17 November 2015
Allergy Therapeutics plc
("Allergy Therapeutics", the
"Company" or the "Group")
Results of Placing
Allergy Therapeutics, the fully
integrated specialty pharmaceutical company specialising in allergy
vaccines, is pleased to announce the successful completion of the
Placing announced earlier today.
A total of 41,005,500 new ordinary
shares (the "New Shares") have been placed by Panmure Gordon at a
price of 28 pence per share (the "Placing Price") to raise
approximately £11.5 million (before expenses) for the Company. The
New Shares being issued represent approximately 7.5 per cent. of
the issued ordinary share capital of the Company prior to the
Placing. The Placing Price represents a discount of 0.6 per cent.
to the average mid-market closing price over the previous 60
trading days up to and including 16 November 2015, being the last
practicable day before the announcement of the Placing.
Manuel Llobet, Chief Executive
Officer, stated:
"We are delighted with the result of
this oversubscribed fundraising and would like to take the
opportunity to welcome new investors in the Company as well as
thank our existing investors for their continued support. We look
forward to putting the proceeds of the Placing to use in the
business, with a view to generating significant additional value
for our shareholders".
Panmure Gordon is acting as
Financial Adviser, Nominated Adviser and Corporate Broker in
respect of the Placing. Unless the context requires otherwise,
capitalised terms in this announcement have the same meanings as
defined in the Company's announcement released via RNS at 7.01am
today.
Related Party Transaction
Where a company enters into a
related party transaction, under the AIM Rules for Companies, the
independent directors of the company are required, after consulting
with the company's nominated adviser, to state whether, in their
opinion, the transaction is fair and reasonable in so far as its
shareholders are concerned.
As at the date of this announcement,
Beagle Partners LLP ("Beagle Partners") has an interest in
125,183,783 Ordinary Shares (on behalf of Southern Fox Investments
Limited as its investment manager), representing 22.9 per cent. of
the issued share capital of the Company. Beagle Partners has
subscribed £0.5 million for 1,785,000 Ordinary Shares in the
Placing. The issue of Ordinary Shares to Beagle Partners
constitutes a related party transaction under Rule 13 of the AIM
Rules for Companies.
The Directors, having consulted with
Panmure Gordon, the Company's nominated adviser, consider that the
terms of Beagle Partners' participation in the Placing are fair and
reasonable insofar as the shareholders are concerned.
Application for admission to trading
on AIM and total voting rights
Application has been made to the
London Stock Exchange for admission to trading of the New Shares on
AIM ("Admission"). It is expected that Admission will take place at
8:00 a.m. on 20 November 2015 (at which time the Placing will
become unconditional) and that dealings in the New Shares on AIM
will commence at the same time.
The New Shares will, when issued, be
credited as fully paid and will rank pari passu in all respects with
the existing Ordinary Shares in the capital of the Company,
including the right to receive all dividends or other distributions
made, paid or declared in respect of such shares after the date of
issue of the New Shares.
Allergy Therapeutics' enlarged
issued ordinary share capital immediately following Admission will
be 586,853,419 Ordinary Shares with voting rights attached. The
Company has no shares in Treasury; therefore the total number of
voting rights in Allergy Therapeutics is 586,853,419. This figure
may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations
by which they will determine whether they are required to notify an
interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of
the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency
Rules.
For further information, please
contact:
Allergy Therapeutics
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+44 (0) 1903 845 820
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Manuel Llobet, Chief Executive
Officer
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Ian Postlethwaite
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Panmure Gordon
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+44 (0) 207 886 2500
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Freddy Crossley / Peter Steel /
Duncan Monteith, Corporate Finance
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Tom Salvesen, Corporate
Broking
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FTI Consulting
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+44 (0) 203 727 1000
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Simon Conway / Victoria Foster
Mitchell
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www.allergytherapeutics.com