Arqit Quantum Inc. Announces $13.6 Million Registered Direct Offering
2024年10月1日 - 5:30AM
Arqit Quantum Inc. (Nasdaq: ARQQ, ARQQW) (“Arqit” or the
“Company”), a global leader in quantum encryption technology, today
announced that it has entered into a definitive securities purchase
agreement with existing shareholders Heritage Assets SCSP, Notion
Capital, Carlo Calabria, and Garth Ritchie (collectively, the
“Purchasers”) for the sale and purchase of 5,440,000 of the
Company’s ordinary shares, $0.000004 par value per share (the
“Ordinary Shares”) at an offering price of $2.50 per Ordinary
Share, in a registered direct offering (the “Offering”). Arqit
director Manfredi Lefebvre d’Ovidio has shared investment and
voting power over the shares held by Heritage Assets SCSP, existing
Arqit shareholder Notion Capital is the beneficial owner of the
Arqit shares held by Ropemaker Nominees Limited, and Carlo Calabria
and Garth Ritchie are each directors of the Company.
In a concurrent private placement, Arqit will
issue to the Purchasers unregistered warrants (the “Warrants”) to
purchase up to 5,440,000 Ordinary Shares (the “Warrant Shares”),
exercisable only upon the later of (i) one year from the issuance
date of the Warrants, (ii) the date of the approval by the
Company’s shareholders of an increase in authorized capital
sufficient to permit the issuance of the Warrant Shares and (iii)
the date that the closing trading price of the Ordinary Shares on
the Nasdaq Capital Market has exceeded $5.00 for 60 consecutive
trading days (such later date, the “Exercise Date”). The Warrants
will be exercisable for a period of one year following the Exercise
Date. The Warrants will terminate on the earlier of (x) 5:00 p.m.
(New York City time) on the last day of the exercise period or (y)
5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date falling five years after
the date of issuance.
The gross proceeds of the Offering are expected
to be approximately $13.6 million, before deducting Offering
expenses. Arqit intends to use the net proceeds from this Offering
for general corporate purposes. The Offering is expected to close
on or about September 30, 2024, but in any case no later than
October 9, 2024.
A “shelf” registration statement on Form F-3, as
amended (File Number 333-268786), relating to the offered Ordinary
Shares was initially filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (“SEC”) on 14 December 2022 and was declared effective
on 30 December 2022. The Offering of Ordinary Shares is being made
only by means of a prospectus, including a prospectus supplement,
forming a part of an effective registration statement. A prospectus
supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the Offering
will be filed with the SEC. Electronic copies of the prospectus
supplement and accompanying prospectus may be obtained, when
available, on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
The unregistered Warrants and the Warrant Shares
described above are being offered in a private placement under
Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”), and/or Regulation D promulgated thereunder.
Accordingly, the Warrants and Warrant Shares may not be offered or
sold in the United States except pursuant to an effective
registration statement or an applicable exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act and such applicable
state securities laws.
This press release shall not constitute an offer
to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of these Company
securities, nor shall there be any sale of these Company securities
in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or
qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other
jurisdiction.
Notes to Editors
About Arqit
Arqit Quantum Inc. (Nasdaq: ARQQ, ARQQW) (Arqit)
supplies a unique encryption software service which makes the
communications links of any networked device, cloud machine or data
at rest secure against both current and future forms of attack on
encryption – even from a quantum computer. Compatible with NSA CSfC
Components and meeting the demands of NSA CSfC Symmetric Key
Management Requirements Annexe 1.2. and RFC 8784, Arqit’s Symmetric
Key Agreement Platform uses a lightweight software agent that
allows end point devices to create encryption keys locally in
partnership with any number of other devices. The keys are
computationally secure and facilitate Zero Trust Network Access. It
can create limitless volumes of keys with any group size and
refresh rate and can regulate the secure entrance and exit of a
device in a group. The agent is lightweight and will thus run on
the smallest of end point devices. The product sits within a
growing portfolio of granted patents. It also works in a standards
compliant manner which does not oblige customers to make a
disruptive rip and replace of their technology. Arqit is winner of
two GSMA Global Mobile Awards, The Best Mobile Security Solution
and The CTO Choice Award for Outstanding Mobile Technology, at
Mobile World Congress 2024, recognised for groundbreaking
innovation at the 2023 Institution of Engineering and Technology
Awards and winner of the National Cyber Awards’ Innovation in Cyber
Award and the Cyber Security Awards’ Cyber Security Software
Company of the Year Award. Arqit is ISO 27001 Standard certified.
www.arqit.uk
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Caution About Forward-Looking
Statements
This communication includes forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. All statements, other than statements of
historical facts, may be forward-looking statements. These
forward-looking statements are based on Arqit’s expectations and
beliefs concerning future events and involve risks and
uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially
from current expectations. These factors are difficult to predict
accurately and may be beyond Arqit’s control. Forward-looking
statements in this communication or elsewhere speak only as of the
date made. New uncertainties and risks arise from time to time, and
it is impossible for Arqit to predict these events or how they may
affect it. Except as required by law, Arqit does not have any duty
to, and does not intend to, update or revise the forward-looking
statements in this communication or elsewhere after the date this
communication is issued. In light of these risks and uncertainties,
investors should keep in mind that results, events or developments
discussed in any forward-looking statement made in this
communication may not occur. Uncertainties and risk factors that
could affect Arqit’s future performance and cause results to differ
from the forward-looking statements in this release include, but
are not limited to: (i) the outcome of any legal proceedings that
may be instituted against Arqit, (ii) the ability to maintain the
listing of Arqit’s securities on a national securities exchange,
(iii) changes in the competitive and regulated industries in which
Arqit operates, variations in operating performance across
competitors and changes in laws and regulations affecting Arqit’s
business, (iv) the ability to implement business plans, forecasts,
and other expectations, and identify and realise additional
opportunities, (v) the potential inability of Arqit to successfully
deliver its operational technology, (vi) the risk of interruption
or failure of Arqit’s information technology and communications
system, (vii) the enforceability of Arqit’s intellectual property,
(viii) the consummation of the Offering, (ix) the satisfaction of
the closing conditions of the Offering, (x) the anticipated use of
proceeds from the Offering, (xi) market and other conditions, and
(xii) other risks and uncertainties set forth in the sections
entitled “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Note Regarding
Forward-Looking Statements” in Arqit’s annual report on Form 20-F
(the “Form 20-F”), filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “SEC”) on 21 November 2023 and in subsequent
filings with the SEC. While the list of factors discussed above and
in the Form 20-F and other SEC filings are considered
representative, no such list should be considered to be a complete
statement of all potential risks and uncertainties. Unlisted
factors may present significant additional obstacles to the
realisation of forward-looking statements.
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