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THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF REGULATION 11 OF THE MARKET ABUSE (AMENDMENT) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS 2019/310

PLEASE SEE THE IMPORTANT NOTICES AT THE END OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. 

1 April 2021

Crimson Tide plc

("Crimson Tide" or the "Company")

Result of Placing

Crimson Tide (AIM: TIDE), the provider of the mpro5 mobile platform, is pleased to announce that, further to the announcement made earlier today (the "Placing Announcement"), it has successfully completed the oversubscribed Placing which is now closed.

The Placing has raised £6.0 million (before expenses) through the placing of 200,000,000 new Ordinary Shares at an Issue Price of 3.0 pence per share. In addition, 50,200,000 Sale Shares were sold on behalf of the Selling Shareholders at the Issue Price.

The Directors intend to use the net proceeds of the Placing to further develop the Company's core mpro5 platform and to develop an application ("App") based version of mpro5 aimed at micro sized businesses.  Proceeds will also be invested in the Company's marketing capability, including in particular the go to market partner channel and expanding the Company's presence in the Healthcare sector.

Director participation in the Placing and related party transactions

The following Directors have subscribed for an aggregate of 999,999 new Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Placing as set out below. Each of Mr. Jeffrey, Mr. Hurter and Mr. Hawkins' (together the "Participating Directors") participation in Placing constitutes a related party transaction pursuant to the AIM Rules for Companies. The independent directors (being Graham Ashley and Jacqueline Daniell) consider each of the Participating Directors' participation in the Placing to be fair and reasonable insofar as the Company's shareholders are concerned.

Sale of Sale Shares

finnCap has conditionally sold 50,200,000 existing Ordinary Shares at the Issue Price on behalf of the Selling Shareholders as detailed below. The Sale Shares will represent approximately 7.6 per cent. of the Enlarged Share Capital.

Posting of Circular & Notice of General Meeting

Completion of the Placing is conditional upon, amongst other things, approval by existing Shareholders at a General Meeting of the Company expected to be held at the Company's offices at Oakhurst House, 77 Mt. Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells TN4 8BS at 11.00 a.m. on 22 April 2021.  The Circular, containing background information to the Placing, together with a notice of the General Meeting, will be posted to Shareholders on 6 April 2021.

Barrie Whipp, Chairman of Crimson Tide said:

"I am delighted to announce the successful conclusion of this fundraising which was heavily oversubscribed with support from both existing and new shareholders. We truly value the ongoing support from our existing shareholders and welcome the new institutional investors to the share register. The net proceeds allow us to accelerate our growth objectives by investing further in our core mpro5 offering whilst also developing a new nano offering and increasing our marketing efforts."

For further information:

Crimson Tide plc

Barrie Whipp / Luke Jeffrey +441892 542 444

finnCap (Nominated Adviser and Broker)

Corporate Finance: Julian Blunt / James Thompson +44 20 7220 0500

Corporate Broking: Andrew Burdis +44 20 7220 0500

Alma PR (Financial PR) 

Josh Royston +44 7780 901979

For further information on Crimson Tide plc, see the website at: www.crimsontide.co.uk/

IMPORTANT NOTICES AND DISCLAIMER

This announcement including its appendices (together, the "Announcement") and the information contained in it is not for publication, release, transmission distribution or forwarding, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Japan or the Republic of South Africa or any other jurisdiction in which publication, release or distribution would be unlawful. This Announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell or issue, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, acquire or subscribe for shares in the capital of the Company in the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Japan or the Republic of South Africa or any other state or jurisdiction where to do so would be unlawful. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of such jurisdictions.  This Announcement has not been approved by the London Stock Exchange or by any other securities exchange. 

The new Ordinary Shares have not been, and will not be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or with any securities regulatory authority of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States and may not be offered, sold, pledged, taken up, exercised, resold, renounced, transferred or delivered, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States absent registration under the Securities Act, except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in compliance with any applicable securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States.  The new Ordinary Shares have not been approved, disapproved or recommended by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, any state securities commission in the United States or any other U.S. regulatory authority, nor have any of the foregoing authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of new Ordinary Shares. Subject to certain exceptions, the securities referred to herein may not be offered or sold in the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Japan or the Republic of South Africa or to, or for the account or benefit of, any national, resident or citizen of the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Japan or the Republic of South Africa.

This announcement is not for publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States of America.  This announcement is not an offer of securities for sale into the United States.  The securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States, except pursuant to an applicable exemption from registration.  No public offering of securities is being made in the United States. 

No public offering of the new Ordinary Shares is being made in the United States, United Kingdom or elsewhere. All offers of the new Ordinary Shares will be made pursuant to an exemption under the Prospectus Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 and any relevant implementing measure in any member state (the "EU Prospectus Regulation"), or the Prospectus Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2017/1129) which forms part of domestic law pursuant to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (the "UK Prospectus Regulation"), as amended from time to time, from the requirement to produce a prospectus. This Announcement is being distributed to persons in the United Kingdom only in circumstances in which section 21(1) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended ("FSMA") does not apply.

No prospectus will be made available in connection with the matters contained in this Announcement and no such prospectus is required (in accordance with the Prospectus Regulation) to be published. This Announcement and the terms and conditions set out herein are for information purposes only and are directed only at persons who are: (a) persons in Member States of the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom, who are qualified investors (within the meaning of article 2(e) of the EU Prospectus Regulation ("Qualified Investors"); and (b) in the United Kingdom, Qualified Investors who are persons are qualified investors (within the meaning of article 2(e) of the "UK Prospectus Regulation") and who (i) have professional experience in matters relating to investments falling within the definition of "investment professionals" in article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the "Order"); (ii) are persons falling within article 49(2)(a) to (d) ("high net worth companies, unincorporated associations, etc") of the Order; or (iii) are persons to whom it may otherwise be lawfully communicated; (all such persons together being referred to as "relevant persons"). This Announcement and the terms and conditions set out herein must not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not relevant persons. Persons distributing this Announcement must satisfy themselves that it is lawful to do so. Any investment or investment activity to which this Announcement 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 has been issued by, and is the sole responsibility of, the Company. No representation or warranty, express or implied, is or will be made as to, or in relation to, and no responsibility or liability is or will be accepted by finnCap, or by any of its respective partners, employees, advisers, affiliates or agents as to or in relation to, the accuracy or completeness of this Announcement or any other written or oral information made available to or publicly available to any interested party or its advisers, and any liability therefore is expressly disclaimed.

This Announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Regulation 11 of the Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU exit) Regulations 2019/310) ("EU Exit Regulations"), encompassing information relating to the fundraise described above, and is disclosed in accordance with the company's obligations under EU Exit Regulations. In addition, market soundings (as defined in EU Exit Regulations) were taken in respect of the placing with the result that certain persons became aware of inside information (as defined in EU Exit Regulations), as permitted by EU Exit Regulations.  This inside information is set out in this announcement. Therefore, upon publication of this announcement, those persons that received such inside information in a market sounding are no longer in possession of such inside information relating to the company and its securities.

finnCap Ltd, which is authorised and regulated by the FCA for the conduct of regulated activities in the United Kingdom, is acting as nominated adviser and bookrunner to the Company and no one else in connection with the Placing and is not acting for and will not be responsible to any person other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to its clients or for providing advice in relation to the Placing. finnCap's responsibilities as the Company's nominated adviser under the AIM Rules for Nominated Advisers are owed solely to the London Stock Exchange and are not owed to the Company or to any Director or to any other person in respect of his decision to acquire shares in the Company in reliance on any part of this Announcement.

Except as required under applicable law, neither finnCap nor any of its directors, officers, partners, employees, advisers, affiliates or agents assume or accept any responsibility whatsoever for the contents of the information contained in this Announcement or for any other statement made or purported to be made by or on behalf of finnCap or any of its affiliates in connection with the Company, the new Ordinary Shares or the Placing.  finnCap and each of its directors, officers, partners, employees, advisers, affiliates and agents accordingly disclaim all and any responsibility and liability whatsoever, whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise (save as referred to above) in respect of any statements or other information contained in this Announcement and no representation or warranty, express or implied, is made by finnCap or any of its directors, officers, partners, employees, advisers, affiliates or agents as to the accuracy, completeness or sufficiency of the information contained in this Announcement.

The distribution of this Announcement and/or the Placing in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. No action has been taken by the Company, finnCap or any of their respective affiliates that would, or which is intended to, permit an offering of the new Ordinary Shares in any jurisdiction or result in the possession or distribution of this Announcement or any other offering or publicity material relating to new Ordinary Shares in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. 

This Announcement contains (or may contain) certain forward-looking statements with respect to certain of the Company's current expectations and projections about future events. These statements, which sometimes use words such as "aim", "anticipate", "believe", "intend", "plan", "estimate", "expect" and words of similar meaning, reflect the directors' beliefs and expectations and involve a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions which may occur in the future, are beyond the Company's control and could cause actual results and performance to differ materially from any expected future results or performance expressed or implied by the forward-looking statement. Statements contained in this Announcement regarding past trends or activities should not be taken as a representation that such trends or activities will continue in the future. The information contained in this Announcement is subject to change without notice and, except as required by applicable law, the Company does not assume any responsibility or obligation to update publicly or review any of the forward-looking statements contained in it, nor do they intend to. As a result of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the recipient should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results or otherwise.

This Announcement does not identify or suggest, or purport to identify or suggest, the risks (direct or indirect) that may be associated with an investment in the Placing. Any investment decision to subscribe for Placing Shares in the Placing must be made solely on the basis of publicly available information, which has not been independently verified by finnCap. 

The information in this Announcement may not be forwarded or distributed to any other person and may not be reproduced in any manner whatsoever. Any forwarding, distribution, reproduction or disclosure of this information in whole or in part is unauthorised. Failure to comply with this directive may result in a violation of the Securities Act or the applicable laws of other jurisdictions.

This Announcement does not constitute a recommendation concerning any investor's option with respect to the Placing. Each investor or prospective investor should conduct his, her or its own investigation, analysis and evaluation of the business and data described in this Announcement and publicly available information. The price and value of securities can go down as well as up. Past performance is not a guide to future performance. 

Neither the content of the Company's website nor any website accessible by hyperlinks on the Company's website is incorporated in, or forms part of, this Announcement.