LIFS Lifesafe Holdings Plc

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TERMS NOT OTHERWISE DEFINED HEREIN SHALL HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN THE COMPANY'S ANNOUNCEMENT RELEASED ON 14 MAY 2024 AT 4:35 P.M.

21 May 2024

LifeSafe Holdings plc

("LifeSafe", the "Group", or the "Company")

Result of over-subscribed Retail Offer

LifeSafe (AIM:LIFS), a fire safety technology business with innovative fire extinguishing fluids and fire safety products, is pleased to announce that the Retail Offer launched on 15 May 2024 was significantly over-subscribed, raising in aggregate £0.3 million through the issuance of 3,000,000 Retail Offer Shares at a price of 10 pence per share.

Accordingly, the Company has conditionally raised total gross proceeds of approximately £2.0 million in aggregate by way of the Placing, the Subscription and the Retail Offer.

A separate announcement will be made following the General Meeting as to the results of the General Meeting and the total voting rights following Admission.

Admission

Application will be made to the London Stock Exchange for admission of the Fundraising Shares to trading on AIM ("Admission"). It is expected that, subject to the necessary resolutions being passed at the General Meeting, Admission will become effective and dealings in the Fundraising Shares will commence at 8.00 a.m. on 31 May 2024.

Admission is conditional, inter alia, upon Admission becoming effective, the Placing Agreement not having been terminated and becoming unconditional, and upon the approval of the Resolutions by Shareholders at the Company's forthcoming General Meeting to be held on 30 May 2024.

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 IMPORTANT NOTICES

The content of this announcement has been prepared by and is the sole responsibility of the Company.

The 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).

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, 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 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 or to or for the account or benefit of any US person (within the meaning of Regulation S under the US Securities Act) (a "US Person"). No public offering of the Retail Offer Shares is being made in the United States. The 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. 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 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.

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.

Zeus Capital Limited ("Zeus") is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the FCA, 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 transactions and arrangements described in this announcement 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 contents of this announcement, or the transactions, 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 and currency 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.

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 Retail Offer Shares to be issued or sold pursuant to the Retail Offer will not be admitted to trading on any stock exchange other than AIM.

Notes to Editors

LifeSafe is a fire safety technology business that develops eco-friendly, novel and innovative fire extinguishing and prevention fluids and life-saving fire safety products.  LifeSafe has developed a market disrupting range of eco-friendly fire safety protection products; a new patent-pending Thermal Runaway Fluid to combat lithium battery fires by permanently extinguishing and preventing re-ignition, and the StaySafe All-in-1, a handheld eco-friendly and fully recyclable extinguisher which is verified to extinguish ten different types of fire and is the number one selling fire extinguisher on Amazon UK.  LifeSafe is successfully creating new markets for the Group in fire safety through its innovative technologies, products, digital marketing and multi-channel sales; and is continuing to develop new fluid derivations for applications in various industrial market sectors.

LifeSafe was admitted to trading on AIM in July 2022 with the ticker LIFS.

For further information please visit: https://www.lifesafeholdingsplc.com.

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