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22 December 2022
Kistos Holdings plc
Scheme of arrangement legally effective and Admission of Ordinary Shares to trading
The board of directors ("Board") of Kistos Holdings plc ("Kistos" or "Company" or, together with its subsidiary or subsidiary undertakings, the "Group") (AIM: KIST) is pleased to announce that the order of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales (the "Court") sanctioning the scheme of arrangement ("Scheme") under Part 26A of the Companies Act 2006 has been delivered to the Registrar of Companies, and as such, the Scheme is now effective and Kistos is now the holding company of the Group.
The Board is also pleased to announce the admission of Kistos's ordinary shares of nominal value 10 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") to trading on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange ("Admission") at 8.00 a.m. today. On Admission, the Company will have a total of 82,863,743 Ordinary Shares in issue.
Timeline*:
| Delisting of Kistos plc Ordinary Shares | 8.00 a.m. on Thursday 22 December 2022 |
| Admission of, and dealings commence in, Kistos Holdings plc Ordinary Shares on AIM | 8.00 a.m. on Thursday 22 December 2022 |
| Crediting of Kistos Holdings plc Ordinary Shares to CREST accounts | As soon as is practical on Thursday 22 December 2022 |
| Dispatch of share certificates for Kistos Holdings plc Ordinary Shares* | By Thursday 3 January 2023 |
All references to time in this announcement are to London, England time, unless otherwise stated.
*The Company will advise any changes to times and dates by RNS.
For further information please contact:
| Kistos Holdings plc Andrew Austin, Executive Chairman (c/o Hawthorn Advisors) |
Tel: +44 (0)20 3757 4983 |
| Panmure Gordon (Nomad, Joint Broker) John Prior /James Sinclair-Ford
| Tel: +44 (0)20 7886 2500
|
| Hawthorn Advisors (Public Relations Advisor) Henry Lerwill/ Simon Woods | Tel: +44 (0)20 3745 4960 |
| Berenberg (Joint Broker) Matthew Armitt / Ciaran Walsh | Tel: +44 (0)20 3207 7800 |
| Camarco (Public Relations Advisor) Billy Clegg / Georgia Edmonds |
Tel: +44 (0)20 3757 4983 |
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