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DiscovOre plc
AQSE: ORE
(“DiscovOre plc” or the
“Company”)
Conditional
Subscription Agreement with Angelfish Investments plc
Particulars of the RIS
Announcement:
- Angelfish Investments plc: Overview
- Conditional Participation in oversubscribed, £2,000,500 fund
raise
- Related Party Disclosure
- Director Statement
1. Angelfish Investments plc: Overview
Angelfish Investments plc (“Angelfish”) is a listed investment
issuer on the AQSE Growth Market (AQSE: ANGP). The company’s
current investment strategy is to invest in start-up ventures,
primarily in the technology and health sectors.
In April 2021, Burns Singh
Tennent-Bhohi [a Director of DiscovOre plc] and
Simon Grant-Rennick led a
restructure and recapitalisation of Angelfish Investments plc, in
conjunction with joining the Board of Directors.
Angelfish has today announced and posted a circular to convene a
General Meeting to seek shareholder approval of proposals that, if
successful, would see Angelfish become a premier Biotech and
MedTech investment issuer in the U.K.;
Proposals to shareholders include:
- Subscription for New Ordinary Shares by way of an
oversubscribed brokered placing conducted by Peterhouse Capital
Limited
- Share Consolidation and Subdivision
- Co-Investment Rights to Excalibur Healthcare Services
Limited
- Appointment of Directors
- Adoption of New Investment Policy
- Change of Name to Igraine plc and proposed new ticker, AQSE:
KING
Co-Investment Rights to Excalibur Healthcare
Services:
Excalibur Healthcare Services (“Excalibur”) was founded and is
owned by Sir Professor Christopher Evans OBE, a renowned biotech
entrepreneur.
Conditional on shareholder approval, Excalibur has granted
Angelfish the rights to co-invest in all healthcare and
life-science investment opportunities sourced or invested into by
Excalibur.
Appointment of Directors including:
Sir Professor Christopher
Evans (aged 63) – Executive Chairman
Sir Professor Christopher Evans
is the Founder and Chairman of Excalibur Group and a renowned
scientist and highly successful entrepreneur with numerous
prestigious awards and medals for his work over the last 30 years,
during which time he has built more than 50 medical companies from
start-up and floated 20 new medical businesses on stock markets in
six different countries.
He has created 11 successful academic spin-outs and companies
worth over $2.4 billion, and has
raised $2.6 billion from disposals,
including the sale of BioVex Group, Inc. to Amgen Inc. and Piramed
Limited to Roche Group, whilst he has also directed the raising of
approximately $450 million for Merlin
Biosciences Funds through Merlin Ventures Limited, as well as
co-founding and advising Biotech Growth Trust plc.
Arakis Limited, one of the companies developed by Sir Professor
Christopher Evans, was sold to Sosei
Co. Ltd for $187 million. Sir
Professor Christopher Evans has
founded notable companies such as Chiroscience, Celsis, ReNeuron,
Vectura, Biovex and Merlin Biosciences Ltd.
Appointed an OBE in 1995 for services to medical bioscience he
was knighted in 2001 for services to bioscience and enterprise.
Latterly he was founder of Arix Bioscience plc (LSE: ARX), of the
oncology specialist, Ellipses Pharma Limited, and of Excalibur
Healthcare Services Ltd.
2. Conditional Participation in
oversubscribed, £2,000,500 fund raise
Subject to the proposals being approved by the shareholders of
Angelfish, DiscovOre plc has conditionally subscribed for,
21,312,460 ordinary [post-consolidated figure] shares that
will represent 24.64% of the enlarged share capital on admission of
the placing shares.
3. Related Party Disclosure
Burns Singh Tennent-Bhohi is a Director of Angelfish Investments
plc, constituting a related party transaction under rule 4.6 of the
AQSE Growth Market Access Rulebook.
Having consulted with its corporate advisor, the subscriptions
of the above are deemed to be fair and reasonable in respect of the
shareholders of the Company.
4. Director Statement, Burns Singh
Tennent-Bhohi:
“The conditional investment participation in Angelfish
Investments plc as announced today represents a fantastic
opportunity for DiscovOre plc.
To be aligned with one of the most
successful entrepreneurs in the world of Life Sciences, BioTech and
MedTech with a conditional equity investment puts DiscovOre plc in
an enviable position as we seek to become one of the leading
investment issuers in the United
Kingdom, focused on the medical psychedelics and alternative
healthcare industry.
This investment opportunity is
representative of the investment strategy as at present, that was
approved by the shareholders at our last Annual General Meeting,
allowing for investment in Special Situations and also greatly
compliments the newly proposed investment strategy the company are
continuing to develop and present to shareholders for approval.
Of great significance, is the
potential to leverage the skill sets of both DiscovOre plc and the
newly proposed Angelfish Investments plc as DiscovOre plc continue
its review of a number of compelling opportunities in the medical
psychedelics sector.
Given the incredible experience and
success that the newly proposed Angelfish team command in the field
of Life Sciences, MedTech & BioTech the ability to create
partnership opportunities between the two respective companies
could offer considerable value for both companies.
It remains critically important to
the company and our proposed investment strategy to align DiscovOre
plc and our shareholders with global market leaders, for which the
newly proposed Angelfish Directors are, providing a rare and unique
opportunity to explore.
DiscovOre plc will provide further
corporate updates in this respect.”
DiscovOre plc,
London, 11th June 2021
The Directors of the Company, who have
issued this RIS announcement after due and careful enquiry, accept
responsibility for its content.
Enquiries
Company:
Burns Singh Tennent-Bhohi (Director)
Conrad Windham (Director)
info@discovoreplc.com
Direct Office Line: +44 (0) 20 3778 0755
Corporate Adviser:
Peterhouse Capital Limited
Guy Miller & Mark Anwyl
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7220 9796