2 December 2021
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Abingdon Health plc
("Abingdon Health", the "Group" or the "Company")
Launch of Open Offer, Posting of Circular, Notice of General Meeting
York, U.K. 2 December 2021: Abingdon Health plc (AIM: ABDX), a leading international developer and manufacturer of high quality and effective rapid tests, is pleased to announce that further to the Company's announcement on 1 December 2021 (the "Proposed Fundraising"), the Company will today post a Circular to Qualifying Shareholders regarding the Open Offer of up to 4,000,000 Open Offer Shares in the Company at the Issue Price of 25 pence per Open Offer Share to raise up to approximately £1 million (before expenses).
Pursuant to the Open Offer, Qualifying Shareholders will be given the opportunity to subscribe for:
1 Open Offer Share for every 23.9247785 Existing Ordinary Shares
held by each Qualifying Shareholder on the Record Date.
Any Open Offer Shares not subscribed for by Qualifying Shareholders will be available to Qualifying Shareholders under the Excess Application Facility and as such, Qualifying Shareholders seeking to limit their dilution from the Placing, the Subscription and the Primary Bid Offer can also request additional Open Offer Shares ("Excess Shares") under the Excess Application Facility. The Open Offer is not being underwritten.
The Open Offer is conditional upon, among other matters, the Second Placing becoming or being declared unconditional in all respects and not being terminated before Second Admission.
Posting of Circular
Further details regarding the Open Offer are available in the Circular, which has been posted today to Qualifying Shareholders, along with the Application Form (where applicable). The Circular will also be made available on the Company's website: www.abingdonhealth.com/investors/
Notice of General Meeting
A notice convening a General Meeting of the Company is set out at the end of the Circular. The General Meeting has been convened for 10.30 a.m. on 20 December 2021 at the offices of Abingdon Health plc at York Biotech Campus, Sand Hutton, York, YO41 1LZ.
Capitalised terms used in this announcement have the meanings given to them in the Circular, unless the context provides otherwise.
Enquiries:
| Abingdon Health plc | |||
| Chris Yates, Chief Executive Officer | Via Walbrook PR | ||
| Melanie Ross, Chief Financial Officer | | ||
| Christopher Hand, Non-Executive Chairman | | ||
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| Singer Capital Markets Securities Limited (Sole Bookrunner and Broker) | Tel: +44 (0)20 7496 3000 | ||
| Shaun Dobson, Peter Steel, Alex Bond (Corporate Finance) | | ||
| Tom Salvesen (Corporate Broking) | | ||
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| Walbrook PR Limited | Tel: +44 (0)20 7933 8780 or abingdon@walbrookpr.com | ||
| Paul McManus / Phillip Marriage | Mob: +44 (0)7980 541 893 / +44 (0)77867 984 082 | ||
| Alice Woodings | Mob: +44 (0)7407 804 654 | ||
Expected timetable of principal events:
| | 2021 |
| Record Date for entitlement under the Open Offer | 30 November |
| Announcement of the Fundraising | 7.00 a.m. on 1 December |
| Announcement of the results of the Placing, the Subscription and the PrimaryBid Offer | 1 December |
| Publication and posting of the Circular, Notice of General Meeting, Form of Proxy and, to Qualifying Non-Crest Shareholders, the Application Form | 2 December |
| Ex-Entitlement Date of the Open Offer | 2 December |
| Open Offer Entitlements and Excess Open Offer Entitlements credited to stock accounts in CREST of Qualifying CREST Shareholders | 3 December |
| Admission of the First Placing Shares to trading on AIM and commencement of dealings | 8 a.m. on 3 December |
| Where applicable, expected date for CREST accounts to be credited in respect of First Placing Shares in uncertificated form | 3 December |
| Latest recommended time and date for requested withdrawal of Open Offer Entitlements | 4.30 p.m. on 13 December |
| Latest time and date for depositing Open Offer Entitlements in CREST | 3.00 p.m. on 14 December |
| Latest time and date for splitting of Application Forms under the Open Offer | 3.00 p.m. on 15 December |
| Latest time and date for receipt of Forms of Proxy and CREST voting instructions | 10.30 a.m. on 16 December |
| Latest time and date for receipt of Application Forms and payment in full under the Open Offer and settlement of relevant CREST instructions (as appropriate) | 11.00 a.m. on 17 December |
| Where applicable, expected date for dispatch of definitive share certificates for First Placing Shares in certificated form | 17 December |
| General Meeting | 10.30 a.m. on 20 December |
| Results of the General Meeting and the Open Offer announced | 20 December |
| Admission of the Second Admission Shares to trading on AIM and commencement of dealings | 8 a.m. on 21 December |
| Where applicable, expected date for CREST accounts to be credited in respect of Second Admission Shares in uncertificated form | 21 December |
| Where applicable, expected date for dispatch of definitive share certificates for Second Admission Shares in certificated form | 6 January 2022 |
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