THIS ANNOUNCEMENT (INCLUDING THE
APPENDICES) 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,
AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, CANADA, THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA OR
JAPAN OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH RELEASE, PUBLICATION
OR DISTRIBUTION WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. PLEASE SEE THE IMPORTANT NOTICES
AT THE END OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION
PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE OR CONTAIN ANY INVITATION,
SOLICITATION, RECOMMENDATION, OFFER OR ADVICE TO ANY PERSON TO
PURCHASE AND/OR SUBSCRIBE FOR, OTHERWISE ACQUIRE OR DISPOSE OF ANY
SECURITIES IN TEN LIEFSTYLE GROUP PLC OR ANY OTHER ENTITY IN ANY
JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS ANNOUNCEMENT NOR THE FACT OF ITS
DISTRIBUTION, SHALL FORM THE BASIS OF, OR BE RELIED ON IN
CONNECTION WITH ANY INVESTMENT DECISION IN RESPECT OF TEN LIEFSTYLE
GROUP PLC OR ANY OTHER ENTITY.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE
INFORMATION RELATING TO TEN LIEFSTYLE GROUP PLC AND ITS SECURITIES
FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLE 7 OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION
(596/2014/EU) AS IT FORMS PART OF THE DOMESTIC LAW OF THE UNITED
KINGDOM BY VIRTUE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018
("EUWA") AND AS MODIFIED BY
OR UNDER THE EUWA OR OTHER DOMESTIC LAW, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO THE MARKET ABUSE (AMENDMENT) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS (SI 2019/310)
("MAR").
26th September 2024
Ten Lifestyle Group plc
("Ten" or the "Group")
Trading Update,
New Extra Large Contract
&
Proposed Fundraising
Ten Lifestyle Group plc (AIM: TENG), the global
concierge platform driving customer loyalty for global financial
institutions and other premium brands, announces a trading update
for the year ended 31 August 2024, the win of a new Extra Large
contract¹ in the USA and its
intention to carry out a conditional placing to raise minimum gross
proceeds of £5.5m (the "Placing") and a separate conditional
retail offer (the "Retail
Offer", together with the Placing, the "Fundraising") to fund the launch of the
new Extra Large contract which requires operational and working
capital investment.
Full Year Trading
Update and Outlook
· The Group
expects to report Net Revenue² for the year expected to be £62.9m
(£64.4m at constant currency) (FY 2023: £63.0m), broadly in line
with market expectations.
· Constant
currency growth was driven by multiple contract developments and
new contract wins in the year, including Medium contracts with a
Private Bank in AMEA, Emirates NBD and the Global Travel Collection
which commenced generating revenue in H2 2024 and will support
growth in the new financial year with a full year contribution.
· Adjusted
EBITDA³ expected to
be £12.8m (£13.0m at constant currency), 7% ahead of prior year (FY
2023: £12.0m) and in line with market expectations.
· The Group
ended the financial year with cash and cash equivalents of £9.3m
(2023: £8.2m) and net cash of £3.9m (H1 2024: £1.9m; FY 2023:
£3.7m).
Ten wins new Extra
Large contract in the USA
· Ten has
won a new multi-year contract in the USA worth over £5.0m per year
initially in corporate revenue, with scope to grow, with an
existing global corporate client.
· Ten will
take over from the incumbent high-touch provider towards the end of
H1 FY 2025, with the launch of Ten's digitally enabled concierge
platform expected during H2 FY 2025.
· Given the
substantial volume of existing service requirements from launch,
operational and working capital investment will be necessary to
support the transition and ongoing service delivery. The Group
expects the early demands of working capital to be compensated
across the year.
· At
initial scale, the new contract underpins the current market
expectations for Net Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA growth in FY
2025.
The
Fundraising
The Fundraising will consist of:
· A
conditional Placing of new Ordinary Shares (the "Placing Shares") at a price of 63 pence
per share (the "Fundraising
Price") with new and existing shareholders raising in
aggregate minimum gross proceeds of £5.5m; and
· a
separate conditional Retail Offer to existing shareholders of up to
500,000 new Ordinary Shares (the "Retail Offer Shares") at the
Fundraising Price via the BookBuild Platform, in order to provide
the Group's eligible retail investors in the United Kingdom with an
opportunity to participate in the Group's fundraising plans. A
separate announcement will be made regarding the Retail Offer and
its terms. The Placing is not conditional upon the Retail Offer.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Retail Offer is not part of the
Placing.
The net proceeds of the Fundraising
will be used to fund the operational and working capital investment
to support the launch of the new Extra Large contract; to
strengthen the Group's balance sheet; and general working capital
purposes.
The Fundraising Price represents a discount of
approximately 4.9 per cent. to the closing price of an Ordinary
Share on 25th September 2024 (being the last practicable
date prior to this announcement (the "Announcement")).
The Placing is being conducted through an accelerated
bookbuilding process (the "Bookbuild") to be undertaken by Singer
Capital Markets Securities Limited ("Singer Capital Markets") which will be
launched immediately following this Announcement. The Placing is
subject to the terms and conditions set out in Appendix I of this
Announcement.
The Placing and Retail Offer are
conditional, inter
alia, upon the approval by shareholders of certain
resolutions required to facilitate the Fundraising at a general
meeting of the Company, which is expected to be convened for 11.00
a.m. on 16th October 2024 at the offices of the Company,
Level 9, Regent's Place, 338 Euston Road, London, England, NW1 3BG.
Shareholders should be aware that if the Resolutions are not
approved at the General Meeting, neither the Placing nor the Retail
Offer will proceed.
The final number of Placing Shares
to be placed will be determined by Singer Capital Markets in
consultation with the Group, at the close of the Bookbuild, and the
result of the Placing will be announced as soon as practicable
thereafter. The timing for the close of the Bookbuild, and the
allocation of the Placing Shares thereunder, will be determined by
Singer Capital Markets in consultation with the Group. The book
will open with immediate effect following the release of this
Announcement.
¹Ten categorises its corporate
client contracts based on the annualised value paid, or expected to
be paid, by the corporate client for the provision of concierge and
related services by Ten as: Small contracts (below £0.25m); Medium
contracts (between £0.25m and £2m); Large contracts (between £2m
and £5m); and Extra Large contracts (over £5m). This does not
include the revenue generated from suppliers through the provision
of concierge services. Medium, Large and Extra Large contracts are
collectively Ten's "Material Contracts".
²Net Revenue includes the direct
cost of sales relating to certain member transactions managed by
the Group.
³Adjusted EBITDA is operating
profit/(loss) before interest, taxation, amortization,
depreciation, share-based payment expense, and exceptional
items.
Alex Cheatle, Chief Executive Office of Ten Lifestyle
Group plc, said;
"I am satisfied
with our performance for the year ended 31st August 2024
which was broadly in line with market expectations. In the year, we
secured multiple contract developments and new contract wins,
launched Ten Box Office and focused on efficiency
gains."
"We are delighted
to announce this new Extra Large contract win with an existing
global corporate client and look forward to launching our digitally
enabled concierge platform in the USA during H2 FY2025. We remain
focused on delivering against our digital roadmap, which includes
leveraging generative AI to improve our service efficiency and
quality."
"We also have a
healthy pipeline of new business opportunities and are optimistic
about securing further Material Contracts in H1 2025."
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For further information, please
visit https://www.tenlifestylegroup.com/ or
contact:
Ten Lifestyle Group
Plc
Alex Cheatle, Chief Executive Officer
Alan Donald, Chief Financial Officer
|
+44 (0)20 7850
2796
|
Singer Capital
Markets Advisory LLP, Nominated Advisor and Broker
Corporate Finance: James Moat / Oliver Platts
Corporate Broking: Charles Leigh-Pemberton / Tom
Salvesen
|
+44 (0) 20 7496
3000
|
|
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Notes to
Editors:
About Ten Lifestyle
Group Plc
Ten Lifestyle Group
plc partners with financial institutions and other
premium brands to attract and retain wealthy and mass affluent
customers.
Millions of members have access to Ten's services
across lifestyle, travel, dining and entertainment on behalf of
over fifty clients including HSBC, Swisscard and Royal Bank of
Canada. Ten's partnerships are based on multi-year contracts
generating revenue through platform-as-a-service and technology
fees.
Ten's operations are underpinned by an increasingly
sophisticated personalisation platform comprising industry-first,
proprietary technology, thousands of supplier relationships and 25
years of proprietary expertise delivered from over 20 global
offices. Ten was also the first B Corp-certified company on the AIM
market, demonstrating its commitment to sustainability, social
responsibility and ethical business practices.
Ten is on a mission to become the most trusted
service platform in the world.
For further information please go
to: www.tenlifestylegroup.com.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Background to and
reasons for the Fundraising
Ten is pleased to announce a new multi-year contract
in the USA worth over £5.0m per year initially in corporate revenue
with scope to grow with an existing global corporate client. Ten
will take over from the incumbent high-touch provider towards the
end of H1 FY 2025, with the launch of Ten's digitally enabled
concierge platform expected during H2 FY 2025. The existing
programme, which has serviced premium customers in the USA over
several years, will be enhanced by Ten's member proposition and
digital platform. From launch, it is expected to be an Extra Large
contract. At initial scale, the new contract underpins the current
market expectations for Net Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA for FY
2025.
Given the substantial volume of existing service
requirements from launch, it will be necessary to support the
transition and ongoing service delivery with operational and
working capital investment, including opening a new office in the
USA. The Group expects the early demands of working capital to be
compensated across the year.
The Group also expects further contract wins from
incumbent providers in FY 2025, of a more modest size, which would
also require working capital investment. The initial operational
and capital investment for new contracts are typically higher when
taking over an existing programme from an incumbent provider.
However, it usually follows (and is expected in this case) that the
programme's value increases faster due to the existing service run
rate.
The proceeds of the Fundraising will also be used to
fund the operational and working capital investment to support the
launch of the new Extra Large contract; strengthen the Group's
balance sheet; and enable the Group to pursue its pipeline while
driving future growth and reducing cost of capital. The Company
will assess overall cost of capital and will consider the repayment
of certain loans bearing higher interest.
Full Year Trading
Update
The Group expects to report Net Revenue of £62.9m
(£64.4m at constant currency) (2023: £63.0m), broadly in line with
market expectations. Constant currency growth was driven by
multiple contract developments and new contract wins in FY 2024,
including Medium contracts with a Private Bank in AMEA, Emirates
NBD and the Global Travel Collection which generated revenue in H2
2024. The full year contribution of these contracts will support
further growth into FY 2025.
Adjusted EBITDA is expected to be £12.8m (£13.0m at
constant currency), 7% ahead of prior year (2023: £12.0m) and in
line with market expectations.
The Group ended the financial year with cash and cash
equivalents of £9.3m (2023: £8.2m) and net cash of £3.9m (H1 2023:
£1.9m; FY 2023: £3.7m).
In addition, Ten launched "Ten Box Office" on the Ten Digital
Platform, providing members with exclusive access to premium event
tickets and packages; a significant milestone in Ten's digital
roadmap. Alongside this, Ten remained focused on cost and
efficiency gains in the period including downsizing the London
office.
Outlook &
Pipeline
Ten has a healthy pipeline of new business opportunities with
existing and new corporate clients.
In addition to the new Extra Large contract, Ten is optimistic
about securing further Material Contracts from both incumbent
competitors (market share gains) and first-time concierge service
adopters (market growth) in H1 2025; and expected to launch in H2
2025.
Ten remains focused on delivering against its digital roadmap,
which includes leveraging generative AI to drive personalisation,
service efficiency and quality, with tech investment expected to be
broadly in line with prior period.
The Board's expectations for FY 2025 remain unchanged.
Market
soundings
Market soundings (as defined in MAR) were taken in
respect of the Fundraising with the result that certain persons
became aware of inside information (as defined in MAR), as
permitted by MAR. This inside information is set out in this
Announcement. Therefore, those persons that received inside
information in a market sounding are no longer in possession of
such inside information relating to the Group and its
securities.
Appendix I to this
Announcement (which forms part of this Announcement) sets out
further information relating to the Bookbuild and the terms and
conditions of the Placing.
Unless otherwise
stated, capitalised terms in this Announcement have the meanings
ascribed to them in Appendix II (which forms part of this
announcement.
This Announcement should be read in its entirety. In
particular, you should read and understand the information provided
in the "Important Notices" section below and the Appendices to this
Announcement (which form part of this Announcement) which includes
the terms and conditions of the Placing. Persons who have chosen to
participate in the Placing, by making an oral or written offer to
acquire Placing Shares, will be deemed to have read and understood
this Announcement in its entirety (including the Appendices) and to
be making such offer on the terms and subject to the conditions
herein and, in respect of those persons participating in the
Placing, to be providing the representations, warranties,
agreements, confirmations, acknowledgements and undertakings
contained in Appendix I.
IMPORTANT
NOTICES
This Announcement, or any copy of
it, including the appendices, and information contained within it,
is restricted and is not for publication, release, transmission,
distribution or forwarding, in whole or in part, directly or
indirectly, in or into the United States, Australia,
New Zealand, Canada, the
Republic of South Africa or Japan or any other jurisdiction in
which publication, release or distribution would be unlawful (or to
any persons in any of those jurisdictions). This Announcement is
for information purposes only and does not constitute an offer to
sell or issue, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, acquire or
subscribe for shares in the capital of the Company in the United
States (including its territories and possessions, any state of the
United States and the District of Columbia), or Australia,
New Zealand, Canada, the
Republic of South Africa or Japan or any other jurisdiction (or to
any persons in any of those jurisdictions) or any other
jurisdiction in which the same would be unlawful. No public
offering of the Placing Shares is being made in any jurisdiction.
This Announcement has not been approved by the London Stock
Exchange, nor is it intended that it will be so approved. Any
failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a
violation of the securities laws of such jurisdictions.
The Placing Shares have not been,
and will not be, registered under the US Securities Act 1933, as
amended (the "US Securities
Act") or with any securities regulatory authority or under
any securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the
United States and may not be offered, sold, resold, pledged,
transferred or delivered, directly or indirectly, in or into the
United States. Accordingly, the Placing Shares will be offered and
sold only outside of the United States in "offshore transactions"
(as such term is defined in Regulation S under the US Securities
Act) pursuant to Regulation S and otherwise in accordance with
applicable laws. No public offering of securities is being made in
the United States. The Placing has not been approved, disapproved
or recommended by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, any
state securities commission in the United States or any other U.S.
regulatory authority, nor have any of the foregoing authorities
passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Placing
Shares.
No public offering of the Placing
Shares is being made in the United States, United Kingdom or
elsewhere. All offers of the Placing Shares will be made pursuant
to an exemption from the requirement to produce a prospectus under
the UK Prospectus Regulation.
This Announcement is not being
distributed by, nor has it been approved for the purposes of
section 21 of FSMA by, a person authorised under FSMA. This
Announcement is being distributed and communicated to persons in
the United Kingdom only in circumstances in which section 21(1) of
FSMA does not apply.
No prospectus has been or will be
made available in connection with the matters contained in this
Announcement and no such prospectus is required (in accordance
with the UK Prospectus Regulation) to be published. Members
of the public are not eligible to take part in the Placing. This
Announcement (including the terms and conditions contained in
Appendix I to this Announcement) is for information purposes only
and (unless otherwise agreed by Singer Capital Markets Securities
Limited ("Singer Capital
Markets")) is directed at and is only being distributed to
persons in the United Kingdom, who are qualified investors, being
persons falling within the meaning of Article 2(e) of the UK
Prospectus Regulation, and who (i) have professional experience in
matters relating to investments falling within the definition of
"investment professionals" in article 19(5) of the Financial
Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as
amended (the "Order"); or
(ii) are persons falling within article 49(2)(a) to (d) ("high net
worth companies, unincorporated associations, etc") of the Order;
or (c) persons to whom it may otherwise lawfully be communicated,
(each such persons in (a), (b) and (c) together being referred to
as "Relevant Persons").
This Announcement (including the terms and conditions set out in
this Announcement) must not be acted on or relied on by persons who
are not Relevant Persons. Any investment or investment activity to
which this Announcement (including the terms and conditions set out
herein) relates is available only to, and will be engaged in only
with, Relevant Persons.
This Announcement has been issued
by, and is the sole responsibility of, the Company. No
responsibility or liability is or will be accepted by, and no
undertaking, representation or warranty or other assurance, express
or implied, is or will be made or given by Singer Capital Markets
or Singer Capital Markets Advisory LLP ("SCM Advisory"), or by any of their
respective partners, directors, officers, employees, advisers,
consultants or affiliates as to, or in relation to, the accuracy,
fairness or completeness of the information or opinions contained
in this Announcement or any other written or oral information made
available to or publicly available to any interested person or its
advisers, and any liability therefore is expressly
disclaimed.
Singer Capital Markets, which is
authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the FCA is acting
solely for the Company and no-one else in connection with the
Placing and the transactions and arrangements described in this
Announcement and will not regard any other person (whether or not a
recipient of this Announcement) as a client in relation to the
Placing or the transactions and arrangements described in this
Announcement. Singer Capital Markets is not responsible to anyone,
other than the Company, for providing the protections afforded to
clients of Singer Capital Markets or for providing advice in
connection with the contents of this Announcement, the Placing or
the transactions and arrangements described herein.
SCM Advisory, which is authorised
and regulated in the United Kingdom by the FCA, is acting as
nominated adviser to the Company for the purposes of the AIM Rules
and no-one else in connection with the Placing and the transactions
and arrangements described in this Announcement and will not be
responsible to any other person (whether or not a recipient of this
Announcement) as a client in relation to the Placing or the
transactions and arrangements described in this Announcement. SCM
Advisory is not responsible to anyone, other than the Company, for
providing the protections afforded to clients of SCM Advisory or
for providing advice in connection with the contents of this
Announcement, the Placing or the transactions and arrangements
described herein. SCM Advisory's responsibilities as the Company's
nominated adviser under the AIM Rules for Nominated Advisers are
owed solely to the London Stock Exchange and are not owed to the
Company or to any Director or to any other person.
None of the information in this
Announcement has been independently verified or approved by Singer
Capital Markets or SCM Advisory or any of their respective
partners, directors, officers, employees, advisers, consultants or
affiliates. Save for any responsibilities or liabilities, if any,
imposed on Singer Capital Markets and/or SCM Advisory by FSMA or by
the regulatory regime established under it, no responsibility or
liability whatsoever whether arising in tort, contract or
otherwise, is accepted by Singer Capital Markets or SCM Advisory or
any of their respective partners, directors, officers, employees,
advisers, consultants or affiliates whatsoever for the contents of
the information contained in this Announcement (including, but not
limited to, any errors, omissions or inaccuracies in the
information or any opinions) or for any other statement made or
purported to be made by or on behalf of Singer Capital Markets or
SCM Advisory or any of their respective partners, directors,
officers, employees, advisers, consultants or affiliates in
connection with the Company, the Placing Shares or the Placing or
for any loss, cost or damage suffered or incurred howsoever
arising, directly or indirectly, from any use of this Announcement
or its contents or otherwise in connection with this Announcement
or from any acts or omissions of the Company in relation to the
Placing. Singer Capital Markets, SCM Advisory and their respective
partners, directors, officers, employees, advisers, consultants and
affiliates accordingly disclaim all and any responsibility and
liability whatsoever, whether arising in tort, contract or
otherwise in respect of any statements or other information
contained in this Announcement and no representation or warranty,
express or implied, is made by Singer Capital Markets or SCM
Advisory or any of its partners, directors, officers, employees,
advisers, consultants or affiliates as to the accuracy,
completeness or sufficiency of the information contained in this
Announcement.
The distribution of this
Announcement and the offering of the Placing Shares in certain
jurisdictions may be restricted by law. No action has been
taken by the Company, Singer Capital Markets, SCM Advisory
or any of their respective affiliates or any person acting on its
or their behalf that would permit an offering of the Placing Shares
or possession or distribution of this Announcement or any other
offering or publicity material relating to the Placing Shares in
any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. Persons
into whose possession this Announcement comes are required by the
Company, Singer Capital Markets and SCM Advisory to inform
themselves about, and to observe, such restrictions.
Persons distributing this
Announcement must satisfy themselves that it is lawful to do so.
Persons (including without limitation, nominees and trustees) who
have a contractual right or other legal obligations to forward a
copy of this Announcement (or any part thereof) should seek
appropriate advice before taking any action.
In connection with the Placing,
Singer Capital Markets and any of its affiliates, acting as
investors for their own account, may take up a portion of the
shares in the Placing as a principal position and in that capacity
may retain, purchase, sell, offer to sell for their own accounts or
otherwise deal for their own account in such shares and other
securities of the Company or related investments in connection with
the Placing or otherwise. Accordingly, references to Placing Shares
being offered, acquired, placed or otherwise dealt in should be
read as including any issue or offer to, or acquisition, placing or
dealing by, Singer Capital Markets and any of its affiliates acting
in such capacity. In addition, Singer Capital Markets and any of
its affiliates may enter into financing arrangements (including
swaps) with investors in connection with which Singer Capital
Markets and any of its affiliates may from time to time acquire,
hold or dispose of shares. Singer Capital Markets does not intend
to disclose the extent of any such investment or transactions
otherwise than in accordance with any legal or regulatory
obligations to do so.
This Announcement contains and the
Company may make verbal statements containing "forward-looking
statements" with respect to certain of the Company's plans and its
current goals and expectations relating to its future financial
condition, performance, strategic initiatives, objectives and
results. Forward-looking statements sometimes use words such as
"aim", "anticipate", "target", "expect", "estimate", "intend",
"plan", "goal", "believe", "seek", "may", "could", "would",
"likely", "outlook" or other words of similar meaning. By their
nature, all forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty
because they relate to future events and circumstances which are
beyond the control of the Company. There are a number of factors
that could cause actual results or developments to differ
materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking
statements and forecasts. As a result, the actual future financial
condition, performance and results of the Company may differ
materially from the plans, goals and expectations set forth in any
forward-looking statements. No representation or warranty is made
as to the achievement or reasonableness of, and no reliance should
be placed on, such forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking
statements made in this Announcement by or on behalf of the Company
speak only as of the date they are made. These forward-looking
statements reflect the Company's judgment at the date of this
Announcement and are not intended to give any assurance as to
future results and the Company cautions that its actual results of
operations and financial condition, and the development of the
industry in which it operates, may differ materially from those
made in or suggested by the forward-looking statements contained in
this Announcement or made verbally by the Company and/or
information incorporated by reference into this Announcement. The
information contained in this Announcement is subject to change
without notice and except as required by applicable law or
regulation, the Company, its directors, Singer Capital Markets,
their respective affiliates and any person acting on its or their
behalf each expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to
publish any updates, supplements or revisions to any
forward-looking statements contained in this Announcement to
reflect any changes in the Company's expectations with regard
thereto or any changes in events, conditions or circumstances on
which any such statements are based, except where required to do so
under applicable law or regulation or by the FCA or the London
Stock Exchange.
Any investment decision to subscribe
for Placing Shares in the Placing must be made solely on the basis
of this Announcement and Publicly Available Information, which has
not been independently verified by Singer Capital Markets or
Singers Advisory. This Announcement does not constitute a
prospectus or offering memorandum or an offer in respect of any
securities and is not intended to provide the sole basis for any
decision in respect of the Company or other evaluation of any
securities of the Company or any other entity and should not be
considered as a recommendation that any investor should subscribe
for, purchase, otherwise acquire, sell or otherwise dispose of any
such securities. Recipients of this Announcement who are
considering acquiring Placing Shares pursuant to the Placing are
reminded that they should conduct their own investigation,
evaluation and analysis of the business and data described in this
Announcement. The price and value of securities can go down as well
as up and past performance is not a guide to future performance,
and investors may not get back the full amount invested upon the
disposal of such securities. The contents of this Announcement are
not to be construed as legal, business, financial or tax advice.
Each investor or prospective investor should consult with his or
her or its own legal adviser, business adviser, financial adviser
or tax adviser for legal, financial, business or tax
advice.
References in this Announcement to
other materials, such as a website address, have been provided to
direct the reader to other sources of information on the Company
which may be of interest. Neither the content of the Company's
website (or any other website) nor the content of any website
accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other
website) is incorporated into or forms part of this
Announcement.
The Placing Shares to be issued or
sold pursuant to the Placing will not be admitted to trading on any
stock exchange other than AIM.
In addition, market soundings (as
defined in MAR) were taken in respect of certain of the matters
contained within this Announcement, with the result that certain
persons became aware of inside information (as defined under MAR),
as permitted by MAR. This inside information is set out in this
Announcement and the announcement released earlier today containing
details of the financial results of the Company for the financial
year ended 31 December 2023. Upon the publication of this
Announcement via a regulatory information service, those persons
that received inside information in a market sounding are no longer
in possession of such inside information relating to Ten Lifestyle
Group Plc and its securities, which is now considered to be in the
public domain.
Appendix I to this Announcement
(which forms part of this Announcement) sets out further
information relating to the terms and conditions of the Placing and
the Bookbuild. Persons who choose to participate in the Placing, by
making an oral or written offer to subscribe for Placing Shares,
will be deemed to have read and understood this Announcement in its
entirety (including Appendix I) and to be making such offer on the
terms and subject to the conditions in this Announcement and to be
providing the representations, warranties, agreements,
acknowledgements and undertakings contained in Appendix
I.
This Announcement has been prepared
for the purposes of complying with applicable law and regulation in
the United Kingdom and the information disclosed may not be the
same as that which would have been disclosed if this Announcement
had been prepared in accordance with the laws and regulations of
any jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom.
Information to Distributors
The distribution of this
Announcement and the offering of the Placing Shares in certain
jurisdictions may be restricted by law. No action has been taken by
the Company, Singer Capital Markets, SCM Advisory or any of its
affiliates that would permit an offering of the Placing Shares or
possession or distribution of this Announcement or any other
offering or publicity material relating to the Placing Shares in
any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. Persons
into whose possession this Announcement comes are required by the
Company, Singer Capital Markets and SCM Advisory to inform
themselves about, and to observe, such restrictions.
UK
Product Governance Requirements
Solely for the purposes of the
product governance requirements contained within Chapter 3 of the
FCA Handbook Product Intervention and Product Governance Sourcebook
(the "UK Product Governance
Rules"), and disclaiming all and any liability, whether
arising in tort, contract or otherwise, which any "manufacturer"
(for the purposes of the UK Product Governance Rules) may otherwise
have with respect thereto, the Placing Shares have been subject to
a product approval process, which has determined that such Placing
Shares are: (i) compatible with an end target market of retail
investors and investors who meet the criteria of professional
clients and eligible counterparties, each as defined in paragraphs
3.5 and 3.6 of COBS; and (ii) eligible for distribution through all
permitted distribution channels (the "UK Target Market Assessment").
Notwithstanding the UK 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 UK 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
UK Target Market Assessment, Singer Capital Markets will only
procure investors who meet the criteria of professional clients and
eligible counterparties.
For the avoidance of doubt, the UK
Target Market Assessment does not constitute: (a) an assessment of
suitability or appropriateness for the purposes of COBS 9A and COBS
10A, respectively; or (b) a recommendation to any investor or group
of investors to invest in, or purchase or take any other action
whatsoever with respect to the Placing Shares. Each distributor is
responsible for undertaking its own target market assessment in
respect of the Placing Shares and determining appropriate
distribution channels.
APPENDIX I
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE
PLACING
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON THE
PLACING FOR INVITED PLACEES ONLY
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE NOT
ELIGIBLE TO TAKE PART IN THE PLACING
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT (INCLUDING THIS
APPENDIX I) AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET OUT HEREIN (TOGETHER,
THIS "ANNOUNCEMENT") ARE
DIRECTED ONLY AT PERSONS WHOSE ORDINARY ACTIVITIES INVOLVE THEM IN
ACQUIRING, HOLDING, MANAGING AND DISPOSING OF INVESTMENTS (AS
PRINCIPAL OR AGENT) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THEIR BUSINESS AND WHO HAVE
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN MATTERS RELATING TO INVESTMENTS AND ARE:
(1) IF IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, QUALIFIED INVESTORS AS DEFINED IN
ARTICLE 2(E) OF THE UK PROSPECTUS REGULATION; WHO (A) FALL WITHIN
ARTICLE 19(5) OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000
(FINANCIAL PROMOTION) ORDER 2005, AS AMENDED (THE "ORDER") (INVESTMENT PROFESSIONALS) OR
(B) FALL WITHIN ARTICLE 49(2)(A) TO (D) (HIGH NET WORTH COMPANIES,
UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS, ETC.) OF THE ORDER; OR (2) OTHERWISE,
PERSONS TO WHOM IT IS OTHERWISE LAWFUL TO COMMUNICATE IT TO (ALL
SUCH PERSONS TOGETHER BEING REFERRED TO AS "RELEVANT PERSONS").
NEITHER THIS ANNOUNCEMENT NOR THE
INFORMATION IN IT SHOULD BE ACTED ON OR RELIED ON BY PERSONS WHO
ARE NOT RELEVANT PERSONS. PERSONS DISTRIBUTING THIS ANNOUNCEMENT
MUST SATISFY THEMSELVES THAT IT IS LAWFUL TO DO SO. ANY INVESTMENT
OR INVESTMENT ACTIVITY TO WHICH THIS ANNOUNCEMENT RELATES IS
AVAILABLE ONLY TO RELEVANT PERSONS AND WILL BE ENGAGED IN ONLY WITH
RELEVANT PERSONS. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF CONSTITUTE AN
OFFER FOR THE SALE OR SUBSCRIPTION OR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO
BUY OR ACQUIRE OF ANY SECURITIES IN THE COMPANY IN THE UNITED
STATES OR ELSEWHERE.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT AN OFFER OF
SECURITIES FOR SALE INTO THE UNITED STATES. THE PLACING SHARES HAVE
NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE US SECURITIES ACT OR
WITH ANY SECURITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF ANY STATE OR
JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES OR UNDER ANY SECURITIES LAWS OF
ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND MAY NOT BE
OFFERED, SOLD, RESOLD, PLEDGED, TRANSFERRED OR DELIVERED, DIRECTLY
OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES. THE PLACING SHARES ARE
BEING OFFERED AND SOLD ONLY OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES IN
ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE US SECURITIES ACT AND
OTHERWISE IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAWS. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND
THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS RESTRICTED AND IS NOT FOR
RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY
OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO OR FROM THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, NEW
ZEALAND, CANADA, THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA OR JAPAN OR ANY OTHER
JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH RELEASE PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION
WOULD BE UNLAWFUL (THE "RESTRICTED
JURISDICTIONS"). NO PUBLIC OFFERING OF THE PLACING SHARES IS
BEING MADE IN THE UNITED STATES, THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE.
NO MONEY, SECURITIES OR OTHER CONSIDERATION FROM ANY PERSON INSIDE
THE UNITED STATES IS BEING SOLICITED AND, IF SENT IN RESPONSE TO
THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, WILL NOT BE
ACCEPTED.
EACH PLACEE SHOULD CONSULT WITH ITS
OWN ADVISERS AS TO ANY LEGAL, TAX, BUSINESS AND RELATED ASPECTS OF
A PURCHASE OF PLACING SHARES. THE DISTRIBUTION OF THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT, ANY PART OF IT OR ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED IN IT MAY
BE RESTRICTED BY LAW IN CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS, AND ANY PERSON INTO
WHOSE POSSESSION THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, ANY PART OF IT OR ANY
INFORMATION CONTAINED IN IT COMES SHOULD INFORM THEMSELVES ABOUT,
AND OBSERVE, SUCH RESTRICTIONS.
All offers of the Placing Shares in
the United Kingdom or the EEA will be made pursuant to an exemption
from the requirement to produce a prospectus under the UK
Prospectus Regulation.
The Placing Shares have not been
approved or disapproved by the US Securities and Exchange
Commission, any state securities commission or 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. The
relevant clearances have not been, nor will they be, obtained from
the securities commission of any province or territory of Canada,
no prospectus has been lodged with, or registered by, the
Australian Securities and Investments Commission or the Japanese
Ministry of Finance; the relevant clearances have not been, and
will not be, obtained for the South Africa Reserve Bank or any
other applicable body in the Republic of South Africa in relation
to the Placing Shares and the Placing Shares have not been, nor
will they be registered under or offered in compliance with the
securities laws of any state, province or territory of
Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the Republic of South Africa or Japan. Accordingly,
the Placing Shares may not (unless an exemption under the relevant
securities laws is applicable) be offered, sold, resold or
delivered, directly or indirectly, in or into Australia,
New Zealand, Canada, the
Republic of South Africa or Japan or any other jurisdiction outside
the UK or the EEA.
This Announcement should be read in
its entirety. In particular, any Placee should read and understand
the information provided in the "Important Notice" section of this
Announcement.
Each Placee which confirms its
agreement to Singer Capital Markets (whether orally or in writing)
to subscribe for Placing Shares under the Placing, hereby agrees
with Singer Capital Markets and the Company that it will be bound
by these terms and conditions and will be deemed to have accepted
them.
Singer Capital Markets may require
any Placee to agree to such further terms and/or conditions and/or
give such additional warranties and/or representations as it (in
its absolute discretion) sees fit and/or may require any such Placee
to execute a separate placing letter.
Singer Capital Markets makes no
representation to any Placees regarding an investment in the
Placing Shares. Neither Singer Capital Markets nor any of their
respective affiliates, agents, directors, officers, employees or
consultants make any representation to any Placees regarding an
investment in the Placing Shares. The Placing does not constitute a
recommendation or financial product advice and Singer Capital
Markets has not had regard to particular objectives, financial
situation and needs for each of the Placees.
By participating in the Bookbuild
and the Placing, each Placee, by making an oral or written and
legally binding offer to acquire Placing Shares, will be deemed to
have read and understood this Announcement in its entirety, to be
participating, making an offer and acquiring Placing Shares on the
terms and conditions contained herein and to be providing the
representations, warranties, indemnities, acknowledgements and
undertakings contained herein.
EACH PLACEE SHOULD CONSULT WITH ITS OWN ADVISERS AS TO ANY LEGAL,
REGULATORY, TAX, BUSINESS AND RELATED ASPECTS OF A SUBSCRIPTION FOR
THE PLACING SHARES.
In particular, each such Placee
represents, warrants, undertakes, agrees and acknowledges (amongst
other things) that:
1.
it is a Relevant Person and undertakes
that it will acquire, hold, manage or dispose of any Placing Shares
that are allocated to it for the purposes of its
business;
2.
in the case of a Relevant Person
in the United Kingdom who acquires any Placing Shares pursuant to
the Placing:
(a)
it is a Qualified Investor within the
meaning of Article 2(e) of the UK Prospectus Regulation;
and
(b)
in the case of any Placing Shares acquired by it as a financial
intermediary, as that term is used in Article 5(1) of the UK
Prospectus Regulation:
(i)
the Placing Shares acquired by it in
the Placing have not been acquired on behalf of, nor have they been
acquired with a view to their offer or resale to, persons in the
United Kingdom other than Qualified Investors or in circumstances
in which the prior consent of Singer Capital Markets has been given
to the offer or resale; or
(ii)
where Placing Shares have been
acquired by it on behalf of persons in the United Kingdom other
than Qualified Investors, the offer of those Placing Shares to it
is not treated under the UK Prospectus Regulation as having been
made to such persons;
3.
it is acquiring the Placing
Shares for its own account or is acquiring the Placing Shares for
an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment
discretion and has the authority to make and does make the
representations, warranties, indemnities, acknowledgements,
undertakings and agreements contained herein;
4.
it understands (or if acting for the
account of another person, such person has confirmed that such
person understands) the resale and transfer restrictions set out in
this Announcement; and
5.
it (and any account referred to above)
is outside the United States acquiring the Placing Shares in
offshore transactions as defined in and in accordance with
Regulation S under the US Securities Act.
The Company and Singer Capital
Markets will rely upon the truth and accuracy of the foregoing
representations, warranties, acknowledgements and agreements. Each
Placee hereby agrees with Singer Capital Markets and the Company to
be bound by these terms and conditions as being the terms and
conditions upon which Placing Shares will be issued. A Placee
shall, without limitation, become so bound if Singer Capital
Markets confirms to such Placee its allocation of Placing
Shares.
Upon being notified of its
allocation of Placing Shares, a Placee shall be contractually
committed to subscribe for the number of Placing Shares allocated
to it at the Fundraising Price and, to the fullest extent permitted
by law, will be deemed to have agreed not to exercise any rights to
rescind or terminate or otherwise withdraw from such
commitment.
No 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 any prospectus or other
offering document to be published under the
UK Prospectus Regulation. No prospectus or
other offering document has been or will be submitted to be
approved by the FCA in relation to the Placing or the Placing
Shares and Placees' commitments will be made solely on the basis of
their own assessment of the Company, the Placing Shares and the
Placing based on the information contained in this Announcement
(together, the "Placing
Documents") and any Publicly Available Information and
subject to any further terms set forth in the trade confirmation
sent to Placees.
Each Placee, by participating in the
Placing, agrees that the content of the Placing Documents is
exclusively the responsibility of the Company and confirms that it
has neither received nor relied on any information (other than this
Announcement and the Publicly Available Information),
representation, warranty or statement made by or on behalf of
Singer Capital Markets or the Company or any other person and none
of Singer Capital Markets, the Company nor any other person acting
on such person's behalf nor any of their respective affiliates has
or shall have any responsibility or liability for any Placee's
decision to participate in the Placing based on any other
information, representation, warranty or statement (regardless of
whether or not such information, representation, warranty or
statement was given or made by or on behalf of any such persons).
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.
No Placee should consider any
information in this Announcement to be legal, financial, tax or
business advice. Each Placee should consult its own legal adviser,
tax adviser, financial adviser and business adviser for legal, tax,
business and financial advice regarding an investment in the
Placing Shares. Nothing in this paragraph shall exclude the
liability of any person for fraudulent
misrepresentation.
Details of the Placing Agreement and the Placing Shares
Singer Capital Markets is acting as
sole broker and bookrunner in connection with the Placing and has
entered into the Placing Agreement with the Company under which, on
the terms and subject to the conditions set out in the Placing
Agreement, Singer Capital Markets, as agent for and on behalf of
the Company, has agreed to use its reasonable endeavours to procure
placees for the Placing Shares. The Placing is not being
underwritten by Singer Capital Markets or any other
person.
The price per Ordinary Share at
which the Placing Shares are to be placed is 63 pence (the
"Fundraising Price"). The
final number of Placing Shares will be determined by the Company
and Singer Capital Markets at the close of the Bookbuild and will
be set out in the executed terms of placing (the "Terms of Placing"). The timing of the
closing of the book and allocations are at the discretion of the
Company and Singer Capital Markets. Details of the number of
Placing Shares will be announced as soon as practicable after the
close of the Bookbuild.
The Placing Shares will be New
Ordinary Shares issued and allotted by the Company. Accordingly, by
participating in the Placing, Placees agree to subscribe for
Placing Shares.
The Placing Shares have been or will
be duly authorised and will, when issued, be credited as fully paid
up and will be issued subject to the Articles of Association and
rank pari
passu in all respects with the existing 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 pre-emption rights, claims, liens,
charges, encumbrances and equities.
Application for admission to trading on AIM
An application will be made to the
London Stock Exchange for admission of the New Ordinary Shares to
trading on AIM.
Subject to the passing of the
Resolutions, it is expected that Admission of the New Ordinary
Shares will become effective at 8.00 a.m. on 17th
October 2024 (or such later time or date as Singer Capital Markets
may agree with the Company, being no later than 8.00 a.m. on
31st October 2024) and that dealings in the Placing
Shares on AIM will commence at that time.
Bookbuild
Singer Capital Markets will today
commence the accelerated bookbuilding process to determine demand
for participation in the Placing by Placees (the "Bookbuild"). This Appendix I gives
details of the terms and conditions of, and the mechanics of
participation in, the Placing. No commissions will be paid to
Placees or by Placees in respect of any Placing Shares.
Singer Capital Markets and the
Company shall be entitled to effect the Placing by such alternative
method to the Bookbuild as they may, in their sole discretion,
determine.
Participation in, and principal terms of, the Placing
1.
Singer Capital Markets is acting
as sole broker and bookrunner to the Placing, as agent for and on
behalf of the Company, on the terms and subject to the conditions
of the Placing Agreement. SCM Advisory is acting as nominated
adviser to the Company in connection with the Placing and
Admission. Each of Singer Capital Markets and SCM Advisory are
authorised and regulated entities in the United Kingdom by the FCA
and are acting exclusively for the Company and no one else in
connection with the matters referred to in this Announcement and
will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company in
relation to the matters described in this Announcement. SCM
Advisory's responsibilities as the Company's nominated adviser
under the AIM Rules for Nominated Advisers are owed solely to the
London Stock Exchange and are not owed to the Company, any director
of the Company or to any other person.
2.
Participation in the Placing will
only be available to persons who may lawfully be, and are, invited
to participate by Singer Capital Markets. Singer Capital Markets
may itself agree to be a Placee in respect of all or some of the
Placing Shares or may nominate any member of its group to do so.
Singer Capital Markets and any of their respective affiliates are
entitled to enter bids in the Bookbuild as principal.
3.
The Bookbuild if successful, will
establish the aggregate amount payable to Singer Capital Markets,
as settlement agents for the Company, by all Placees whose bids are
successful. The final number of Placing Shares will be agreed
between Singer Capital Markets and the Company following completion
of the Bookbuild. Following a successful completion of the
Bookbuild, the Company will confirm the closing of the Placing via
the Result of Placing Announcement.
4.
To bid in the Bookbuild,
prospective Placees should communicate their bid orally by
telephone or in writing to their usual sales contact at Singer
Capital Markets. Each bid should state the aggregate number of
Placing Shares which the prospective Placee wishes to subscribe for
at the Fundraising Price. Bids may be scaled down by Singer Capital
Markets on the basis referred to in paragraph 6 below. Singer
Capital Markets reserves the right not to accept bids or to accept
bids in part rather than in whole. The acceptance of the bids shall
be at Singer Capital Markets' absolute discretion, subject to
agreement with the Company.
5.
The Bookbuild will open with immediate
effect following release of this Announcement and is expected to
close no later than 5.00 p.m. on 26th September 2024 but
may be closed earlier or later at the discretion of Singer Capital
Markets. Singer Capital Markets may, in agreement with the Company,
accept bids that are received after the Bookbuild has closed. The
Company reserves the right (upon the prior agreement of Singer
Capital Markets) to vary the number of Placing Shares to be issued
pursuant to the Placing, in its absolute discretion.
6.
Allocations of the Placing Shares
will be determined by Singer Capital Markets after consultation
with the Company (and in accordance with Singer Capital Markets'
allocation policy as has been supplied by Singer Capital Markets to
the Company in advance of such consultation). Allocations will be
confirmed orally by Singer Capital Markets and a trade confirmation
will be despatched as soon as possible thereafter. Singer Capital
Markets' oral confirmation to such Placee constitutes an
irrevocable legally binding commitment upon such person (who will
at that point become a Placee), in favour of Singer Capital Markets
and the Company, to subscribe for the number of Placing Shares
allocated to it and to pay the Fundraising Price in respect of each
such share on the terms and conditions set out in this Appendix I
and in accordance with the Articles of Association. A bid in the
Bookbuild will be made on the terms and subject to the conditions
in this Appendix I (together with any such further terms and
conditions that may be agreed between Singer Capital Markets and
the Placee) and will be legally binding on the Placee on behalf of
which it is made and except with Singer Capital Markets' consent,
such commitment will not be capable of variation, termination,
rescission or revocation after the time at which it is
submitted.
7.
Each Placee will have an
immediate, separate, irrevocable and binding obligation, owed to
Singer Capital Markets, as agent for the Company, to pay to it (or
as it may direct) in cleared funds an amount equal to the product
of the Fundraising Price and the number of Placing Shares such
Placee has agreed to acquire and the Company has agreed to allot
and issue to that Placee.
8.
Each Placee's allocation and
commitment will be evidenced by a trade confirmation issued to such
Placee. The terms of this Appendix I will be deemed incorporated in
that trade confirmation.
9.
Irrespective of the time at which a
Placee's allocation pursuant to the Placing is confirmed,
settlement for all Placing Shares to be subscribed/purchased for
pursuant to the Placing will be required to be made at the same
time, on the basis explained below under "Registration and
Settlement".
10.
All obligations under the Bookbuild and
the Placing will be subject to fulfilment or (where applicable)
waiver 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".
11.
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.
12.
To the fullest extent permissible by law, none
of Singer Capital Markets, SCM Advisory, the Company nor any of
their respective affiliates, agents, directors, officers or
employees shall have any responsibility or liability (whether in
contract, tort or otherwise) to any Placee (or to any other person
whether acting on behalf of a Placee or otherwise). In particular,
none of Singer Capital Markets, SCM Advisory, 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
Singer Capital Markets' conduct of the Placing or of such
alternative method of effecting the Placing as Singer Capital
Markets and the Company may agree.
13.
The Placing Shares will be issued subject to
the terms and conditions of this Appendix I and each Placee's
commitment to subscribe for Placing Shares on the terms set out
herein and in the trade confirmation or other (oral or written)
confirmation will continue notwithstanding any amendment that may
in future be made to the terms and conditions of the Placing and
Placees will have no right to be consulted or require that their
consent be obtained with respect to the Company's or Singer Capital
Markets' conduct of the Placing.
Conditions of the Placing
The Placing is conditional, amongst
others, upon the Placing Agreement becoming unconditional and not
having been terminated in accordance with its terms. The
obligations of Singer Capital Markets and SCM Advisory under the
Placing Agreement are conditional on customary conditions,
including (amongst others) (the "Conditions"):
1.
the AIM Application and all other
documents required to be submitted with the AIM Application,
together with a cheque for the AIM fee (as defined in the AIM
Rules) being delivered to the London Stock Exchange not later than
5.00 p.m. on 11th October 2024;
2.
the posting of the Circular by the
Company by no later than 30th September 2024;
3.
the passing of the Resolutions at the
General Meeting;
4.
the fulfilment by the Company of
its obligations under the Placing Agreement to the extent that they
fall to be performed prior to Admission;
5.
the authorities given to Singer Capital
Markets and SCM Advisory remaining in full force and
effect;
6.
none of the warranties or
undertakings given in the Placing Agreement being or having become
untrue, inaccurate or misleading at any time before Admission, and
no fact or circumstance having arisen which would constitute a
breach of any of the Warranties or undertakings given in the
Placing Agreement or which would constitute a specified
event;
7.
there having been no material
adverse change prior to Admission;
8.
the Placing Agreement not having
been terminated prior to Admission;
9.
the execution by the Company and SCM of
the placing supplement setting out the final number of Placing
Shares to be issued at the Fundraising Price pursuant to the
Placing and the allocation of such Placing Shares to Placees by no
later than 5.00 p.m. on 26th September 2024 (or such
other time and/or date as the Company and Singer Capital Markets
may agree);
10.
Admission occurring by not later than
8.00 a.m. on 17th October 2024 (or such later date as
the Company, Singer Capital Markets and SCM Advisory may agree, in
any event being not later than 8.00 a.m. on 31st October
2024) (the "Long Stop
Date"),
11.
the allotment of the New Ordinary Shares
by the Board, conditional only upon Admission, by 3.00 p.m. on
16th October 2024 (or such later time as may be agreed
between the Company, Singer Capital Markets and SCM Advisory, being
not later than the Long Stop Date) and the issue of such New
Ordinary Shares; and
12.
the delivery by the Company of certain
customary documents to Singer Capital Markets as required under the
terms of the Placing Agreement.
Singer Capital Markets and SCM
Advisory may, at their discretion and upon such terms as they think
fit, waive compliance by the Company with the whole or any part of
any of its obligations in relation to the Conditions or extend the
time or date provided for fulfilment of any such Conditions in
respect of all or any part of the performance thereof, save in
respect of Conditions 1, 3, 10 and 11 above. Any such
extension or waiver will not affect Placees' commitments as set out
in this Appendix I.
If: (i) any of the Conditions are
not fulfilled or (where permitted) waived by Singer Capital Markets
by the relevant time or date specified (or such later time or date
as Singer Capital Markets may agree with the Company, being no
later than 8.00 a.m. on 31st
October 2024); or (ii) the Placing
Agreement is terminated in the circumstances specified below under
"Right to terminate under the
Placing Agreement", the Placing will not proceed 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 or on its behalf (or
any person on whose behalf the Placee is acting) in respect
thereof.
None of Singer Capital
Markets, SCM Advisory nor the Company, nor any of their respective affiliates,
agents, directors, officers or employees shall have any liability
to any Placee (or to any other person whether acting on behalf of a
Placee or otherwise) in respect of any decision they may make as to
whether or not to waive or to extend the time and/or date for the
satisfaction of any Condition to the Placing (or any part of it),
nor for any decision they may make as to the satisfaction of any
Condition or in respect of the Placing generally (or any part of
it), and by participating in the Placing each Placee agrees that
any such decision is within the absolute discretion of Singer
Capital Markets and SCM
Advisory. Placees will have no rights
against Singer Capital Markets or any of their respective members,
directors or employees under the Placing Agreement pursuant to the
Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (as amended) or
otherwise.
Right to terminate under the Placing Agreement
Singer Capital Markets and SCM
Advisory are entitled, at any time before Admission, to terminate
the Placing Agreement in accordance with its terms in certain
circumstances, including (amongst other things) in the event
that:
1.
any of the warranties given under
the Placing Agreement were not true or accurate, or were misleading
in any respect which is material: (a) when given or deemed given;
or (b) at any time if they were to be repeated or deemed repeated
(by reference to the facts and circumstances in each case then
existing) would no longer be true and accurate, or would be
misleading;
2.
the Company has failed to comply
with their obligations under this Agreement, the Companies Act, the
FSMA, the AIM Rules or other applicable law in any respect which is
material;
3.
any statement contained in certain
documents used in connection with the Fundraising has become or
been discovered to be untrue, inaccurate or misleading in any
respect which is material;
4.
there shall have been, occurred,
happened or come into effect any event or omission which (in the
opinion of Singer Capital Markets or SCM Advisory) materially and
adversely affects or might reasonably be expected to (in the
opinion of Singer Capital Markets or SCM Advisory) materially and
adversely affect the financial position and/or prospects of the
Group, or which in the opinion of Singer Capital Markets and/or SCM
Advisory, is or will be or may be prejudicial to the Company or to
the Fundraising or to the subscription for the Placing Shares by
Placees; or
5.
there shall have occurred any change in
national or international financial, monetary, economic, political,
environmental, or stock market conditions which, in the opinion of
either the Singer Capital Markets and/or SCM Advisory will, is or
is likely to be, prejudicial to the Group or to the Fundraising or
to the subscription for the Placing Shares by Placees;
or
6.
the appointment of either Singer
Capital Markets or SCM Advisory as agent of the Company is
terminated for any reason; or
7.
the Group's situation is such
that Admission may, in the opinion of SCM Advisory, be detrimental
to the ordinary operation or reputation of AIM,
Upon 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,
each Placee agrees that (i) the exercise by Singer Capital Markets
and/or SCM Advisory of any right of termination or of any other
discretion under the Placing Agreement shall be within the absolute
discretion of Singer Capital Markets and/or SCM Advisory and that
it need not make any reference to, or consult with, Placees and
that it shall have no liability to Placees whatsoever in connection
with any such exercise or failure to so exercise and (ii) its
rights and obligations terminate only in the circumstances
described above under "Right to
terminate under the Placing Agreement" and "Conditions of the Placing", and its
participation will not be capable of rescission or termination by
it after oral confirmation by Singer Capital Markets of the
allocation and commitments following the close of the
Bookbuild.
Registration and Settlement
Settlement of transactions in the
Placing Shares (ISIN: GB00BJLPH056) following Admission will take
place within the system administered by Euroclear UK &
International Limited ("CREST"), subject to certain exceptions.
Singer Capital Markets reserves the right to require settlement
for, and delivery of, the Placing Shares (or any part thereof) to
Placees by such other means that they may deem necessary if
delivery or settlement is not possible or practicable within the
CREST system or would not be consistent with the regulatory
requirements in the Placee's jurisdiction.
Following the close of the
Bookbuild, each Placee to be allocated Placing Shares in the
Placing will be sent a trade confirmation stating the number of
Placing Shares allocated to them at the Fundraising Price, the
aggregate amount owed by such Placee to Singer Capital Markets 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 Singer Capital Markets.
The Company will deliver (or will
procure the delivery of) the Placing Shares to a CREST account
operated by Singer Capital Markets as agent for the Company and
Singer Capital Markets will enter its delivery instruction into the
CREST system. The input to CREST by a Placee of a matching or
acceptance instruction will then allow delivery of the relevant
Placing Shares to that Placee against payment.
It is expected that settlement in
respect of the Placing Shares will take place in respect of the
Placing Shares on 17th October 2024 (or such later date
as the Company and Singer Capital Markets may agree in writing,
being no later than 31st October 2024).
Each Placee is deemed to agree that,
if it does not comply with these obligations, Singer Capital
Markets may sell any or all of the Placing Shares allocated to that
Placee on such Placee's behalf and retain from the proceeds, for
Singer Capital Markets' 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 will be required to bear
any stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax or other taxes or duties
(together with any interest or penalties) 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 issued 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. If there are any
circumstances in which any stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax or
other similar taxes or duties (including any interest and penalties
relating thereto) is payable in respect of the allocation,
allotment, issue, sale, transfer or delivery of the Placing Shares
(or, for the avoidance of doubt, if any stamp duty or stamp duty
reserve tax is payable in connection with any subsequent transfer
of or agreement to transfer Placing Shares), neither Singer Capital
Markets or the Company shall be responsible for payment
thereof.
Representations, warranties, undertakings and
acknowledgements
By participating in the Placing each
Placee (and any person acting on such Placee's behalf) irrevocably
acknowledges, confirms, undertakes, represents, warrants and agrees
(as the case may be) with Singer Capital Markets (in its capacity
as bookrunner and placing agent of the Company in respect of the
Placing) and the Company, in each case as a fundamental term of
their application for Placing Shares, the following (save where
Singer Capital Markets expressly agrees in writing to the
contrary):
1.
it has read and understood this Announcement in its entirety and
that its participation in the Bookbuild and the Placing and
its acquisition of the Placing Shares is subject to and based upon
all the terms, conditions, representations, warranties,
indemnities, acknowledgements, agreements and undertakings and
other information contained herein (together with any such further
terms and conditions that may be agreed between Singer Capital
Markets and the Placee) and that it has not relied on, and will not
rely on, any information given or any representations, warranties
or statements made at any time by any person in connection with
Admission, the Placing, the Company, the Placing Shares or
otherwise, other than the information contained in this
Announcement and the Publicly Available Information;
2.
it acknowledges and agrees that its acceptance of its participation
in the Placing on the terms set out in this Announcement is legally
binding, irrevocable and is not capable of termination or
rescission by it in any circumstances;
3.
it has made its own assessment of the Company, the Placing Shares
and the terms of the Placing based on this Announcement (including
this Appendix I) and any Publicly Available Information;
4.
the Ordinary Shares are admitted to trading on AIM and that the
Company is therefore required to publish certain business and
financial information in accordance with MAR and rules and
regulations of the London Stock Exchange (including the AIM Rules)
(collectively, the "Exchange Information") which includes a
description of the Company's business and the Company's most recent
balance sheet and profit and loss account, and similar statements
for preceding financial years, and that it has reviewed such
Exchange Information and that it is able to obtain or access such
information, or comparable information concerning any other
publicly traded company, in each case without undue
difficulty;
5.
it has had access to such financial and other information
(including the business, financial condition, prospects,
creditworthiness, status and affairs of the Company, the Placing
and the Placing Shares) concerning the Company, the Placing and the
Placing Shares as it has deemed necessary in connection with its
own investment decision to subscribe for any of the Placing Shares
and has satisfied itself that the information is still current and
has relied on that investigation for the purposes of its decision
to participate in the Placing;
6.
to be bound by the terms of the Articles of Association;
7.
the person whom it specifies for registration as holder of the
Placing Shares will be:
(a)
itself; or
(b)
its nominee, as the case may be. Neither Singer Capital Markets or
the Company will be responsible for any liability to stamp duty or
stamp duty reserve tax or other similar taxes or duties imposed in
any jurisdiction (including interest and penalties relating
thereto) ("Indemnified
Taxes"). Each Placee and any person acting on behalf of such
Placee agrees to indemnify Singer Capital Markets and the Company
on an after-tax basis in respect of any Indemnified
Taxes;
8.
none of Singer Capital Markets, SCM Advisory nor any of its
affiliates, agents, directors, officers and employees accepts any
responsibility for any acts or omissions of the Company or any of
the directors of the Company or any other person in connection with
the Placing;
9.
time is of the essence as regards its obligations under this
Appendix I;
10.
any document that is to be sent to it in connection with the
Placing will be sent at its risk and may be sent to it at any
address provided by it to Singer Capital Markets;
11.
it will not distribute, forward, transfer, duplicate or otherwise
transmit this Announcement or any part of it, or any other
presentational or other material concerning the Placing (including
electronic copies thereof) to any person and represents that it has
not distributed, forwarded, transferred, duplicated, or otherwise
transmitted any such documents to any person;
12.
it has not received (and will not receive) a prospectus or other
offering document in connection with the Bookbuild, the Placing or
the Placing Shares and acknowledges that no prospectus or other
offering document (a) is required under the UK Prospectus
Regulation or other applicable law; and (b) has been or will be
prepared in connection with the Placing;
13.
in connection with the Placing, Singer Capital Markets and any of
its affiliates acting as an investor for its own account may
subscribe for Placing Shares in the Company and in that capacity
may retain, purchase or sell for its own account such Placing
Shares in the Company and any securities of the Company or related
investments and may offer or sell such securities or other
investments otherwise than in connection with the Placing.
Accordingly, references in this Announcement to the Placing Shares
being issued, offered or placed should be read as including any
issue, offering or placement of such shares in the Company to
Singer Capital Markets or any of its affiliates acting in such
capacity;
14.
Singer Capital Markets and its affiliates may enter into financing
arrangements and swaps with investors in connection with which
Singer Capital Markets and any of its affiliates may from time to
time acquire, hold or dispose of such securities of the Company,
including the Placing Shares;
15.
Singer Capital Markets does not intend to disclose the extent of
any investment or transactions referred to in
paragraphs 13 and 14 above otherwise than in
accordance with any legal or regulatory obligation to do
so;
16.
Singer Capital Markets does not owe any fiduciary or other duties
to any Placee in respect of any representations, warranties,
undertakings or indemnities in the Placing Agreement;
17.
its participation in the Placing is on the basis that it is not and
will not be a client of Singer Capital Markets in connection with
its participation in the Placing and that Singer Capital Markets
has no duties or responsibilities to it for providing the
protections afforded to its 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 its rights and obligations thereunder including any rights to
waive or vary any conditions or exercise any termination
right;
18.
the content of the Placing Documents and the Publicly Available
Information has been prepared by and is exclusively the
responsibility of the Company (and such other persons specifically
identified as accepting responsibility to certain parts thereto)
and neither Singer Capital Markets nor any of its affiliates
agents, directors, officers or employees nor any person acting on
behalf of any of them is responsible for or has or shall have any
responsibility or liability for any information, representation,
warranty or statement contained in, or omission from, the Placing
Documents, the Publicly Available Information or otherwise nor will
they be liable for any Placee's decision to participate in the
Placing based on any information, representation, warranty or
statement contained in the Placing Documents, the Publicly
Available Information or otherwise, provided that nothing in this
paragraph excludes the liability of any person for fraudulent
misrepresentation made by such person;
19.
the only information on which it is entitled to rely and on which
such Placee has relied in committing itself to subscribe for
Placing Shares is contained in the Placing Documents or any
Publicly Available Information (save that in the case of Publicly
Available Information, a Placee's right to rely on that information
is limited to the right that such Placee would have as a matter of
law in the absence of this paragraph 19), such information
being all that such Placee deems necessary or appropriate and
sufficient to make an investment decision in respect of the Placing
Shares;
20.
it has neither received nor relied on any other information given,
or representations, warranties or statements, express or implied,
made, by Singer Capital Markets nor the Company nor any of their
respective affiliates, agents, directors, officers or employees
acting on behalf of any of them (including in any management
presentation or research note) with respect to the Company, the
Placing or the Placing Shares or the accuracy, completeness or
adequacy of any information contained in the Placing Documents, or
the Publicly Available Information or otherwise;
21.
neither Singer Capital Markets or 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 or information regarding the Placing
Shares or the Company or any other person other than the
information in the Placing Documents or the Publicly Available
Information; nor has it requested any of Singer Capital Markets or
the Company or any of their respective affiliates or any person
acting on behalf of any of them to provide it with any such
material or information;
22.
neither Singer Capital Markets or the Company will be liable for
any Placee's decision 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;
23.
it may not rely, and has not relied, on any investigation that
Singer Capital Markets, any of its affiliates or any person acting
on its behalf, may have conducted with respect to the Placing
Shares, the terms of the Placing or the Company, and none of such
persons has made any representation, express or implied, with
respect to the Company, the Placing, the Placing Shares or the
accuracy, completeness or adequacy of the information in the
Placing Documents, the Publicly Available Information or any other
information;
24.
in making any decision to subscribe for Placing Shares
it:
(a)
has sufficient knowledge, sophistication and experience in
financial, business and international investment matters as is
required to evaluate the merits and risks of subscribing for the
Placing Shares;
(b)
will not look to Singer Capital Markets for all or
part of any such loss it may suffer;
(c)
is experienced in investing in securities of a
similar nature to the Ordinary Shares and in the sector in which
the Company operates and is aware that it may be required to bear,
and is able to bear, the economic risk of participating in, and is
able to sustain a complete loss in connection with, the Placing and
has no need for liquidity with respect to its investment in the
Placing Shares;
(d)
is able to sustain a complete loss of an
investment in the Placing Shares;
(e)
has no need for liquidity with respect to its
investment in the Placing Shares;
(f)
is aware and understands that an investment in the
Placing Shares involves a considerable degree of risk;
and
(g)
has had sufficient time and access to information
to consider and conduct its own due diligence, examination,
investigation and assessment with respect to the offer and purchase
of the Placing Shares, including the legal, regulatory, tax,
business, currency and other economic and financial considerations
relevant to such investment and has conducted its own due
diligence, examination, investigation and assessment of the Company
and Group, the Placing Shares and the terms of the Placing and has
satisfied itself that the information resulting from such
investigation is still current and relied on that investigation for
the purposes of its decision to participate in the
Placing;
25.
it is subscribing for the Placing Shares for its own account or for
an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment
discretion and has the authority to make and does make the
acknowledgements, representations, warranties, undertakings and
agreements contained in this Appendix I;
26.
it is acting as principal only in respect of the Placing or, if it
is acting for any other person, it is:
(a)
duly authorised to do so and has full power to make the
acknowledgments, representations and agreements herein on behalf of
each such person; and
(b)
will remain liable to the Company and/or Singer Capital Markets 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), and
agrees
that the provisions of this paragraph shall survive the resale of
the Placing Shares by or on behalf of any person for whom it is
acting;
27.
it and any person acting on its behalf is entitled to subscribe for
the Placing Shares under the laws and regulations of all relevant
jurisdictions that apply to it and that it has fully observed such
laws and regulations, has capacity and authority and is entitled to
enter into and perform its obligations as a subscriber of Placing
Shares and will honour such obligations, and has 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, all necessary consents and
authorities to agree to the terms set out or referred to in this
Appendix I) 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 Singer Capital Markets or 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;
28.
where it is subscribing for Placing Shares for one or more managed
accounts, it is authorised in writing by each managed account to
subscribe for the Placing Shares for each managed
account;
29.
it irrevocably appoints any duly authorised officer of Singer
Capital Markets as its agent for the purpose 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 for which it agrees to subscribe or
purchase for upon the terms of this Appendix I;
30.
the Placing Shares have not been and will not be registered or
otherwise qualified and that a prospectus will not be cleared in
respect of any of the Placing Shares under the securities laws or
legislation of the Restricted Jurisdictions, or any state,
province, territory or jurisdiction thereof;
31.
the Placing Shares may not be offered, sold, or delivered, directly
or indirectly, in or into the Restricted Jurisdictions or any
jurisdiction in which it would be unlawful to do so and no action
has been or will be taken by any of the Company or Singer Capital
Markets or any person acting on behalf of the Company or Singer
Capital Markets that would, or is intended to, permit a public
offer of the Placing Shares in the Restricted Jurisdictions or any
country or jurisdiction, or any state, province, territory or
jurisdiction thereof, where any such action for that purpose is
required;
32.
no action has been or will be taken by any of the Company or Singer
Capital Markets or any person acting on behalf of the Company or
Singer Capital Markets that would, or is intended to, permit a
public offer of the Placing Shares in the United States or in any
other country or jurisdiction;
33.
unless otherwise specifically agreed with Singer Capital Markets,
it is not and at the time the Placing Shares are subscribed for,
neither it nor the beneficial owner of the Placing Shares will be,
a resident of, nor have an address in, Australia, New Zealand,
Japan, the Republic of South Africa or any province or territory of
Canada;
34.
it may be asked to disclose in writing or orally to Singer Capital
Markets:
(a)
if he or she is an individual, his or her nationality;
or
(b)
if he or she is a discretionary fund manager, the jurisdiction in
which the funds are managed or owned;
35.
it is and the prospective beneficial owner of the Placing Shares
is, and at the time the Placing Shares are subscribed for will be
outside the United States and is acquiring the Placing Shares in an
"offshore transaction" as
defined in, and in accordance with, Regulation S under the US
Securities Act;
36.
it understands that the Placing Shares have not been, and will not
be, registered under the US Securities Act and may not be offered,
sold or resold, pledged or delivered in or into or from the United
States. No representation is being made as to the availability of
any exemption under the US Securities Act for the reoffer, resale,
pledge or transfer of the Placing Shares;
37.
it (and any account for which it is purchasing) is not acquiring
the Placing Shares with a view to any offer, sale or distribution
thereof within the meaning of the US Securities Act;
38.
if it is within the United Kingdom, it is a Qualified Investor as
defined in Article 2(e) of the UK Prospectus Regulation;
39.
it has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell any Placing
Shares to persons in the EEA;
40.
if it is a financial intermediary, as that term is used in Article
5(1) of the UK Prospectus Regulation, the 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 the United Kingdom other than
Qualified Investors, or in circumstances in which the express prior
written consent of Singer Capital Markets has been given to each
proposed offer or resale;
41.
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 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 it may otherwise lawfully be communicated;
42.
if in the United Kingdom, unless otherwise agreed by Singer Capital
Markets, it is a "professional
client" or an "eligible
counterparty" within the meaning of Chapter 3 of COBS and it
is purchasing Placing Shares for investment only and not with a
view to resale or distribution;
43.
it will not make an offer to the public of the Placing Shares and
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
FSMA;
44.
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 FSMA) relating to the Placing Shares in circumstances
in which section 21(1) of FSMA does not require approval of the
communication by an authorised person and it acknowledges and
agrees that the Placing Documents have not and will not have been
approved by Singer Capital Markets in its capacity as an authorised
person under section 21 of the FSMA and it may not therefore be
subject to the controls which would apply if it was made or
approved as a financial promotion by an authorised
person;
45.
it has complied and will comply with all applicable laws with
respect to anything done by it or on its behalf in relation to the
Placing Shares (including all applicable provisions in FSMA and
MAR) in respect of anything done in, from or otherwise involving,
the United Kingdom);
46.
if it is a pension fund or investment company, its subscription
for/purchase of Placing Shares is in full compliance with
applicable laws and regulations;
47.
it has complied with its obligations under the Criminal Justice Act
1993 and Articles 8, 10 and 12 of MAR and 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 (the "Regulations")
and the Money Laundering Sourcebook of the FCA 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;
48.
in order to ensure compliance with the Regulations, Singer Capital
Markets (for itself and as agent on behalf of the Company) or the
Company's registrars may, in their absolute discretion, require
verification of its identity. Pending the provision to Singer
Capital Markets or the Company's registrars, as applicable, of
evidence of identity, definitive certificates in respect of the
Placing Shares may be retained at Singer Capital Markets' absolute
discretion or, where appropriate, delivery of the Placing Shares to
it in uncertificated form may be delayed at Singer Capital Markets'
or the Company's registrars', as the case may be, absolute
discretion. If within a reasonable time after a request for
verification of identify Singer Capital Markets (for itself and as
agent on behalf of the Company) or the Company's registrars have
not received evidence satisfactory to them, either Singer Capital
Markets and/or the Company may, at its absolute discretion,
terminate its commitment in respect of the Placing, in which event
the monies payable on acceptance of allotment will, if already
paid, be returned without interest to the account of the drawee's
bank from which they were originally debited. Each Placee agrees to
hold harmless and indemnify on an after-tax basis Singer Capital
Markets and the Company against any liability, loss or cost ensuing
due to the failure to process such application, if such evidence or
information as has been requested has not been provided by it in a
timely manner;
49.
the allocation, allotment, issue and delivery to it, or the person
specified by it for registration as holder, of Placing Shares will
not give rise to a stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax liability
under (or at a rate determined 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;
50.
it (and any person acting on its behalf) has the funds available to
pay for the Placing Shares for which it has agreed to subscribe and
acknowledges and agrees that it will make payment in respect of the
Placing Shares allocated to it in accordance with this Appendix I
on the due time and date set out herein, failing which the relevant
Placing Shares may be placed with other subscribers or sold as
Singer Capital Markets 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 relevant Fundraising Price and the number of Placing
Shares allocated to it and will be required to bear any stamp duty,
stamp duty reserve tax or other taxes or duties (together with any
interest, fines or penalties) imposed in any jurisdiction which may
arise upon the sale of such Placee's Placing Shares;
51.
any money held in an account with Singer Capital Markets on behalf
of the Placee and/or any person acting 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 relevant rules
and regulations of the FCA made under FSMA. Each 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 Singer Capital Markets' money in
accordance with the client money rules and will be held by it under
a banking relationship and not as trustee;
52.
its allocation (if any) of Placing Shares will represent a maximum
number of Placing Shares which it will be entitled, and required,
to subscribe for, and that Singer Capital Markets or the Company
may call upon it to subscribe for a lower number of Placing Shares
(if any), but in no event in aggregate more than the aforementioned
maximum;
53.
neither Singer Capital Markets nor any of its 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 Singer Capital
Markets is not acting for it or its clients, and that Singer
Capital Markets will not be responsible for providing the
protections afforded to customers of Singer Capital Markets or for
providing advice in respect of the transactions described in this
Announcement;
54.
it acknowledges that its commitment to acquire Placing Shares on
the terms set out in this Announcement and in the trade
confirmation, contract note or other (oral or written) confirmation
will continue notwithstanding any amendment that may in future be
made to the terms and conditions 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 or Singer Capital Markets'
conduct of the Placing;
55.
if it has received any 'inside information' (for the purposes of
MAR and section 56 of the Criminal Justice Act 1993) in relation to
the Company and its securities in advance of the Placing, it
confirms that it has received such information within the market
soundings regime provided for in article 11 of MAR and associated
delegated regulations and it has not:
(a)
used that inside information to acquire or dispose of securities of
the Company or financial instruments related thereto or cancel or
amend an order concerning the Company's securities or any such
financial instruments;
(b)
used that inside information to encourage, require, recommend or
induce another person to deal in the securities of the Company or
financial instruments related thereto or to cancel or amend an
order concerning the Company's securities or such financial
instruments; or
(c)
disclosed such information to any person, prior to the information
being made publicly available;
56.
the rights and remedies of the Company and Singer Capital Markets
under the terms and conditions in this Appendix I 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;
57.
these terms and conditions of the Placing and any agreements
entered into by it pursuant to these terms and conditions and all
agreements to acquire shares pursuant to the Placing, 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 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 Singer Capital Markets 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;
58.
if it is acquiring the Placing Shares as a fiduciary or agent for
one or more investor accounts, it has full power and authority to
make, and does make, the foregoing representations, warranties,
acknowledgements, agreements and undertakings on behalf of each
such accounts;
59.
that it will (or will procure that its nominee will) if applicable,
make notification to the Company of the interest in its Ordinary
Shares in accordance with the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency
Rules published by the FCA;
60.
it confirms that any of its clients, whether or not identified
to Singer Capital Markets or any of its affiliates, will
remain its sole responsibility and will not become clients
of Singer Capital Markets or any of its affiliates for
the purposes of the rules of the FCA or for the purposes of any
other statutory or regulatory provision;
61.
that, as far as it is aware it is not acting in concert (within the
meaning given in the City Code) with any other person in relation
to the Company that would result in it (or any person(s) acting in
concert with it) having to make a mandatory offer for the Company
in accordance with Rule 9 of the City Code as a result of
participating in the Placing;
62.
that its participation in the Placing does not require prior
approval of the FCA under the FCA 'controller regime' as set out at
section 178 of FSMA;
63.
it has not done, and will not do, anything in relation to the
Placing which has resulted in or could result in any person being
required to publish a prospectus in relation to the Company or to
any Placing Shares in accordance with FSMA or the UK Prospectus
Regulation or in accordance with any laws applicable in any part of
the European Union or the EEA;
64.
it agrees that the exercise by Singer Capital Markets of
any right of termination or any right of waiver exercisable
by Singer Capital Markets contained in the Placing
Agreement or the exercise of any discretion thereunder is within
the absolute discretion of Singer Capital
Markets and Singer Capital Markets will not have any
liability to it whatsoever in connection with any decision to
exercise or not exercise any such rights. Each Placee acknowledges
that if (i) any of the conditions in the Placing Agreement are not
satisfied (or, where relevant, waived); or (ii) the Placing
Agreement is terminated; or (iii) the Placing Agreement does not
otherwise become unconditional in all respects, the Placing will
lapse and its rights and obligations hereunder shall cease and
determine at such time and no claim shall be made by it in respect
thereof; and
65.
a communication that the Placing or the book is
"covered" (i.e. indicated demand from investors in the book equals
or exceeds the amount of the securities being offered) is not any
indication or assurance that the book will remain covered or that
the Placing and securities will be fully distributed by Singer
Capital Markets. Singer Capital Markets reserves the right to take
up a portion of the securities in the Placing as a principal
position at any stage at its sole discretion, among other things,
to take account of the Company's objectives, UK MiFID II
requirements and/or its allocation policies.
The foregoing representations,
warranties, confirmations, acknowledgements, agreements and
undertakings are given for the benefit of the Company as well
Singer Capital Markets and are irrevocable. Singer Capital Markets
and the Company and their respective affiliates and others will
rely upon the truth and accuracy of the foregoing representations,
warranties, confirmations, acknowledgements, agreements and
undertakings.
Each prospective Placee, and any
person acting on behalf of such Placee, irrevocably authorises the
Company and Singer Capital Markets 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.
By participating in the Placing,
each Placee (and any person acting on such Placee's behalf) agrees
to indemnify on an after-tax basis and hold the Company, Singer
Capital Markets and their respective affiliates, agents, directors,
officers and employees 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 given by the Placee (and any person acting on such
Placee's behalf) in this Appendix I or incurred by Singer Capital
Markets, the Company or any of their respective affiliates, agents,
directors, officers or employees arising from the performance of
the Placees' obligations as set out in this Announcement, and
further agrees that the provisions of this Appendix I shall survive
after completion of the Placing.
Past performance is no guide to
future performance and persons needing advice should consult an
independent financial adviser.
The Placing Shares will not be
admitted to trading on any stock exchange other than AIM, a market
operated by the London Stock Exchange plc.
Singer Capital Markets Securities
Limited is authorised and regulated by the FCA in the United
Kingdom and is acting as sole bookrunner exclusively for the
Company and no one else in connection with the Placing and 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 Placing or any other
matters referred to in this Announcement.
Taxation
The agreement to allot and issue
certain of the Placing Shares by the Company 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.
There should be no liability to
stamp duty or SDRT arising on the allotment of the Placing Shares
by the Company. The registration of and the issue of definitive
share certificates to holders of Ordinary Shares should not give
rise to any liability to stamp duty or SDRT.
In addition, neither UK stamp duty
nor SDRT should arise on the transfers/sale of Ordinary Shares on
AIM (including instruments transferring Ordinary Shares and
agreements to transfer Ordinary Shares).
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 dealings in
the Placing Shares, stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax or other
similar taxes or duties may be payable, for which neither the
Company nor Singer Capital Markets will be responsible and the
Placees shall indemnify the Company and Singer Capital Markets on
an after-tax basis for any stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax or
other similar taxes or duties (together with interest, fines and
penalties) in any jurisdiction paid by the Company or Singer
Capital Markets in respect of any such arrangements or dealings. If
this is the case, each Placee should seek its own advice and notify
Singer Capital Markets accordingly. Placees are advised to consult
with their own advisers regarding the tax aspects of the
subscription for Placing Shares.
The Company and Singer Capital
Markets are not liable to bear any taxes that arise on a sale of
Placing Shares subsequent to their acquisition by Placees,
including any taxes arising otherwise than under the laws of any
country in the EEA. Each prospective Placee should, therefore, take
its own advice as to whether any such tax liability arises and
notify Singer Capital Markets and the Company accordingly.
Furthermore, each prospective Placee agrees to indemnify on an
after-tax basis and hold Singer Capital Markets and/or 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 in any jurisdiction 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 capital duty, 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, whether inside or outside the
UK, by them or any other person on the subscription, acquisition,
transfer or sale by them of any Placing Shares or the agreement by
them to subscribe for, acquire, transfer or sell any Placing
Shares.
All times and dates in this
Announcement (including this Appendix I) may be subject to
amendment. Singer Capital Markets shall notify the Placees and any
person acting on behalf of the Placees of any changes.
APPENDIX II
The following definitions
apply throughout this Announcement unless the context otherwise
requires:
"£", "GBP", "pounds", "pound sterling" or "sterling", "p", "penny" or "pence"
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are to the lawful currency of the
UK;
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"Admission"
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admission of the New
Ordinary Shares to trading on AIM becoming
effective in accordance with the AIM Rules;
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"after-tax basis"
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in relation to any payment made to
the Company, Singer Capital Markets or their respective affiliates,
agents, directors, officers and employees in accordance with
Appendix I, that such payment shall be calculated in such a manner
as will ensure that, after taking into account: (i) any tax
required to be deducted or withheld from the payment; (ii) the
amount and timing of any additional tax which becomes payable by
the recipient as a result of the payments being subject to tax in
the hands of the recipient of the payment; and (iii) the amount and
timing of any tax benefit which is obtained by the recipient of the
payment to the extent that such tax benefit is attributable to the
matter giving rise to the payment or to the entitlement to, or
receipt of, the payment, or to any tax required to be deducted or
withheld from the payment, the recipient of the payment is in the
same after-tax position as that in which it would have been if the
matter giving rise to the payment had not occurred;
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"AIM"
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the market of that name operated by
the London Stock Exchange;
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"AIM Rules"
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the AIM Rules for Companies
published and amended from time to time by the London Stock
Exchange;
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"AIM Rules for Nominated Advisers"
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the AIM Rules for Nominated Advisers
published by the London Stock Exchange as amended from time to
time;
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"Announcement"
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this Announcement, including the
appendices and the terms and conditions of the Placing set out in
Appendix I;
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"Articles of Association" or
"Articles"
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the articles of association of the
Company;
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"Bookbuild"
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the bookbuilding process to be
conducted by Singer Capital Markets to arrange participation by
Placees in the Placing;
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"Certificated" or in
"Certificated
form"
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in respect of a share or other
security, where that share or other security is not in
uncertificated form (that is, not in CREST);
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"Circular"
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the circular to be posted to
Shareholders shortly in relation to the Fundraising and
incorporating the Notice of General Meeting;
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"City Code"
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The City Code on Takeovers and
Mergers;
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"COBS"
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the FCA Handbook Conduct of Business
Sourcebook;
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"Company"
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Ten Lifestyle Group
Plc, a company registered in England and Wales
with registered number 08259177 and having its registered office at
Regent's Place, 338 Euston Road, London NW1 3BG;
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"CREST"
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the relevant system for the
paperless settlement of trades and the holding of uncertificated
securities operated by Euroclear in accordance with the CREST
Regulations;
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"CREST Regulations"
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the Uncertificated Securities
Regulations 2001 (SI 2001/3755), including (i) any enactment or
subordinate legislation which amends or supersedes those
regulations; and (ii) any applicable rules made under those
regulations or any such enactment or subordinate legislation for
the time being in force;
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"Directors" or "Board"
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the directors of the Company for the
time being, together being the board of directors;
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"EEA"
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European Economic Area;
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"Euroclear"
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Euroclear UK & International
Limited, the operator of CREST;
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"FCA"
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the UK Financial Conduct
Authority;
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"FSMA"
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the Financial Services and Markets
Act 2000;
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"Fundraising"
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the Placing and the Retail
Offer;
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"Fundraising Price"
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63p per Ordinary Share;
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"General Meeting"
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the general meeting of the Company
to be convened for 11.00 a.m. on 16th October 2024 (or
any adjournment thereof) at which the Resolutions will be
proposed;
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"Group"
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the Company and its subsidiary
undertakings (and "Group
Company" shall be construed accordingly);
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"Intermediaries"
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any financial intermediary that is
appointed by Singer Capital Markets in connection with the Retail
Offer and "Intermediary"
shall mean any one of them;
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"London Stock Exchange"
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London Stock Exchange
plc;
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"MAR"
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the EU Market Abuse Regulation (EU)
596/2014 and all delegated or implementing regulations relating to
that Regulation as amended and transposed into the laws of the
United Kingdom pursuant to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act
2018;
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"Material Adverse Change"
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has the meaning given to such term
in the Placing Agreement;
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"New Ordinary Shares"
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the Placing Shares and the Retail
Shares;
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"Notice of General Meeting"
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the notice of the General Meeting
which will be set out in the Circular;
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"Nominated Adviser"
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has the meaning given to the
expression "nominated adviser" in the AIM Rules;
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"Ordinary Shares"
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ordinary shares of £0.001 each in
the capital of the Company;
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"Placees"
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persons who agree to subscribe for
Placing Shares at the Fundraising Price;
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"Placing"
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the conditional placing by Singer
Capital Markets as agent of the Company of the Placing Shares at
the Fundraising Price in accordance with
the Placing Agreement;
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"Placing Agreement"
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the agreement dated 25th
September 2024 between the Company, Singer Capital Markets
and SCM Advisory relating to the Fundraising;
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"Placing Documents"
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this Announcement and the Result of
Placing Announcement;
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"Placing Shares"
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the new Ordinary Shares to be issued
by the Company pursuant to the Placing, in the number to be agreed
between Singer Capital Markets and the Company following completion
of the Bookbuild;
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"Publicly Available Information"
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any information publicly announced
through a Regulatory Information Service by or on behalf
of the Company on or prior to the date of this
Announcement;
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"Regulatory Information Service"
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the meaning given to it in the AIM
Rules;
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"Resolutions"
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the resolutions to be proposed at
the General Meeting, as set out in the Notice of General Meeting
to, inter alia, authorise the Company to allot and issue the New
Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Fundraising;
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"Restricted Jurisdictions"
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has the meaning given to it in
Appendix I to this Announcement;
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"Result of Placing Announcement"
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the announcement of the result of
the Placing;
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"Retail Investors"
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existing retail shareholders of the
Company who are resident in the United Kingdom and are a customer
of an Intermediary who agree conditionally to subscribe for Retail
Shares;
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"Retail Offer"
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the offer of Retail Shares to Retail
Investors, through Intermediaries on the BookBuild Platform, on the
terms of the retail offer announcement which is expected to be
released by the Company shortly following the release of this
Announcement;
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"Retail Shares"
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any Ordinary Shares to be issued by
the Company under the terms of the Retail Offer;
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"SCM Advisory"
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Singer Capital Markets Advisory
LLP;
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"SDRT"
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Stamp Duty Reserve Tax;
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"Singer Capital Markets"
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Singer Capital Markets Securities
Limited;
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"subsidiary" or "subsidiary
undertaking"
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have the meaning given to such term
in the Companies Act 2006;
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"Substantial Shareholder"
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a person who holds any legal or
beneficial interest directly or indirectly in 10 per cent. or more
of the ordinary shares of a company admitted to trading on AIM as
more fully defined in the AIM Rules;
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"Terms of Placing"
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has the meaning given to it in
Appendix I to this Announcement;
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"UK" or "United Kingdom"
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the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland;
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"UK
MiFID II"
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EU Directive 2014/65/EU as it forms
part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union
(Withdrawal) Act 2018;
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"UK
Prospectus Regulation"
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Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 as it
forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union
(Withdrawal) Act 2018;
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"Uncertificated" or "in uncertificated
form"
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in respect of a share or other
security, where that share or other security is recorded on the
relevant register of the share or security concerned as being held
in uncertificated form in CREST and title to which, by virtue of
the CREST Regulations may be transferred by means of
CREST;
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"US
Securities Act"
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the US Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
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