Confirmation Of Successful Fundraising Of £40 Million
The proceeds from the Placing will be used to finance the conditional acquisition of CellRight Technologies, a US regenerative medicine business focused on the development and commercialisation of a range of human tissue products based on proprietary bone processing techniques and soft tissue products for clinical applications in spine, dental, sports medicine and general surgery, for a total consideration of up to
Due to the size of the Offer, the Offer is conditional, inter alia, on the passing of certain resolutions by shareholders of the Company at a general meeting expected to be convened at the offices of DLA Piper
Application will be made to the London Stock Exchange for the New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM. It is expected that, subject to, inter alia, the passing of the resolutions at the General Meeting, admission to AIM will become effective in respect of, and that dealings on AIM will commence in, the New Ordinary Shares, on or around 9 August 2017.
Further details of the Offer and Acquisition are set out in the announcement released on 20 July 2017.
Jefferies International Limited is acting as bookrunner, broker and nominated adviser in connection with the Placing and WG Partners LLP is acting as placement agent. The Offer is not being underwritten.
Director’s Interest
Following the completion of the Offer, the directors’ holdings will be as set out in the table below:
| Number of Ordinary Shares currently held prior to Offer | Number of Subscription Shares subscribed pursuant to Offer | Number of Ordinary Shares following Offer | Percentage of Enlarged Share Capital immediately following Offer |
John Samuel | 24,276,928 | 2,000,000 | 26,276,928 | 2.26% |
Alan Miller | 21,886,988 | 1,000,000 | 22,886,988 | 1.97% |
Antony Odell | 5,572,800 | 150,000 | 5,722,800 | 0.49% |
Jonathan Glenn | - | 600,000 | 600,000 | 0.05% |
Paul Devlin | - | 300,000 | 300,000 | 0.03% |
Steven Couldwell | - | 300,000 | 300,000 | 0.03% |
Shervanthi Homer-Vanniasinkam |
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Randeep Singh Grewal | - | - | - | - |
Total Voting Rights
Following the issue of the New Ordinary Shares, the Company’s issued share capital will comprise 1,161,068,755 ordinary shares of
Related Party Transaction
Invesco Asset Management Limited acting as agent for its discretionary managed clients including the Invesco Funds (“IAML”), IP Group plc (“IP Group”) and Woodford Investment Management Limited acting as agent for its discretionary managed clients (“Woodford”) are related parties of the Company for the purposes of the AIM Rules by virtue of their status as substantial shareholders of the Company pursuant to the AIM Rules. Invesco Perpetual High Income Fund and Invesco Perpetual Income Fund (affiliates of IAML), IP2IPO Limited (an affiliate of IP Group) and Woodford have agreed to subscribe for 125,381,588, 50,000,000 and 139,000,000 New Ordinary Shares respectively as part of the Offer, conditional on Admission. Taking into account the related party transactions noted above, the Directors consider, having consulted with Jefferies, the Company’s nominated adviser, that the terms of the Placing with such related parties are fair and reasonable in so far as its Shareholders are concerned.
Unless expressly defined in this announcement, all capitalised terms used in this announcement have the meanings stated in the announcement made on 20 July 2017 entitled “Acquisition of CellRight Technologies, proposed placing and subscription of new Ordinary Shares at a price of
(1) The rate of exchange used for information in this announcement is
(2) This is not a profit forecast and has not been reported on under Rule 28 of the Takeover Code.
For more Information:
Tissue Regenix Group plc Tel: 07920 272 441
Caitlin Pearson, Corporate Communications Director
Jefferies International Limited (Nomad and broker) Tel: 020 7029 8000
Simon Hardy
Lee Morton
Christopher Binks
WG Partners Claes Sprang / Nigel Barnes | Tel: 020 3705 9321 |
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FTI Consulting Ben Atwell / Brett Pollard / Mo Noonan / Rob Winder | Tel: 020 3727 1000 |