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WHOLE OR IN PART, IN OR INTO OR WITHIN THE UNITED STATES,
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IMPORTANT NOTICE AT THE END OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.
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ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF
ARTICLE 7 OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION (EU) 596/2014 WHICH FORMS
PART OF THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES PURSUANT TO THE EUROPEAN
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THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
11 February 2025
Belluscura plc
("Belluscura" or the "Company")
Result of oversubscribed WRAP Retail
Offer
Belluscura plc (AIM: BELL), a leading medical
device developer focused on lightweight and portable oxygen
enrichment technology, is pleased to announce that further to the
announcements on 7 February 2025, it has conditionally raised gross
proceeds of £675,000, including from certain significant
Shareholders, pursuant to its WRAP Retail Offer, alongside the
previously announced Placing. The Board is pleased to announce that
the WRAP Retail Offer was oversubscribed and therefore upsized the
offer, providing the Company with additional working capital for
its growth plans.
The Company will issue a total of 33,750,000
WRAP Retail Offer Shares at the Issue Price of 2 pence,
conditional, inter alia,
upon the passing of the Resolutions by the Company's Shareholders
at a General Meeting of the Company to be held at 11.00 a.m. on 28
February 2025.
In aggregate, the Fundraise has raised gross
proceeds of approximately £4.7 million (approximately $5.8
million), of which approximately £4.0 million is conditional,
inter alia, on the passing
of the Resolutions by the Company's Shareholders at the General
Meeting. The net proceeds of the Fundraise, being approximately
£4.3 million (approximately $5.4 million), will be used by the
Company to purchase product inventory, for general working capital
purposes and to bolster its balance sheet.
Admission
Subject to the passing of the Resolutions,
application has been made for the 33,750,000 WRAP Retail Offer
Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM. Admission of the WRAP
Retail Offer Shares is expected to become effective on or around 4
March 2025. The new Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to the
WRAP Retail Offer will, on admission, rank pari passu in all respects with the
new Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to the Placing and the
Company's Existing Ordinary Shares.
Capitalised
terms used but not defined in this announcement have the same
meaning as set out in the Company's announcement released at 7.05
a.m. on 7 February 2025.
For further
information, please
contact:
Belluscura plc
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Tel: +44
(0)20 3128 8100
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Adam Reynolds, Chairman
Robert Rauker, Chief Executive
Officer
Simon Neicheril, Chief Financial
Officer
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SPARK Advisory Partners
Limited
Nominated Adviser
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Tel: +44
(0)20 3368 3550
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Neil Baldwin / Jade Bayat
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Dowgate Capital Limited
Joint Broker
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Tel: +44
(0)20 3903 7715
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James Serjeant / Colin Clime (Sales
and Corporate Broking)
Russell Cook / Daniel Ingram
(Corporate Finance)
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Allenby Capital Limited
Joint Broker
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Tel: +44 (0)20 3328 5656
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Guy McDougall / Amrit Nahal (Sales
and Corporate Broking)
Jeremy Porter / Lauren Wright
(Corporate Finance)
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MHP
Financial PR
& Investor Relations
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Tel: +44 (0)20 3128
8100
email: Belluscura@mhpgroup.com
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Katie Hunt / Matthew Taylor
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Winterflood
Retail Access Platform
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WRAP@winterflood.com
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Joe Winkley / Sophia Bechev
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Tel: +44
(0)20 3100 0286
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Further information on the Company can be found
on its website at https://ir.belluscura.com
The Company's LEI is
213800BRJQZE56XBPW94.
This announcement should be read in its
entirety. In particular, the information in the "Important Notices" section of the
announcement should be read and understood.
Important
Notices
The content of this announcement,
which has been prepared by and is the sole responsibility of the
Company.
This announcement and the
information contained herein is not for release, publication or
distribution, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, in or
into or from the United States (including its territories and
possessions, any state of the United States and the District of
Columbia (the "United
States" or "US")),
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, the Republic of South
Africa, any member state of the EEA or any other jurisdiction where
to do so might constitute a violation of the relevant laws or
regulations of such jurisdiction.
The WRAP Retail Offer Shares have
not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "US
Securities Act") or under the applicable state securities
laws of the United States and may not be offered or sold directly
or indirectly in or into the United States. No public offering of
the WRAP Retail Offer Shares is being made in the United States.
The WRAP Retail Offer Shares are being offered and sold outside the
United States in "offshore
transactions", as defined in, and in compliance with,
Regulation S under the US Securities Act ("Regulation S") to non-US persons
(within the meaning of Regulation S). In addition, the Company has
not been, and will not be, registered under the US Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended.
This announcement does not
constitute an offer to sell or issue or a solicitation of an offer
to buy or subscribe for WRAP Retail Offer Shares in the United
States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, the Republic of
South Africa, any member state of the EEA or any other jurisdiction
in which such offer or solicitation is or may be unlawful. No
public offer of the securities referred to herein is being made in
any such jurisdiction.
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 US Securities Act, 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.
The distribution of this
announcement may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions and
persons into whose possession any document or other information
referred to herein comes should inform themselves about and observe
any such restriction. Any failure to comply with these restrictions
may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such
jurisdiction.
WRAP is a proprietary technology
platform owned and operated by Winterflood Securities Ltd
(registered address at Riverbank House, 2 Swan Lane, London EC4R
3GA; FRN 141455). Winterflood Securities Ltd ("Winterflood") is authorised and
regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority,
is acting exclusively for the Company and for no-one else and will
not regard any other person (whether or not a recipient of this
announcement) as its client in relation to the WRAP Retail Offer
and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for
providing the protections afforded to its clients, nor for
providing advice in connection with the WRAP Retail Offer,
Admission and the other arrangements referred to in this
announcement.
The value of Ordinary Shares and the
income from them is not guaranteed and can fall as well as rise due
to stock market movements. When you sell your investment, you may
get back less than you originally invested. Figures refer to past
performance and past performance is not a reliable indicator of
future results. Returns may increase or decrease as a result of
currency fluctuations.
Certain statements in this
announcement are forward-looking statements which are based on the
Company's expectations, intentions and projections regarding its
future performance, anticipated events or trends and other matters
that are not historical facts. These forward-looking statements,
which may use words such as "aim", "anticipate", "believe",
"intend", "estimate", "expect" and words of similar meaning,
include all matters that are not historical facts. These
forward-looking statements involve risks, assumptions and
uncertainties that could cause the actual results of operations,
financial condition, liquidity and dividend policy and the
development of the industries in which the Company's businesses
operate to differ materially from the impression created by the
forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of
future performance and are subject to known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. Given those risks and uncertainties,
prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on
forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements
speak only as at the date of this announcement and cannot be relied
upon as a guide to future performance. The Company and Winterflood
expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to update or
revise any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect
actual results or any change in the assumptions, conditions or
circumstances on which any such statements are based unless
required to do so by the Financial Conduct Authority, the London
Stock Exchange or applicable law.
The information in this announcement
is for background purposes only and does not purport to be full or
complete. None of Winterflood or any of its affiliates, accepts any
responsibility or liability whatsoever for, or makes any
representation or warranty, express or implied, as to this
announcement, including the truth, accuracy or completeness of the
information in this announcement (or whether any information has
been omitted from the announcement) or any other information
relating to the Company or associated companies, whether written,
oral or in a visual or electronic form, and howsoever transmitted
or made available or for any loss howsoever arising from any use of
the announcement or its contents or otherwise arising in connection
therewith. Winterflood and its affiliates, accordingly disclaim all
and any liability whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise
which they might otherwise be found to have in respect of this
announcement or its contents or otherwise arising in connection
therewith.
Any indication in this announcement
of the price at which the Ordinary Share have been bought or sold
in the past cannot be relied upon as a guide to future performance.
Persons needing advice should consult an independent financial
adviser. No statement in this announcement is intended to be a
profit forecast and no statement in this announcement should be
interpreted to mean that earnings or target dividend per share of
the Company for the current or future financial years would
necessarily match or exceed the historical published earnings or
dividends per share of the Company.
Neither the content of the Company's
website (or any other website) nor the content of any website
accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other
website) is incorporated into or forms part of this announcement.
The WRAP Retail Offer Shares to be issued or sold pursuant to the
WRAP Retail Offer will not be admitted to trading on any stock
exchange other than the London Stock Exchange.
It is further noted that the WRAP
Retail Offer is only open to investors in the United Kingdom who
fall within Article 43 of the Financial Services and Markets Act
2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (which includes
an existing member of the Company).
SPARK Advisory Partners Limited,
which is authorised and regulated by the FCA in the United Kingdom,
is acting Nominated Adviser to the Company in connection with the
Placing. SPARK Advisory Partners Limited has not authorised the
contents of, or any part of, this announcement, and no liability
whatsoever is accepted by SPARK Advisory Partners Limited for the
accuracy of any information or opinions contained in this
announcement or for the omission of any material information. The
responsibilities of SPARK Advisory Partners Limited as the
Company's Nominated Adviser under the AIM Rules for Companies and
the AIM Rules for Nominated Advisers are owed solely to London
Stock Exchange plc and are not owed to the Company or to any
director or shareholder of the Company or any other person, in
respect of its decision to acquire shares in the capital of the
Company in reliance on any part of this announcement, or
otherwise.
Dowgate Capital Limited and Allenby
Capital Limited are authorised and regulated by the FCA in the
United Kingdom. Dowgate Capital Limited and Allenby Capital Limited
are acting as joint brokers to the Company and no one else in
connection with the Placing and the contents of this announcement
and will not regard any other person (whether or not a recipient of
this announcement) as its client in relation to the Bookbuild or
the contents of this announcement nor will it be responsible to
anyone other than the Company for providing the protections
afforded to its clients or for providing advice in relation to the
contents of this announcement. Apart from the responsibilities and
liabilities, if any, which may be imposed on Dowgate Capital
Limited and Allenby Capital Limited by FSMA or the regulatory
regime established thereunder, neither Dowgate Capital Limited nor
Allenby Capital Limited accepts any responsibility whatsoever, and
makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, for the
Bookbuild or the contents of this announcement including its
accuracy, completeness or verification or for any other statement
made or purported to be made by it, or on behalf of it, the Company
or any other person, in connection with the Company and the
contents of this announcement, whether as to the past or the
future. Dowgate Capital Limited and Allenby Capital Limited
accordingly disclaims all and any liability whatsoever, whether
arising in tort, contract or otherwise (save as referred to above),
which it might otherwise have in respect of the contents of this
announcement or any such statement.