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4 November 2024
Feedback plc
("Feedback", or the "Company")
Proposed Placing to raise approximately
£5.2 million
Proposed Subscription to raise
approximately £70,500
and
Share Capital
Reorganisation
Feedback plc, the clinical infrastructure specialist, today announces its intention to
raise approximately £5.2 million through a placing ("Placing") of New Ordinary Shares by way
of an accelerated bookbuild ("Bookbuild") and a subscription
("Subscription") to raise
approximately £70,500 through the issuance of New Ordinary
Shares, at an issue price of 20 pence per New Ordinary Share (the
"Issue Price"),
to new and existing institutional and other
investors. The Company also intends to
announce a retail offer to qualifying retail investors in the
United Kingdom to raise up to a further £1 million
(the "Retail
Offer", and together with the Placing and Subscription, the
"Fundraising").
Net proceeds of the Fundraising will
primarily be used to (1) drive growth through the collaboration agreement announced on 19 September 2024
with a large UK primary care partner. The
collaboration provides a potential route to rapidly roll out
Bleepa, leveraging the existing footprint of the partner to support
national engagement. The combined proposition, as a clinical
service rather than a technology sale, would provide access to
potential large recurrent pots of core funding; (2) provide funding to focus on rolling out Bleepa as a
Diagnostic Enhanced Advice and Guidance
platform for ICBs
under the ERF to optimise the
user journey and drive patient referrals from primary care; and (3)
net proceeds will also provide on-going working capital for the
Group and fund transaction costs.
Certain Directors
intend to participate in the Subscription
("Director Participation").
It is intended that the Director Participation will comprise
approximately £30,500 in aggregate through the issue of 152,500 New
Ordinary Shares at the Issue Price. Further
details will be announced as appropriate in due course. The Subscription is conditional on the
Placing.
Furthermore, as the Company is not
permitted by law to issue Ordinary Shares at an issue price which
is below their nominal value, currently 50
pence per Existing Ordinary Share, the Company
therefore announces that it is carrying out a share capital
reorganisation of its existing issued ordinary share capital to
subdivide each Existing Ordinary Share into one New Ordinary Share
of one penny and one Deferred
Share of 49 pence. The Share Capital
Reorganisation (excluding the impact of the Fundraising) will not
impact the total number of ordinary shares in issue.
The Issue Price represents a
discount of approximately 55 per cent. to the closing mid-market
price of 44.5 pence per Existing Ordinary Share on 1 November 2024,
being the latest practicable date prior to the publication of this
announcement ("Announcement").
RETAIL OFFER
In addition, the Company intends to
offer up to 5,000,000 New Ordinary Shares at the Issue
Price (the
"Retail Offer Shares")
through the Winterflood Retail Access platform ("WRAP") to raise up to a further £1
million , to
provide qualifying retail investors in the United Kingdom with an
opportunity to subscribe for New Ordinary Shares. A further
announcement will be made by the Company shortly regarding the
Retail Offer and its terms. It is expected that the Retail Offer
will launch today, 4 November 2024, shortly after this Announcement
and will be open for applications up to 4.30 p.m. on 5
November 2024, or such later time and date
as the Company, Panmure Liberum and Winterflood may agree. The
result of the Retail Offer is expected to be announced by the
Company on or around 6 November 2024. For the avoidance of doubt,
the Retail Offer is in addition to the Placing and Subscription.
There can be no guarantee that the Retail Offer will be fully
subscribed. The Retail Offer is conditional on the
Placing.
HIGHLIGHTS
·
Placing to raise gross proceeds of approximately
£5.2 million by way of the Bookbuild which will be launched
immediately following this Announcement in accordance with the
terms and conditions set out in Appendix III of this
Announcement.
·
Subscription to raise gross proceeds of
approximately £70,500 through the issue of an aggregate of
352,500 New Ordinary Shares at the Issue Price.
·
Retail Offer of New Ordinary Shares to qualifying
UK retail investors to raise up to a further £1 million at the
Issue Price.
·
Subject to the Fundraising and NHS customers
contracting on a timely basis, the Company is targeting EBITDA
profitability during 2027.
·
The Fundraising is conditional upon, among other
things, the Fundraising
Resolutions required to
implement the Fundraising being duly passed by Shareholders at the
annual general meeting proposed to be held on 28 November 2024 (the "AGM") and Admission.
·
Net proceeds from the Fundraising will primarily
be used to:
o drive growth through product development of Bleepa to expand its functionality for end customers under
the collaboration agreement with a primary care partner which
provides a potential route to rapidly roll out Bleepa and
deliver a neighbourhood diagnostic solution and
health record to drive desired changes in the NHS (as described in
more detail in Appendix I;
o provide funding to focus on rolling out Bleepa as a
Diagnostic Enhanced Advice and Guidance
platform for Integrated
Care Boards under
the Elective Recovery Fund, including product development to
further optimise the user journey and drive
patient referrals from primary care; and
o provide on-going working capital for the Group for at least 12
months following Admission and fund transaction costs.
·
A circular, containing further details of the
Fundraising, the Share Capital Reorganisation and the notice of AGM
(including the Fundraising Resolutions) (the "Circular"), together with the proxy
form, will be posted to Shareholders in due course and will be made
available on the Company's website
at https://feedbackmedical.com/.
In connection with the Placing,
Panmure Liberum is acting as nominated adviser, sole broker and
sole bookrunner. The Placing is not being underwritten in any
respect and is not being made available to the public. The timing
of the closing of the Bookbuild and the allocation of Placing
Shares to be issued at the Issue Price is to be determined at the
discretion of the Company and Panmure Liberum. A further
announcement confirming final details of the Placing will be
announced as soon as practicable after the closing of the
Bookbuild.
The Fundraising is conditional,
inter alia, on the passing
of the Fundraising Resolutions by the Shareholders at the Annual
General Meeting to be held at 1.00 p.m. on 28 November 2024 at
Temple Chambers, 3-7 Temple Avenue, London, EC4Y 0DT. The Placing
is not conditional on the Subscription or Retail Offer, but the
Subscription and Retail Offer are each conditional upon completion
of the Placing. Should Shareholders not pass the Fundraising Resolutions at
the Annual General Meeting, none of the Placing, the Subscription
or the Retail Offer will proceed.
Should the Fundraising Resolutions
not be passed at the Annual General Meeting and Admission does not
occur, the Company will not receive the relevant net proceeds in
respect of the Placing, the Subscription or the Retail Offer and
the Company may not be able to finance the activities referred to
in this Announcement.
Application will be made to the
London Stock Exchange for the Placing Shares, the Subscription
Shares and such number of Retail Offer Shares as are subscribed for
to be admitted to trading on AIM. It is anticipated that, subject
to, amongst other things, the approval of the Fundraising
Resolutions at the AGM, Admission of the Fundraising Shares to
trading on AIM is expected to commence at 8.00 a.m. on 29 November
2024. The Fundraising Shares, when issued, will be fully paid and
will (following the Share Capital Reorganisation) rank pari passu
in all respects with the rest of the Company's ordinary share
capital.
Set out below in Appendix I is an
adapted extract from the draft Circular that is proposed to be sent
to Shareholders after the closure of the Bookbuild and which
provides further information on the Company and the
Fundraising.
Capitalised terms used in this
Announcement (including the appendices) have the meanings given to
them in Appendix IV to this Announcement, unless the context
provides otherwise. The expected timetable of the principal events
is set out in Appendix II.
Enquiries:
Feedback
plc
Tom Oakley, CEO
Anesh Patel, CFO
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+44 (0) 20 3997 7634
IR@fbk.com
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Panmure
Liberum Limited (NOMAD, Sole Broker, Sole
Bookrunner)
Emma Earl /Mark Rogers (Corporate
Finance)
Rupert Dearden (Corporate Broking)
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+44 (0)20 7886 2500
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Walbrook PR
Ltd;
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Tel: 020 7933 8780 or
feedbackplc@walbrookpr.com
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Nick Rome/Joe Walker
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07748 325 236 or 07407 020 470
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About Feedback
Feedback plc helps clinical teams to
make better decisions faster for patients. We design products that
enhance clinician access to patient data and to their colleagues.
Our unique approach centres around individual patient episodes,
into which we pull relevant clinical data from hospital systems and
around which we build remote clinical teams for collaboration. As a
result, we produce a digital infrastructure that makes patient data
available to clinicians in multiple settings, in a format that
enables them to meaningfully interact with it, providing
flexibility to clinicians and free movement of patients between
provider settings - clinicians can practice from anywhere and
patients can attend any care provider for treatment, with greater
connectivity across organisations.
Our products Bleepa® and CareLocker®
work together to deliver unparalleled value to our customers.
Bleepa® is our application layer and sits on top of CareLocker® as
our data layer. Bleepa® is a clinician facing platform that
displays clinical results from a patient's CareLocker® at a
certified and regulated quality, that is suitable for clinical use
and enables dialogue on a patient-by-patient basis with colleagues
through a secure, auditable chat interface that links back to the
patient medical record. The CareLocker® data storage model is built
around the patient. Our vision is one where relevant clinical data
is always available to the patient as well as to any care setting
that they may attend - a federated data architecture with the
patient as the tenant.
The Company has a number of growth
opportunities domestically and internationally across a range of
markets including the NHS and private healthcare providers and its
highly scalable Software as a Service ("SaaS")-based model is
expected to provide increasing levels of revenue visibility as the
Company grows its customer base.
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Africa, Japan or elsewhere.
No action has been taken by the
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respective directors, officers, partners, employees, advisers,
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any part of this Announcement must satisfy themselves that it is
lawful to do so.
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will be made available in any jurisdiction in connection with the
matters contained or referred to in this Announcement or the
Placing and no such prospectus is required to be
published.
Certain statements in this
Announcement are forward-looking statements with respect to the
Company's expectations, intentions and projections regarding its
future performance, strategic initiatives, anticipated events or
trends and other matters that are not historical facts and which
are, by their nature, inherently predictive, speculative and
involve risks and uncertainty because they relate to events and
depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future.
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initiatives, objectives, market position, industry trends, general
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"estimate", "expect", "may", "plan", "project" or words or terms of
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future performance and are subject to known and unknown risks and
uncertainties. There are a number of factors including, but not
limited to, commercial, operational, economic and financial
factors, that could cause actual results, financial condition,
performance or achievements to differ materially from those
expressed or implied by these forward‐looking statements. Many of
these risks and uncertainties relate to factors that are beyond the
Company's ability to control or estimate precisely, such as changes
in taxation or fiscal policy, future market conditions, currency
fluctuations, the behaviour of other market participants, the
actions of governments or governmental regulators, or other risk
factors, such as changes in the political, social and regulatory
framework in which the Company operates or in economic or
technological trends or conditions, including inflation, recession
and consumer confidence, on a global, regional or national basis.
Given those risks and uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to
place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Forward-looking
statements speak only as of the date of this Announcement. Each of
the Company and Panmure Liberum expressly disclaims any obligation
or undertaking to update or revise any forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise
unless required to do so by applicable law or
regulation.
Panmure Liberum, which is authorised
and regulated in the United Kingdom by the FCA, is acting as
nominated adviser and sole bookrunner to the Company in connection
with the Placing and Admission and to no-one else and will not be
responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the
protections afforded to its clients, nor for providing advice in
relation to the Placing or Admission or any other matter referred
to in this Announcement. Panmure Liberum's responsibilities as the
Company's nominated adviser under the AIM Rules for Nominated
Advisers are owed solely to London Stock Exchange plc and are not
owed to the Company or to any director of the Company or to any
other person in respect of any decision to acquire shares in the
Company in reliance on any part of this Announcement.
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Announcement, including the truth, accuracy or completeness of the
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disclaim all and any liability whether arising in tort, contract or
otherwise which they might otherwise have in respect of this
Announcement or its contents or otherwise arising in connection
therewith.
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any jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom.
No statement in this Announcement is
intended to be a profit forecast or estimate, and no statement in
this Announcement should be interpreted to mean that earnings per
share of the Company for the current or future financial years
would necessarily match or exceed the historical published earnings
per share of the Company.
The price of shares and any income
expected from them may go down as well as up and investors may not
get back the full amount invested upon disposal of the
shares. Past performance is no guide to future performance,
and persons needing advice should consult an independent financial
adviser.
The New Ordinary Shares to be issued
pursuant to the Fundraising will not be admitted to trading on any
stock exchange other than the AIM market of the London Stock
Exchange.
INFORMATION TO DISTRIBUTORS
UK product governance
Solely for the purposes of the
product governance requirements contained within of Chapter 3 of
the FCA Handbook Production Intervention and Product Governance
Sourcebook (the "UK Product
Governance Requirements"), and disclaiming all and any
liability, whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise, which
any "manufacturer" (for the purposes of the UK Product Governance
Requirements) may otherwise have with respect thereto, the Placing
Shares have been subject to a product approval process, which has
determined that such securities are: (i) compatible with an end
target market of investors who meet the criteria of retail
investors and investors who meet the criteria of professional
clients and eligible counterparties, each as defined in paragraph 3
of the FCA Handbook Conduct of Business Sourcebook; and (ii)
eligible for distribution through all distribution channels (the
"Target Market
Assessment"). Notwithstanding the Target Market
Assessment, distributors (for the purposes of UK Product Governance
Requirements) should note that: (a) the price of the Placing Shares
may decline and investors could lose all or part of their
investment; (b) the Placing Shares offer no guaranteed income and
no capital protection; and (c) an investment in the Placing Shares
is compatible only with investors who do not need a guaranteed
income or capital protection, who (either alone or in conjunction
with an appropriate financial or other adviser) are capable of
evaluating the merits and risks of such an investment and who have
sufficient resources to be able to bear any losses that may result
therefrom. The Target Market Assessment is without prejudice to the
requirements of any contractual, legal or regulatory selling
restrictions in relation to the Placing. Furthermore, it is
noted that, notwithstanding the Target Market Assessment, Panmure
Liberum will only procure investors who meet the criteria of
professional clients and eligible counterparties.
For the avoidance of doubt, the
Target Market Assessment does not constitute: (a) an assessment of
suitability or appropriateness for the purposes of Chapter 9A or
10A respectively of the FCA Handbook Conduct of Business
Sourcebook; 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.
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Solely for the purposes of the
product governance requirements contained within: (a) EU Directive
2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments, as amended
("MiFID II"); (b) Articles
9 and 10 of Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2017/593
supplementing MiFID II; and (c) local implementing measures in the
European Economic Area (together, the "MiFID II Product Governance
Requirements"), and disclaiming all and any liability,
whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise, which any
"manufacturer" (for the purposes of the MiFID II Product Governance
Requirements) may otherwise have with respect thereto, the Placing
Shares have been subject to a product approval process, which has
determined that the Placing Shares are: (i) compatible with an end
target market of (a) retail investors, (b) investors who meet the
criteria of professional clients and (c) eligible counterparties,
each as defined in MiFID II; and (ii) eligible for distribution
through all distribution channels as are permitted by MiFID II (the
"Target Market
Assessment"). Notwithstanding the Target Market
Assessment, distributors should note that: the price of the Placing
Shares may decline and investors could lose all or part of their
investment; the Placing Shares offer no guaranteed income and no
capital protection; and an investment in the Placing Shares is
compatible only with investors who do not need a guaranteed income
or capital protection, who (either alone or in conjunction with an
appropriate financial or other adviser) are capable of evaluating
the merits and risks of such an investment and who have sufficient
resources to be able to bear any losses that may result
therefrom. The Target Market Assessment is without prejudice
to the requirements of any contractual, legal or regulatory selling
restrictions in relation to the Placing. Furthermore, it is
noted that, notwithstanding the Target Market Assessment, Panmure
Liberum will only procure investors who meet the criteria of
professional clients and eligible counterparties.
For the avoidance of doubt, the
Target Market Assessment does not constitute: (a) an assessment of
suitability or appropriateness for the purposes of MiFID II; or (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
1. BACKGROUND TO AND
REASONS FOR THE FUNDRAISING
a) Introduction
Feedback liberates the
data and knowledge from multiple healthcare IT systems and delivers
better workflow to enable clinicians to communicate, collaborate
and provide the best healthcare for their patients. It connects
care settings with diagnostic and other relevant data to drive
better, faster, safer decisions that improve outcomes for
patients.
By linking different clinical
systems together into a seamless view of the patient, it can
streamline patient pathways and deliver a digital health and
diagnostics record across multiple care providers.
Feedback is focused on commercialising its
range of proprietary products:
·
Bleepa, a communication and
collaboration platform that displays clinical results at a
certified and regulated quality, enabling multi-disciplinary team
working and diagnostic-enhanced advice and guidance.
It enables dialogue on a patient-by-patient basis
with colleagues through a secure, auditable chat interface that
links back to the patient medical record;
·
CareLocker, a patient-facing platform
that gives patients access and control over their diagnostic and
other clinical data; and
·
Feedback Connect (formerly Bleepa Box), a specialist tool to
enable image transfer from remote settings to the Bleepa
platform.
The Company's products incorporate a diagnostic medical image
display that conforms with the required standards stipulated for
clinical use, as certified by the UKCA mark. Under the prevailing
legislation it is a legal requirement that products used to display
digital patient images (such as photos, X-rays, CT scans and MRIs)
for a diagnostic purpose are appropriately certified as medical
devices. The Directors believe that Bleepa is currently the only
commercial clinical communication platform to be certified as a
medical device that is capable of displaying digital patient images
at a quality suitable for clinical review.
The Company's technologies are currently in use
in a number of UK NHS Trusts. The Directors believe that there are
very significant commercialisation and expansion opportunities both
within these existing markets and also in other healthcare
settings. The Directors believe there is an estimated total
addressable market for Bleepa (including Feedback Connect) and
CareLocker in core target markets of approximately £10 billion.
Unlike generic communication platforms,
Feedback's technology is patient-centric; designed to facilitate
communication around a specific patient's clinical pathway and
allowing centralisation of information. The Company's products are
designed to be compliant with information governance and clinical
safety standards, whilst also mirroring how clinical care is
delivered - to individual patients. The patient-centric technology
architecture also enables Feedback's products to link to other
clinical systems and enables integration of user generated content
into an individual patient's medical record.
The Directors believe the Company's
products could be an essential element to facilitate the digital
transformation of healthcare, a key priority for the NHS as
outlined by recent statement from Wes Streeting (Secretary of State
for Health and Social Care) in addition to the "Independent
Investigation of NHS in England" published by Lord Darzi, the Tony
Blair Institute and the All-Party Parliamentary Group for
Diagnostics report, as outlined below.
The Directors believe the recent collaboration
agreement with a large UK primary care record provider, as
announced on 19 September 2024, will provide a potential route to
rapidly roll out Bleepa and assist the NHS to develop a nationwide
Neighbourhood Diagnostic Solution utilising the partner's existing
infrastructure and Feedback's scalable technology pathway. The
Company anticipates commencing a pilot study with its partner for
the Neighbourhood Diagnostic Solution with an NHS Trust in the
fourth quarter of 2024. Additionally, the Directors believe that
the recent confirmation that the Diagnostic Enhanced Advice and
Guidance diversions achieved through the Bleepa platform are
eligible for reimbursement under the ERF provides a credible route
to scale through contracting opportunities.
b) Product
Portfolio
Bleepa:
Bleepa is a unique clinical
communication platform in the UK using asynchronous communication
channels built around individual patient pathways which allows
medical staff to securely view and discuss high quality medical
grade images across both mobile and desktop devices as well as
manage patient pathways and workflow. The platform allows
clinicians to review patient imaging and reports with access to
picture archiving and communication systems ("PACS") and discuss cases
collaboratively with colleagues on the go through the integrated
messenger application.
Bleepa operates a SaaS model of
recurring revenues. Prices vary between NHS and private sector
offerings but typically follow a fixed price per user per year
(subject to a minimum number of users) or a price per patient
episode (subject to a minimum number of patient episodes), both on
a recurring annual contract basis.
The Company licences Bleepa directly
to customers, providing cloud hosting unless the customer wishes to
host the service directly (on-premises), in which case the Company
installs the system locally at the customer site. Feedback provides
direct deployment and integration support to facilitate a smooth
set up of the product and supports the customer with user training
and onboarding where required (customers typically deliver this
themselves using Feedback's standard training and user manuals as
part of their business as usual processes). Feedback's product
support team provides ongoing customer support for the duration of
the product licence, which typically does not include user
management such as login requests which are managed locally by the
customer.
Key features of Bleepa:
·
Creates a common view of a patient's data, securely
accessible from any location with an internet
connection.
·
Provides an asynchronous collaboration environment that
allows clinicians to contribute to cases in and around other
clinical work, at a time that is convenient for them.
·
Bridges the gap between care settings enabling seamless
clinical pathway delivery between primary care, secondary care and
the community.
· The
Directors believe Bleepa is the only communication and workflow
tool to be certified as a medical device for clinical image
display.
·
Dashboard view gives oversight of any patient on any Bleepa
care pathway.
What this means for care:
·
Clinicians can review and discuss cases at any time, from any
place with an internet connection; giving greater flexibility and
boosting capacity to manage growing caseloads.
·
Patients can be reviewed outside of traditional clinical and
meeting structures, allowing decisions to be made more rapidly,
accelerating their journey.
·
Providers are able to run coordinated patient pathways
between any care setting with fewer clinicians, whilst ensuring
clinical oversight and appropriate use of diagnostic
resources.
·
Providers can see where all their patients are in a care
pathway, at any time and across all care settings. Auditable
capture of all clinical discussions.
·
Providers can conform with the CQC requirement for a single
contemporaneous record, as well as complying with GDPR/MDD
regulatory requirements.
·
Providers can avoid GDPR data breach fines from the
Information Commissioner's Office for using WhatsApp.
Key benefits are:
·
Saves time:
o 63% reduction
in patient wait times compared to national 18-week referral to
treatment target.[1]
o 45% reduction
in patient wait times from referral to diagnostic test, compared to
the national target. 1
o 87% reduction
in clinical response time.[2]
o 74% reduction
in time from submission of a referral to first
review.2
·
Reduces costs1:
o Estimated 88%
reduction in outpatient appointment requirement which could save an
estimated £295 per patient episode.
o Reduction in
staff requirements and associated costs - ability to manage a
regional / national caseload with a smaller pool of specialists in
a timely way.
o Reduction in
carbon footprint - deliver greener services with the Company's
cloud architecture.
CareLocker:
CareLocker is a patient-facing platform that gives patients access and control
over their diagnostic and other clinical
data.
Key features of CareLocker:
·
Provides secure, easy-to-use management of patient's imaging
from the convenience of their own mobile.
· Can
be 'white labelled' with the branding of the purchaser, or it can
be integrated within other health and lifestyle apps for a seamless
user experience.
·
Patient centric cloud architecture that bridges care settings
and follows the patient across provider sites with better
scalability, security and auditability.
Key benefits are:
·
Common view: brings data from different care settings into
one place.
·
Secure storage: patient data can be stored in individual
'lockers' meaning it is more secure, limiting the risks of cyber
security incidents.
·
Patient empowerment: patients can access and add data related
to their ongoing care from their own device.
·
Clinician access: patients can invite clinicians to view
their healthcare information in the app.
Feedback Connect:
Feedback Connect (formerly BleepaBox) enables
imaging-led, point-of-care decision making in previously
unreachable or disconnected areas, such as community or rural
locations, where remote analysis is needed. It enables smoother
transfer of images and other data over a mobile network from
anywhere, speeding up access to the information for clinicians and
faster treatment decisions for patients.
Key features of Feedback Connect:
· Matches medical
images and other data directly to patients.
· Transfers DICOM
studies and medical images with a secure, encrypted
connection.
· A virtual private
network (VPN) connection is not required.
· Shares images
with a 3G/4G/5G wireless connection.
· Takes jpg images
and creates DICOM compatible files to add to PACS.
c) Market
Opportunities
Healthcare is a complex market globally, with
multiple stakeholders both within and across multiple discrete
provider settings, each with different procurement and funding
processes. The Company's key market is the UK, particularly the
NHS, which can be divided into the following customer
groups:
The new UK government, elected in
July 2024, is seeking to deliver a renewed focus and increased
momentum towards transforming the NHS, a key objective being to
deliver a reduction in waiting lists. The recent publication of the
"Independent Investigation of the NHS in England" by Lord Darzi
highlights a need for rapid change. Of the seven themes of how to
repair the NHS, three could be addressed by building a more
integrated technological platform: the delivery of a "neighbourhood
NHS", the "tilt towards technology" and "driving productivity in
hospitals". These themes, in particular the use of technology, were
also drawn out in the August 2024 report by the Tony Blair
Institute for Global Change "Preparing the NHS for the AI Era:"
(the "Tony Blair Institute
Report").
Wes Streeting, the new Secretary of
State for Health and Social Care, has called for a "Neighbourhood
Health Service" stating his belief that the NHS must move its focus
"from hospital to community", "analogue to digital" and "sickness
to prevention". Additionally, the Tony Blair Institute Report also
laid out the case for a single care record and recommends that this
is built out from the current primary care record. Feedback now has
an MVP with a prif3mary record partner to be able to deliver a
neighbourhood diagnostic solution and health record which could
help to drive the desired changes in the NHS.
The Directors believe Feedback is
well placed to address some of the challenges facing the NHS,
providing a scalable platform to transform patient care pathways
and the way in which clinicians communicate. As illustrated through
the data generated as part of its pilot studies with the
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation
Trust, Feedback has demonstrated the
potential significant costs benefits to the NHS and ultimately
driving a reduction in waitlists through more efficient referrals,
reduced amount of time required by staff and shorter lengths of
stay for patients. Bleepa was featured in the All-Party
Parliamentary Group for Diagnostics report in January 2024 as a key
programme delivering impact under the Community Diagnostics
Programme, which opened national team dialogue.
Collaboration agreement with a
provider of primary care solutions
On 19 September 2024, the Company
announced it had signed a collaboration agreement with a provider
of primary care solutions to explore the opportunities for a novel
"Neighbourhood Diagnostics Solution" that combines the partner's
technology and Bleepa aiming to streamline NHS diagnostic and
pathway referrals between primary care, CDCs and secondary care.
The solution is expected to enable some diagnostic procedures to be
referred into community settings such as pharmacy or other
diagnostic facilities, enhancing diagnostic capacity to support NHS
waitlist recovery.
The parties intend to pilot the
solution, before pursuing broader national opportunities if the
pilot proves successful, to demonstrate an expected reduction in
outpatient appointment requirement through the combined platform,
further reduction in patient wait times through an optimised GP
referral process and also the ability to scale the solution at pace
to multiple GP practices simultaneously. The Company anticipates
that it will enter into a memorandum of understanding with its
partner and an NHS trust to pilot the Neighbourhood Diagnostic
Solution during the fourth quarter of 2024.
The collaboration provides a
potential route to rapidly scale the Bleepa solution and pathway
approach, following a successful pilot, leveraging the existing
footprint of the partner who also brings a strong balance sheet and
large workforce to support national engagement. The combined
proposition, as a clinical service rather than a technology sale,
would provide access to potential large recurrent pots of core
funding. The technology is a component of the clinical services
contract. This increases the length of potential contracts and
lifetime value
The Company estimates that over 190
million diagnostic investigations per year could be redirected to a
pharmacy setting. If taken to a national scale, this opportunity
could represent an estimated TAM
of £382 million annually (of which Feedback's share of the TAM is estimated as £191
million per annum[3]) with further opportunities for potential international
expansion. Commercial revenue from this potential opportunity
remains subject to, inter
alia, successful pilots and commercial agreement between the
parties.
Bleepa as a DEAG tool supported by the
ERF
On 16 October 2024, the Company
announced that the Diagnostic Enhanced Advice and Guidance
diversions achieved through the Bleepa platform are now eligible
for reimbursement under the ERF. This funding mechanism allows any
ICB or hospital in England to immediately utilise this funding to
reimburse expenditure on the Bleepa technology. The ERF is a
revenue-based payment mechanism designed to incentivise NHS
organisations to reduce waitlists.
The ERF reimbursement model offers a
single payment of £206 per diversion from traditional outpatient
appointments through the DEAG pathway facilitated by Bleepa. There
are no limitations on the number of patients or pathways that are
eligible under the funding mechanism, the more activity delivered
and diversions achieved the more an ICB will be reimbursed. Based
on existing programmes at Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation
Trust, the Company estimates up to 90
per cent. of referrals could be diverted using the DEAG
approach, resulting in material efficiencies and patient benefits,
including an estimated 63 per cent. reduction in wait
times.
To rapidly scale this solution, the
Company has formed a strategic partnership with Moorhouse
Consulting ("Moorhouse") as
its implementation partner. Feedback has already undertaken a
roadshow of NHS ICBs, generating interest in the Bleepa DEAG
approach. With ERF reimbursement, the Company anticipates
converting a number of these ICBs into customer contracts. Based on
expected patient volumes once fully rolled out, the Company
believes that an indicative contract could generate over
approximately £2 million per annum for Feedback under the
ERF mechanism per ICB (assuming 66,000 patients per annum and that
ERF rolls forward on an un-capped basis annually). Unlocking ERF is
expected to significantly improve customer access to Bleepa as it
aligns with service-based reimbursement, potentially providing
greater funding security and recurring revenue opportunities for
the Company. ERF currently runs until 31 March 2025, but the
Company believes, following central NHS conversations, that the
funding may be renewed in subsequent financial years to continue to
support waitlist reduction.
Opportunities outside the
NHS
The Company's technologies address
clinical pain points that are felt around the world, namely growing
wait lists, staff shortages and spiralling costs. In combination
Bleepa and CareLocker help the Company's customers do more with
less, ultimately accelerating patient care through the power of
collaboration and good quality access to data in a way that
increases the flexibility of staff location and
availability.
Although the UK is the Company's domestic
market and main focus, the Company is pursuing opportunities for
its technologies in India and there are further markets, such as
the USA, that could hold significant possibilities for growth
through replication of the value-based care models that the
Company's technologies have enabled in the UK.
The Company's primary focus is currently within
the UK and securing contracts with the NHS as described above. As
such the Company does not plan to incur significant costs in
relation to international expansion above the de minimis recurring
costs until such time as the Company is generating meaningful
revenue from UK contracts or has access to additional
funding.
Figure 1: Taken together across its core
markets, Feedback estimate the total addressable market to be
approximately £10 billion.
d) Reasons
for the Fundraising
As outlined above, the Directors believe that
Feedback has multiple opportunities for revenue growth and value
creation for Shareholders across its products and is strategically
well placed to capitalise on the renewed political focus to
transform the NHS. In order to deliver the growth opportunities,
the Group is intending to raise approximately £5.2 million through
the Placing and £70,500 through the Subscription in order to
provide a sound financial platform allowing Feedback to develop its
products, deliver pilots and increase sales
opportunities.
e)
Financial results
The Company has also announced today its audited results for the
year ended 31 May 2024. A copy of the annual report is available on
the Company's website at
https://feedbackmedical.com/resources/resource-hub/.
2. USE OF
PROCEEDS
It is intended that the net proceeds of the
Fundraising will principally be used to:
1.
drive growth through product development of Bleepa
to expand its functionality for end customers under the
collaboration agreement with a primary care partner which provides
a potential route to rapidly roll out Bleepa and deliver a neighbourhood diagnostic solution and health record
to drive the desired changes in the NHS as described
above;
2. provide funding
to focus on rolling out Bleepa as a Diagnostic Enhanced Advice and Guidance platform for ICBs under the ERF, including product development to further optimise the user journey
and drive patient referrals from primary care;
and
3. provide
on-going working capital for the Group for at
least 12 months following Admission and fund transaction
costs.
It is intended that the net proceeds
of the Retail Offer will be used to provide general working capital
and balance sheet strength.
Funding is intended to deliver
scale-up and balance sheet strength, targeting EBITDA profitability
in 2027, albeit dependant on NHS customers contracting on a timely
basis.
3.
BACKGROUND TO
AND REASONS FOR THE SHARE CAPITAL REORGANISATION
Under the Act, a company is unable to issue
shares at a subscription price which is less than the nominal value
of shares of the same class. This means that, as the nominal value
of the Existing Ordinary Shares is currently 50 pence, the Company
could not issue further Existing Ordinary Shares at the Issue Price
without a sub-division of the Existing Ordinary Shares. The Board,
therefore, has concluded that it is essential to implement the
Share Capital Reorganisation in order for the nominal value of the
New Ordinary Shares to become lower than the Issue Price, so that
the Company can proceed with the Fundraising. The
Share Capital Reorganisation is conditional upon completion of the
Fundraising.
Accordingly, it is proposed to sub-divide each
Existing Ordinary Share into one New Ordinary Share of one penny
(one penny being the proposed new nominal value per share) and one
Deferred Share of 49 pence.
The New Ordinary Shares will, in all material
respects, have the same rights (including rights as to voting,
dividends and return of capital) as the Existing Ordinary Shares,
save for their nominal value. The New Ordinary Shares will be
traded on AIM in the same way as the Existing Ordinary Shares, with
the exception of the difference in nominal value. The nominal value
of shares already held in CREST will be updated at approximately
8.00 a.m. on 29 November 2024.
The rights attached to the Deferred Shares will
be set out in the Articles (as per Resolution 2 in the Notice of
Annual General Meeting). The Deferred Shares will have little or no
economic value as they will not carry any rights to vote or
dividend rights, nor (realistically) have any entitlement to a
share of assets on a return of capital or on a winding up of the
Company. The Company does not intend to make any application for
the Deferred Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM or any other
public market. The Deferred Shares will not be transferable without
the prior written consent of the Company. No share certificates
will be issued in respect of the Deferred Shares. The Board may
further appoint any person to act on behalf of all the holders of
the Deferred Shares to transfer all such shares to the Company in
accordance with the terms of the Act.
The Company does not intend to issue new share
certificates to the holders of the New Ordinary Shares following
the Share Capital Reorganisation. Existing share certificates will
remain valid for the same number of shares but with a different
nominal value of one penny per New Ordinary Share. Following the
Share Capital Reorganisation should you wish to receive an updated
share certificate please contact the Registrars at the address set
out in this document.
Holders of options over Existing
Ordinary Shares will maintain the same rights as currently accruing
to them and will not be issued with new option
certificates.
By effecting the Share Capital Reorganisation,
the total nominal value of the issued share capital of the Company
will remain the same, with New Ordinary Shares having a nominal
value of one penny each plus Deferred Shares having a nominal value
of 49 pence each. The Share Capital Reorganisation is conditional
upon, and effected by, the approval of Resolutions 1 and 2 at the
Annual General Meeting as required by the Act and the Articles. If
Resolutions 1 to 4 are passed, the Share Capital Reorganisation
will become effective at approximately 8.00 a.m. on 29 November
2024.
Please note
that the Fundraising cannot take place unless the Share Capital
Reorganisation is approved. Accordingly, if the Share Capital
Reorganisation Resolutions are not approved by Shareholders at the
Annual General Meeting, the Fundraising will not proceed, and the
Company will not be able to receive the new funds from investors in
order to develop its business in the manner otherwise contemplated
in this announcement.
4. DETAILS OF THE
FUNDRAISING
The Company is proposing to raise approximately
£5.2 million (before expenses) through a Placing and £70,500
through a Subscription to new and existing institutional and other
investors at the Issue Price. In addition to the Placing and
Subscription, the Company intends to launch a Retail Offer to raise
up to a further £1 million (before expenses) pursuant to which qualifying retail
investors in the UK will have the opportunity to
subscribe for New Ordinary Shares at the Issue
Price.
Certain Directors of the Company intend to
participate in the Subscription. It is intended that the Director Participation will comprise
approximately £30,500 in aggregate through the issue of 152,500 New
Ordinary Shares at the Issue Price. Further details will be
announced as appropriate in due course.
The Fundraising is not being underwritten and
is conditional, inter
alia, upon:
a)
the passing of the Fundraising Resolutions;
b)
the Placing Agreement becoming unconditional in all respects
(other than Admission) and not having been terminated in accordance
with its terms; and
c)
Admission occurring by no later than 8.00 a.m. on 29 November
2024 (or such later time and/or date as the Company, Panmure
Liberum may agree, not being later than 31 December
2024).
The Placing is not conditional upon the
completion of the Subscription or the Retail Offer but is
conditional upon the Share Capital Reorganisation. Completion of
the Subscription and the Retail Offer are
conditional, inter
alia, upon completion of the Share Capital Reorganisation
and the Placing.
Accordingly, if any of the conditions are not
satisfied or waived (where capable of waiver), the Fundraising will
not proceed, the Fundraising Shares will not be issued and all
monies received by Panmure Liberum, the WRAP Platform or the
Company (as the case may be) will be returned to the applicants (at
the applicants' risk and without interest) as soon as possible
thereafter.
The Directors believe that the New Ordinary
Shares to be issued pursuant to the Placing, Subscription and
Retail Offer will rank as 'eligible shares' for the purposes of EIS
and will be capable of being a "qualifying holding" for the
purposes of investment by VCTs. Further details as regards EIS and
VCT reliefs are set out in the Circular.
Details of the Placing
Under the terms of the Placing Agreement,
Panmure Liberum has agreed to use its reasonable endeavours to
procure subscribers for the Placing Shares at the Issue Price. The
Placing Agreement contains certain customary warranties and
indemnities from the Company in favour of Panmure Liberum. Panmure
Liberum may terminate the Placing Agreement in certain
circumstances. The Placing is not underwritten and is conditional
on the Share Capital Reorganisation and Admission. The terms and
conditions of the Placing are set out in Appendix III of this
Announcement.
Subscription
Certain Directors of the Company and certain
other existing Shareholders intend to subscribe for in aggregate
352,500 Subscription Shares at the Issue Price to raise gross
proceeds of approximately £70,500. The Subscription is not
underwritten and is conditional on the Share Capital
Reorganisation, Admission and completion of the Placing.
If the conditions for the Subscription are not
satisfied or waived (where capable of waiver), the Subscription
will lapse and the Subscription Shares will not be allotted and
issued and no monies will be received by the Company pursuant to
the Subscription.
The Subscription Shares will, when issued and
fully paid, rank pari passu in all respects with the other New
Ordinary Shares then in issue, including the right to receive all
dividends and other distributions declared, made or paid after the
date of Admission.
5. EIS AND
VCT
On issue, the Fundraising Shares will not be
treated as either "listed" or "quoted" securities for the purposes
of the enterprise investment scheme (EIS) or the venture capital
trust (VCT) regime. Provided that the Company remains one which
does not have any of its shares quoted on a recognised stock
exchange (which for these purposes does not include AIM), the
Fundraising Shares should continue to be treated as unquoted
securities in the same way as the Existing Ordinary
Shares.
The Board believes that the Fundraising Shares
will rank as 'eligible shares' for the purposes of EIS and will be
capable of being a 'qualifying holding' for the purposes of
investment by VCTs.
The Company has received EIS advance assurance
from HMRC.
As the rules
governing EIS and VCT reliefs are complex and interrelated with
other legislation, if Shareholders and potential shareholders are
in any doubt as to their tax position, require more detailed
information than the general outline above, or are subject to tax
in a jurisdiction other than the United Kingdom, they should
consult their own independent professional financial
adviser.
5. DIRECTORS'
RECOMMENDATION
The Directors consider the Fundraising to be in
the best interests of the Company and Shareholders as a whole. The
Directors also consider the passing of the Resolutions (including
the Fundraising Resolutions) to be in the best interests of the
Company and the Shareholders as a whole. Accordingly, the Directors
recommend unanimously that Shareholders vote in favour of the
Resolutions (including the Fundraising Resolutions) to be proposed
at the Annual General Meeting, as they intend to do in respect of
their own shareholdings, which total 118,148 Existing Ordinary
Shares (representing approximately 0.89 per cent. of the Existing
Ordinary Shares).
APPENDIX
II
EXPECTED
TIMETABLE OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS
|
Event
|
Timing
|
|
Announcement of financial results for the 12 months ended 31
May 2024
|
4 November 2024
|
|
|
|
|
This
Announcement
|
4 November 2024
|
|
Announcement of the Retail Offer
|
4 November 2024
|
|
Announcement of the results of the Placing and
Subscription
|
4 November 2024
|
Publication
of the Circular (including Notice of Annual General Meeting) and
Forms of Proxy
|
5 November 2024
|
|
|
|
|
Announcement of the results of the Retail Offer
|
6 November 2024
|
|
|
|
|
Latest time
and date for receipt of Forms of Proxy and electronic appointments
of proxies via CREST
|
1.00 p.m. on 26 November
2024
|
|
Annual
General Meeting
|
1.00 p.m. on 28 November
2024
|
|
Announcement of the results of the Annual General
Meeting
|
28 November 2024
|
|
Share
Capital Reorganisation Record Date
|
6.00 p.m. 28 November
2024
|
|
Admission
and commencement of dealings in the Fundraising Shares
|
8.00 a.m. on 29 November
2024
|
|
Fundraising
Shares in uncertificated form expected to be credited to accounts
in CREST
|
As soon as possible after 8.00 a.m.
on 29 November
|
|
Despatch of
definitive share certificates for the Fundraising Shares in
Certificated form
|
Within 10 Business Days of
Admission
|
|
| |
If any of the
details contained in the timetable above should change, the revised
times and dates will be notified to Shareholders by means of an
announcement through a Regulatory Information
Service.
Certain of the
events in the above timetable are conditional upon, inter alia, the approval of the
Fundraising Resolutions to be proposed at the Annual General
Meeting.
All references
to time and dates in this Announcement are to time and dates in
London.
APPENDIX
III
TERMS AND
CONDITIONS OF THE PLACING
INTRODUCTION
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR INVITED
PLACEES ONLY REGARDING THE PLACING.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN THE UK OR
ELSEWHERE ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO TAKE PART IN THE PLACING. THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT (INCLUDING THIS APPENDIX) AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
SET OUT HEREIN ARE FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND ARE DIRECTED
ONLY AT: (A) PERSONS IN AN EU MEMBER STATE WHO ARE QUALIFIED
INVESTORS WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 2(E) OF THE EU PROSPECTUS
REGULATION ("EU QUALIFIED
INVESTORS"); OR (B) PERSONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WHO ARE
QUALIFIED INVESTORS ("UK QUALIFIED
INVESTORS") WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 2(E) OF THE UK
PROSPECTUS REGULATION AS IT FORMS PART OF DOMESTIC LAW BY VIRTUE OF
THE EUROPEAN UNION (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018 ("UK PROSPECTUS REGULATION")WHO ALSO (I)
FALL WITHIN THE DEFINITION OF 'INVESTMENT PROFESSIONAL' IN ARTICLE
19(5) OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 (FINANCIAL
PROMOTION) ORDER 2005 ("FINANCIAL
PROMOTION ORDER"), OR (II) FALL WITHIN ARTICLE 49(2)(A) TO
(D) (HIGH NET WORTH COMPANIES, UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS, ETC) OF
THE FINANCIAL PROMOTION ORDER; OR (C) OTHER PERSONS TO WHOM IT MAY
LAWFULLY BE COMMUNICATED (ALL SUCH PERSONS TOGETHER BEING REFERRED
TO AS "RELEVANT PERSONS").
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT (INCLUDING THIS APPENDIX) AND THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS SET OUT HEREIN 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 THIS APPENDIX) AND
THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET OUT HEREIN RELATES IS AVAILABLE ONLY
TO RELEVANT PERSONS AND WILL BE ENGAGED IN ONLY WITH RELEVANT
PERSONS.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, INCLUDING THIS
APPENDIX, AND THE INFORMATION IN IT, IS RESTRICTED, AND IS NOT FOR
PUBLICATION, RELEASE OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN
WHOLE OR IN PART TO U.S. PERSONS (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S UNDER
THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (AS AMENDED)
("SECURITIES ACT") OR, IN
OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN, THE REPUBLIC
OF SOUTH AFRICA OR NEW ZEALAND ("RESTRICTED JURISDICTIONS") OR ANY OTHER
JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION WOULD BE
UNLAWFUL.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, INCLUDING THIS
APPENDIX, IS NOT AN OFFER FOR SALE OR SUBSCRIPTION IN ANY
JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE
UNLAWFUL UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH JURISDICTION. THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT, INCLUDING THIS APPENDIX, IS NOT AN OFFER OF OR
SOLICITATION TO PURCHASE OR SUBSCRIBE FOR SECURITIES IN THE UNITED
STATES. NO PUBLIC OFFERING IS BEING MADE IN
THE UNITED STATES.
EACH PLACEE SHOULD CONSULT WITH ITS
OWN ADVISERS AS TO LEGAL, TAX, BUSINESS, ACCOUNTING AND RELATED
ASPECTS OF AN INVESTMENT IN THE PLACING SHARES. THE PRICE OF THE
PLACING SHARES IN THE COMPANY AND THE INCOME FROM THEM (IF ANY) MAY
GO DOWN AS WELL AS UP AND INVESTORS MAY NOT GET BACK THE FULL
AMOUNT INVESTED ON DISPOSAL OF THE PLACING SHARES.
Placees will be deemed to have read
and understood this announcement and these terms and conditions in
their entirety and to be making any offer to participate in the
Placing on these terms and conditions and to be providing the
representations, warranties, acknowledgements, and undertakings
contained in this Appendix. In particular, each such Placee
represents, warrants and acknowledges 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 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 have
not been acquired on behalf of, nor have they been acquired with a
view to their offer or resale to, persons in any Member State of
the EEA or the UK other than EU Qualified Investors under Article
2(e) the EU Prospectus Regulation, or UK Qualified Investors or in
circumstances in which the prior consent of Panmure Liberum has
been given to the offer or resale; or (ii) where Placing Shares
have been acquired by it on behalf of persons in any Member State
of the EEA or the UK other than EU Qualified Investors or UK
Qualified Investors, the offer of those Placing Shares to it is not
treated under the Prospectus Regulation as having been made to such
persons; and/or
3. (1) it is
not a U.S. Person, (2) it is not located in the United States, and
(3) it is not acquiring the Placing Shares for the account or
benefit of a U.S. Person.
The Company and Panmure Liberum will
rely upon the truth and accuracy of the foregoing representations,
acknowledgements and agreements. Panmure Liberum does not make any
representation to any Placee regarding an investment in the Placing
Shares referred to in this Announcement (including this
Appendix).
This Announcement (including this
Appendix) does not constitute an offer and may not be used in
connection with an offer, to sell or issue or the solicitation of
an offer to buy or subscribe for Placing Shares in any jurisdiction
in which such offer or solicitation is or may be unlawful. This
Announcement (including this Appendix) and the information
contained herein is not for publication or distribution, directly
or indirectly, to persons in the United States, the Restricted
Jurisdictions or in any jurisdiction in which such publication or
distribution is unlawful. Persons who come into possession of this
Announcement are required by the Company to inform themselves about
and to observe any restrictions of transfer of this Announcement.
No public offer of securities of the Company under the Placing is
being made in the United Kingdom, the United States or any
Restricted Jurisdiction.
In particular, the Placing Shares
referred to in this announcement have not been and will not be
registered under the Securities Act or under any laws of, or with
any securities regulatory authority of, any state or other
jurisdiction of the United States, and may not be offered, sold,
resold, transferred or delivered, directly or indirectly, in the
United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S.
Persons, except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction
not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act
and in compliance with any applicable securities laws of any state
or other jurisdiction in the United States, and under circumstances
that would not result in the Company being in violation of the U.S.
Investment Company Act. The Placing Shares are only being offered
and sold outside the United States in offshore transactions to
persons who are not U.S. Persons in accordance with Regulation S
under the Securities Act or within the United States to a limited
number of investors reasonably believed to be "qualified
institutional buyers" ("QIBS") as defined in rule 144a under
the US Securities Act pursuant to an exemption from, or in a
transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the US
Securities Act.
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; 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 any of the Restricted Jurisdiction. 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 the Restricted
Jurisdiction or any other jurisdiction outside the United
Kingdom.
Persons (including, without
limitation, nominees and trustees) who have a contractual or other
legal obligation to forward a copy of this Appendix or the
announcement of which it forms part should seek appropriate advice
before taking any action. Persons into whose possession this
Appendix or the announcement comes are required by each of the
Company and Panmure Liberum to inform themselves about, and to
observe, any such restrictions.
DETAILS OF THE PLACING AGREEMENT
Panmure Liberum has entered into the
Placing Agreement with the Company under which Panmure Liberum has,
on the terms and subject to the conditions set out therein,
undertaken to use its reasonable endeavours to procure, as agent
for the Company, subscribers for the Placing Shares at the Issue
Price. The Placing is not being underwritten by Panmure Liberum or
any other person nor is any part of the Placing subject to
clawback from the Retail Offer or conditional on the Retail Offer
or the Subscription.
The Placing Agreement contains
customary warranties given by the Company to Panmure
Liberum as to matters
relating to the Company and its business and a customary indemnity
given by the Company to Panmure Liberum in respect of liabilities
arising out of, or in connection with, the Placing.
Panmure Liberum (after consultation
with the Company) reserves the right to scale back the number of
Placing Shares to be subscribed by any Placee in the event of
applications in excess of the target amount under the Placing. The
Company and Panmure Liberum also reserve the right not to accept
offers to subscribe for Placing Shares or to accept such offer in
part rather than in whole. Panmure Liberum shall be entitled to
effect the Placing by such method as it shall in its sole
discretion determine. To the fullest extent permissible by law,
neither Panmure Liberum nor any holding company of Panmure Liberum
nor any subsidiary branch or affiliate of Panmure Liberum (each an
affiliate) nor any person acting on behalf of any of the foregoing
shall have any liability to the Placees (or to any other person
whether acting on behalf of a Placee or otherwise). In particular,
neither Panmure Liberum, nor any affiliate thereof nor any person
acting on their behalf shall have any liability to Placees in
respect of their conduct of the Bookbuild or the
Placing.
Each Placee's obligations will be
owed to the Company and to Panmure Liberum. Following the
confirmation referred to below in the paragraph entitled
"Participation in, and principal terms of, the Placing", each
Placee will also have an immediate, separate, irrevocable and
binding obligation, owed to Panmure Liberum, to pay to Panmure
Liberum (or as Panmure Liberum may direct) in cleared funds an
amount equal to the product of the Issue Price and the number of
Placing Shares which such Placees has agreed to acquire.
Each Placee and any person acting on
behalf of such Placee agrees to indemnify on demand and hold each
of Panmure Liberum and the Company, and their respective affiliates harmless from
any costs, claims, liabilities and expenses (including legal fees
and expenses) arising out of or in connection with any breach of
the acknowledgments, undertakings, representations, warranties and
agreements set forth in these terms and conditions and any contract
note.
The Placing is also conditional upon
the Placing Agreement becoming unconditional and not being
terminated in accordance with its terms. Further details of
conditions in relation to the Placing are set out below in the
paragraph entitled "Conditions of the Placing".
To the fullest extent permitted by
law, each Placee acknowledges and agrees that it will not be
entitled to exercise any remedy of rescission at any time. This
does not affect any other rights the Placee may have.
APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION TO TRADING
Application will be made to the
London Stock Exchange for Admission. It is expected that settlement
of the Placing Shares and Admission will become effective on or
around 8.00 a.m. on 29 November 2024 and that dealings in the
Placing Shares will commence at that time.
PAYMENT FOR SHARES
Each Placee has a separate,
irrevocable and binding obligation to pay the Issue Price in
cleared funds for the number of Placing Shares duly allocated to
the Placee under the Placing in the manner and by the time directed
by Panmure Liberum. If any Placee fails to pay as so directed
and/or by the time directed, the relevant Placee's application for
Placing Shares shall at Panmure Liberum's discretion either be
rejected or accepted in which case the paragraph below entitled
"Registration and Settlement" shall apply to such
application.
PARTICIPATION IN, AND PRINCIPAL TERMS OF, THE
PLACING
Panmure Liberum (whether through itself or any of its
affiliates) is arranging the Placing as placing agent of the
Company and using its reasonable endeavours to procure Placees at
the Issue Price for the Placing Shares.
Participation in the Placing will
only be available to persons who may lawfully be, and are, invited
to participate by Panmure Liberum. Panmure
Liberum and its affiliates may participate
in the Placing as principal.
By participating in the Placing,
Placees will be deemed to have read and understood this
Announcement, including this Appendix, in its entirety and to be
participating and making an offer for Placing Shares on the terms
and conditions, and to be providing the representations,
warranties, acknowledgements, agreements and undertakings contained
in this Appendix.
This Appendix 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.
The number of Placing Shares to be
issued, and the extent of each Placee's participation in the
Placing (which will not necessarily be the same for each Placee),
will be agreed by Panmure Liberum,
(following consultation with the Company) following completion of
the bookbuilding process in respect of the Placing (the
"Bookbuild"). No element of
the Placing will be underwritten. The aggregate number of Placing
Shares will be announced on a Regulatory Information Service
following completion of the Bookbuild.
A Placee's commitment to acquire a
fixed number of Placing Shares under the Placing will be agreed
orally or by email with Panmure Liberum as agent of the Company. Each
Placee's allocation will be confirmed to Placees orally or by email
by Panmure Liberum,
and a contract note will be dispatched as soon as possible
thereafter. The oral or email confirmation to such Placee will
constitute an irrevocable legally binding commitment upon such
person (who will at that point become a Placee) in favour of
Panmure Liberum and
the Company, under which it agrees to acquire the number of Placing
Shares allocated to it at the Issue Price on the terms and
conditions set out in this Appendix and in accordance with the
articles of association of the Company.
Except as required by law or
regulation, no press release or other announcement will be made by
Panmure Liberum or the Company using the
name of any Placee (or its agent), in its capacity as Placee (or
agent), other than with such Placee's prior written
consent.
Irrespective of the time at which a
Placee's allocation pursuant to the Placing is confirmed,
settlement for all Placing Shares to be acquired pursuant to the
Placing will be required to be made on the basis explained below
under the paragraph entitled "Registration and
Settlement".
All obligations under the Placing
will be subject to fulfilment or (where applicable) waiver of,
amongst other things, the conditions referred to below and to the
Placing not being terminated on the basis referred to
below.
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.
To the fullest extent permissible by
law, neither Panmure Liberum nor any of its
respective affiliates, agents, directors, officers or employees
("Representatives") shall
have any liability to Placees (or to any other person whether
acting on behalf of a Placee or otherwise under these terms and
conditions). In particular, none of the Company, Panmure
Liberum or any of its respective
Representatives shall have any liability (including to the fullest
extent permissible by law, any fiduciary duties) in respect of
Panmure Liberum's conduct of the Placing.
Each Placee acknowledges and agrees that the Company is responsible
for the issue of the Placing Shares to the Placees and Panmure
Liberum shall have no liability to the
Placees for the failure of the Company to fulfil those
obligations.
CONDITIONS OF THE PLACING
The Placing is conditional upon the
Placing Agreement becoming unconditional and not having been
terminated in accordance with its
terms.
Panmure Liberum 's obligations under the Placing Agreement in
respect of the Placing Shares are conditional on, inter alia:
1. the
Company allotting, subject only to Admission, the Placing Shares in
accordance with the Placing Agreement;
2. the
Company having complied with its obligations under the Placing
Agreement;
3. the
passing of the Fundraising Resolutions (including those to
facilitate the Share Capital Reorganisation) to be proposed at the
annual general meeting of the Company to be held on or around 28
November 2024, or any adjournment thereof; and
4. Admission becoming effective at or before 8.00 a.m. on 29
November 2024 (or such later date as may be agreed in writing
between the Company and Panmure Liberum).
If (a) any of the conditions
contained in the Placing Agreement in relation to the Placing
Shares are not fulfilled or waived by Panmure Liberum by the respective time or date where specified
(or such later time or date as the Company and Panmure Liberum may agree not being later than 3.00 p.m. on the
"Final Date"; or (b) the Placing Agreement is terminated as
described below, the Placing in relation to the Placing Shares will
lapse and the Placee's 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 the Placee in
respect thereof.
Subject to certain exceptions,
Panmure Liberum may, at its absolute
discretion and upon such terms as it thinks fit, waive, or extend
the period (up to the Final Date) for, compliance by the Company
with the whole or any part of any of the Company's obligations in
relation to the conditions in the Placing Agreement. Any such
extension or waiver will not affect Placees' commitments as set out
in this Announcement.
Neither Panmure Liberum nor the Company nor their respective affiliates
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 nor for any decision they may make as to the
satisfaction of any condition or in respect of the Placing
generally and by participating in the Placing each Placee agrees
that any such decision is within the absolute discretion of Panmure
Liberum.
RIGHT TO TERMINATE UNDER THE PLACING
AGREEMENT
Panmure Liberum is entitled, at any time before Admission, to
terminate the Placing Agreement by giving notice to the Company in
certain circumstances, including, inter alia:
1. the
Company has failed to comply with any of its obligations under the
Placing Agreement which is material in the context of the Placing
and/or Admission; or
2. any
of the conditions under the Placing Agreement shall have become
incapable of fulfilment before the Final Date having not been
waived under the Placing Agreement; or
3. any
of the warranties given by the Company to Panmure Liberum under the
Placing Agreement not being true or accurate or being misleading
when given or deemed given or repeated or deemed repeated (by
reference to the facts and circumstances in each case then
existing) in a respect which is material in the context of the
Placing and/or Admission; or
4. if,
amongst other things, there is a material adverse change in the
financial, political, economic or stock market conditions, which in
the Panmure Liberum's reasonable opinion (acting in good faith)
makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the Placing;
or
5. if
it comes to the notice of Panmure Liberum that any statement
contained in the any public announcement made by the Company
through a Regulatory Information Service was or has become untrue,
incorrect or misleading in any respect which Panmure Liberum
considers to be material or that any matter which such party
considers to be material has arisen which would, if the Placing
were made at that time, constitute a material omission
therefrom.
Following Admission, the Placing
Agreement is not capable of termination.
The rights and obligations of the
Placees shall terminate only in the circumstances described in
these terms and conditions and in the Placing Agreement and will
not be subject to termination by the Placee or any prospective
Placee at any time or in any circumstances. By participating in the
Placing, Placees agree that the exercise by Panmure Liberum of any right of termination or
other discretion under the Placing Agreement shall be within the
absolute discretion of Panmure Liberum and that it need not make any
reference to Placees and that it shall have no liability to Placees
whatsoever in connection with any such exercise or decision not to
exercise.
Placees will have no rights against
Panmure Liberum,
the Company or any of their respective directors or employees under
the Placing Agreement pursuant to the Contracts (Rights of Third
Parties) Act 1999 (as amended).
NO
PROSPECTUS
The Placing Shares are being offered
to Relevant Persons only and will not be offered in such a way as
to require a prospectus in the United Kingdom or elsewhere under
the UK Prospectus Regulation or the Prospectus Regulation Rules
Sourcebook published by the FCA. No offering document or prospectus
has been or will be submitted to be approved by the FCA in relation
to the Placing and Placees' commitments will be made solely on the
basis of the information contained in this Announcement (including
this Appendix) and certain business and financial information the
Company is required to publish in accordance with the Companies Act
2006, the AIM Rules, UK MAR and the rules and practices of the FCA
(collectively "Exchange
Information").
Each Placee, by accepting a
participation in the Placing, agrees that the content of this
Announcement, including this Appendix, is exclusively the
responsibility of the Company and confirms that it has not relied
on any other information (other than the Exchange Information),
representation, warranty, or statement made by or on behalf of the
Company or Panmure Liberum or any other
person and neither Panmure Liberum nor the
Company nor any other person will be liable for any Placee's
decision to participate in the Placing based on any other
information, representation, warranty or statement which the
Placees may have obtained or received. Each Placee acknowledges and
agrees that it has relied on its own investigation of the business,
financial or other position of the Company in accepting a
participation in the Placing. Nothing in this paragraph shall
exclude the liability of any person for fraudulent
misrepresentation.
REGISTRATION AND SETTLEMENT
Settlement of transactions in the
Placing Shares (ISIN: GB00BJN59X09) following Admission will take
place within the relevant system administered by Euroclear, being
CREST provided that, subject to certain exceptions, Panmure Liberum
reserves the right to require settlement for, and delivery of, the
Placing Shares (or a portion thereof) to Placees by such other
means that they deem necessary if delivery or settlement is not
possible or practicable within CREST within the timetable set out
in this Announcement or would not be consistent with the regulatory
requirements in any Placee's jurisdiction. Settlement through CREST
of the Placing Shares is expected to take place on 29 November 2024
unless otherwise notified by Panmure Liberum and Admission is
expected to occur no later than 8.00 a.m. on 29 November 2024
unless otherwise notified by Panmure Liberum.
Following the close of the Bookbuild
each Placee allocated Placing Shares in the Placing will be sent a
form of confirmation stating the number of Placing Shares allocated
to it at the Issue Price, the aggregate
amount owed by such Placee to Panmure Liberum (as agent for the Company) and settlement
instructions (including the trade date which will be 29 November
2024). Each Placee agrees that it will do all things necessary to
ensure that delivery and payment is completed in accordance with
either the CREST or certificated settlement instructions that it
has in place with Panmure Liberum. Each
Placee will also be sent a trade confirmation on the trade date
(referred to above) confirming the details of the trade (being the
acquisition of the relevant number of Placing Shares).
Admission and settlement may occur
at an earlier date. Settlement will be on a delivery versus payment
basis. However, in the event of any difficulties or delays in the
admission of the Placing Shares to CREST or the use of CREST in
relation to the Placing, the Company and Panmure
Liberum may
agree that the Placing Shares
should be issued in certificated form. Panmure Liberum reserve the right to require
settlement for the Placing Shares, and to deliver the Placing
Shares to Placees, by such other means as they deem necessary if
delivery or settlement to Placees is not practicable within the
CREST system or would not be consistent with regulatory
requirements in a Placee's jurisdiction.
Interest is chargeable daily on
payments not received from Placees on the due date in accordance
with the arrangements set out above at the rate of two percentage
points above SONIA as determined by Panmure Liberum.
Each Placee is deemed to agree that,
if it does not comply with these obligations, Panmure Liberum may
sell any or all of the Placing Shares allocated to that Placee on
such Placee's behalf and retain from the proceeds, for Panmure Liberum's account and
benefit (as agent for the Company), an amount equal to the
aggregate amount owed by the Placee plus any interest due. Any
excess proceeds will pass to the relevant Placee at its risk. The
relevant Placee will, however, remain liable and shall indemnify
Panmure Liberum on demand for any shortfall below the aggregate
amount owed by it and may be required to bear any stamp duty or
stamp duty reserve tax or securities transfer tax (together with
any interest or penalties) which may arise upon the sale of such
Placing Shares on such Placee's behalf. By communicating a bid for
Placing Shares, each Placee confers on Panmure Liberum all such
authorities and powers necessary to carry out any such sale and
agrees to ratify and confirm all actions which Panmure Liberum
lawfully takes in pursuance of such sale.
If Placing Shares are to be
delivered to a custodian or settlement agent, Placees should ensure
that the form of confirmation is copied and delivered immediately
to the relevant person within that organisation.
Insofar as Placing
Shares are registered in a
Placee's name or that of its nominee or in the name of any person
for whom a Placee is contracting as agent or that of a nominee for
such person, such Placing Shares should, subject as provided below,
be so registered free from any liability to UK stamp duty or stamp
duty reserve tax or securities transfer tax. Placees will not be
entitled to receive any fee or commission in connection with the
Placing.
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND FURTHER
TERMS
By submitting a bid and/or
participating in the Placing, each Placee (and any person acting on
such Placee's behalf) makes the following representations,
warranties, acknowledgements, agreements and undertakings (as the
case may be) to the Company and Panmure Liberum, namely that, each Placee (and any person
acting on such Placee's behalf):
1. represents and warrants that it has read and understood this
Announcement, including this Appendix, in its entirety and that its
subscription for and purchase of the Placing Shares is subject to,
and based upon, all the terms, conditions, representations,
warranties, acknowledgements, agreements and undertakings and other
information contained herein and 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 (including this Appendix) and the Exchange Information
and undertakes not to redistribute or duplicate this Announcement
(including this Appendix);
2. acknowledges that its obligations are irrevocable and legally
binding and shall not be capable of rescission or termination by it
in any circumstances;
3. acknowledges that no offering document, admission document or
prospectus has been prepared in connection with the placing of the
Placing Shares and represents and warrants that it has not received
and will not receive a prospectus, admission document or other
offering document in connection therewith;
4. acknowledges that the Existing Ordinary Shares are admitted to
trading on AIM, and the Company is therefore required to publish
Exchange Information, which includes a description of the nature of
the Company's business and the Company's most recent balance sheet
and profit and loss account and that the Placee is able to obtain
or access such information without undue difficulty, and is able to
obtain access to such information or comparable information
concerning any other publicly traded company, without undue
difficulty;
5. acknowledges that the content of this Announcement (including
this Appendix) and the Exchange Information is exclusively the
responsibility of the Company, and that neither Panmure Liberum,
its affiliates, Representatives or any person acting on their
behalf has or shall have any liability for any information,
representation or statement contained in this Announcement
(including this Appendix) or any information previously or
concurrently published by or on behalf of the Company (including
any Exchange Information), and will not be liable for any Placee's
decision to participate in the Placing based on any information,
representation or statement contained in this Announcement
(including this Appendix) or otherwise. Each Placee further
represents, warrants and agrees that the only information on which
it is entitled to rely and on which such Placee has relied in
committing itself to acquire the Placing Shares is contained in
this Announcement (including this Appendix) and any Exchange
Information, such information being all that it deems necessary to
make an investment decision in respect of the Placing Shares and
that it has neither received nor relied on any other information
given or representations, warranties or statements made by Panmure
Liberum or the Company or any of their respective directors,
officers or employees or any person acting on behalf of any of them
(including with respect to the Company, the Placing, the Placing
Shares or the accuracy, completeness or adequacy of any publicly
available information), or, if received, it has not relied upon any
such information, representations, warranties or statements, and
neither Panmure Liberum nor the Company will be liable for any
Placee's decision to accept an invitation to participate in the
Placing based on any other information, representation, warranty or
statement. Each Placee further acknowledges and agrees that it may
not place the same degree of reliance on this Announcement as it
may otherwise place on a prospectus or admission document. Each
Placee further acknowledges and agrees that it has relied solely on
its own investigation of the business, financial or other position
of the Company and the terms of the Placing in deciding to
participate in the Placing and it will not rely on any
investigation that Panmure Liberum, its affiliates or any other
person acting on their behalf has or may have conducted;
6. expect as set out in paragraph 7 below, represents and
warrants that it has neither received nor relied on any 'inside
information' (for the purposes of UK MAR and section 56 of the
Criminal Justice Act 1993 or other applicable law) concerning the
Company prior to or in accepting this invitation to participate in
the Placing and is not purchasing Placing Shares on the basis of
material non-public information;
7. if
it has received any 'inside information' (for the purposes of UK
MAR and section 56 of the Criminal Justice Act 1993
or other applicable law) in relation to the
Company and its securities in advance of the Placing, it has
received such information within the market soundings regime
provided for in Article 11 of UK MAR and associated delegated
regulations and it has not: (i) dealt (or attempted to deal) in the
securities of the Company; (ii) encouraged, recommended or induced
another person to deal in the securities of the Company; or (iii)
unlawfully disclosed inside information to any person, prior to the
information being made publicly available;
8. time is of the essence as regards its obligations under this
Announcement;
9. acknowledges that Panmure Liberum does not have any duties or
responsibilities to it, or its clients, similar or comparable to
the duties of "best execution" and "suitability" imposed by the
Conduct of Business Sourcebook in the FCA's Handbook of Rules and
Guidance and that Panmure Liberum is not acting for it or its
clients and that Panmure Liberum will not be responsible for
providing protections to it or its clients;
10.
acknowledges that neither Panmure Liberum, any of
its affiliates, Representatives or any person acting on behalf of
them has or shall have any liability for any publicly available or
filed information (including any Exchange Information) or any
representation relating to the Company, provided that nothing in
this paragraph excludes the liability of any person for fraudulent
misrepresentation made by that person;
11.
that, save in the event of fraud on the part of
Panmure Liberum (and to the extent permitted by the FCA), neither
Panmure Liberum, its respective ultimate holding companies nor any
direct or indirect subsidiary undertakings of such holding
companies, nor any of their respective directors and employees
shall be liable to Placees for any matter arising out of Panmure
Liberum 's role as placing agent or otherwise in connection with
the Placing and that where any such liability nevertheless arises
as a matter of law, Placees will immediately waive any claim
against any of such persons which it may have in respect
thereof;
12.
represents and warrants that (i) it is not in the
United States; (ii) it is not a U.S. Person; and (iii) it is not
acting for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person;
13.
acknowledges that the Placing Shares are only
being offered and sold outside the United States in offshore
transactions to persons who are not U.S. Persons
pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act, and the Placing
Shares have not been and will not be registered under the
Securities Act or under any laws of, or with any securities
regulatory authority of, any state or other jurisdiction of the
United States, and agrees not to reoffer, resell, pledge, transfer
or deliver any Placing Shares, directly or indirectly, in the
United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S.
Persons, except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction
not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act
and in compliance with any applicable securities laws of any state
or other jurisdiction in the United States;
14.
unless otherwise specifically agreed in writing
with Panmure Liberum, represents and
warrants that neither it nor the beneficial owner of such Placing
Shares will be a resident of Restricted Jurisdiction;
15.
acknowledges that the Placing Shares have not been
and will not be registered under the securities legislation of
any Restricted Jurisdiction and, subject to certain exceptions, may not be
offered, sold, taken up, renounced or delivered or transferred,
directly or indirectly, within those jurisdictions;
16.
represents and warrants that the issue to it, or
the person specified by it for registration as holder, of Placing
Shares will not give rise to a liability
under any of sections 67, 70, 93 or 96 of the Finance Act 1986
(depositary receipts and clearance services) and that the Placing
Shares are not being acquired in connection with arrangements to
issue depositary receipts or to transfer Placing Shares into a
clearance system;
17.
represents and warrants that: (i) it has complied
with and will continue to comply with its obligations under
the Market Abuse
Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 as it forms part of the law of England
and Wales by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
("EUWA"), Criminal Justice
Act 1993 and Part VIII of the Financial Services and Markets Act
2000, as amended ("FSMA")
and other applicable law; (ii) in connection with money laundering
and terrorist financing, it has complied with its obligations under
the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (as amended), the Terrorism Act 2000
(as amended), the Terrorism Act 2006, the Money Laundering
Regulations, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information
on the Payer) 2017 Regulations, and any other applicable law (where
all such legislation listed under this (ii) shall together
be referred to as the "AML Legislation"); and (iii) it is not
a person: (1) with whom transactions are prohibited under the
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or any economic sanction
programmes administered by, or regulations promulgated by, the
Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the
Treasury; (2) named on the Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions
Targets maintained by HM Treasury of the United Kingdom; or (3)
subject to financial sanctions imposed pursuant to a regulation of
the EU or a regulation adopted by the United Nations (together, the
"Regulations"); and, if
making payment on behalf of a third party, that satisfactory
evidence has been obtained and recorded by it to verify the
identity of the third party as required by the Regulations and
pursuant to AML Legislation and has obtained all governmental and
other consents (if any) which may be required for the purpose of,
or as a consequence of, such purchase, and it will provide promptly
to Panmure Liberum or the Company such evidence, if any, as to the identity or
location or legal status of any person (including in relation to
the beneficial ownership of any underlying investor) which Panmure
Liberum or the Company may request from it in connection with the
Placing (for the purpose of complying with such Regulations or
ascertaining the nationality of any person or the jurisdiction(s)
to which any person is subject or otherwise or any other
information as may be required to comply with legal or regulatory
requirements (including in particular under the AML Legislation))
in the form and manner requested by Panmure Liberum or the Company
on the basis that any failure by it to do so may result in the
number of Placing Shares that are to be purchased by it or at its
direction pursuant to the Placing being reduced to such number, or
to nil, as Panmure Liberum may decide at its sole
discretion;
18.
if a financial intermediary, as that term is used
in Article 5(1) of the UK Prospectus Regulation, represents and
warrants that the Placing Shares purchased by it in the Placing
will not be acquired on a non‐discretionary basis on behalf of, nor
will they be acquired with a view to their offer or resale to,
persons in a Member State of the EEA or the UK other than EU
Qualified Investors or UK Qualified Investors respectively, or in
circumstances in which the prior consent of Panmure Liberum has
been given to the offer or resale;
19.
represents and warrants that it has not offered or
sold and will not offer or sell any Placing Shares to persons in
the EEA or the UK prior to Admission except to persons whose
ordinary activities involve them in acquiring, holding, managing or
disposing of investments (as principal or agent) for the purposes
of their business or otherwise in circumstances which have not
resulted in and which will not result in an offer to the
public in any Member State of the EEA or
the UK within the meaning of the EU Prospectus Regulation or UK
Prospectus Regulation respectively;
20.
represents and warrants that it has only
communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate
or cause to be communicated any invitation or inducement to engage
in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of the FSMA) relating to the Placing Shares
in circumstances in which section 21(1) of the FSMA does not
require approval of the communication by an authorised person and
it acknowledges and agrees that this Announcement has not been
approved by Panmure Liberum 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;
21.
represents and warrants that it has complied and
will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA and the
Financial Services Act 2012 with respect to
anything done by it in relation to the Placing Shares in, from or
otherwise involving, the United Kingdom;
22.
if in the United Kingdom, represents and warrants
that it is a UK Qualified Investor acting as principal or in
circumstances to which section 86(2) of FSMA applies who: (i) falls
with Articles 49(2)(A) to (D) or 19(5) of the Financial Promotion
Order or (ii) is a person to whom the Placing Shares may otherwise
be lawfully offered under the Financial Promotion Order or, if it
is receiving the offer in circumstances under which the laws or regulations of
a jurisdiction other than the United Kingdom would apply, it is a
person to whom the Placing Shares may be lawfully offered under
that other jurisdiction's laws and regulations; and (iii) is a
"professional client" or an "eligible counterparty" within the
meaning of Chapter 3 of the FCA's Conduct of Business
Sourcebook;
23.
represents and warrants that it and any person
acting on its behalf is entitled to acquire the Placing Shares
under the laws of all relevant jurisdictions and that it has all
necessary capacity and has obtained all necessary consents and
authorities and taken any other necessary actions 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
Announcement (including this Appendix)) and will honour such
obligations;
24.
where it is acquiring Placing Shares for one or
more managed accounts, represents and warrants that it is
authorised in writing by each managed account: (i) to acquire the
Placing Shares for each managed account; (ii) to make on its behalf
the representations, warranties, acknowledgements, undertakings and
agreements in this Appendix and the announcement of which it forms
part; and (iii) to receive on its behalf any investment letter
relating to the Placing in the form provided to it by Panmure
Liberum;
25.
undertakes that it (and any person acting on its
behalf) will make payment for the Placing Shares allocated to it in
accordance with this Announcement
(including this Appendix) on the due time and date
set out herein, failing which the relevant Placing Shares may be
placed with other subscribers or sold as Panmure Liberum may in its
sole discretion determine and without liability to such Placee and
it will remain liable and will indemnify Panmure Liberum on demand
for any shortfall below the net proceeds of such sale and the
placing proceeds of such Placing Shares and may be required to bear
the liability for any stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax or
security transfer tax (together with any interest or penalties due
pursuant to or referred to in these terms and conditions) which may
arise upon the placing or sale of such Placee's Placing Shares on
its behalf;
26.
acknowledges that neither Panmure Liberum, nor any
of its affiliates, Representatives or any person acting on behalf
of any of them, is making any recommendations to it, advising it
regarding the suitability of any transactions it may enter into in
connection with the Placing and that participation in the Placing
is on the basis that it is not and will not be treated for these
purposes as a client of Panmure Liberum and that Panmure Liberum
does not have any duties or responsibilities to it for providing
the protections afforded to their respective clients or customers
or for providing advice in relation to the Placing nor in respect
of any representations, warranties, undertakings or indemnities
contained in the Placing Agreement nor for the exercise or
performance of any of their rights and obligations thereunder,
including any rights to waive or vary any conditions or exercise
any termination right;
27.
undertakes that the person whom it specifies for
registration as holder of the Placing Shares will be (i) itself; or
(ii) its nominee, as the case may be. Neither Panmure Liberum nor
the Company will be responsible for any liability to stamp duty or
stamp duty reserve tax resulting from a failure to observe this
requirement. Each Placee and any person acting on behalf of such
Placee agrees to participate in the Placing and it agrees to
indemnify the Company and Panmure Liberum in respect of the same on
the basis that the Placing Shares will be issued to the CREST stock
account of Panmure Liberum who will hold them as nominee on behalf
of such Placee until settlement in accordance with its standing
settlement instructions;
28.
acknowledges that these terms and conditions and any agreements
entered into by it pursuant to these terms and conditions and any
non‐contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with
such agreement 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 (including non‐contractual matters) arising out of any 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 the Company or
Panmure Liberum 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;
29.
agrees that the Company, Panmure Liberum and their
respective affiliates and others will rely upon the truth and
accuracy of the foregoing representations, warranties,
acknowledgements and undertakings which are given to Panmure
Liberum on its own behalf and on behalf of the Company and are
irrevocable and are irrevocably authorised to produce this
Announcement or a copy thereof to any interested party in any
administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect
to the matters covered hereby;
30.
agrees to indemnify on an after‐tax basis and hold
the Company, Panmure Liberum and their respective affiliates
harmless from any and all costs, claims, liabilities and expenses
(including legal fees and expenses) arising out of or in connection
with any breach of the representations, warranties,
acknowledgements, agreements and undertakings in this Appendix and
that the provisions of this Appendix shall survive after completion
of the Placing and, further agrees if any of the foregoing is or
becomes no longer true or accurate, the Placee shall promptly
notify the Company and Panmure Liberum;
31.
acknowledges that neither the Retail Offer nor the
Subscription form part of the Placing and nor is the Placing
conditional on them, but that the Retail Offer and the Subscription
are both conditional on the Placing;
32.
acknowledges that no action has been or will be
taken by any of the Company, Panmure Liberum or any person acting
on behalf of the Company or Panmure Liberum that would, or is
intended to, permit a public offer of the Placing Shares in any
country or jurisdiction where any such action for that purpose is
required;
33.
acknowledges that it is an institution that has
knowledge and experience in financial, business and international
investment matters as is required to evaluate the merits and risks
of subscribing for the Placing Shares. It further acknowledges that
it is experienced in investing in securities of this nature and in
this sector and is aware that it may be required to bear, and it,
and any accounts for which it may be acting, are able to bear, the
economic risk of, and is able to sustain, a complete loss in
connection with the Placing. It has relied upon its own examination
and due diligence of the Company and its associates taken as a
whole, and the terms of the Placing, including the merits and risks
involved;
34.
acknowledges that its commitment to subscribe for
Placing Shares on the terms set out herein will continue,
notwithstanding any amendment that may in
the future be made to the terms of the Placing and that Placees
will have no right to be consulted or require that their consent be
obtained with respect to the Company's conduct of the
Placing;
35.
acknowledges that Panmure Liberum or any of its
affiliates acting as an investor for its own account may take up
shares in the Company and in that capacity may retain, purchase or
sell for its own account such shares and may offer
or sell such shares other
than in connection with the Placing;
36.
represents and warrants that, if it is a pension
fund or investment company, its purchase of Placing Shares is in
full compliance with all applicable laws and regulation;
and
37.
to the fullest extent permitted by law, it
acknowledges and agrees to the disclaimers contained in this
Announcement, including this Appendix.
The representations, warranties,
acknowledgments and undertakings contained in this Appendix are
given to Panmure Liberum and the Company and are irrevocable and
shall not be capable of termination in any
circumstances.
The agreement to settle a Placee's
subscription (and/or the subscription of a person for whom such
Placee is contracting as agent) free of stamp duty and stamp duty
reserve tax depends on the settlement relating only to a
subscription by it and/or such person direct from the Company for
the Placing Shares in question. Such agreement assumes that the
Placing Shares are not being subscribed for in connection with
arrangements to issue depositary receipts or to transfer the
Placing Shares into a clearance service. If there are any such
arrangements, or the settlement relates to any other subsequent
dealing in the Placing Shares, stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax
may be payable, for which neither the Company nor Panmure Liberum
will be responsible, and the Placee to whom (or on behalf of whom,
or in respect of the person for whom it is participating in the
Placing as an agent or nominee) the allocation, issue or delivery
of Placing Shares has given rise to such UK stamp duty or stamp
duty reserve tax undertakes to pay such UK stamp duty or stamp duty
reserve tax forthwith and to indemnify on an after‐tax basis and to
hold harmless the Company and Panmure Liberum in the event that any
of the Company and/or Panmure Liberum has incurred any such
liability to UK stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax. If this is
the case, each Placee should seek its own advice and notify Panmure
Liberum accordingly.
In addition, Placees should note
that they will be liable for any stamp duty and all other stamp,
issue, securities, transfer, registration, documentary or other
duties or taxes (including any interest, fines or penalties
relating thereto) payable outside the UK by them or any other
person on the subscription by them of any Placing Shares or the
agreement by them to subscribe for any Placing Shares.
Each Placee, and any person acting
on behalf of the Placee, acknowledges that Panmure Liberum does not
owe any fiduciary or other duties to any Placee in respect of any
representations, warranties, undertakings or indemnities in the
Placing Agreement.
Each Placee and any person acting on
behalf of the Placee acknowledges and agrees that Panmure Liberum
or any of its affiliates may, at their absolute discretion, agree
to become a Placee in respect of some or all of the Placing
Shares.
When a Placee or person acting on
behalf of the Placee is dealing with Panmure Liberum, any money
held in an account with Panmure Liberum on behalf of the Placee
and/or any person acting on behalf of the Placee will not be
treated as client money within the meaning of the rules and
regulations of the FCA made under the FSMA. The Placee acknowledges
that the money will not be subject to the protections conferred by
the client money rules; as a consequence, this money will not be
segregated from Panmure Liberum's money in accordance with the
client money rules and will be used by Panmure Liberum in the
course of its own business and the Placee will rank only as a
general creditor of Panmure Liberum.
All times and dates in this
Announcement (including this Appendix) may be subject to amendment,
and Placees' commitments, representations and warranties are not
conditional on any of the expected times and dates in this
Announcement (including this Appendix) being achieved. Panmure
Liberum shall notify the Placees and any person acting on behalf of
the Placees of any changes.
Past performance is no guide to
future performance and persons needing advice should consult an
appropriately qualified independent financial adviser.
Panmure Liberum is entitled, at its
discretion and out of its own resources, at any time to rebate to
some or all of its investors, or to other parties, part or all of
its fees relating to the Placing.
MISCELLANEOUS
Solely for the purposes of the
product governance requirements contained within: (a) EU Directive
2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments, as amended
("MiFID II"); (b) Articles
9 and 10 of Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2017/593
supplementing MiFID II; and (c) local implementing measures, each
as they form part of the law of England and Wales by virtue of EUWA
(together, the "Product Governance
Requirements"), and disclaiming all and any liability,
whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise, which any
"manufacturer" (for the purposes of the Product Governance
Requirements) may otherwise have with respect thereto, the Placing
Shares have been subject to a product approval process by Panmure
Liberum, which has determined that the 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 MiFID II; and (ii)
eligible for distribution through all distribution channels as are
permitted by MiFID II (the "Target
Market Assessment"). Notwithstanding the Target Market
Assessment, Placees should note that: the price of the Placing
Shares may decline and investors could lose all or part of their
investment; the Placing Shares offer no guaranteed income and no
capital protection; and an investment in the Placing Shares is
compatible only with investors who do not need a guaranteed income
or capital protection, who (either alone or in conjunction with an
appropriate financial or other adviser) are capable of evaluating
the merits and risks of such an investment and who have sufficient
resources to be able to bear any losses that may result therefrom.
The Target Market Assessment is without prejudice to the
requirements of any contractual, legal or regulatory selling
restrictions in relation to the Placing. Furthermore, it is noted
that, notwithstanding the Target Market Assessment, Panmure Liberum
will only procure investors who meet the criteria of professional
clients and eligible counterparties. For the avoidance of doubt,
the Target Market Assessment does not constitute: (a) an assessment
of suitability or appropriateness for the purposes of MiFID II; or
(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.
The content of this Announcement has
been issued by, and is the sole responsibility of, Feedback
plc.
The information contained in this
Announcement is given at the date of its publication (unless
otherwise marked) and is subject to updating, revision and
amendment from time to time. Neither the content of the Company's
website nor any website accessible by hyperlinks to the Company's
website is incorporated in, or forms part of, this
Announcement.
Certain statements in this
Announcement are forward‐looking statements which are based on the
Company's expectations, intentions and projections regarding its
future performance, anticipated events or trends and other matters
that are not historical facts. These forward‐looking statements,
which may use words such as "aim", "anticipate", "believe",
"could", "intend", "estimate", "expect" and words of similar
meaning, include all matters that are not historical facts. These
forward‐looking statements involve risks, assumptions and
uncertainties that could cause the actual results of operations,
financial condition, liquidity and dividend policy and the
development of the industries in which the Company's businesses
operate to differ materially from the impression created by the
forward‐looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of
future performance and are subject to known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those expressed or implied by such
forward‐looking statements. Given those risks and uncertainties,
prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on
forward‐looking statements. Forward‐looking statements speak only
as of the date of such statements and, except as required by the
FCA, the London Stock Exchange or applicable law, the Company
undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any
forward‐looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise.
Panmure Liberum Limited
("Panmure Liberum"), which
is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the FCA, is
acting as nominated adviser and broker to the Company in connection
with the Placing and Admission and to no‐one else and will not be
responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the
protections afforded to its clients, nor for providing advice in
relation to the Placing or Admission or any other matter referred
to in this Announcement. Panmure Liberum's responsibilities as the
Company's nominated adviser under the AIM Rules for Nominated
Advisers are owed solely to London Stock Exchange plc and are not
owed to the Company or to any director of the Company or to any
other person in respect of any decision to acquire shares in the
Company in reliance on any part of this Announcement.
Neither Panmure Liberum or any of
its directors, officers, employees, advisers, affiliates or agents,
accepts any responsibility or liability whatsoever for or makes any
representation or warranty, express or implied, as to this
Announcement, including the truth, accuracy or completeness of the
information in this Announcement (or whether any information has
been omitted from the Announcement) or for any loss howsoever
arising from any use of the Announcement or its contents. Panmure
Liberum and its directors, officers, employees, advisers,
affiliates or agents, accordingly disclaim all and any liability
whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise which they might
otherwise have in respect of this Announcement or its contents or
otherwise arising in connection therewith. However, nothing in this
Announcement shall be effective to limit or exclude liability for
fraud or which otherwise, by law or regulation, cannot be so
limited or excluded.
Data Protection
The processing of a Placee's
personal data by the Company will be carried out in compliance with
the applicable data protection legislation and with its Privacy
Notice, a copy of which can be found on the Company's
website https://fbkmed.com/privacy‐policy/.
Each Placee acknowledges that it has
read and understood the processing activities carried out by the
Company as informed in the referred Privacy Notice.
APPENDIX IV
DEFINITIONS
The following definitions apply
throughout this Announcement unless the context otherwise
requires:
Act
|
the Companies Act 2006 (as
amended)
|
Admission
|
admission of the Fundraising Shares
to trading on AIM becoming effective in accordance with the AIM
Rules for Companies
|
AIM
|
the market of that name operated by
the London Stock Exchange
|
AIM
Rules for Companies
|
the AIM Rules for Companies, as
published and amended from time to time by the London Stock
Exchange
|
AIM
Rules for Nominated Advisers
|
the AIM Rules for Nominated
Advisers, as published and amended from time to time by the London
Stock Exchange
|
Announcement
|
this announcement, together with the
appendices and the terms and conditions contained herein
|
Annual General Meeting or AGM
|
the Annual General Meeting of the
Company convened for 1.00 p.m. on 28 November 2024
or any adjournment thereof
|
Articles
|
the articles of association of the
Company (as amended from time to time)
|
Authority Resolutions
|
Resolutions numbered 3 and 4 to be
proposed at the AGM and to be contained in the Notice, granting
authority of the shareholders to issue and allot the Fundraising
Shares
|
Board or Directors
|
the directors of the Company as at
the date of this Announcement
|
Business Day
|
any day (excluding Saturdays and
Sundays) on which banks are open in London for normal banking
business and the London Stock Exchange is open for
trading
|
CDC
|
Community Diagnostic
Centres
|
CQC
|
the Care Quality
Commission
|
certificated or in certificated form
|
where a share is not in
uncertificated form (namely not in CREST)
|
Circular
|
the Circular to be published by the
Company on or about 5 November 2024 setting out details of the
Placing, the Retail Offer and the Subscription and containing the
Notice of the Annual General Meeting
|
Chairman
|
the Chairman of the Board
|
Company or Feedback
|
Feedback plc, a company registered
in England and Wales with registered number 00598696 and having its
registered office at 201 Temple Chambers, 3-7 Temple Avenue, London
EC4Y 0DT
|
CREST
|
the relevant system (as defined in
the CREST regulations) for the paperless
settlement of trades and the holding of uncertificated securities
operated by Euroclear in accordance with the CREST
Regulations
|
CREST Manual
|
the rules governing the operation of
CREST as published by Euroclear and available at
www.euroclear.com
|
CREST member
|
a person who has been admitted to
CREST as a system‐member (as defined in the CREST
Regulations)
|
CREST Regulations
|
the Uncertificated Securities
Regulations 2001 (SI 2001/3755) including any enactment or
subordinate legislation which amends or supersedes those
regulations and any applicable rules made under those regulations
or any such enactment or subordinate legislation for the time being
in force
|
CREST sponsor
|
a CREST participant admitted to
CREST as a CREST sponsor
|
CREST sponsored member
|
a CREST member admitted to CREST as
a CREST sponsored member
|
DEAG
|
diagnostic enhanced advice and
guidance
|
Deferred Shares
|
deferred shares
of 49 pence each in the capital of the Company to be created
pursuant to the Share Capital Reorganisation
|
DICOM
|
Digital Imaging and Communications
in Medicine
|
EIS
|
Enterprise Investment Scheme under
the provisions of Part 5 of the UK Income Tax Act 2007 (as
amended)
|
Enlarged Share Capital
|
the entire issued ordinary share
capital of the Company on Admission following completion of the
Fundraising
|
ERF
|
the Elective Recovery
Fund
|
Euroclear
|
Euroclear UK & International
Limited
|
Existing Ordinary Shares
|
the 13,334,659 Ordinary Shares in
issue as at the date of this Announcement prior to the Share
Capital Reorganisation
|
FCA
|
the Financial Conduct Authority of
the United Kingdom
|
Final Date
|
31 December 2024
|
Form of Proxy
|
the form of proxy for use by
Shareholders in relation to the Annual General Meeting
|
FSMA
|
The Financial Services and Markets
Act 2000 (as amended)
|
Fundraising
|
the Placing, Subscription and the
Retail Offer
|
Fundraising Resolutions
|
the Share Capital Reorganisation
Resolutions and the Authority Resolutions
|
Fundraising Shares
|
the Placing Shares, the Retail Offer
Shares and the Subscription Shares
|
GDPR
|
The General Data Protection Regulation ((EU)
2016/679) as it forms part of the laws of England and Wales,
Scotland and Northern Ireland by virtue of the European Union
(Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended)
|
Group
|
the Company and its subsidiaries (as defined in
the Act)
|
ICB
|
integrated care board
|
ICS
|
integrated care system
|
Issue Price
|
20 pence per New Ordinary
Share
|
Latest Practicable Date
|
1 November 2024, being the last
practicable date prior to the day of the announcement of the
Fundraising
|
London Stock Exchange
|
London Stock Exchange plc
|
MDD
|
the Medical Devices
Directive
|
MVP
|
minimum viable product
|
Money Laundering Regulations
|
the money laundering and terrorist
financing provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 1993, the
Terrorism Act 2000, the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, the Terrorism
Act 2006 and the Money Laundering Regulations 2007, the Money
Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information
on the Payer) Regulations 2017
|
New
Ordinary Shares
|
the new ordinary shares
of one penny each in the capital of the Company following completion
of the Share Capital Reorganisation (which,
at the date of Admission, will include the Fundraising
Shares)
|
Notice or Notice of Annual General
Meeting
|
the notice of the AGM to be set out
in the back of the Circular
|
Ordinary Shares
|
the ordinary shares of 50 pence each
in the capital of the Company prior to the Share Capital
Reorganisation
|
Official List
|
the Official List of the
FCA
|
PACS
|
picture archiving and communication
systems
|
Panmure Liberum
|
Panmure Liberum Limited,
a company registered in England and Wales with company number
04915201 and having its registered office at Ropemaker Place, Level
12, 25 Ropemaker Street, London EC2Y 9LY
|
Placees
|
persons who have agreed to subscribe
for the Placing Shares under the Placing
|
Placing Agreement
|
the conditional placing agreement
entered into between the Company and Panmure Liberum in respect of
the Placing, dated 4 November 2024
|
Placing
|
the conditional placing by Panmure
Liberum (as agent for the Company) of the Placing Shares with
certain institutional investors and existing Shareholders,
otherwise than on a pre‐emptive basis, at the Issue Price on the
terms of the Placing Agreement
|
Placing Shares
|
the New Ordinary Shares which are to
be issued under the Placing, whose allotment and issue
is conditional (amongst other things) on the passing of the
Fundraising Resolutions
|
Prospectus Regulation Rules
|
the prospectus regulation rules made
by the FCA pursuant to section 73A of the FSMA in accordance with
the UK version of the EU Prospectus Regulation 2017/1129 which is
part of UK law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act
2018
|
Regulatory Information Service
|
has the meaning given to it in the
AIM Rules
|
R&D
|
research and development
|
Registrar or
Share
Registrars
|
Share Registrars Limited, the
Company's registrars
|
Regulatory Information Service
|
has the meaning given to it in the
AIM Rules
|
Resolutions
|
the resolutions to be proposed at
the Annual General Meeting, including the Fundraising Resolutions,
the full text of which will be set out in the Notice of Annual
General Meeting
|
Retail
Offer
|
the conditional offer made by the Company on
the WRAP Platform of the Retail Offer Shares at the Issue
Price
|
Retail Offer
Announcement
|
the press announcement in the Agreed Form,
giving details of the launch of the Retail Offer
|
Retail Offer
Announcements
|
the Retail Offer Announcement and the Retail
Offer Results Announcement
|
Retail Offer
Results Announcement
|
the press announcement in the Agreed Form,
giving details of the results of the Retail Offer
|
Retail Offer
Shares
|
the New Ordinary Shares to be to be allotted
and issued by the Company pursuant to the Retail Offer, whose
allotment and issue is conditional (amongst other things) on the
passing of the Fundraising Resolutions
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SaaS
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software as a service
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Securities Act
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US Securities Act of 1933 (as
amended)
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Share Capital Reorganisation
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means the proposed subdivision of
each of the Company's 13,334,659 Existing Ordinary Shares
of 50 pence into one New Ordinary Share of one
penny and one Deferred Share of 49 pence in
accordance with Resolutions 1 and 2 to be contained in the Notice
of Annual General Meeting
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Share Capital Reorganisation Resolutions
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Resolutions numbered 1 and 2 to be
proposed at the AGM and to be contained in the Notice, required to
approve the Share Capital Reorganisation
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Shareholders
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the holders of Existing Ordinary
Shares, and the term Shareholder
shall be construed accordingly
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Subscription
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the intended
subscription for the Subscription Shares at the Issue
Price
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Subscription
Shares
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352,500 New Ordinary Shares to be issued
pursuant to the Subscription, whose allotment and issue is
conditional (amongst other things) on the passing of the
Fundraising Resolutions
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stock account
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an account within a member account
in CREST to which a holding of a particular share or other security
in CREST is credited
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TAM
|
total addressable market
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UK
MAR
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the Market Abuse Regulation
(Regulation 596/2014) (as it forms part of UK domestic law by
virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as
amended)
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uncertificated or
uncertificated
form
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means recorded on the relevant
register or other record of the share or other 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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United Kingdom or
UK
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the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland
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UKCA
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a conformity mark that indicates conformity
with the applicable requirements for products sold within Great
Britain
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VCT
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a company which is, or which is
seeking to become, approved as a venture capital trust under the
provisions of Part 6 of the Income Tax Act 2007
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Winterflood
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Winterflood Securities Limited, a company
registered in England and Wales with company number 02242204 and
having its registered office at Riverbank House, 2 Swan Lane,
London, United Kingdom, EC4R 3GA
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WRAP
Platform
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the Winterflood Retail Access Platform
technology platform being used to facilitate the Retail
Offer
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£ or pounds
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UK pounds sterling, being the lawful
currency of the United Kingdom
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