Placees' commitments as set out in this Announcement.
Cavendish shall not 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 it 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 it 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 Cavendish.
Right to terminate under the Placing
Agreement
Cavendish is entitled, at any time
before Admission, to terminate the Placing Agreement by giving
notice to the Company if, amongst other things:
(a) any statement
contained in or this Announcement has become or has been discovered
to be untrue, inaccurate or misleading in any material respect or
that there has been a material omission therefrom;
(b) any of the warranties
given by the Company in the Placing Agreement is untrue, inaccurate
or misleading;
(c) the Company
materially fails to comply with any of its obligations under the
Placing Agreement;
(d)
there has occurred, in Cavendish's opinion, acting in good faith, a
material adverse change in the business of the Group or in the
financial or trading position or prospects of the Group;
or
(e) (i) any material
adverse change in financial markets; (ii) any incident of terrorism
or outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any declaration by the
UK or the US of a national emergency or war or any other calamity
or crisis; (iii) any suspension or termination of trading in the
Ordinary Shares or AIM or the ASX generally; or (iv) a banking
moratorium in the UK or Australia;
which in the reasonable opinion of
Cavendish, acting in good faith, would or would be likely to
prejudice materially the Group or the Placing.
Upon such termination, the parties
to the Placing Agreement shall be released and discharged (except
for any liability arising before or in relation to such
termination) from their respective obligations under or pursuant to
the Placing Agreement subject to certain exceptions.
By participating in the Placing,
Placees agree that the exercise by Cavendish of any right of
termination or by Cavendish of any other discretion under the
Placing Agreement shall be within the absolute discretion of
Cavendish, and that Cavendish need not make any reference to
Placees and that Cavendish shall have no liability to Placees
whatsoever in connection with any such exercise or failure so to
exercise.
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 or prospectus has been or will be submitted to be
approved by the London Stock Exchange or by the exchange operated
by the ASX, or by the FCA or by any other regulatory body in
relation to the Placing.
Placees' commitments will be made
solely on the basis of the information contained in this
Announcement released by the Company today and subject to the
further terms set out in these Terms and Conditions and in the
contract note to be provided to individual prospective Placees.
Each Placee, by accepting a participation in the Placing, agrees
that the content of this Announcement (including this Appendix) and
all other publicly available information previously published by
the Company by notification to a Regulatory Information Service or
otherwise filed by the Company is exclusively the responsibility of
the Company and confirms that it has neither received nor relied on
any other information, representation, warranty, or statement made
by or on behalf of the Company or Cavendish or any other person and
neither the Company, nor Cavendish, 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. No
representation or warranty, express or implied, is or will be made
by Cavendish in relation to, and no representation or liability is
or will be accepted by Cavendish, or by any of their affiliates or
agents, as to or in relation to, the accuracy or completeness of
this Announcement or any other such information. 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. Nothing in this
Announcement shall exclude the liability of any person for
fraudulent misrepresentation by that person.
Registration and Settlement
United
Kingdom
Settlement of transactions in the
Placing Shares (ISIN: AU00000088E2) following Admission will take
place within the system administered by Euroclear UK &
International Limited ("CREST") by the issue of depository
instruments. Subject to certain exceptions, Cavendish and the
Company reserve the right to require settlement for, and delivery
of, the Placing Shares (or any part thereof) to Placees by such
other means that they deem necessary if delivery or settlement is
not possible or practicable within the CREST system within the
timetable set out in this Announcement or would not be consistent
with the regulatory requirements in the Placee's
jurisdiction.
Each Placee allocated Placing Shares
in the Placing will be sent a contract note by Cavendish stating
the number of Placing Shares allocated to it at the Placing Price,
the aggregate amount owed by such Placee to Cavendish and
settlement instructions. Each Placee agrees that it will do all
things necessary to ensure that delivery and payment is completed
in accordance with the standing CREST or certificated settlement
instructions in respect of the Placing Shares that it has in place
with Cavendish.
It is expected that settlement of
the Placing Shares will be on 1 May 2024, in accordance with the
instructions set out in the trade confirmation.
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 prevailing Sterling Overnight Index Average as
determined by Cavendish.
Each Placee is deemed to agree that,
if it does not comply with these obligations, Cavendish may sell
any or all of the Placing Shares allocated to that Placee on such
Placee's behalf and retain from the proceeds, for Cavendish's
account and benefit, an amount equal to the aggregate amount owed
by the Placee plus any interest due. The relevant Placee will,
however, remain liable for any shortfall below the aggregate amount
owed by it and may be required to bear any stamp duty or stamp duty
reserve tax (together with any interest or penalties) or other
similar taxes imposed in any jurisdiction which may arise upon the
sale of such Placing Shares on such Placee's behalf.
If Placing Shares are to be
delivered to a custodian or settlement agent, Placees should ensure
that the trade confirmation 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. 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)
irrevocably:
1.
represents and warrants that it has read and
understood the Announcement, in its entirety and that its
acquisition 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 undertakes not to redistribute or duplicate this
Announcement;
2.
acknowledges that no offering document or
prospectus has been or will be prepared in connection with the
Placing and represents and warrants that it has not received and
will not receive a prospectus or other offering document in
connection with the Placing or the Placing Shares nor is any such
prospectus or offering document required under the UK Prospectus
Regulation;
3.
acknowledges that neither Cavendish, nor the
Company, nor any of their respective affiliates, agents, directors,
officers or employees or any person acting on behalf of any of them
has provided, nor will provide, it with any material regarding the
Placing Shares, the Company or its Group other than (in the case of
the Company) this Announcement; nor has it requested Cavendish, nor
the Company, any of their respective affiliates or any person
acting on behalf of any of them to provide it with any such
information;
4.
acknowledges that the Company's ordinary shares
are admitted to trading on AIM and listed on the ASX and that the
Company is therefore required to publish certain business and
financial information in accordance with the rules and practices of
the FCA, the AIM Rules for Companies and the ASX Listings Rules,
which includes a description of the Company's business and the
Company's financial information, including balance sheets and
income statements, and that it is able to obtain or access such
information, or comparable information concerning other publicly
traded companies, in each case without undue difficulty;
5.
acknowledges that neither Cavendish, nor any
person acting on behalf of Cavendish, nor any of their respective
affiliates has or shall have any liability for any publicly
available or filed information or any representation relating to
the Company or its Group, provided that nothing in this paragraph
excludes the liability of any person for fraudulent
misrepresentation made by that person;
6.
acknowledges that the content of this Announcement
is exclusively the responsibility of the Company and that neither
Cavendish, nor its affiliates or any person acting on behalf of
Cavendish has or shall have any liability for any information,
representation or statement contained in, or omission from, this
Announcement, or any information previously published by or on
behalf of the Company or its Group, pursuant to applicable laws,
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 Placing Shares is contained in this
Announcement and any information previously published by the
Company by notification to a Regulatory Information Service, such
information being all that such Placee deems necessary or
appropriate and sufficient 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 Cavendish or the Company, nor any
of their respective affiliates and neither of Cavendish or 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, provided that
nothing in this paragraph excludes the liability of any person for
fraudulent misrepresentation made by that person;
7.
acknowledges and agrees that it may not rely, and
has not relied, on any investigation that Cavendish, any of its
affiliates or any person acting on Cavendish's behalf, may have
conducted with respect to the Placing Shares or the Company or its
Group, and none of such persons has made any representation,
express or implied, with respect to the Company, its Group, the
Placing Shares or the accuracy, completeness or adequacy of any
publicly available or filed information or any representation
relating to the Company or its Group; each Placee further
acknowledges that it has conducted its own investigation of the
Company, its Group and the Placing Shares and has received all
information it believes necessary or appropriate in connection with
its investment in the Placing Shares;
8.
acknowledges that it has made its own assessment
and has satisfied itself concerning the relevant tax, legal,
currency and other economic considerations relevant to its
investment in the Placing Shares;
9.
acknowledges that neither Cavendish, nor its
affiliates, nor any person acting on behalf of any of them has or
shall have any liability for any information made publicly
available by or in relation to the Company or its Group or any
representation, warranty or statement relating to the Company or
the Group contained therein or otherwise, provided that nothing in
this paragraph excludes the liability of any person for fraudulent
misrepresentation made by that person;
10. represents and warrants that it is and, at the time the
Placing Shares are acquired, will be located outside the United
States and is not a US person (as defined in Regulation S) and is
acquiring the Placing Shares in an "offshore transaction" in
accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 of Regulation S; (ii) if it is
acquiring the Placing Shares for the account of one or more other
persons, it has full power and authority to make the
representations, warranties, agreements and acknowledgements herein
on behalf of each such account; (iii) it is not acquiring the
Placing Shares as a result of any "directed selling efforts" as
defined in Regulation S or as a result of any form of general
solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Rule
502(c) of Regulation D under the US Securities Act); and (iv) it
will not publish, distribute or transmit these or any other
documents or information related to the Placing, by any means or
media, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, in or into the
United States;
11. acknowledges that the Placing Shares have not been and will
not be registered under the US Securities Act or the securities
laws of any state of the United States and that the Company has not
been and will not be registered under the Investment Company Act;
and the Placing Shares may not be offered or sold within the United
States or to, or for the account or benefit of, US persons (as
defined in Regulation S) except in an "offshore transaction" in
accordance with Regulation S or in a transaction exempt from, or
not subject to, the registration requirements of the US Securities
Act and the Investment Company Act;
12. acknowledges that in making any decision to acquire Placing
Shares it (i) has such knowledge and experience in financial and
business matters to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks
of subscribing for or purchasing the Placing Shares, (ii) has
relied on its own examination, due diligence and analysis of the
Company, including the markets in which the Company and the Group
operates and the terms of the Placing, including the merits and
risks involved, (iii) has had sufficient time to consider and
conduct its own investigation with respect to the Placing and
purchase of Placing Shares, including the legal, regulatory, tax,
business, currency and other economic and financial considerations
relevant to such an investigation, (iv) will not look to Cavendish
for all or part of any such loss it may suffer, (v) is experienced
in investing in securities of this nature in this sector and is
aware that it may be required to bear, and is able to bear, the
economic risk of an investment in the Placing Shares, (vi) is able
to sustain a complete loss of an investment in the Placing Shares
and (vii) has no need for liquidity with respect to its investment
in the Placing Shares;
13. acknowledges that the Placing is not conditional upon the
quotation of the Placing Shares on the ASX and that the quotation
of the Placing Shares on the ASX is subject to ASX
approval;
14. undertakes, unless otherwise specifically agreed with
Cavendish, that it is not and at the time the Placing Shares are
acquired, neither it nor the beneficial owner of the Placing Shares
will be, a resident of the United States, Australia, South Africa,
Canada or Japan or any other jurisdiction where it would be
unlawful to offer or subscribe for the Placing Shares, and further
acknowledges that the Placing Shares have not been and will not be
registered under the securities legislation of the United States,
Australia, South Africa, Canada or Japan or other such
jurisdictions and, subject to certain exceptions, may not be
offered, sold, transferred, delivered or distributed, directly or
indirectly, in or into those jurisdictions;
15. acknowledges that the Placing Shares have not been and will
not be registered and that a prospectus will not be cleared in
respect of any of the Placing Shares under the securities laws or
legislation of the United States or any state or jurisdiction
thereof, Australia, South Africa, Canada or Japan and, subject to
certain exceptions, may not be offered, sold, or delivered or
transferred, directly or indirectly, in or into those
jurisdictions;
16. acknowledges that the Placing Shares are being subscribed for
investment purposes, and not with a view to offer, resell or
distribute within the meaning of the United States securities
laws;
17. acknowledges that no representation has been made as to the
availability of any exemption under the US Securities Act for the
reoffer, resale, pledge or transfer of the Placing
Shares;
18. 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
issue or transfer Placing Shares into a clearance
service;
19. represents and warrants that: (i) it has complied with its
obligations under the Criminal Justice Act 1993, the Financial
Services and Markets Act 2000 ("FSMA") and UK MAR; (ii) in connection
with money laundering and terrorist financing under the Proceeds of
Crime Act 2002 (as amended), the Terrorism Act 2000, the Terrorism
Act 2006 and the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer
of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 and any
related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued,
administered or enforced by any government agency having
jurisdiction in respect thereof and the Money Laundering Sourcebook
of the FCA; 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 U.S. 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 Cavendish such evidence, if any, as to the
identity or location or legal status of any person which Cavendish
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 Cavendish 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
Cavendish may decide in its sole discretion;
20. represents and warrants that it is acting as principal only in
respect of the Placing or, if it is acting for any other person:
(i) it is duly authorised to do so and has full power to make the
acknowledgments, representations and agreements herein on behalf of
each such person; and (ii) it is and will remain liable to the
Company and/or Cavendish for the performance of all its obligations
as a Placee in respect of the Placing (regardless of the fact that
it is acting for another person);
21. if a financial intermediary, as that term is used in Article
5(1) of the EU 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 which has implemented the EU Prospectus
Regulation other than Qualified Investors, or in circumstances in
which the prior consent of Cavendish has been given to the offer or
resale;
22. 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, 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 and which will not result
in an offer to the public in the United Kingdom within the meaning
of section 85(1) of the FSMA;
23. 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 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;
24. 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;
25. represents and warrants that it has complied and will comply
with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything
done by it in relation to the Placing Shares in, from or otherwise
involving, the United Kingdom;
26. represents and warrants, if in a member state of the EEA,
unless otherwise specifically agreed with Cavendish in writing,
that it is a "qualified investor" within the meaning of Article
2(e) of the EU Prospectus Regulation;
27. represents and warrants, if in the United Kingdom, that it is
a person (i) having professional experience in matters relating to
investments who falls within the definition of "investment
professionals" in Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and
Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the
"Order") or (ii) who falls
within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) ("High Net Worth Companies,
Unincorporated Associations, etc.") of the Order, or (iii) to whom
this Announcement may otherwise lawfully be
communicated;
28. represents and warrants that it is not a 'related party' of
the Company as that term is defined in section 228 of the
Australian Corporations Act and/or the ASX Listing Rules, (or, if
it is a 'related party' of the Company, that its acquisition of
Placing Shares would not require the Company to obtain the approval
of its shareholders under section 208(1)(a) of the Australian
Corporations Act); agrees that it must comply with all applicable
provisions of the Australian Foreign Investments and Takeovers Act,
1975 (Cth) in relation to the Placing Shares by no later than the
settlement date for the relevant Placing Shares;
29. acknowledges and agrees that no action has been or will be
taken by either the Company or Cavendish or any person acting on
behalf of the Company or Cavendish 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;
30. 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 fully observed such laws
and obtained all such governmental and other guarantees, permits,
authorisations, approvals and consents which may be required
thereunder and complied with all necessary formalities 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, it has the
necessary powers and capacity and all necessary consents and
authorities to agree to the terms set out or referred to in these
Terms and Conditions) and will honour such obligations and that it
has not taken any action or omitted to take any action which will
or may result in Cavendish, the Company or any of their respective
directors, officers, agents, employees or advisers acting in breach
of the legal or regulatory requirements of any jurisdiction in
connection with the Placing;
31. undertakes that it (and any person acting on its behalf) will
make payment in respect of the Placing Shares allocated to it in
accordance with these Terms and Conditions on the due time and date
set out herein, failing which the relevant Placing Shares may be
placed with other acquirers or sold as Cavendish may in its sole
discretion determine and without liability to such Placee, who will
remain liable for any amount by which the net proceeds of such sale
falls short of the product of the Placing Price and the number of
Placing Shares allocated to it and may be required to bear any
stamp duty, stamp duty reserve tax or other similar taxes (together
with any interest or penalties) which may arise upon the sale of
such Placee's Placing Shares;
32. that its allocation (if any) of Placing Shares will represent
a maximum number of Placing Shares which it will be entitled, and
required, to acquire, and that Cavendish and/or the Company may
call upon it to acquire a lower number of Placing Shares (if any),
but in no event in aggregate more than the aforementioned
maximum;
33. acknowledges that none of the Company, nor Cavendish, nor any
of their respective affiliates, nor any person acting on behalf 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 its participation in the Placing is on
the basis that it is not and will not be a client of Cavendish in
connection with its participation in the Placing and that Cavendish
have no duties or responsibilities to it for providing the
protections afforded to their respective 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 respective rights and obligations
thereunder including any rights to waive or vary any conditions or
exercise any termination right. Further, it acknowledges that any
payment by it will not be treated as client money as governed by
the FCA Handbook rules;
34. acknowledges that any money held in an account by Cavendish 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 under FSMA and that the money will
therefore not be subject to the protections conferred by the client
money rules. As a consequence, the Placee acknowledges that its
money will not be segregated from Cavendish's money in accordance
with the client money rules and will be used by each of Cavendish
in the course of its own business and the Placee will rank only as
a general creditor of Cavendish;
35. 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 Cavendish nor the Company will
be responsible for any liability to stamp duty or stamp duty
reserve tax or other similar taxes resulting from a failure to
observe this requirement ("Indemnified Taxes"). 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 Cavendish on
an after-tax basis in respect of any Indemnified Taxes on the basis
that the Placing Shares will be allotted to the CREST stock account
of Cavendish who will hold them as nominee on behalf of such Placee
until settlement in accordance with its standing settlement
instructions;
36. acknowledges that these Terms and Conditions and any
agreements entered into by it pursuant to these Terms and
Conditions set out in this Appendix, and all non-contractual or
other obligations arising out of or in connection with them, 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
arising out of any such contract (including any dispute regarding
the existence, validity or termination of such contract or relating
to any non-contractual or other obligation arising out of or in
connection with 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
either the Company or Cavendish 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;
37. agrees to indemnify on an after-tax basis and hold the
Company, Cavendish 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 these Terms and Conditions and
further agrees that the provisions of these Terms and Conditions
shall survive after completion of the Placing;
38. represents and warrants that it has neither received nor
relied on any inside information concerning the Company prior to or
in connection with accepting this invitation to participate in the
Placing and is not purchasing Placing Shares on the basis of
material non-public information and if it has received any
confidential price sensitive information about the Company in
advance of the Placing, it has neither dealt in securities of the
Company, encouraged or required any other person to deal in
securities of the Company or disclosed any such information to any
other person prior to the information being made publicly and
generally available;
39. 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;
40. if it is a pension fund or investment company, its purchase of
Placing Shares is in full compliance with applicable laws and
regulations;
41. acknowledges and agrees that it irrevocably appoints any
director of Cavendish as its agent for the purposes of executing
and delivering to the Company and/or its registrars any documents
on its behalf necessary to enable it to be registered as the holder
of any of the Placing Shares agreed to be taken up by it under the
Placing;
42. represents and warrants that it will provide Cavendish with
such relevant documents as it may reasonably request to comply with
requests or requirements that either they or the Company may
receive from regulators in relation to the Placing, subject to its
legal, regulatory and compliance requirements and
restrictions;
43. agrees that the Company, Cavendish 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 Cavendish on its own behalf and on
behalf of the Company and are irrevocable and irrevocably
authorises the Company and Cavendish to produce this Announcement,
pursuant to, in connection with, or as may be required by any
applicable law or regulation, administrative or legal proceeding or
official inquiry with respect to the matters set forth
herein;
44. acknowledges that the Placing Shares will be issued subject to
the terms and conditions set out in the Announcement;
45. acknowledges that time is of the essence as regard its
obligations in respect of its participation in the Placing under
these Terms and Conditions;
46. acknowledges that it will be bound by the terms of the
constitution of the Company; and
47. acknowledges that any document that is to be sent to it in
connection with the Placing will be sent at its own risk and may be
sent to it at any address provided by it to Cavendish.
The foregoing representations,
warranties and confirmations are given to Cavendish for itself and
on behalf of the Company and are irrevocable and shall not be
capable of termination in any circumstances.
The agreement to allot and issue
Placing Shares to Placees (and/or to persons for whom such Placee
is contracting as agent) free of stamp duty and stamp duty reserve
tax relates only to their allotment and issue to Placees, or such
persons as they nominate as their agents, direct from the Company
for the Placing Shares in question. Such agreement also assumes
that the Placing Shares are not being acquired in connection with
arrangements to issue depositary receipts or to issue or transfer
the Placing Shares into a clearance service. If there are any such
arrangements, or the settlement relates to any other dealing in the
Placing Shares, stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax or other
similar taxes may be payable, for which neither the Company nor
Cavendish will be responsible and the Placees shall indemnify the
Company and Cavendish on an after-tax basis for any stamp duty or
stamp duty reserve tax paid by them in respect of any such
arrangements or dealings. If this is the case, each Placee should
seek its own advice and notify Cavendish accordingly.
The Company and Cavendish are not
liable to bear any transfer taxes that arise on a sale of Placing
Shares subsequent to their acquisition by Placees or for transfer
taxes arising otherwise than under the laws of the United Kingdom.
Each Placee should, therefore, take its own advice as to whether
any such transfer tax liability arises and notify Cavendish
accordingly. Furthermore, each Placee agrees to indemnify on an
after-tax basis and hold each of Cavendish and the Company and
their respective affiliates harmless from any and all interest,
fines or penalties in relation to stamp duty, stamp duty reserve
tax and all other similar duties or taxes to the extent that such
interest, fines or penalties arise from the unreasonable default or
delay of that Placee or its agent.
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 acquisition by them of any Placing Shares or the
agreement by them to acquire any Placing Shares.
Each Placee, and any person acting
on behalf of the Placee, acknowledges that neither the Company, nor
Cavendish owe any fiduciary or other duties to any Placee in
respect of any representations, warranties, undertakings or
indemnities in the Placing Agreement.
Each Placee and any person acting on
behalf of the Placee acknowledges and agrees that Cavendish or any
of its affiliates may, at its absolute discretion, agree to become
a Placee in respect of some or all of the Placing
Shares.
When a Placee or person acting on
behalf of the Placee is dealing with Cavendish, any money held in
an account with Cavendish 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 Cavendish's
money in accordance with the client money rules and will be used by
Cavendish in the course of its own business and the Placee will
rank only as a general creditor of Cavendish.
The rights and remedies of Cavendish
and the Company under these terms and conditions are in addition to
any rights and remedies which would otherwise be available to each
of them and the exercise or partial exercise of one will not
prevent the exercise of others.
All times and dates in this
Announcement may be subject to amendment. Cavendish shall notify
the Placees and any person acting on behalf of the Placees of any
changes.