TERMS NOT OTHERWISE DEFINED HEREIN SHALL HAVE THE MEANINGS
GIVEN TO THEM IN THE COMPANY'S ANNOUNCEMENT RELEASED AT 4:40 P.M.
ON 4 APRIL 2024.
20
June 2024
Xeros Technology Group
plc
("Xeros",
the "Company" or the "Group")
Additional Subscription
Shares
Xeros Technology Group plc (AIM:
XSG), the creator of technologies that reduce the impact of
clothing on the planet, confirms further to the announcement of its
Fundraising on 4 April 2024 (the "Fundraising"), that participants
in the Fundraising are entitled to subscribe for Additional
Subscription Shares at the Issue Price, in the ratio of one
Additional Subscription Share for every two Ordinary Shares
subscribed for in the Fundraising.
Investors who participated via the
Placing and Subscription will be sent an electronic copy of the
exercise notice form ("Exercise Notice") which contains full
instructions on how to exercise entitlements and subscribe for the
Additional Subscription Shares. Shareholders who participated via
the Retail Offer can contact their respective intermediary for
copies of the Exercise Notice. Alternatively Exercise Notices can
be obtained by written request to ir@xerostech.com.
Completed Exercise Notices will be treated as irrevocable, once
received by the Company.
Terms of the Additional Subscription Shares
The arrangements described in this
announcement apply to all investors in the Fundraising save for
Amati Global Investors Limited whose entitlement for Additional
Subscription Shares is set out in a separate Deferred Subscription
Deed, as noted in the original Fundraising announcement.
As referred to above, the Company
has agreed to issue Additional Subscription Shares to investors in
the Placing, Subscription and Retail Offer on the basis of one
Additional Subscription Share for every two new Ordinary Shares
subscribed for. Accordingly, the maximum number of new Ordinary
Shares that could be admitted pursuant to the exercise of
Additional Subscription Shares is up to 155,394,771 Ordinary
Shares. The Additional Subscription Shares are exercisable at the
Fundraising Issue Price of 1.5 pence per Ordinary Share during the
Additional Subscription Exercise Period.
The Company will make the
appropriate announcements as and when it issues new Ordinary Shares
pursuant to the exercise of Additional Subscription
Shares.
The other key terms and conditions
of the Additional Subscription Shares are set out below:
Subscription Rights
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Each participant in the April 2024
Fundraising has the right to subscribe for one new Ordinary Share
for every two Ordinary Shares subscribed for in the Fundraising, at
the Issue Price of 1.5 pence per new Ordinary Share, by notice to
the Company during the Exercise Period.
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Exercise Period
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Participants in the Fundraising with
entitlements to subscribe for Additional Subscription Shares can
exercise these entitlements up until 31 January 2025.
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Condition to Exercise
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Participants with rights to
subscribe for Additional Subscription Shares can only do so
provided that they, at the time of exercise, still hold at least
the number of Ordinary Shares subscribed for in the Fundraising. If
their total holding at the time of exercise is below the number of
Ordinary Shares subscribed in the Fundraising, they will be limited
to exercising a lower number of Additional Subscription Shares on a
pro rata basis.
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Allotment Periods
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The Company will allot the new
Ordinary Shares pursuant to valid exercises received every two
weeks ("Allotment Period"). In order for exercises to be included
in any given Allotment Period, they should be completed and with
the Company such that they are received by no later than 12 noon on
the second Thursday of that Allotment Period. If they are received
after this time they will be included in the following Allotment
Period. You will be notified if this is the case. The first
Allotment Period will run from the date of this announcement until
4 July 2024, and at two-week intervals thereafter, in each case
ending at 12 noon on the second Thursday thereafter.
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Settlement
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Unless an Exercise Notice is
rejected or deferred to a later Allotment Period (in which case
applicants will be informed accordingly by the Company) settlement
will take place as follows:
a) Trade Time and Date: 0800 on the next
following Monday (after the end of the relevant Allotment Period
(or next following business day if such day is a Bank
Holiday);
b) Settlement Date: 2 business days after
the Trade Date determined, as per a) above.
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Exercise of Additional Subscription
Shares
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Placing and
Subscription: The Additional
Subscription Shares may be exercised in whole or in part during the
Exercise Period by participants in the Placing or Subscription,
provided that any partial exercise by a participant shall be for a
minimum aggregate exercise price of £5,000 or, if less, the balance
of the relevant participants Additional Subscription Shares then
outstanding. Completed Exercise Notices will be treated as
irrevocable, once received by the Company.
Retail Offer:
The Additional Subscription Shares may be
exercised in whole or in part during the Exercise Period
by participants in the Retail Offer, provided that
any partial exercise by a participant shall be for a minimum
aggregate exercise price of £1,000 or, if less, the balance of the
relevant participants Additional Subscription Shares then
outstanding. Completed Exercise Notices will be treated as
irrevocable, once received by the Company.
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Adjustment to Subscription
Rights
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The subscription rights conferred by
the Additional Subscription Shares shall be adjusted by the Board
in its sole discretion on the occurrence of certain events in
relation to the Company, including
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a) a subdivision, consolidation or
reclassification of the Ordinary Shares;
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b) a reduction of capital or any
other reduction in the number of Ordinary Shares in issue from time
to time;
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c) an issue of Ordinary Shares by
way of dividend or distribution or by way of capitalisation of
profits or reserves; or
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d) a consolidation, amalgamation or
merger of the Company with or into another entity in certain
circumstances,
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with the intention, in broad terms,
that any such adjustment would leave the shareholders with rights
to exercise Additional Subscription Shares in a similar position to
the position they were in immediately before the event giving rise
to the adjustment.
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Transfer
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Entitlements to Additional
Subscription Shares are non-transferable without the prior consent
of the Company.
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Security
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The Additional Subscription Shares
are not secured.
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Enquiries
Xeros Technology Group plc
Neil Austin, Chief Executive
Officer
Alex Tristram, Director of
Finance
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Tel: 0114
269 9656
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Cavendish Capital Markets Limited (Nominated Adviser and
Broker)
Julian Blunt/Teddy Whiley, Corporate
Finance
Andrew Burdis/Sunila de Silva,
ECM
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Tel: 020
7220 0500
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Belvedere Communications
Cat Valentine
Keeley Clarke
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xeros@belvederepr.com
Mob: 07715
769 078
Mob: 07967
816 525
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About Xeros
Xeros Technology plc has developed
patented and proven, industry-leading technologies which reduce the
environmental impact of how industries make and care for
clothes.
The traditional wet processing
methods used in industrial and domestic laundry and garment
manufacturing consume billions of litres of fresh water and large
amounts of energy and chemicals, as well as damaging and weakening
clothing fibres and creating rising levels of environmental
pollution. It is estimated that washing machines contribute 35% of
the 171 trillion microplastic particles in the ocean.
A range of actors, including
consumers, the media NGOs and regulators are exerting pressure on
these industries, with legislative action beginning to be
taken.
Xeros' three main
technologies, Filtration, Finish, and Care, facilitate garment manufacturers,
industrial laundries, domestic washing machine manufacturers and
consumers, to reduce their environmental impact, whilst also
significantly improving efficiency in the process.
Xeros' model is to generate revenue
from licensing its technologies, generating royalties and the sale
of consumables. Currently there are 8 agreements in place. The
addressable markets in Filtration, Finish and Care are estimated to
be valued at £350m p.a., £132m p.a. and £3bn p.a.
respectively.