THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS
RESTRICTED AND IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN
WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN, INTO OR FROM THE
UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, NEW
ZEALAND OR JAPAN OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH RELEASE,
PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION WOULD BREACH ANY APPLICABLE LAW OR
REGULATION.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES
NOT CONSTITUTE OR CONTAIN ANY INVITATION, SOLICITATION,
RECOMMENDATION, OFFER OR ADVICE TO ANY PERSON TO SUBSCRIBE FOR,
OTHERWISE ACQUIRE OR DISPOSE OF ANY SECURITIES IN COHORT PLC OR ANY
OTHER ENTITY IN ANY JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS ANNOUNCEMENT NOR THE
FACT OF ITS DISTRIBUTION SHALL FORM THE BASIS OF, OR BE RELIED ON
IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY INVESTMENT DECISION IN RESPECT OF COHORT
PLC.
For
immediate release
21
November 2024
COHORT PLC
("Cohort", "the Company" or
"the Group")
Result of the Retail
Offer
Cohort plc (AIM: CHRT), the independent technology
group, is pleased to announce that, following the close of the
Retail Offer announced earlier today (the "Retail Offer Launch Announcement"), it
has conditionally raised gross proceeds of £1 million consisting of 114,285 new
Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each
in the capital of the Company (the "Retail Offer Shares") at a price
of 875 pence per
Retail Offer Share (the "Issue
Price").
Consequently, 4,571,428 Placing Shares and 114,285
Retail Offer Shares (together the "New Ordinary Shares"), totalling
4,685,713 New Ordinary Shares will be issued at the Issue Price
subject to the conditions set out in the Launch
Announcement.
A separate announcement has been
made regarding the results of the Placing.
Capitalised terms not defined in
this announcement (this "Announcement") have the meanings given
to them in the Retail Offer Launch Announcement.
Admission, settlement and dealings
Application has been made to the
London Stock Exchange for the 114,285
Retail Offer Shares to be admitted to trading on the AIM market of
the London Stock Exchange ("Admission").
Admission is expected to take place
at 8.00 a.m. on 25 November
2024 and dealings in the Retail Offer Shares are
expected to commence at 8.00 a.m. on 25
November 2024.
The Retail Offer Shares, when
issued, will be credited as fully paid and will rank pari passu in
all respects with the Existing Ordinary Shares, including the right
to receive all dividends and other distributions declared, made or
paid after the date of issue.
Following the issue of the New
Ordinary Shares, the Company will have 46,552,085 Ordinary Shares
of 10 pence
each in issue. The figure of 46,552,085 may be used by the
Company's shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by
which they will determine if they are required to notify their
interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under
the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Rules and Transparency
Rules.
For
further information please contact:
Cohort plc
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0118 909 0390
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Andrew Thomis, Chief
Executive
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Simon Walther, Finance
Director
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Raquel McGrath, Company Secretary and
General Counsel
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Investec Bank Plc (Sole Financial Adviser, Nominated Adviser,
Corporate Broker and Bookrunner)
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020
7597 5970
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Christopher Baird, Carlton Nelson,
Charlotte Young
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PrimaryBid Limited
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Fahim Chowdhury, James
Deal
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enquiries@primarybid.com
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IMPORTANT
NOTICES
The information contained in this
Announcement is for information purposes only and does not purport
to be full or complete. No reliance may be placed for any purpose
on the information contained in this Announcement or its accuracy,
fairness or completeness. The information in this Announcement is
subject to change.
Neither this Announcement, nor any
copy of it, may be taken or transmitted, published or distributed,
directly or indirectly, in, or into the United States, Australia,
Canada, Japan, or South Africa or to any persons in any of those
jurisdictions or any other jurisdiction where to do so would
constitute a violation of the relevant securities laws of such
jurisdiction.
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 any
shares in the capital of the Company in the United States,
Australia, Canada, Japan or South Africa or any other state or
jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation is not authorised
or to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such offer or
solicitation. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may
constitute a violation of securities laws of such
jurisdictions.
The New Ordinary Shares have not
been, and will not be, registered under the US Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "US
Securities Act") or under any securities laws of any state
or other jurisdiction of the United States and may not be offered,
sold, resold, transferred or delivered, directly or indirectly, in
or into the United States except pursuant to an applicable
exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the
registration requirements of the US Securities Act and in
compliance with the securities laws of any state or other
jurisdiction of the United States. No public offering of the New
Ordinary Shares is being made in the United States.