Prospectus • Nov 12, 2018
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THIS DOCUMENT IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. If you are in any doubt about the contents of this document or the action you should take, you are recommended to seek your own financial advice immediately from an appropriately authorised stockbroker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant or other independent financial adviser who, if you are taking advice in the United Kingdom (''UK''), is duly authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (''FSMA'').
This document comprises a prospectus relating to Cobra Resources plc (the ''Company'' or ''Cobra'') prepared in accordance with the prospectus rules of the Financial Conduct Authority (the ''FCA'') made under section 73A of FSMA (the ''Prospectus Rules'') and approved by the FCA under section 87A of FSMA. This document has been filed with the FCA and made available to the public in accordance with Rule 3.2 of the Prospectus Rules.
Applications will be made to the FCA for all of the ordinary shares in the Company (the ''Ordinary Shares'') which are issued (the ''Existing Issued Share Capital'') and to be issued in connection with the Placing (such share capital being the ''Enlarged Issued Share Capital'') to be admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority (the ''Official List'') by way of a standard listing (''Standard Listing'') under Chapter 14 of the listing rules of the FCA made under section 73A of FSMA (the ''Listing Rules'') and to the London Stock Exchange plc (the ''London Stock Exchange'') for such Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on the main market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange (together, ''Admission''). It is expected that Admission will become effective, and that dealings in the Ordinary Shares will commence, at 8.00 a.m. on 15 November 2018.
The whole of the text of this document should be read by prospective investors. Your attention is specifically drawn to the discussion of certain risks and other factors that should be considered in connection with an investment in the Ordinary Shares, as set out in Part 2 – Risk Factors beginning on page 13 of this document.
The Directors, whose names appear on page 31, and the Company accept responsibility for the information contained in this document. To the best of the knowledge of the Directors and the Company (each of whom have taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case), the information contained in this document is in accordance with the facts and contains no omission likely to affect its import.
(Incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 11170056)
Admission to the Official List of up to 135,000,000 Ordinary Shares of 1.0 pence each (by way of a Standard Listing under Chapter 14 of the Listing Rules) and to trading on the main market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange
Sole Broker and Co-ordinator
This document does not constitute an offer to sell or an invitation to purchase or subscribe for, or the solicitation of an offer or invitation to purchase or subscribe for, Ordinary Shares in any jurisdiction where such an offer or solicitation is unlawful or would impose any unfulfilled registration, publication or approval requirements on the Company.
Application will be made for the Ordinary Shares to be admitted to a Standard Listing on the Official List. A Standard Listing will afford investors in the Company a lower level of regulatory protection than that afforded to investors in companies with premium listings on the Official List (''Premium Listing''), which are subject to additional obligations under the Listing Rules.
The Ordinary Shares have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933 (the ''Securities Act''), or the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States or under applicable securities laws of Australia, Canada, South Africa or Japan. Subject to certain exceptions, the Ordinary Shares may not be, offered, sold, resold, transferred or distributed, directly or indirectly, within, into or in the United States or to or for the account or benefit of persons in the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan, South Africa or any other jurisdiction where such offer or sale would violate the relevant securities laws of such jurisdiction (a ''Restricted Jurisdiction'').
The Ordinary Shares have not been approved or disapproved by the US Securities and Exchange Commission, any State securities commission in the United States or any other US regulatory authority, nor have any of the foregoing authorities passed comment upon or endorsed the merits of the Placing or adequacy of this document. Any representations to the contrary is a criminal offence in the United States.
SI Capital Limited (''SI Capital''), which is authorised and regulated by the FCA, is acting solely for the Company and noone else in connection with the Placing and will not regard any other person (whether or not a recipient of this document) as a client in relation to the Placing and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to its clients or for providing advice in relation to the Placing or any other matter referred to herein. SI Capital has not authorised the contents of, or any part of, this document and no liability whatsoever is accepted by SI Capital nor does it make any representation or warranty, express or implied, for the accuracy or completeness of any information or opinion contained in this document or for the omission of any information. Nothing in this document shall be relied upon as a promise or representation in this respect, whether as to the past or the future (without limiting the statutory rights of any person to whom this document is issued). SI Capital expressly disclaims all and any responsibility or liability, whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise which it might otherwise have in respect of this document.
| PART I | SUMMARY | 3 |
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| PART II | RISK FACTORS | 13 |
| PART III | IMPORTANT INFORMATION | 27 |
| PART IV | EXPECTED TIMETABLE | 30 |
| PART V | DIRECTORS, AGENTS AND ADVISERS | 31 |
| PART VI | THE COMPANY'S STRATEGY | 32 |
| PART VII | THE COMPANY, THE BOARD AND THE ACQUISITION STUCTURE | 38 |
| PART VIII | THE PLACING | 41 |
| PART IX | SHARE CAPITAL, LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES | 43 |
| PART X | TERMS OF THE INVESTOR WARRANTS | 47 |
| PART XI | TERMS OF THE EXISTING WARRANTS | 51 |
| PART XII | TERMS OF THE ADVISER WARRANTS | 55 |
| PART XIII | FINANCIAL INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY | 59 |
| PART XIV | TAXATION | 71 |
| PART XV | CONSEQUENCES OF A STANDARD LISTING | 75 |
| PART XVI | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION | 76 |
| PART XVII | DEFINITIONS | 89 |
| PART XVIII | TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE PLACING | 93 |
Summaries are made up of disclosure requirements known as ''Elements''. These elements are numbered in Sections A – E (A.1 – E.7).
This summary contains all the Elements required to be included in a summary for this type of securities and issuer. Because some Elements are not required to be addressed, there may be gaps in the numbering sequence of the Elements.
Even though an Element may be required to be inserted in the summary because of the type of securities and issuer, it is possible that no relevant information can be given regarding the Element. In this case a short description of the Element is included in the summary with the mention of ''not applicable''.
| Section A – Introduction and warnings | ||||
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| A.1 | Warning to investors | This summary should be read as an introduction to this document. Any decision to invest in the Ordinary Shares should be based on consideration of this document as a whole by the investor. Where a claim relating to the information contained in this document is brought before a court the plaintiff investor might, under the national legislation of the Member States, have to bear the costs of translating this document before legal proceedings are initiated. Civil liability attaches only to those persons who have tabled this summary including any translation thereof but only if this summary is misleading, inaccurate or inconsistent when read together with the other parts of this document or it does not provide, when read together with the other parts of this document, key information in order to aid investors when considering whether to invest in such securities. |
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| A.2 | Subsequent resale of securities or final placement of securities through financial intermediaries |
Not applicable. There will be no resale or final placement of securities by financial intermediaries. |
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| Section B – the Issuer | ||||
| B.1 | Legal and commercial name |
Cobra Resources plc. |
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| B.2 | Domicile and legal form | The Company was incorporated in England and Wales on 25 January 2018 as a private company with limited liability under the Companies Act with an indefinite life, and re-registered as a public limited company on 17 July 2018. |
| B.3 | Current operations / principal activities and markets |
The Company has been formed to make acquisitions of tenements and exploration projects in the natural resources sector without any geographical restriction. The Company intends to initially focus on potential acquisition opportunities in Australia and Africa but is not limited to these jurisdictions. Although a number of potential acquisition opportunities have been identified, the Company does not have any specific acquisition under consideration and does not expect to engage in substantive negotiations with any target company or business in the natural resources sector until after Admission. |
| Following completion of any Acquisition, the objective of the Company will be to exploit-operate the acquired project and implement a strategy with a view to generating value for its Shareholders. Any Acquisition, by the Company will be deemed a ''reverse takeover'' for the purposes of the Listing Rules. Any subsequent acquisition may also be deemed a ''reverse takeover''. Furthermore, it may be appropriate, dependent on the geography of any target projects, for the Ordinary Shares to be additionally listed on a non-UK stock exchange. The Company's efforts in identifying a prospective target project in the natural resources sector will not be limited to a particular geographic region however the initial focus will be Africa and Australia. The Company has not engaged or retained any agent or other representative to identify or locate any suitable Acquisition candidate, to conduct any research or take any measures, directly or indirectly, to locate or contact a target project business in the natural resources sector. To date, the Company's efforts have been limited to organisational activities as well as activities related to the Placing. The Company may subsequently seek to raise further capital following any Acquisition to allow the expedited development of the licence interests acquired pursuant to that Acquisition if there are commercially compelling reasons to do so. Unless required by applicable law or other regulatory process, no Shareholder approval will be sought by the Company in relation to the Acquisition. A resolution for ABI standard pre-emption rights will be tabled at the first annual general meeting (''AGM'') following Admission. Acquisitions will be subject to approval by 75 per cent. of the Directors who are present at a quorate meeting of the Board. The determination of the Company's post-Acquisition strategy and whether any of the Directors will remain with the combined company and on what terms, |
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| will be made at or prior to the time of any Acquisition. Failure to make the Acquisition |
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| If no Acquisition has been announced within two years of Admission, the Board will put proposals to Shareholders to either wind up the Company or to extend the period for identification of a suitable Acquisition by a period of a further 12 months. |
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| Business strategy and execution | ||
| The Directors will draw on their experience, in conjunction with their contacts and advisers, to target a suitable Acquisition candidate in the natural resources sector. |
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| B.4a | Significant recent trends | The Company does not know with certainty if any significant trends will affect the Company and the industries that it will operate in. Whilst the Company is not limited to any specific regions, the Company will initially focus on projects located in Australia and Africa. The Company will only invest in countries within these geographies that have established mining regulations and existing mining operations. The purpose of this focus is to minimise sovereign and regulatory risk in the investments that the Company makes. In respect of macro-economic trends in base/battery and precious metals, despite underlying demand growth in commodities during the period 2012 to 2017, prices generally weakened as a result of over allocation of capital in the previous period of 2006 to 2012. |
| B.5 | Group structure | Not applicable. The Company is not part of a group and has no subsidiaries or subsidiary undertakings. |
| B.6 | Major shareholders | Each of the following persons, directly or indirectly, has an interest in the issuer's capital or voting rights which is notifiable under English Law: |
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| Name | Number of Ordinary Shares held as at the date of this document |
Percentage of the Existing Issued Share Capital held as at the date of this document |
Number of Ordinary Shares held immediately following Admission |
Percentage of Enlarged Issued Share Capital held immediately following Admission |
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| Richard & Charlotte | ||||||
| Edwards MetalNRG plc |
1,500,000 — |
5.99% — |
4,833,332 4,166,666 |
7.19% 6.20% |
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| Christopher Shrubb Adrian Crucefix Sheldon Collins |
1,500,000 1,000,000 |
5.99% 3.99% |
3,833,333 3,666,666 |
5.70% 5.46% |
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| (Lawrence Group) | — | — | 3,333,334 | 4.96% | ||
| Value Generation Laurence Noel Grant |
1,250,000 1,000,000 |
4.99% 3.99% |
3,250,000 3,000,000 |
4.84% 4.46% |
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| Peter Allaway | 1,000,000 | 3.99% | 2,666,667 | 3.97% | ||
| Redstone Metals Pty | ||||||
| Ltd | — | — | 2,666,666 | 3.97% | ||
| Stephen Pearce Tom Fiander |
1,000,000 1,000,000 |
3.99% 3.99% |
2,333,334 2,333,334 |
3.47% 3.47% |
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| Gervaise Heddle | 1,250,000 | 4.99% | 2,250,000 | 3.35% | ||
| John Grant | 1,000,000 | 3.99% | 2,000,001 | 2.98% | ||
| Pearman Investments | — | — | 2,000,000 | 2.97% | ||
| Edmund Heyes | 1,000,000 | 3.99% | 1,666,666 | 2.48% | ||
| John Maryan Kevin Henry |
1,000,000 1,500,000 |
3.99% 5.99% |
1,533,333 1,500,000 |
2.28% 2.23% |
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| Douglas Howard | 1,000,000 | 3.99% | 1,000,000 | 1.49% | ||
| Rob Lucy | 1,000,000 | 3.99% | 1,000,000 | 1.49% | ||
| Mark Lancaster | 1,000,000 | 3.99% | 1,000,000 | 1.49% | ||
| Sunil Singh Andrew Neal |
1,000,000 1,000,000 |
3.99% 3.99% |
1,000,000 1,000,000 |
1.49% 1.49% |
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| Grant Stevens | 1,000,000 | 3.99% | 1,000,000 | 1.49% | ||
| Frank Walmsley | 1,000,000 | 3.99% | 1,000,000 | 1.49% | ||
| B.7 | Selected historical key financial information |
There has been no significant change in the financial condition and operating results of the Company during, or subsequent to, the period covered by the selected historical financial information. The table below sets out the comprehensive income statement of the Company for the period ended 30 June 2018, extracted from the financial statements of the Company. |
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| AUDITED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME | ||||||
| Period ended 30 June 2018 £ |
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| Revenue Administrative expenses |
— (65,044) |
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| Operating result Finance income/(expense) |
(65,044) — |
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| Result before taxation Income tax |
(65,044) — |
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| Total comprehensive loss for the period | (65,044) | |||||
| The table below sets out the statement of financial position of the Company at the period ended 30 June 2018, extracted from the financial statements of the Company. |
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| AUDITED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION | ||
| As at 30 June 2018 £ |
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| ASSETS | ||
| Current assets Cash and cash equivalents Other receivables |
189,784 1,185 |
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| Total assets | 190,969 | |
| EQUITY AND LIABILITIES Current liabilities Trade payables |
6,012 | |
| Total liabilities | 6,012 | |
| Share capital Share premium |
250,001 — |
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| Retained earnings | (65,044) | |
| Total equity attributable to owners | 184,957 | |
| Total equity and liabilities | 190,969 | |
| The table below sets out the statement of cash flows of the Company for the period ended 30 June 2018, extracted from the financial statements of the Company. AUDITED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS |
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| Period ended 30 June 2018 £ |
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| Cash flows from operating activities | ||
| Loss before income tax Increase in trade and other receivables Increase in trade and other payables |
(65,044) (1,185) 6,012 |
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| Net cash outflow used in operating activities | (60,217) | |
| Cash flows from investment activities Interest received |
— | |
| Net cash outflow from investment activities | — | |
| Cash flows from financing activities Cash received from issue of shares |
250,001 | |
| Net cash inflow from financing activities | 250,001 | |
| Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |
189,784 — |
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| Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | 189,784 | |
| B.8 | Selected key pro forma financial information |
Not applicable. |
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| B.9 | Profit forecast or estimate |
Not applicable. The Company has not made any profit forecasts or estimates which remain outstanding as at the date of this document. |
| B.10 | Qualified audit report | Not applicable. There are no qualifications in the accountant's report on the historical financial information. |
| B.11 | Insufficient working capital |
Not applicable. The Company is of the opinion that, taking into account the Net Placing Proceeds, receivable pursuant to the Placing, the working capital available to it is sufficient for its present requirements, that is, for at least the 12 months from the date of this document. |
| Section C – Securities | ||
| C.1 | Description of the type and the class of the securities being offered |
The securities being offered in the Placing are Ordinary Shares with a nominal value of 1 pence each in the capital of the Company. Applications will be made for the Ordinary Shares to be admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority with a Standard Listing and to trading on the main market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange. The Ordinary Shares are registered with ISIN GB00BGJWS255, SEDOL code BGJW525 and TIDM COBR. |
| C.2 | Currency of the securities issue |
UK Pounds Sterling. |
| C.3 | Issued share capital | 25,000,100 Existing Ordinary Shares have been issued at the date of this document, all of which have been fully paid up. |
| C.4 | Rights attached to the securities |
Shareholders will have the right to receive notice of and to attend and vote at any meetings of Shareholders. Each Shareholder entitled to attend and being present in person or by proxy at a meeting will, upon a show of hands, have one vote and upon a poll each such Shareholder present in person or by proxy will have one vote for each Ordinary Share held by him. |
| In the case of joint holders of an Ordinary Share, if two or more persons hold an Ordinary Share jointly, the vote of the senior who tenders a vote whether in person or by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion of the other joint holders and for this purpose, seniority is determined by the order in which the names stand in the register of members in respect of the joint holding. |
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| Pre-emption rights have been disapplied (in respect of future share issues whether for cash or otherwise) pursuant to the special resolution passed on 16 October 2018. |
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| Subject to the Companies Act, on a winding-up of the Company the assets of the Company available for distribution shall be distributed, provided there are sufficient assets available, first to the holders of Ordinary Shares in an amount up to 1 pence per share in respect of each fully paid up Ordinary Share. If, following these distributions to holders of Ordinary Shares there are any assets of the Company still available, they shall be distributed to the holders of Ordinary Shares pro rata to the number of such fully paid up Ordinary Shares held (by each holder as the case may be) relative to the total number of issued and fully paid up Ordinary Shares. |
| C.5 | Restrictions on transferability |
Not applicable. The Ordinary Shares are freely transferable and tradable and there are no restrictions on transfer. |
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| Each Shareholder may transfer all or any of their Ordinary Shares which are in certificated form by means of an instrument of transfer in any usual form or in any other form which the Directors may approve. Each Shareholder may transfer all or any of their Ordinary Shares which are in uncertificated form by means of a 'relevant system' (i.e. the CREST System) in such manner provided for, and subject as provided in, the Regulations. |
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| C.6 | Application for admission to trading on a regulated market |
Application has been made for the Ordinary Shares to be admitted to a Standard Listing on the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities. It is expected that Admission will become effective and that dealings in Ordinary Shares will commence at 8.00 a.m. on 15 November 2018. |
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| C.7 | Dividend policy | The Company's current intention is to retain earnings, if any, for use in its business operations, and the Company does not anticipate declaring any dividends. The Company intends to pay dividends on the Ordinary Shares following the Acquisition at such times (if any) and in such amounts (if any) as the Board determines appropriate. Before the Acquisition, the Company will only pay dividends to the extent that to do so is in accordance with the Companies Act and all other applicable laws. |
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| Section D – Risks | ||||
| D.1 | Key information on the key risks that are specific to the issuer or its industry |
The Company is a newly-formed entity with no operating history and although a number of potential acquisition opportunities have been identified, the Company does not have any specific Acquisition under consideration and does not expect to engage in substantive negotiations with any target company or business in this sector until after Admission. There may be significant competition in some or all of the acquisition opportunities that the Company may explore, which may cause the Company to be unsuccessful in executing an Acquisition or may result in a successful Acquisition being made at a significantly higher price than would otherwise have been the case. The Company may be unable to complete an Acquisition in a timely manner or at all or to fund the operations of the target business if it does not obtain additional funding following completion of the Acquisition. The Company may be subject to risks particular to one or more countries in which it ultimately operates (following an Acquisition), including regulatory compliance risks and foreign investment and exchange risks. It is anticipated that the Company will invest in businesses/projects in the natural resource sector but with a particular interest in opportunities in the base and precious metals space and those minerals required for the battery industry, including, but not limited to lithium and cobalt. This sector is closely tied to the performance of the global economy. As a result, the identified sector may be affected by changes in general economic activity levels; changes which are beyond the Company's control. * The activities of the Company and the viability of its projects will be subject to fluctuations in demand and prices of base, battery and precious metals. These prices fluctuate widely and may be affected |
| by numerous factors beyond the Company's control, including global supply and demand, political and economic conditions, speculative activities, expectations of inflation, interest rates and currency exchange rate fluctuations. The effect of these factors on the price of base and precious metals cannot accurately be predicted. |
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| * | The estimating of mineral reserves and mineral resources is a subjective process and the estimates of mineral reserves and resources for projects are, to a large extent, based on the interpretation of geological data obtained from drill holes and other sampling techniques and feasibility studies which derive estimates of costs based upon anticipated tonnage and grades of ores to be mined and processed, the configuration of the ore body, expected recovery rates from the ore, estimated operating costs, anticipated climatic conditions and other factors. |
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| * | The Company currently has no assets producing positive cash flow and its ultimate success will depend on the Directors' ability to implement the strategy outlined in this document, generate cash flow from the Company's potential investments, and access equity and debt financing markets as the Company grows and develops. Whilst the Directors' are optimistic about the Company's prospects, there is no certainty that anticipated outcomes and sustainable revenue streams will be achieved. |
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| * | Mineral exploration and development can be highly speculative in nature and involve a high degree of risk. The economics of developing mineral properties are affected by many factors including the cost of operations, variations of the grade of ore mined, fluctuations in the price of the minerals being mined, fluctuations in exchange rates, costs of development, infrastructure and processing equipment and such other factors as government regulations, including regulations relating to royalties, allowable production, importing and exporting of minerals and environmental protection. |
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| * | The Company may need to raise substantial additional capital in the future to fund any Acquisition and future base and precious metal prices, revenues, taxes, capital expenditures and operating expenses and geological success will all be factors which will have an impact on the amount of additional capital required. Any additional equity financing may be dilutive to Shareholders and debt financing, while widely available, may involve restrictions on financing and operating activities. |
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| * | The Company is dependent on the Directors to identify potential acquisition opportunities and to execute an Acquisition and the loss of the services of the Directors could materially adversely affect the Company's strategy or ability to deliver upon it in a timely manner or at all. |
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| * | The Directors may allocate a portion of their time to other businesses leading to the potential for conflicts of interest in their determination as to how much time to devote to the Company's affairs. |
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| * | A substantial or extended decline in commodity prices and/or consumption may adversely affect the Company's prospects, business, financial condition and results of operations. |
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| * | The expense of meeting environmental regulations could cause a significantly negative effect on the Company's long term profitability, as could the failure to obtain certain necessary environmental permits. |
| * If the Company is not granted licences by a responsible authority or is not seen as an entity suitable to hold or own an entity holding natural resource licences by a responsible authority, it could have a material adverse effect on its business, operations and prospects and the ability to make an Acquisition. |
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| D.3 | Key information on the key risks that are specific to the securities |
The proposed Standard Listing of the Ordinary Shares will not afford Shareholders the opportunity to vote to approve any Acquisition. A suspension or cancellation of the Ordinary Shares, as a result of the FCA determining that there is insufficient information in the market about an Acquisition or a target, would materially reduce liquidity in such shares, which may affect an investor's ability to realise some or all of its investment and/or the price at which such investor can effect such realisation. In the event of such suspension or cancellation, the value of the investors' shareholdings may be materially reduced. * It will be necessary for the Company to apply for re-admission of |
| the Ordinary Shares following completion of an Acquisition constituting a Reverse Takeover. A cancellation of the listing of the Ordinary Shares by the FCA would prevent the Company from raising equity finance on the public market, or carrying out a further acquisition using share consideration, restricting its business activities and resulting in incurring unnecessary costs. * At Admission, the Company will be one of the smallest companies listed on the London Stock Exchange notwithstanding the Placing. Further, pending any future fundraising (the success of which |
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| cannot be assured), the Company will have limited cash resources with which to pursue its strategic objectives. * Further equity capital raisings may be required by the Company in order to complete any Acquisition or to develop the business so acquire. If the Company does offer its Ordinary Shares as consideration in making acquisitions, depending on the number of Ordinary Shares offered and the value of such Ordinary Shares at the time, the issuance of such Ordinary Shares could materially reduce the percentage ownership represented by the holders of Ordinary Shares in the Company and also dilute the value of Ordinary Shares held by such Shareholders at the time. |
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| * The Company has significant numbers of outstanding warrants and options and intends to issue further warrants in connection with the Placing. All of their convertible instruments will have a significant dilutive effect on Shareholders when and if they are exercised. The Placing itself will involve the issue of 34,900,000 New Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 54 per cent. of the Enlarged Issued Share Capital of the Company. If all warrants and options were exercised, the existing Ordinary Shares would represent 19.5 per cent. of the Enlarged Issued Share Capital of the Company. |
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| Section E – Offer | ||
| E.1 | Total net proceeds / expenses |
The Company has raised gross proceeds of £523,500 pursuant to the Placing. The formation and initial expenses of the Company are those that are necessary for the incorporation of the Company, Admission and the Placing. The costs and expenses of the Placing will be borne by the Company in full. These expenses (including commission and expenses payable under the Placing Agreement, registration, listing and admission fees, printing, advertising and distribution costs and professional advisory fees, including legal fees, and any other applicable expenses) |
| are not expected to exceed £200,000 representing approximately 38 per cent. of the aggregate of the gross proceeds of the Placing, given that £523,500 has been raised pursuant to the Placing. SI Capital has agreed that it will take up to £45,000 in fees and commissions that would be due to it under the terms of the Placing Agreement. The total Net Placing Proceeds on this basis are approximately £323,500. |
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| E.2a | Reasons for the offer and use of proceeds |
The Company has been formed to undertake an Acquisition of a target project in the natural resources sector. |
| There is no specific expected target value and the Company expects that any funds not used in connection with an Acquisition will be used for future acquisitions, internal or external growth and expansion, and working capital in relation to the acquired company or business. |
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| Following completion of an Acquisition, the objective of the Company is to operate the acquired business and implement an operating strategy with a view to generating value for its Shareholders through operational improvements as well as potentially through additional complementary acquisitions following an initial Acquisition. The Company may subsequently seek to raise further capital following any Acquisition to allow the expedited development of the licence interests acquired pursuant to that Acquisition if there are commercially compelling reasons to do so. |
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| Prior to completing an Acquisition, the Net Placing Proceeds (anticipated to be approximately £323,500), will be held in an interest-bearing deposit account or invested in short term money market fund instruments (as approved by the Directors) and will be used for general corporate purposes, including paying the expenses of Admission and the Placing, and the Company's ongoing costs and expenses, including Directors' fees and salaries, due diligence costs and other costs of sourcing, reviewing and pursuing the Acquisition. The Company does not anticipate the costs and expenses of investigating any particular acquisition opportunity exceeding £50,000. |
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| The Company's primary intention is to use the Net Placing Proceeds to enable it to evaluate potential Acquisition targets and to pay professional fees (i.e. due diligence, legal fees, accountant's fees) in relation to an Acquisition, which may include additional complementary acquisitions following the Acquisition. Following the Acquisition, the Company intends to seek re-admission of the enlarged group to listing on the Official List of the FCA and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities or admission to trading on AIM or admission to another stock exchange. |
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| E.3 | Terms and conditions of the Placing |
The Company will issue 34,900,000 New Ordinary Shares through the Placing at the Placing Price of 1.5 pence per New Ordinary Share. The Placing is not being underwritten. |
| The Net Placing Proceeds after deduction of expenses are approximately £323,500 on the basis that the gross proceeds of the Placing is £523,500. |
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| The Company, the Directors and SI Capital have entered into the Placing Agreement relating to the Placing pursuant to which, subject to certain conditions, SI Capital agreed to use its reasonable endeavours to procure subscribers for 34,900,000 New Ordinary Shares to be issued by the Company. The New Ordinary Shares subscribed for in the Placing at the Placing Price will represent approximately 54 per cent. of the Enlarged Issued Share Capital. |
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| The Placing is not being underwritten. SI Capital, as the Company's agent, has procured irrevocable commitments to subscribe for the full |
| amount of New Ordinary Shares from subscribers in the Placing, and there are no conditions attached to such irrevocable commitments other than Admission. |
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| The Net Placing Proceeds after deduction of expenses, will be approximately £323,500 on the basis that the gross proceeds of the Placing is £523,500. |
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| The Placing is conditional upon: | ||
| (A) the Placing Agreement becoming wholly unconditional (save as to Admission) and not having been terminated in accordance with its terms prior to Admission; and |
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| (B) Admission occurring by 8.00am on 15 November 2018 (or such later date as the Company and SI Capital may agree). |
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| The latest time for receiving Placing commitments under the Placing was 11.00am on 8 October 2018. |
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| The New Ordinary Shares will, upon issue, rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares. |
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| If Admission does not proceed, the Placing will not proceed and all monies paid will be refunded to applicants in the Placing. |
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| E.4 | Material interests | Not applicable. |
| E.5 | Selling shareholders / | Not applicable. There are no selling Shareholders. |
| lock-up agreements | Each Director has agreed, pursuant to the terms of the Placing Agreement, that they will not offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of any Ordinary Shares which they hold directly or indirectly in the Company, for a period of six months following the date of Admission. |
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| The restrictions on the ability of the Directors to transfer their Ordinary Shares are subject to certain usual and customary exceptions for transfers pursuant to the acceptance of, or provision of, an irrevocable undertaking to accept, a general offer made to all Shareholders on equal terms, transfers pursuant to an offer by or an agreement with the Company to purchase Ordinary Shares made on identical terms to all Shareholders or transfers as required by an order made by a court with competent jurisdiction or competent judicial body. The Directors have also agreed that, during the period commencing at Admission and ending on the second anniversary of Admission, they will not sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of any Ordinary Shares except through SI Capital and in such orderly manner as SI Capital may determine so as to ensure an orderly market for the issued share capital of the Company. |
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| E.6 | Dilution | Shareholdings immediately prior to Admission will be diluted by approximately 61 per cent. as a result of New Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to the Placing. |
| E.7 | Expenses charged to investors |
Not applicable. No expenses will be charged to the investors. |
Investment in the Company and the Ordinary Shares carries a significant degree of risk, including risks in relation to the Company's business strategy, risks relating to taxation and risks relating to the Ordinary Shares.
Prospective investors should note that the risks relating to the Company, its industry and the Ordinary Shares summarised in Part I – Summary of this document are the risks that the Directors believe to be the most essential to an assessment by a prospective investor of whether to consider an investment in the Ordinary Shares. However, as the risks which the Company faces relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future, prospective investors should consider not only the information on the key risks summarised in Part I – Summary of this document but also, inter alia, the risks and uncertainties described below.
The risks referred to below are those risks the Company and the Directors consider to be the material risks relating to the Company. However, there may be additional risks that the Company and the Directors do not currently consider to be material or of which the Company and the Directors are not currently aware that may adversely affect the Company's business, financial condition, results of operations or prospects. Investors should review this document carefully and in its entirety and consult with their professional advisers before acquiring any Ordinary Shares. If any of the risks referred to in this document were to occur, the results of operations, financial condition and prospects of the Company could be materially adversely affected. If that were to be the case, the trading price of the Ordinary Shares and/or the level of dividends or distributions (if any) received from the Ordinary Shares could decline significantly. Further, investors could lose all or part of their investment.
It is anticipated that that the Company will invest in projects in the natural resource sector but with a particular interest in opportunities in the base and precious metals space and in those metals required for battery production including but not limited to lithium and cobalt. This sector is closely tied to the performance of the global economy. As a result, the identified sector may be affected by changes in general economic activity levels; changes which are beyond the Company's control.
Any further deterioration of the global economic environment could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, results of operations and financial condition, particularly to the extent it impacts upon the price of the Company's commodities.
It is the Company's strategy to derive its revenue from the production of commodities. Accordingly, the Company's revenues, profitability and future rate of growth will depend substantially on the prevailing price of these commodities, which can be volatile and subject to fluctuation. In any project, changes in base and precious metal prices will directly affect the Company's revenues and net income.
The price for commodities is, including base and precious metals, subject to fluctuation and volatility in response to a variety of factors beyond the Company's control, including, but not limited to:
* potential influence on commodity prices due to the large volume of derivative transactions on commodity exchanges and over-the-counter markets.
It is impossible to accurately predict future commodity price movements. The Company can give no assurance that existing prices will be maintained in the future. At any mine that is acquired, a material decline in the price of cobalt will result in a reduction of its net production revenue and a decrease in the valuation of its exploration, appraisal, development and production properties. The economics of producing from some mines may change as a result of lower prices, which could result in a reduction in the production quantities. Any of these factors could potentially result in a material decrease in the Company's net production revenue and the financial resources available to it to make planned capital expenditures, resulting in a material adverse effect on its future financial condition, business, prospects and results of operations.
In addition, should relevant commodity prices increase significantly, governments or other counterparties may want to change their commercial terms with the Company. This may result in cancellation, termination or a unilateral change of terms (such as a change in commodity pricing policy or the renegotiation or nullification of existing agreements) by a government or counterparty, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company's future business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations.
The Company's operations are subject to the significant hazards and risks inherent in the mining sector and countries in which it operates. These hazards and risks include:
In addition, the Company's future operations will be subject to all of the risks normally incidental to the development of mines and the operation and development of mining properties, including encountering unexpected formations, equipment failures and other accidents (including vehicle accidents during equipment moves), adverse weather conditions, diseases impacting the health of personnel, pollution and other environmental risks.
If any of these events were to occur, they could result in environmental damage, injury to persons and loss of life and a failure to produce commodities in commercial quantities. They could also result in significant delays to mining programmes, a partial or total shutdown of operations, significant damage to the Company's equipment and equipment owned by third parties and personal injury or wrongful death claims being brought against the Company. These events could also put at risk some or all of the Company's licences which enable it to explore and develop, and could result in the Company incurring significant civil liability claims, significant fines or penalties, as well as criminal and potentially being enforced against the Company and/or its officers and Directors.
Mineral exploration and development can be highly speculative in nature and involve a high degree of risk. The economics of developing mineral properties are affected by many factors including the cost of operations, variations of the grade of ore mined, fluctuations in the price of the minerals being mined, fluctuations in exchange rates, costs of development, infrastructure and processing equipment and such other factors as government regulations, including regulations relating to royalties, allowable production, importing and exporting of minerals and environmental protection. In addition, the grade of mineralisation ultimately mined may differ from that indicated by drilling results and such differences could be material. As a result of these uncertainties, there can be no guarantee that mineral exploration and development of any of the company's investments will result in profitable commercial operations.
Although the Company intends to finance any Acquisition through the issue of consideration shares in the capital of the Company where possible, it may be the case that any such Acquisition may be partially funded by consideration shares or consideration shares may not be an acceptable proposal to the selling party, and the Company may need to raise substantial additional capital in the future subsequent to the Placing to fund any Acquisition and future base and precious metal prices, revenues, taxes, capital expenditures and operating expenses and geological success will all be factors which will have an impact on the amount of additional capital required. Any additional equity financing including the issue of consideration shares may be dilutive to Shareholders and in the event that the Company considered obtaining debt financing while widely available, this may involve restrictions on financing and operating activities. If the Company is unable to obtain potential additional financing as and when needed, it could result in project delays.
The activities of the Company are subject to all of the hazards and risks normally incidental to exploring and developing natural resource projects. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, environmental hazards, industrial accidents, labour disputes, encountering unusual or unexpected geological formations or other geological or grade problems, unanticipated changes in metallurgical characteristics and mineral recovery, encountering unanticipated ground or water conditions, cave-ins, pit wall failures, flooding, rock bursts, periodic interruptions due to inclement or hazardous weather conditions and other acts of God or unfavourable operating conditions and losses. Should any of these risks and hazards affect the Company's exploration, development or mining activities, it may cause the cost of production to increase to a point where it would no longer be economic to produce mineral resources from the Company's investments, require the Company to write-down the carrying value of one or more investments, cause delays or a stoppage of mining and processing, result in the destruction of mineral properties or processing facilities, cause death or personal injury and related legal liability; any and all of which may have a material adverse effect on the Company.
It is not always possible to fully insure against such risks as a result of high premiums or other reasons (including those in respect of past mining activities for which the Company was not responsible). Should such liabilities arise, they could reduce or eliminate any future profitability, result in increasing costs or the loss of its assets and a decline in the value of the Ordinary Shares.
It may not be possible to insure fully against adverse weather conditions and should such events occur liabilities may arise which could reduce or eliminate any future profitability, result in increasing costs or the loss of the Company's investments and a decline in the value of the Ordinary Shares.
The estimating of mineral reserves and mineral resources is a subjective process and the estimates of mineral reserves and resources for projects are, to a large extent, based on the interpretation of geological data obtained from drill holes and other sampling techniques and feasibility studies which derive estimates of costs based upon anticipated tonnage and grades of ores to be mined and processed, the configuration of the ore body, expected recovery rates from the ore, estimated operating costs, anticipated climatic conditions and other factors.
There is significant uncertainty in any reserve or resource estimate and the actual deposits encountered and the economic viability of mining a deposit may differ materially from the Company's estimates. The exploration of mineral rights is speculative in nature and is frequently unsuccessful. The Company's investments may be unable successfully to discover and exploit new reserves to replace those they are mining to ensure the on-going viability of its projects.
Estimated mineral reserves or mineral resources may have to be recalculated based on changes in forecast metals prices, further exploration or development activity or actual production experience. This could have a material adverse effect on estimates of the volume or grade of mineralisation,
estimated recovery rates or other important factors that influence reserve or resource estimates. Market price fluctuations for base metals, increased production costs or reduced recovery rates, or other factors may render any mineral reserves of the Company uneconomical or unprofitable to develop at a particular site or sites.
The largest drivers for demand of cobalt and lithium are battery manufacturers. The use of lithium and cobalt has grown commensurately with the development and deployment of new compact and more efficient battery technologies. A major source of battery demand will otherwise be the electric vehicle market, which will become the largest single consumer of cobalt and lithium. Should new battery technologies emerge which utilise alternatives to cobalt and/or lithium, this could have a significant negative impact of the price of these commodities. As of the date of this document, the Company and the Directors are not aware of any imminent substitution technologies in this regard. However, in the event that new battery technologies emerge this could have a material impact on the price of such commodity which in turn could affect the future profitability of the Company. A significant reduction in global demand for base, battery and precious metals, leading to a fall in prices, could lead to a delay in production or even abandonment of one of more of the Company's projects should such projects prove uneconomical to develop. A delay in production or the abandonment of one or more projects may have a material adverse effect on the Company's production, earnings and financial position.
The Company currently has no assets producing positive cash flow and its ultimate success will depend on the Directors' ability to implement the strategy outlined in this document, generate cash flow from the Company's potential investments, and access equity and debt financing markets as the Company grows and develops. Whilst the Directors' are optimistic about the Company's prospects, there is no certainty that anticipated outcomes and sustainable revenue streams will be achieved.
Natural resource project appraisal and exploration activities are capital intensive and inherently uncertain in their outcome. The Company's future natural resource appraisals and exploration projects may involve unprofitable efforts, either from areas of exploration which ultimately prove not to contain natural resources, or from areas in which a natural resource discovery is made but is not economically recoverable at current or near future market prices when including the costs of development, operation and other costs. In addition, environmental damage could greatly increase the cost of operations, and various operating conditions may adversely and materially affect the levels of production. These conditions include delays in obtaining governmental approvals or consents, delays due to extreme weather conditions, insufficient storage or transportation capacity or adverse geological conditions. While diligent supervision and effective maintenance operations can contribute to maximizing production rates over time, production delays and declines from normal operations cannot be eliminated and may adversely and materially affect the Company's revenues, cashflow, business, results of operations and financial resources and condition.
The ability of the Company's potential investments to develop and exploit natural resources depends on the Company's continued compliance with the obligations of its current exploration rights and the Company's potential investments ability to convert exploration opportunities into production and/or mining licences and/or invest in mining operations that are already well advanced. The Company's potential investments depend on a number of material factors including licences, the grant and renewal of which are subject to the discretion of the relevant governmental authorities and cannot be assured. In the event that the Company did not comply with the obligations of any exploration rights that may be granted to the Company and terms of any such mining licences that the Company may enter into may materially affect the Company's ability to develop and exploit natural resources.
The Company's operating activities are subject to extensive laws and regulations governing expropriation of property, health and worker safety, employment standards, waste disposal, protection of the environment, mine development, land and water use, prospecting, mineral production, exports, taxes, labour standards, occupational health standards, toxic wastes, the protection of endangered and protected species and other matters. While the Company believes that its potential investments will comply with all material current laws and regulations affecting its activities, future changes in applicable laws, regulations, agreements or changes in their enforcement or regulatory interpretation could result in changes in legal requirements or in the terms of existing permits and agreements applicable to the Company or its investments, which could have a material adverse impact on the Company's current operations or planned development projects. Where required, obtaining necessary permits and licences can be a complex, time consuming process and the Company cannot assure that any necessary permits will be obtainable on acceptable terms, in a timely manner or at all. The costs and delays associated with obtaining necessary permits and complying with these permits and applicable laws and regulations could stop or materially delay or restrict the Company from proceeding with any future exploration or development of its investments.
Environmental and safety legislation (e.g. in relation to reclamation, disposal of waste products, protection of wildlife and otherwise relating to environmental protection) may change in a manner that may require stricter or additional standards than those now in effect, a heightened degree of responsibility for companies and their directors and employees and more stringent enforcement of existing laws and regulations. This could impose significant costs and burdens on the Company's investments (the extent of which cannot be predicted) both in terms of compliance and potential penalties, liabilities and remediation. Breach of any environmental obligations could result in penalties and civil liabilities and/or suspension of operations, any of which could adversely affect the Company's investments.
Mining operations have inherent risks and liabilities associated with damage to the environment and the disposal of waste products occurring as a result of mineral exploration and production. Laws and regulations involving the protection and the remediation of the environment are constantly changing and are generally becoming more restrictive. Approval is required for land clearing and for ground disturbing activities. Delays in obtaining such approvals can result in a delay to anticipated exploration programmes or mining activities.
There may also be unforeseen environmental liabilities resulting from mining activities, which may be costly to remedy. If one of the Company's investments is unable to fully remedy an environmental problem, it may be required to stop or suspend operations or enter into interim compliance measures pending completion of the required remedy. The potential exposure may be significant and could have a material adverse effect on the Company.
The Company is a newly formed entity with no operating results and it will not commence operations prior to obtaining funds on closing of the Placing (such funds, less any expenses paid or payable in connection with Admission, the Placing and the incorporation (and initial capitalisation) of the Company, being the ''Net Placing Proceeds''). The Company lacks an operating history, and therefore investors have no basis on which to evaluate the Company's ability to achieve its objective of identifying, acquiring and operating a company or business. Although a number of potential acquisition opportunities have been identified, currently, there are no plans, arrangements or understandings with any prospective target company or business regarding the Acquisition. The Company will not generate any revenues from operations unless it completes the Acquisition.
Although the Company will seek to evaluate the risks inherent in a particular target project in the natural resources sector (including the geographic region(s) in which it operates being initially Australia and/or Africa), it cannot offer any assurance that it will make a proper discovery or assessment of all of the significant risks. Furthermore, no assurance may be made that an investment in Ordinary Shares will ultimately prove to be more favourable to investors than a direct investment, if such opportunity were available, in any target company or business. Since (unless required by law or other regulatory process) Shareholder approval will not be required in connection with an Acquisition, investors will be relying on the Company's and the Directors' ability to identify potential targets, evaluate their merits, conduct or monitor due diligence and conduct negotiations.
Suitable Acquisition targets may not always be readily available. If the Company cannot identify and/or complete an Acquisition the Company may need to raise further working capital and/or consider winding up of the Company if it transpires that the acquisition strategy is no longer viable.
The Company's initial and future Acquisition targets may be delayed or made at a relatively slow rate because, inter alia:
To secure an Acquisition, working capital is required for general expenses and also for due diligence on any such Acquisition. These sums can be considerable depending on the nature and location of the Acquisition target. Should such funds be expended without securing an acquisition, existing working capital will be denuded. If there are several such occurrences, more working capital would be required.
The Company may require additional funds after the initial 12 months following the date of this document in the event that all existing funds raised in the Placing are spent pursuing acquisitions which eventually do not materialise. Such funds could be depleted due to due diligence costs or legal costs. In the event that the Company does not find a suitable Acquisition, the funds may also be depleted on general overheads and company expenses which are incurred trying to identify a suitable Acquisition.
There is a risk that the Company may incur substantial legal, financial and advisory expenses arising from unsuccessful transactions.
The success of the Company's business strategy is dependent on its ability to identify sufficient suitable Acquisition opportunities. The Company cannot estimate how long it will take to identify suitable Acquisition opportunities or whether it will be able to identify any suitable Acquisition opportunities at all within two years after the date of Admission. If the Company fails to complete a proposed Acquisition (for example, because it has been outbid by a competitor) it may be left with substantial unrecovered transaction costs, potentially including fees, legal costs, accounting costs, due diligence or other expenses. Furthermore, even if an agreement is reached relating to a proposed Acquisition, the Company may fail to complete such Acquisition for reasons beyond its control. Any such event will result in a loss to the Company of the related costs incurred, which could materially adversely affect subsequent attempts to identify and acquire another target business in the natural resources sector.
It is the intention of the Directors that, in the event that no Acquisition has been announced within two years of Admission, the Board will put proposals to Shareholders to either wind-up the Company or to extend the period for identification of a suitable Acquisition by a period of a further 12 months. In the event that it is resolved that the Company be liquidated, there can be no assurance as to the particular amount or value of the remaining assets at the time of any such distribution either as a result of costs from an unsuccessful Acquisition or from other factors, including disputes or legal claims which the Company is required to pay out, the cost of the liquidation and the dissolution process, applicable tax liabilities or amounts due to third party creditors. Upon distribution of assets on a liquidation, such costs and expenses will result in investors receiving less than the initial Placing Price of £1.5 pence per Ordinary Share and investors who acquired Ordinary Shares after Admission potentially receiving less than they invested.
Prior to the completion of an Acquisition, the Net Placing Proceeds (anticipated to be approximately £323,500), will be held in an interest bearing deposit account or invested in short term money market instruments (as approved by the Directors). Interest on the Net Placing Proceeds so deposited may be significantly lower than the potential returns on the Net Placing Proceeds, had the Company completed an Acquisition sooner or deposited or held the money in other manners.
Following an Acquisition, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to propose and implement effective operational improvements for any company or business which the Company acquires. In addition, even if the Company completes an Acquisition, general economic and market conditions or other factors outside the Company's control could make the Company's operating strategies difficult or impossible to implement. Any failure to implement these operational improvements successfully and/or the failure of these operational improvements to deliver the anticipated benefits could have a material adverse effect on the Company's results of operations and financial condition.
There may be significant competition in some or all of the acquisition opportunities that the Company may explore. Such competition may for example come from strategic buyers, sovereign wealth funds, other special purpose acquisition companies and public and private investment funds many of which are well established and have extensive experience in identifying and completing acquisitions. A number of these competitors may possess greater technical, financial, human and other resources than the Company. The Company cannot assure investors that it will be successful against such competition. Such competition may cause the Company to be unsuccessful in executing an Acquisition or may result in a successful Acquisition being made at a significantly higher price than would otherwise have been the case.
The Company intends to conduct such due diligence as it deems reasonably practicable and appropriate based on the facts and circumstances applicable to any potential Acquisition. The objective of the due diligence process will be to identify material issues which might affect the decision to proceed with any one particular Acquisition target or the consideration payable for an Acquisition. The Company also intends to use information revealed during the due diligence process to formulate its business and operational planning for, and its valuation of, any target company or business. Whilst conducting due diligence and assessing a potential Acquisition, the Company will rely on publicly available information, if any, information provided by the relevant target company to the extent such company is willing or able to provide such information and, in some circumstances, third party investigations.
There can be no assurance that the due diligence undertaken with respect to a potential Acquisition will reveal all relevant facts that may be necessary to evaluate such Acquisition including, the determination of the price the Company may pay for an acquisition target, or to formulate a business strategy. Furthermore, the information provided during due diligence may be incomplete, inadequate or inaccurate. As part of the due diligence process, the Company will also make subjective judgments regarding the results of operations, financial condition and prospects of a potential opportunity. If the due diligence investigation fails to correctly identify material issues and liabilities that may be present in a target company or business, or if the Company considers such material risks to be commercially acceptable relative to the opportunity, and the Company proceeds with an acquisition, the Company may subsequently incur substantial impairment charges or other losses. In addition, following an Acquisition, the Company may be subject to significant, previously undisclosed liabilities of the acquired business that were not identified during due diligence and which could contribute to poor operational performance, undermine any attempt to restructure the acquired company or business in line with the Company's business plan and have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial condition and results of operations.
The Company's intention is to acquire controlling interests in target businesses however it may be that opportunities to acquire controlling interests may not be possible either initially or at all. The Company does not intend to acquire portfolios of non-controlling interests but may invest where participation in targets may result in enhancing Shareholder value and where the participation of the Company in such targets is active rather than passive. Where non-controlling interests are secured this may limit the Company's operational strategies and reduce its ability to enhance Shareholder value albeit the terms of such participation will be negotiated in such a manner as to entrench the Company's participative interest and value enhancement. In the event that the Company cannot acquire a controlling interest in the target business, this could result in an impairment to the Company's objective and strategy which could have a material adverse effect on the continued development or growth of the acquired company or business.
Although a number of potential acquisition opportunities have been identified, currently, there are no plans, arrangements or understandings with any prospective target company or business regarding the Acquisition and the Company cannot currently predict the amount of additional capital that may be required, once an Acquisition has been made, if the target is not sufficiently cash generative, further funds may need to be raised.
Although the Company intends to finance acquisitions primarily through the issue of consideration shares in the Company, however, if, following an Acquisition, the Company's cash reserves are insufficient; the Company will likely be required to seek additional equity financing. The Company may not receive sufficient support from its existing Shareholders to raise additional equity, and new equity investors may be unwilling to invest on terms that are favourable to the Company, or at all. In the event that the Company pursues debt financing as a means to obtain additional financing, it may be the case that lenders may be unwilling to extend debt financing to the Company on attractive terms, or at all. To the extent that additional equity or debt financing is necessary to complete an Acquisition and remains unavailable or only available on terms that are unacceptable to the Company, the Company may be compelled either to restructure or abandon an Acquisition, or proceed with an Acquisition on less favourable terms, which may reduce the Company's return on the investment.
Even if additional financing is unnecessary to complete an Acquisition, the Company may subsequently require equity or debt financing to implement operational improvements in an acquired business. The failure to secure additional financing or to secure such additional financing on terms acceptable to the Company could have a material adverse effect on the continued development or growth of the acquired business.
Although a number of potential acquisition opportunities have been identified, currently, there are no plans, arrangements or understandings with any prospective target company or business regarding the Acquisition, and as such it is possible that any acquisition structure determined necessary by the Company to complete an Acquisition may have adverse tax, regulatory or other consequences for Shareholders which may differ for individual Shareholders depending on their individual status and residence.
The Company is dependent upon the Directors to identify potential acquisition opportunities and to execute an Acquisition. The unexpected loss of the services of the Directors (or any of them) could have a material adverse effect on the Company's ability to identify potential acquisition opportunities and to execute on Acquisition.
None of the Directors are required to commit their full time or any specified amount of time to the Company's affairs, which could create a conflict of interest when allocating their time between the Company's operations and their other commitments. The Company does not intend to have any executive officers or full time employees prior to the completion of an Acquisition. The Directors are engaged in other business endeavours and are not obligated to devote any specific number of hours to the Company's affairs. If the Directors' other business affairs require them to devote more substantial amounts of time to such affairs, it could limit their ability to devote time to the Company's affairs and could have a negative impact on the Company's ability to consummate an Acquisition.
Following completion of an Acquisition, the Company will evaluate the personnel of the acquired business and may determine that it requires increased support to operate and manage the acquired business in accordance with the Company's overall business strategy. There can be no assurance that existing personnel of the acquired business will be adequate or qualified to carry out the Company's strategy, or that the Company will be able to hire or retain experienced, qualified employees to carry out the Company's strategy.
If an Acquisition is completed, the Company will be dependent on the income generated by the acquired business to meet the Company's expenses and operating cash requirements. The amount of distributions and dividends, if any, which may be paid from any operating subsidiary to the Company will depend on many factors, including such subsidiary's results of operations and financial condition, limits on dividends under applicable law, its constitutional documents, documents governing any indebtedness of the Company, and other factors which may be outside the control of the Company. If the acquired business is unable to generate sufficient cash flow, the Company may be unable to pay its expenses or make distributions and dividends on the Ordinary Shares.
The Company expects that if an Acquisition is completed, its business risk will be concentrated in a single company or business unless or until any additional acquisitions are made. A consequence of this is that returns for Shareholders may be adversely affected if growth in the value of the acquired business is not achieved or if the value of the acquired business or any of its material assets subsequently are written down. Accordingly, investors should be aware that the risk of investing in the Company could be greater than investing in an entity which owns or operates a range of businesses and businesses in a range of sectors. The Company's future performance and ability to achieve positive returns for Shareholders will therefore be solely dependent on the subsequent performance of the acquired business. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to propose effective operational and restructuring strategies for any company or business which the Company acquires and, to the extent that such strategies are proposed, there can be no assurance they will be implemented effectively.
From time to time, the Company may enter into joint venture agreements to fund a portion of the exploration and development costs associated with its investments. Moreover, other companies may from time to time operate some of the other investments in which the Company has an ownership interest. Liquidity and cash flow problems encountered by the partners and co-owners of such assets and any non-compliance by the partners and co-owners may lead to a delay in the pace of project development that may be detrimental to an investment or may otherwise have adverse consequences for the Company. In addition, any joint venture partners may be unwilling or unable to pay their share of the costs of projects as they become due. In the case of a joint venture partner, the Company may have to obtain alternative funding in order to complete the exploration and development of the assets subject to the joint venture agreement. The Company cannot assure investors that it would be able to obtain the capital necessary in order to fund this contingency. It is also possible that the interests of the Company and those of any joint venture partners are not aligned resulting in project delays or additional costs.
The Company's functional and presentational currency is UK Sterling. As a result, the Company's consolidated financial statements will carry the Company's assets in UK Pounds Sterling. Any business the Company acquires may denominate its financial information in a currency other than UK Pounds Sterling, conduct operations or make sales in currencies other than UK Pounds Sterling. When consolidating a business that has functional currencies other than UK Pounds Sterling, the Company will be required to translate, inter alia, the balance sheet and operational results of such business into UK Pounds Sterling. Due to the foregoing, changes in exchange rates between UK Pounds Sterling and other currencies could lead to significant changes in the Company's reported financial results from period to period. Among the factors that may affect currency values are trade balances, levels of short-term interest rates, differences in relative values of similar assets in different currencies, long-term opportunities for investment and capital appreciation and political or regulatory developments. Although the Company may seek to manage its foreign exchange exposure, including by active use of hedging and derivative instruments, there is no assurance that such arrangements will be entered into or available at all times when the Company wishes to use them or that they will be sufficient to cover the risk.
The Company's efforts in identifying a prospective target company or business in the natural resources sector are not limited to a particular geographic region. However, the initial focus of the Company shall be prospective targets in Australia and/or Africa. The Company may therefore acquire a target company or business in, or with substantial operations in, a number of jurisdictions, any of which may expose it to considerations or risks associated with companies operating in such jurisdictions, including but not limited to: regulatory and political uncertainty; tariffs, trade barriers and regulations related to customs and import/export matters; international tax issues, such as lax law changes and variations in tax laws; cultural and language differences; rules and regulations on currency conversion or corporate withholding taxes on individuals; currency fluctuations and exchange controls; employment regulations; crime, strikes, riots, civil disturbances, terrorist attacks and wars; and deterioration of relevant political relations. Any exposure to such risks due to the countries in which the Company operates following an Acquisition could negatively impact the Company's operations.
Although the Company will receive the Net Placing Proceeds, the Directors anticipate that the Company may issue a substantial number of additional Ordinary Shares, or incur substantial indebtedness to complete one or more acquisitions.
Shareholders do not initially have the benefit of pre-emption rights in respect of the issues of future shares, which may be issued to facilitate any acquisitions and for other purposes. In addition, the Company may issue shares or convertible debt securities or incur substantial indebtedness to complete an Acquisition, which may dilute the interests of Shareholders.
Any issue of Ordinary Shares, preferred shares or convertible debt securities may:
If Ordinary Shares, preferred shares or convertible debt securities are issued as consideration for an Acquisition, existing Shareholders will have no pre-emptive rights with regard to the securities that are issued. The issue of such Ordinary Shares, preferred shares or convertible debt securities is likely to materially dilute the value of the Ordinary Shares held by existing Shareholders. Where a target company has an existing large shareholder, an issue of Ordinary Shares, preferred shares or convertible debt securities as consideration may result in such shareholder subsequently holding a significant or majority stake in the Company, which may, in turn, enable it to exert significant influence over the Company (to a greater or lesser extent depending on the size of its holding) and could lead to a Change of Control.
If the Company were to incur substantial indebtedness in relation to an Acquisition, this could result in:
The occurrence of any or a combination of these factors could decrease an investor's ownership interests in the Company or have a material adverse effect on its financial condition and results of operations.
Application will be made for the Ordinary Shares to be admitted to a Standard Listing on the Official List. A Standard Listing will afford investors in the Company a lower level of regulatory protection than that afforded to investors in a company with a Premium Listing, which is subject to additional obligations under the Listing Rules.
While the Company has a Standard Listing, it is not required to comply with the provisions of, inter alia:
* Chapter 11 of the Listing Rules regarding related party transactions. Nevertheless, the Company will not enter into any transaction which would constitute a 'related party transaction' as defined in Chapter 11 of the Listing Rules without the specific prior approval of the Directors;
* Chapter 12 of the Listing Rules regarding purchases by the Company of its Ordinary Shares. In particular, the Company has not adopted a policy consistent with the provisions of Listing Rules 12.4.1 and 12.4.2. Until the completion of an Acquisition, the Company will have unlimited authority to purchase Ordinary Shares; and
It should be noted that the UK Listing Authority will not have the authority to (and will not) monitor the Company's compliance with any of the Listing Rules which the Company has indicated herein that it intends to comply with on a voluntary basis, nor to impose sanctions in respect of any failure by the Company so to comply.
The Company is not currently eligible for a Premium Listing under Chapter 6 of the Listing Rules. Upon completion of an Acquisition, the Company's Standard Listing will be cancelled and it will be treated as a new applicant. The Directors may then seek admission either to a Premium Listing or other appropriate listing, based on, inter alia, the track record of the Company or business it acquires, and to fulfilling the relevant eligibility criteria at the time. There can be no guarantee that the Company will meet such eligibility criteria or that the Company will qualify for a Premium Listing or other appropriate listing (e.g. a Standard Listing). For example, such eligibility criteria may not be met, if the Company acquires less than a controlling interest in the target. In addition there may be a delay, which could be significant, between the completion of the Acquisition and the date upon which the Company is able to seek or achieve a Premium Listing or a listing on another stock exchange.
If the Company does not achieve, or is not capable of achieving, a Premium Listing or the Directors decide, subject to eligibility, upon a Standard Listing, the Company will not be obliged to comply with the higher standards of corporate governance or other requirements which it would be subject to upon achieving a Premium Listing and, for as long as the Company continues to have a Standard Listing, it will be required to continue to comply with the lesser standards applicable to a company with a Standard Listing. This would mean that the Company could be operating a substantial business but would not need to comply with such higher standards as a Premium Listing provides. Alternatively, in addition to, or in lieu of seeking a Premium Listing, the Company may determine to seek a listing on another stock exchange, which may not have standards or corporate governance comparable to those required by a Premium Listing or which Shareholders may otherwise consider to be less attractive or convenient.
An Acquisition, if it occurs, will be treated as a Reverse Takeover.
Generally, when a Reverse Takeover is announced or leaked, there will be insufficient publicly available information in the market about the proposed transaction and the listed company will be unable to assess accurately its financial position and inform the market appropriately. In this case, the FCA will often consider that suspension of the listing of the listed company's securities will be appropriate. The London Stock Exchange will suspend the trading in the listed company's securities if the listing of such securities has been suspended by the FCA. However, if the FCA is satisfied that there is sufficient publicly available information about the proposed transaction it may agree with the listed company that a suspension is not required. The FCA will generally be satisfied that a suspension is not required in the following circumstances: (i) the target company is admitted to listing on a regulated market or another exchange where the disclosure requirements in relation to financial information and inside information are not materially different than the disclosure requirements under the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules; or (ii) the issuer is able to fill any information gap at the time of announcing the terms of the transaction, including the disclosure of relevant financial information in relation to the target and a description of the target.
If information regarding a significant proposed transaction were to leak to the market, or the Board considered that there were good reasons for announcing the transaction at a time when it was unable to provide the market with sufficient information regarding the impact of the Acquisition on its financial position, the Ordinary Shares may be suspended. Any such suspension would be likely to continue until sufficient financial information on the transaction was made public. Depending on the nature of the transaction (or proposed transaction) and the stage at which it is leaked or announced, it may take a substantial period of time to compile the relevant information, particularly where the target does not have financial or other information readily available which is comparable with the information a listed company would be expected to provide under the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules and the Listing Rules (for example, where the target business is not itself already subject to a public disclosure regime), and the period during which the Ordinary Shares would be suspended may therefore be significant.
Furthermore, the Listing Rules provide that the FCA will generally seek to cancel the listing of a listed company's securities when it completes a Reverse Takeover. In such circumstances, the Company will be required to seek admission to listing as a new applicant either simultaneously with completion of any such Acquisition or as soon thereafter as is possible but there is no guarantee that such re-admission would be granted.
A suspension or cancellation of the listing of the Ordinary Shares would materially reduce liquidity in such shares which may affect an investor's ability to realise some or all of its investment and/or the price at which such investor can effect such realisation.
There is currently no market for the Ordinary Shares. Therefore, investors cannot benefit from information about prior market history when making their decision to invest. The price of the Ordinary Shares after the Placing also can vary due to a number of factors, including but not limited to, general economic conditions and forecasts, the Company's general business condition and the release of its financial reports. Although the Company's current intention is that its securities should continue to trade on the main market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange, it cannot assure investors that it will always do so. In addition, an active trading market for the Ordinary Shares may not develop or, if developed, may not be maintained. Investors may be unable to sell their Ordinary Shares unless a market can be established and maintained, and if the Company subsequently obtains a listing on an exchange in addition to, or in lieu of, the London Stock Exchange, the level of liquidity of the Ordinary Shares may decline.
Investments in Ordinary Shares may be relatively illiquid. There may be a limited number of Shareholders and this factor, together with the number of Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to the Placing, may contribute both to infrequent trading in the Ordinary Shares on the London Stock Exchange and to volatile Ordinary Share price movements. Investors should not expect that they will necessarily be able to realise their investment in Ordinary Shares within a period that they would regard as reasonable. Accordingly, the Ordinary Shares may not be suitable for short-term investment. Admission should not be taken as implying that there will be an active trading market for the Ordinary Shares. Even if an active trading market develops, the market price for the Ordinary Shares may fall below the Placing Price.
To the extent the Company intends to pay dividends on the Ordinary Shares, it will pay such dividends following (but not before) an Acquisition, at such times (if any) and in such amounts (if any) as the Board determines appropriate and in accordance with applicable law, but expects to be principally reliant upon dividends received on shares held by it in any operating subsidiaries in order to do so. Payments of such dividends will be dependent on the availability of any dividends or other distributions from such subsidiaries. The Company can therefore give no assurance that it will be able to pay dividends going forward or as to the amount of such dividends, if any.
The costs to the Company of complying with the continuing obligations under the Listing Rules, Prospectus Rules and Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules will be financially significant due to the Company's relatively small size and these costs might prove financially onerous.
The Company's listing might be cancelled if the Company fails to comply with its continuing obligations under the Listing Rules.
In certain jurisdictions, there may be legal, regulatory or practical restrictions on the Company using its Ordinary Shares as consideration for an Acquisition which may mean that the Company is required to provide alternative forms of consideration. Such restrictions may limit the Company's acquisition opportunities or make a certain acquisition more costly which may have an adverse effect on the results of operations of the Company.
To the extent that the assets, company or business which the Company acquires is or are established outside the UK, it is possible that any return the Company receives from it may be reduced by irrecoverable foreign withholding or other local taxes and this may reduce any net return derived by investors from a shareholding in the Company.
The tax treatment of Shareholders of the Company, any special purpose vehicle that the Company may establish and any company which the Company may acquire are all subject to changes in tax laws or practices in England and Wales or any other relevant jurisdiction. Any change may reduce any net return derived by investors from a shareholding in the Company.
Investors should not rely on the general guide to taxation set out in this document and should seek their own specialist advice. The tax rates referred to in this document are those currently applicable and they are subject to change.
It is intended that the Company will structure the group, including any company or business acquired in an Acquisition, to maximise returns for Shareholders in as fiscally efficient a manner as is practicable. The Company has made certain assumptions regarding taxation. However, if these assumptions are not correct, taxes may be imposed with respect to the Company's assets, or the Company may be subject to tax on its income, profits, gains or distributions (either on a liquidation and dissolution or otherwise) in a particular jurisdiction or jurisdictions in excess of taxes that were anticipated. This could alter the post-tax returns for Shareholders (or Shareholders in certain jurisdictions). The level of return for Shareholders may also be adversely affected. Any change in laws or tax authority practices could also adversely affect any post-tax returns of capital to Shareholders or payments of dividends (if any, which the Company does not envisage the payment of, at least in the short to medium term). In addition, the Company may incur costs in taking steps to mitigate any such adverse effect on the post-tax returns for Shareholders.
The distribution of this document and the Placing may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions and therefore persons into whose possession this document comes should inform themselves about and observe any restrictions, including those set out below. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
No action has been or will be taken in any other jurisdiction that would permit a public offering of the Ordinary Shares, or possession or distribution of this document or any other offering material in any other country or jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. Accordingly, the Ordinary Shares may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, and neither this document nor any other offering material or advertisement in connection with the Ordinary Shares may be distributed or published in or from any country or jurisdiction except under circumstances that will result in compliance with any and all applicable rules and regulations of any such country or jurisdiction. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. This document does not constitute an offer to subscribe for any of the Ordinary Shares offered hereby to any person in any jurisdiction to whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation in such jurisdiction.
This document has been approved by the FCA as a prospectus which may be used to offer securities to the public for the purposes of section 85 of FSMA, and of the Prospectus Directive (as defined below). No arrangement has however been made with the competent authority in any other Member State (or any other jurisdiction) for the use of this document as an approved prospectus in such jurisdiction and accordingly no public offer is to be made in such jurisdiction. Issue or circulation of this document may be prohibited in Restricted Jurisdictions and in countries other than those in relation to which notices are given below.
In making an investment decision, prospective investors must rely on their own examination of the Company, this document and the terms of the Placing, including the merits and risks involved. The contents of this document are not to be construed as advice relating to legal, financial, taxation, accounting, regulatory, investment or any other matter.
Prospective investors must rely upon their own representatives, including their own legal and financial advisers and accountants, as to legal, tax, financial, investment or any other related matters concerning the Company and an investment therein.
An investment in the Company should be regarded as a long-term investment. There can be no assurance that the Company's objective will be achieved.
It should be remembered that the price of the Ordinary Shares, and any income from such Ordinary Shares, can go down as well as up.
This document should be read in its entirety before making any investment in the Ordinary Shares. All Shareholders are entitled to the benefit of, are bound by, and are deemed to have notice of, the provisions of the Articles of Association (the ''Articles''), which prospective investors should review.
In relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area (''EEA'') which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a ''Relevant Member State''), an offer to the public of the Ordinary Shares may only be made once the prospectus has been passported in such Relevant Member State in accordance with the Prospectus Directive as implemented by such Relevant Member State. For the other Relevant Member States an offer to the public in that Relevant Member State of any Ordinary Shares may only be made at any time under the following exemptions under the Prospectus Directive, if they have been implemented in that Relevant Member State:
(a) to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined under the Prospectus Directive;
provided that no such offer of Ordinary Shares shall result in a requirement for the publication by the Company of a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive and each person who initially acquires Ordinary Shares or to whom any offer is made will be deemed to have represented, warranted and agreed with SI Capital and the Company that it is a ''qualified investor'' within the meaning of the law in the Relevant Member State which has implemented Article 2(1)(e) of the Prospectus Directive.
For the purposes of this provision, the expression an 'offer to the public' in relation to any offer of Ordinary Shares in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and any Ordinary Shares to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe for the Ordinary Shares, as the same may be varied in that Relevant Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Relevant Member State and the expression ''Prospectus Directive'' means Directive 2003/7I/EC (and any amendments, thereto, including the 2010 PD Amending Directive, to the extent implemented in the Relevant Member State) and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State and the expression ''2010 PD Amending Directive'' means Directive 2010/73/EU.
During the period up to but excluding the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in Member States, this Prospectus may not be used for, or in connection with, and does not constitute, any offer of Ordinary Shares or an invitation to purchase or subscribe for any Ordinary Shares in any Member State in which such offer or invitation would be unlawful.
The distribution of this document in other jurisdictions may be restricted by law and therefore persons into whose possession this document comes should inform themselves about and observe any such restrictions.
This document comprises a prospectus relating to the Company prepared in accordance with the Prospectus Rules and approved by the FCA under section 87A of FSMA. This document has been filed with the FCA and made available to the public in accordance with Rule 3.2 of the Prospectus Rules.
This document is being distributed only to and is directed at persons who (if they are in the EEA) will fall within one of the categories of persons set out above in the 'Notices to Investors'. In addition, this document is being distributed only to and is directed at persons in the UK who are: (i) persons having professional experience in matters relating to investments falling within the definition of 'investment professionals' in Article 19(5) of the Financial Promotions Order; or (ii) persons who are high net worth bodies corporate, unincorporated associations and partnerships and the trustees of high value trusts, as described in Article 49(2)(a)-(d) of the Financial Promotions Order; or (iii) persons to whom it may otherwise be lawful to distribute.
This document includes statements that are, or may be deemed to be, 'forward-looking statements'. In some cases, these forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the terms 'targets', 'believes', 'estimates', 'anticipates', 'expects', 'intends', 'may', 'will', 'should' or, in each case, their negative or other variations or comparable terminology. They appear in a number of places throughout the document and include statements regarding the intentions, beliefs or current expectations of the Company and the Board concerning, inter alia: (i) the Company's objective, acquisition and financing strategies, results of operations, financial condition, capital resources, prospects, capital appreciation of the Ordinary Shares and dividends; and (ii) future deal flow and implementation of active management strategies, including with regard to acquisitions. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. The Company's actual performance, results of operations, financial condition, distributions to Shareholders and the development of its financing strategies may differ materially from the forwardlooking statements contained in this document. In addition, even if the Company's actual performance, results of operations, financial condition, distributions to Shareholders and the development of its financing strategies are consistent with the forward-looking statements contained in this document, those results or developments may not be indicative of results or developments in subsequent periods.
Prospective investors should carefully review Part II – Risk Factors of this document for a discussion of additional factors that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially, before making an investment decision. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing appearing under the heading ''Forward-looking statements'' constitutes a qualification of the working capital statement set out in paragraph 7 of Part XVII – Additional Information of this document.
Forward looking statements contained in this document apply only as at the date of this document. Subject to any obligations under the Listing Rules, the Market Abuse Regulation (EU 596/2014) (the ''Market Abuse Regulation''), the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules and the Prospectus Rules, the Company undertakes no obligation publicly to update or review any forwardlooking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.
| Publication of this document | 12 November 2018 |
|---|---|
| Latest time and date for placing commitments under the Placing | 11.00 a.m on 8 October 2018 |
| Admission and commencement of dealings in Ordinary Shares | 8.00 a.m. on 15 November 2018 |
| CREST members' accounts credited in respect of New Ordinary Shares |
15 November 2018 |
| Share certificates despatched in respect of New Ordinary Shares | by 19 November 2018 |
All references to time in this document are to London time, unless otherwise stated. Any changes to the expected timetable will be notified by the Company through an RIS.
| Number of Existing Ordinary Shares in issue prior to the Placing | 25,000,100 |
|---|---|
| Total number of New Ordinary Shares in the Placing | 34,900,000 |
| Enlarged Issued Share Capital following the Placing and Admission(1) |
67,233,532 |
| Placing Price per New Ordinary Share | £0.015 |
| Estimated Net Placing Proceeds receivable by the Company | approximately £323,500 |
| Market capitalisation at the Placing Price(2) | approximately £1.01 million |
| New Ordinary Shares as a percentage of Enlarged Issued Share Capital |
52% |
(1) The Enlarged Issued Share Capital also includes 7,333,432 Ordinary Shares issued as fees to certain parties in connection with Admission. For more details on the Ordinary Shares issued as fees, see Part VII – The Company, The Board and the Acquisition Structure.
(2) The market capitalisation of the Company at any given time will depend on the market price of the Ordinary Shares at that time. There can be no assurance that the market price of an Ordinary Share will equal or exceed the Placing Price.
The dealing codes for the Ordinary Shares will be as follows:
ISIN GB00BGJW5255 SEDOL code BGJW525 TIDM COBR
| Directors | Rolf Gerritsen (Director Responsible For Strategy Implementation) Ken Watson (Non-Executive Director) Greg Hancock (Non-Executive Director) |
|---|---|
| Company Secretary | London Registrars Limited Suite A 6 Honduras Street London EC1Y 0TH |
| Registered Office | London Registrars Limited Suite A 6 Honduras Street London EC1Y 0TH |
| Sole Broker and Co-ordinator | SI Capital Limited 46 Bridge Street Godalming Surrey GU7 1HL |
| Auditors and Reporting Accountants |
PKF Littlejohn LLP 2nd Floor 1 Westferry Circus Canary Wharf London E14 4HD |
| Solicitors to the Company | Cooley (UK) LLP Dashwood 69 Old Broad Street London EC2M 1QS |
| Registrar | Link Market Services The Registry 34 Beckenham Road Beckenham Kent BR3 4TU |
| PR Advisers | Luther Pendragon 48 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0EJ |
The Company was incorporated on 25 January 2018 as a private company with limited liability under the Companies Act 2006 (the ''Companies Act'') and re-registered as a public limited company on 17 July 2018.
The Company was initiated by the board of directors of MetalNRG plc (''MetalNRG''), a natural resources company listed on the Nex Exchange Growth Market. MetalNRG is advising the Company in connection with the offering as part of its own indirect investment strategy. For a more detailed description of MetalNRG, see Part VII – The Company, the Board and the Acquisition Structure – Advisory Relationships.
On Admission, the Company will be authorised to issue one class of Ordinary Shares. It is intended that the Ordinary Shares will be admitted by the FCA to a Standard Listing on the Official List in accordance with Chapter 14 of the Listing Rules and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities.
The Company will target the acquisition of projects by direct investments or through farm-ins. The investments may be in companies, partnerships, special purpose vehicles, joint ventures or direct interests in mining projects. Target investments will generally be involved in exploration opportunities or projects in the Company may consider attractive exploration opportunities. Such investments may take the form of equity, debt and/or other financial instruments. The Company will be focused on those acquisitions whereby it can have an interest, either by share participation or having control of the board and management teams. The acquisitions of the Company are intended to be financed through the issue of consideration shares (where possible) in the Company and partly by the proceeds of the Placing.
The Company will not be limited to particular geographic regions however, the initial focus will be on projects located in Australia and Africa. The Directors propose to invest in companies and/or projects within the natural resources sector with a particular focus on opportunities in selected base, battery and precious metals.
In selecting acquisition opportunities, the Board will focus on companies and/or projects that are available at attractive valuations and hold opportunities to unlock embedded value or where there is the prospect of adding considerable value.
The Company proposes to carry out a comprehensive and thorough project review process in which all material aspects of any potential investment will be subject to appropriate due diligence. It is intended that any initial Acquisition will be initially be using available cash resources which will limit the size of the Acquisition target by reference to the Net Placing Proceeds and working capital requirements. However in the event that an Acquisition target presents itself which would require the raising of additional capital, the Directors have not ruled out the raising of additional equity concurrent with the Acquisition should the business case be compelling.
The Company initially intends to deliver Shareholder returns through capital growth and may, in the medium term, be in a position to distribute income via dividends.
Following completion of any Acquisition, the objective of the Company will be to operate the acquired business and implement an operating strategy with a view to generating value for its Shareholders through operational improvements as well as potentially through additional complementary acquisitions following any Acquisition. Following any initial Acquisition and in the event that any subsequent acquisition is deemed a Reverse Takeover, the Company intends to seek re-admission of the enlarged group to listing on the Official List and trading on the main market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange or admission to another stock exchange dependent upon the nature of the target of the Acquisition and its stage of its business.
Given the current macro outlook for mining and mining investment, the Directors believe an opportunity exists for Cobra to take advantage of current asset and project valuations in this stage of the mining cycle. It is the Directors' belief that base, battery and precious metals are offering significant opportunities to invest in orphaned projects where existing management teams have been restricted of capital. The Company believes that there are a number of projects available for investment that may require not only cash but also technical and financial expertise. This is particularly relevant to lithium and cobalt projects.
Coupled with a disciplined fund management approach, the Directors believe that Cobra will offer exposure to the next forecast ''up cycle'' and compete with private equity funds. In addition, the Company aims to offer investors a prospect of liquidity unavailable in a private equity/hedge fund structure.
As set out above, the Company will initially focus on projects located in Australia and Africa. The Company will only invest in countries within these geographies that have established mining regulations and existing mining operations. The purpose of this focus is to minimise sovereign and regulatory risk of the investments that the Company makes.
The Company is targeting base, battery and precious metals including lithium and cobalt for a number of reasons. First, the Company will only invest in commodities in which has expertise and a track record of success. Secondly, given the initial resources available to the Company, this precludes any material investment options within the bulk commodity space (e.g. iron ore and coal) where typical investments require a scale in the order of an excess of US\$1 billion to be cost competitive and successful. Thirdly, for the stages in the mining cycle that the investing strategy focuses on, the Directors believe base battery and precious metal projects typically have the most value-add potential. The demand for lithium and cobalt is rapidly increasing due to the development of the electric vehicle sector worldwide. Finally, the Directors believe that the timing is right for investment in these sectors, where most of the commodities in these categories have bullish consensus price forecasts for the medium-long term (see paragraph 2 of this Part VI – The Company's Strategy of this document).
The Directors' longer term aim is to create a portfolio of projects that are diversified along the mining cycle, targeting, in particular undervalued assets in the exploration, development and/or production stages. The Directors define ''orphaned assets'' as those that exhibit a transactional value proposition or have a large potential upside in value, but for whatever reason the development of the asset has been stalled either through undervaluation by markets and investors, failure to raise sufficient capital, or have been stigmatised by unmerited ''deal fatigue'' as a result of unfavourable macro-events.
The Company's primary target is on attractive exploration projects where it could significantly add value with a secondary interest in newly defined resource exploration projects. These include:
With any of these types of investments, the Company commits to only investing in projects where it can add value to such projects. This can be achieved through either updating or changing the mining methods processes, personnel, logistics, arranging capital to assist the project in expediting development, and/or through acquiring undervalued assets and creating transactional value. Where appropriate, the Company may bring in new management in order to help generate value.
Prices of copper have generally weakened between 2013 and 2018 as a result of over-allocation of capital in the previous period of 2006 to 2012 (see chart below).
Source: InfoMine.com
Investment predominantly went into reasonable quality assets, but this has depleted the next generation of projects. Last year was a turning point for the mining sector as under-investment in the past five years has brought supply and demand back into balance.
Battery metals have a different dynamic given the interest in electric vehicles and renewable energy on a global scale. Lithium has been touted as the energy metal of the future due to the renaissance of electric vehicles, which depend on lithium for their lithium-ion battery packs. Speculation of a lithium shortage by Tesla, Inc. has almost tripled the price of lithium in the past year. The expanding energy storage market for intermittent wind and solar power is also poised to become a major driver for the metal. It is expected that battery manufacturers will require additional output to keep up with demand for lithium. Additionally, the demand for lithium will require an increase in production. According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, electric vehicle production is expected to increase by more than 30 times by 2030. All of these electric vehicle batteries require lithium, which also goes into batteries for smartphones and laptops and a host of other uses from lubricating grease to glass fabrication. The Directors are of the opinion that the investment case is predicated as follows:
Source: Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
Every major car manufacturer has electric models and Volvo Personvagner AB have already taken the position of only producing electric vehicles from 2019. France has promised to end the sale of petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040 as part of its plan to meets its target under the Paris climate accord, with UK following suit. Morgan Stanley analysts project that by 2050, 81 per cent. of 132 million new car sales will be electric. Bloomberg reports that global battery making capacity is set to double by 2012, topping 278 gigawatt-hours a year compared to 2017 capacity of 103 gigawatt-hours according to Elon Musk (Tesla, Inc's CEO). Later this year, Tesla's Nevada gigawatt battery factory alone will produce more batteries than were produced globally in 2013. By 2021 Chinese ''gigawatt factories'' will provide 3.5 times more than Tesla. It is anticipated that by 2010 at least seven new gigawatt-size battery factories are scheduled to start operating in Europe.
Cobalt's attractiveness is often aligned to that of lithium. If one examines the raw materials which make up a battery, lithium makes up a much smaller percentage than one would imagine, given its strategic value to the product. Typically lithium accounts for less than two per cent. of composition of an average battery. Cobalt, on the other hand is used for the battery cathode and can typically be as much as 35 – 40 per cent. of the material used in battery manufacture. Nickel also makes up a significant proportion of the battery, depending on the use. The primary reason for considering cobalt as opposed to nickel concerns the geopolitical locations of cobalt and the potential for disruptive supply from the world's largest producing country, the Democratic Republic of Congo. Such disruption in these locations often means there is always a place for the small producer and because of the shortages prices will be higher allowing juniors to produce at an economic level.
Source: Infomine.com
The Company has raised gross proceeds of £523,500 from the Placing, with approximately £323,500 representing the Net Placing Proceeds. The Directors believe that, following any Acquisition, further equity capital raisings may be required by the Company to accelerate the development of the assets acquired in any Acquisition (but not to achieve the objective of identifying and completing such an Acquisition). The amount of any such additional equity to be raised, which could be substantial, will depend on the nature of the acquisition opportunities which arise and the form of consideration the Company uses to make any Acquisition and cannot be determined at this time.
The Company expects that any returns for Shareholders would derive primarily from capital appreciation of the Ordinary Shares and any dividends paid pursuant to the Company's dividend policy set out below.
If no Acquisition has been announced within two years of Admission, Shareholders will be given the opportunity to vote to extend the period in which to identify a relevant Acquisition for 12 months or to wind up the Company and return unused cash assets to Shareholders. In the event that the Company is wound up, any capital available for distribution will be returned to Shareholders in accordance with the Articles. A resolution of Shareholders, requiring not less than three quarters of the votes cast (''Special Resolution''), will be required to voluntarily wind-up the Company or to extend the period in which the Company may seek an Acquisition opportunity.
The Company intends to pay dividends on the Ordinary Shares following any Acquisition at such times (if any) and in such amounts (if any) as the Board determines appropriate in its absolute discretion. The Company's current intention is to retain any earnings for use in its business operations, and the Company does not anticipate declaring any dividends before the Acquisition. The Company will only pay dividends to the extent that to do so is in accordance with all applicable laws.
In order to implement its business strategy, the Company has adopted a corporate governance structure more fully outlined in Part VII – The Company, the Board and the Acquisition Structure of this document. The key features of its structure are:
The Company was incorporated on 25 January 2018 as a private company with limited liability under the Companies Act and re-registered as a public company on 17 July 2018.
The Company's issued share capital will, on Admission, consist of Ordinary Shares. It is intended that the Ordinary Shares will be admitted by the FCA to a Standard Listing on the Official List in accordance with Chapter 14 of the Listing Rules and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities.
The Board, collectively, has significant experience in the natural resources sector. Since 2011, the Directors have consummated at least six significant acquisitions and planned and executed three major UK onshore farm-out transactions with energy majors as counterparties.
The Board has in aggregate more than 80 years of experience in sub-surface engineering and geology and has been responsible for running complex and challenging fields and drilling operations, both onshore and offshore.
In addition, the Board has significant expertise and experience of dealing with the political and social issues facing the industry at both the local and national governmental levels, having been actively involved in the governmental consultation programmes on numerous mining and miningrelated issues and in the challenges of local planning issues in connection with exploration activity and asset development.
Details of the Directors are listed below.
Rolf Gerritsen (aged 55) is an entrepreneurial executive with over 30 years' experience with a specific focus on the Natural Resources sector. Mr Gerritsen is currently a director of MetalNRG, ECRG Consulting Limited, RCA Associates Limited, and Pearman Investments LLP. Mr Gerritsen has been working with the Boards of these companies developing, designing and implementing growth strategies. Mr Gerritsen has also acted as a consultant, with a focus on investor relations, for RockFire Resources plc (then Papua Mining plc), Pembridge Resources plc (then China Africa Resources plc), and Metal Tiger plc. Mr Gerritsen also spent three years in Paris working as a consultant with BBSP, France. Mr Gerritsen's country of residence is the United Kingdom.
Ken Watson has been actively engaged in exploration and mining for the past 50 years in both publicly listed and private exploration companies. He has considerable experience as a prospector and was involved in the discovery of the Golden Kilometre gold mine at Mt Pleasant in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia. Mr Watson has been the vendor to many listed exploration companies on the Australian Securities Exchange and was a co-founder and Managing Director of Regency Mines plc and Red Rock Resources plc listed on AIM in the UK. Mr Watson is currently a director of Redstone Metals Pty, Pilbara Goldfields Pty Ltd and Hamersley Metals Pty Ltd, conducting exploration for conglomerate hosted gold and battery metals including lithium, cobalt and manganese in the Pilbara and other parts of Western Australia. Mr Watson's country of residence is Australia.
Greg Hancock has had over 25 years' experience in the capital markets of Australia and the UK. He maintains close links with the stockbroking and investment banking community and has a corporate finance practice which specialises in the resources sector. On the Australian Securities Exchange he is currently non-executive chair of Ausquest Limited, BMG Resources Limited and a non-executive director of Zeta Petroleum Plc, Strata X Energy Limited and Golden State Mining Limited.
Typically, Mr Hancock is involved in the sourcing, negotiation, and financing of strategic resources for companies and then providing appropriate stewardship at board level.
Mr Hancock has a limited number of private company interests including Franchise Investments International Ltd, Hancock Corporate Investments Pty Limited and has in the past been a nonexecutive director of Norsve Resources plc and foundation shareholder and executive chair of Cooper Energy Limited, an Australian Oil and Gas production company. Mr Hancock's country of residence is Australia.
Rolf Gerritsen is employed on a part-time basis by the Company. On Admission, Rolf Gerritsen will become entitled to a fee of £25,000 upon Admission and a further fee of £25,000 on completion of the first Acquisition. Following an Acquisition it is anticipated that Mr Gerritsen will assume a nonexecutive role and that the Company will appoint a new chief executive officer (on a full-time basis) to manage the business which is the subject of the Acquisition.
The Directors have agreed not to take a salary from the Company until the completion of an Acquisition. Under the terms of the appointment letters, Ken Watson is entitled to a fee of £20,000 per annum and Greg Hancock is entitled to a fee of £20,000 per annum upon completion of the first Acqusition. In addition Mr Watson is entitled to a success fee of £40,000 conditional upon Admission to be satisfied by the issue of 2,666,666 Ordinary Shares at the Placing Price.
The Company has entered into an agreement with MetalNRG (a company of which Rolf Gerritsen is a director) under which MetalNRG has provided assistance to the Company in connection with the offering and the development of its own investment strategy and will assist the Company in securing potential investments.
MetalNRG's investment strategy is to invest in and acquire companies and projects within the natural resources sector, with potential for (i) growth or (ii) value creation.
For those projects that offer substantial growth opportunity, MetalNRG will seek a controlling interest and maintain a medium to long term investment view. MetalNRG intends to manage these projects through its Direct Investment Division where it will take an active role in such projects and drive them along the value chain creating long-term shareholder value.
Projects that offer value creation opportunities will be managed through MetalNRG's Indirect Investment Division. Through this division, MetalNRG will invest in privately owned projects that can be structured, packaged and then listed on a major and relevant stock exchange. MetalNRG will invest directly in some of these opportunities and will earn fees, payable in shares, upon delivering pre-determined milestones in relation to the listing. MetalNRG is advising the Company as part of its Indirect Investment Division.
MetalNRG's fees in connection with its advice to the Company will be satisfied by the issue of 4,166,666 Ordinary Shares at the Placing Price.
The Company has agreed to issue 500,100 Ordinary Shares to Geoffrey Cowley, a former director of the Company, under the terms of Mr Cowley's termination agreement.
The Directors are responsible for carrying out the Company's objectives, implementing its business strategy and conducting its overall supervision. Decisions regarding Acquisitions, divestment and other strategic matters will all be considered and determined by the Board. Mr Gerritsen will be the Director charged with day-to-day responsibility for the implementation of the Acquisition strategy.
The Board will provide leadership within a framework of prudent and effective controls. The Board will establish the corporate governance values of the Company and will have overall responsibility for setting the Company's strategic aims, defining the business plan and strategy and managing the financial and operational resources of the Company. Prior to an Acquisition, the Company will not have any traditional executive officers or full-time employees.
No Shareholder approval will be sought by the Company in relation to the making of an Acquisition. Any Acquisition will be subject to Board approval of at least 75 per cent. of the Directors present at a quorate meeting of the Board. Until the Company completes an Acquisition, the Chair will not have any casting vote in the event of Board deadlock.
The Board will schedule quarterly meetings and will hold additional meetings as and when required. The expectation is that this will not result in more than four meetings of the Board each year.
The Company will observe the requirements of the UK Corporate Governance Code (so far as it is practicable for a 'special purpose acquisition vehicle'). As at the date of this document, the Company is, and at the date of Admission will be, in compliance with the UK Corporate Governance Code, save as set out below:
The Company has adopted and will operate a share dealing code governing the share dealings of the Directors of the Company and applicable employees with a view to ensuring compliance with the Market Abuse Regulation.
The Company has adopted, with effect from Admission, a share dealing policy regulating trading and confidentiality of inside information for the Directors and other persons discharging managerial responsibilities (and their persons closely associated) which contains provisions appropriate for a company whose shares are admitted to trading on the Official List (particularly relating to dealing during closed periods which will be in line with the Market Abuse Regulation). The Company will take all reasonable steps to ensure compliance by the Directors and any relevant employees with the terms of that share dealing policy.
An Acquisition may be made by the Company or a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, established as a special purpose vehicle to make an Acquisition. The details of the structure of any Acquisition will be determined once a target for the relevant Acquisition has been identified.
The Company has also entered into an agreement for the provision of the services of Link Market Services (the ''Registrar''), as more fully described in Part XVII – Additional Information of this document.
The Company, the Directors and SI Capital have entered into the Placing Agreement pursuant to which, subject to certain conditions, SI Capital agreed to use its reasonable endeavours to procure subscribers for 34,900,000 New Ordinary Shares to be issued by the Company.
The New Ordinary Shares subscribed for in the Placing at the Placing Price will represent up to approximately 52 per cent. of the Enlarged Issued Share Capital.
The Company will issue 34,900,000 New Ordinary Shares through the Placing at the Placing Price of 1.5 pence per share. The Placing is not being underwritten. SI Capital, as the Company's agent, has procured irrevocable commitments to subscribe for the full amount of New Ordinary Shares from subscribers in the Placing, and there are no conditions attached to such irrevocable commitments other than Admission.
Shareholdings immediately prior to Admission will be diluted by approximately 61 per cent. as a result of New Ordinary Shares being issued pursuant to the Placing.
The New Ordinary Shares will, upon issue, rank pari passu with the Existing Ordinary Shares. Further details of the Placing Agreement can be found in Part XIX – Terms and Conditions of the Placing of this document.
The Net Placing Proceeds after deduction of expenses, will be approximately £323,500 on the basis that the Company has raised gross proceeds of £523,500 pursuant to the Placing.
The Placing is conditional upon:
If Admission does not proceed, the Placing will not proceed and all monies paid will be refunded to the applicants in the Placing.
In accordance with Listing Rule 14.2.2, at Admission at least 25 per cent. of the Ordinary Shares of this listed class of Ordinary Shares will be in public hands (as defined in the Listing Rules).
Each applicant in the Placing has provided to the Company an irrevocable commitment letter in respect of the proceeds due to the Company in respect of the Placing. There are no conditions attached to the commitment letters other than Admission.
Completion of the Placing is subject to the satisfaction of conditions contained in the Placing Agreement, including Admission occurring on or before 15 November 2018 or such later date as may be agreed by SI Capital and the Company.
Admission is expected to take place and dealings in the Ordinary Shares are expected to commence on the main market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange at 8.00 a.m. on 15 November 2018.
Where applicable, definitive share certificates in respect of the New Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to the Placing are expected to be despatched, by post at the risk of the recipients, to the relevant holders, within ten business days of Admission. The New Ordinary Shares are in registered form and can also be held in uncertificated form. Prior to the despatch of definitive share certificates in respect of any New Ordinary Shares which are held in certificated form, transfers of those Ordinary Shares will be certified against the register of members of the Company. No temporary documents of title will be issued.
The gross proceeds of the Placing will be used to pay the expenses of the Placing and Admission and to further the Company's objective of making an Acquisition.
The total expenses incurred (or to be incurred) by the Company in connection with Admission, the Placing and the incorporation (and initial capitalisation) of the Company are approximately £200,000 which will be paid out of the proceeds of the Placing (such that the Net Placing Proceeds will be approximately £323,500).
The Company's intention is to use the Net Placing Proceeds to fund the due diligence and other transaction costs in respect of whatever is necessary for an Acquisition. This due diligence will include a legal, financial, technical and operational evaluation of an Acquisition. The Company would not anticipate that the costs and expenses of investigating any particular acquisition opportunity would exceed £50,000. As it is anticipated that the consideration for the Acquisition will primarily constitute the issue of further Ordinary Shares, the Board considers that the Net Placing Proceeds are sufficient to cover both the expenses and any amounts payable for consideration in cash.
CREST is a paperless settlement procedure enabling securities to be evidenced otherwise than by a certificate and transferred otherwise than by written instrument. The Articles permit the holding of Ordinary Shares under the CREST system. The Company has applied for the Ordinary Shares to be admitted to CREST with effect from Admission and it is expected that the Ordinary Shares will be admitted with effect from that time. Accordingly, settlement of transactions in the Ordinary Shares following Admission may take place within the CREST system if any investor so wishes.
CREST is a voluntary system and Shareholders who wish to receive and retain certificates for their New Ordinary Shares will be able to do so. Shareholders may elect to receive New Ordinary Shares in uncertificated form if such Shareholder is a system-member (as defined in the Regulations) in relation to CREST.
The Ordinary Shares will not be registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the US and may not be taken up, offered, sold, resold, transferred, delivered or distributed, directly or indirectly, within, into or in the US.
Certain restrictions that apply to the distribution of this document and the New Ordinary Shares being issued pursuant to the Placing in certain jurisdictions are described in the section headed 'Notices to Investors' in Part III – Important Information of this document.
The Ordinary Shares are freely transferable and tradable and there are no restrictions on transfer.
The Company was incorporated on 25 January 2018 as a private company with limited liability under the Companies Act, and re-registered as a public company on 17 July 2018.
Details of the Existing Issued Share Capital of the Company are set out in paragraph 3 of Part XVII – Additional Information of this document. As at Admission, there is expected to be £250,001 in nominal value of Ordinary Shares, divided into 25,000,100 issued Ordinary Shares of nominal value 1 pence each, all of which will be fully paid up.
All of the issued Ordinary Shares will be in registered form, and capable of being held in certificated or uncertificated form. The Registrar will be responsible for maintaining the share register. Temporary documents of title will not be issued. The ISIN of the Ordinary Shares is GB00BGJW5255. The SEDOL code of the Ordinary Shares is BGJW525.
The following table sets out the fully diluted Existing Issued Share Capital as at the date of this document and as at Admission:
| As at the date of this document |
As at the date of Admission |
As a percentage of the Company's Enlarged Issued Share Capital at Admission |
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| Existing Issued Share Capital | 25,000,100 | — | — |
| Existing Warrants | — | 25,000,000 | — |
| New Ordinary Shares | — | 34,900,000 | 51.9% |
| Ordinary Shares Issued as Fees | — | 7,333,432 | 10.9% |
| Investor Warrants | — | 34,900,000 | — |
| Adviser Warrants | — | 3,451,916 | — |
Accordingly, at Admission the Enlarged Issued Share Capital will be 67,233,532 Ordinary Shares with a total of 63,351,916 warrants outstanding. If all the warrants were to be exercised the Company would receive approximately £1,300,000 in cash and the options and warrants would represent 48.5 per cent. of the fully diluted Enlarged Issued Share Capital.
At the date of this document, the Company has 25,000,000 Existing Warrants outstanding, each entitling the holder to subscribe for one Ordinary Share at a price of 2 pence. The Board proposes to issue new Investor Warrants to subscribe for up to 34,900,000 New Ordinary Shares at an exercise price of 2 pence per Ordinary Share to those new and existing Shareholders that have participated in this Placing and Subscription. The Investor Warrants have been issued on a one for one basis for each Ordinary Share purchased as part of this Placing and Subscription and are exercisable at an exercise price of 2 pence per Ordinary Share. The Board proposes to issue new Adviser Warrants to various advisers subscribe for up to 3,451,916 Ordinary Shares at an exercise price of 2 pence per Ordinary Share in part compensation for their services. Details of all Existing, Investor and Adviser Warrants are set out in the table below.
These Adviser Warrants, Investor Warrants and Existing Warrants are exercisable at any time up to the second anniversary of Admission, at which time they will lapse.
The Company has issued the following Adviser Warrants to the following advisers in lieu of fees:
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| Existing Warrants | 25,000,000 | — | 19.5% |
| Adviser Warrants | 3,451,916 | — | 2.7% |
| Investor Warrants | 34,900,000 | — | 27.3% |
Further details of the Investor Warrants, Existing Warrants and Adviser Warrants are set out in Part X – Terms of the Investor Warrants, Part XI – Terms of the Existing Warrants and Part XII – Terms of the Adviser Warrants of this document.
The Company has not yet commenced operations. The financial information in respect of the Company upon which PKF Littlejohn LLP has provided the accountant's report as at 30 June 2018, which is set out in Section A of Part XIII – Financial Information on the Company.
The Company currently has a cash balance of £225,000. The cash balance is the sum of the cash balance of £189,784 as at 30 June 2018, plus £50,000 of subscription payments from certain subscribers to the Placing which has already been received by the Company, less £14,784 that has been used to pay certain bills relating to general corporate purposes. The Company's initial source of cash (in addition to the £250,000 subscription funds (the ''Subscription Funds'') which were received by the Company in March 2018 from various individuals who are new Shareholders) will be the proceeds of the Placing of £523,500. It will use such cash to fund the expenses of the Placing, including legal and professional fees, ongoing costs and expenses (including the UK Listing Authority application, listing and vetting fee of £17,000, the London Stock Exchange listing fee of £10,000, the Registrar's basic fees of £2,500 per year and the London Stock Exchange's fee of £7,500 per year), the Broker's fee of £15,000 and an estimated annual audit fee of £15,000, all exclusive of VAT, and the costs and expenses to be incurred in connection with seeking to identify and effect an Acquisition. The costs and expenses of any Acquisition will likely comprise legal, financial and tax due diligence in relation to any target company; however, the Company would only reach this stage after the Directors have carried out an initial commercial review of the target and the Company has entered into a non-disclosure agreement and/or heads of terms. In addition to any share consideration used by the Company in relation to any Acquisition, the Company may raise additional capital in connection with the consummation of that Acquisition (dependent upon the size of such Acquisition and the ability of the Company to satisfy the consideration in shares). Such capital may be raised through share issues (such as rights issues, open offers or private placings) or borrowings. In addition, the Directors have agreed not to take a salary from the Company until an Acquisition is completed.
The Company may also make an Acquisition or fund part of any Acquisition through share-forshare exchanges.
Although the Company envisages that any capital raised will be from new equity, the Company may also choose to finance all or a portion of an Acquisition with debt financing. Any debt financing used by the Company is expected to take the form of bank financing, although no financing arrangements will be in place at Admission. The Company envisages that debt financing may be necessary if, for example, a target company has been identified but would require a certain amount of cash consideration in addition to, or instead of, share consideration.
Any associated debt financing (if any) for an Acquisition will be assessed with reference to the projected cash flow of the target company or business and may be incurred at the Company level or by any subsidiary of the Company. Any costs associated with the debt financing will be paid with the proceeds of such financing.
If debt financing is utilised, there will be additional servicing costs. Furthermore, while the terms of any such financing cannot be predicted, such terms may subject the Company to financial and operating covenants or other restrictions, including restrictions that might limit the Company's ability to make distributions to Shareholders.
Substantially all of the cash raised (including cash from any subsequent share offers) is expected to be used for working capital. Following an Acquisition, the Company's future liquidity will depend in the medium to longer term primarily on: (i) the profitability of the company or business it acquires; (ii) the Company's management of available cash; (iii) cash distributions on sale of existing assets; (iv) the use of borrowings, if any, to fund short-term liquidity needs; and (v) dividends or distributions from subsidiary companies.
The Company's principal use of cash (including the Subscription Funds and the Net Placing Proceeds) will be as working capital. The Company's current intention is to retain earnings for use in its business operations and it does not anticipate declaring any dividends prior to any Acquisition. Following the Acquisition and in accordance with the Company's business strategy and applicable laws, it expects to make distributions to Shareholders in accordance with the Company's dividend policy. However, the Company will incur day-to-day expenses that will need to be funded. Initially, the Company expects these expenses will be funded through the Subscription Funds and the Net Placing Proceeds (and income earned on such funds). Such expenses include:
Prior to the completion of any Acquisition, the Net Placing Proceeds will be held in an interest bearing deposit account or invested in short-term money market instruments (as approved by the Directors) and will be used for general corporate purposes, including paying the expenses of Admission and the Company's ongoing costs and expenses, including Directors' fees and salaries, due diligence costs and other costs of sourcing, reviewing and pursuing any Acquisition.
The Company may incur indebtedness to finance and leverage an Acquisition and to fund its liquidity needs following any such Acquisition. Such indebtedness may expose the Company to risks associated with movements in prevailing interest rates. Changes in the level of interest rates can affect, inter alia: (i) the cost and availability of debt financing and hence the Company's ability to achieve attractive rates of return on its assets; (ii) the Company's ability to make an Acquisition when competing with other potential buyers who may be able to bid for an asset at a higher price due to a lower overall cost of capital; (iii) the debt financing capability of the companies and businesses in which the Company is invested; and (iv) the rate of return on the Company's uninvested cash balances. This exposure may be reduced by introducing a combination of a fixed and floating interest rates or through the use of hedging transactions (such as derivative transactions, including swaps or caps). Interest rate hedging transactions will only be undertaken for the purpose of efficient portfolio management, and will not be carried out for speculative purposes.
The Company may use forward contracts, options, swaps, caps, collars and floors or other strategies or forms of derivative instruments to limit its exposure to changes in the relative values of investments that may result from market developments, including changes in prevailing interest rates and currency exchange rates, as previously described. It is expected that the extent of risk management activities by the Company will vary based on the level of exposure and consideration of risk across the business.
The success of any hedging or other derivative transaction generally will depend on the Company's ability to correctly predict market changes. As a result, while the Company may enter into such a transaction to reduce exposure to market risks, unanticipated market changes may result in poorer overall investment performance than if the transaction had not been executed. In addition, the degree of correlation between price movements of the instruments used in connection with hedging activities and price movements in a position being hedged may vary. Moreover, for a variety of reasons, the Company may not seek, or be successful in establishing, an exact correlation between the instruments used in a hedging or other derivative transactions and the position being hedged and could create new risks of loss. In addition, it may not be possible to fully or perfectly limit the Company's exposure against all changes in the values of its assets, because the values of its assets are likely to fluctuate as a result of a number of factors, some of which will be beyond the Company's control.
The Investor Warrants are constituted by, and issued subject to and with the benefit of, the Investor Warrant instrument.
Holders of Investor Warrants are and will be bound by all the terms and conditions set out in the Investor Warrant instrument. The terms and conditions attached to the Investor Warrants and summarised in this Part X – Terms of the Investor Warrants of this document. Statements made in this summary are a description of those made in the Investor Warrant instrument.
In this Part X – Terms of the Investor Warrants of this document, unless the context requires otherwise, each of the following expressions has the following meanings:
| ''Certificate'' | in relation to an Investor Warrant, a certificate evidencing a Warrantholder's entitlement to Investor Warrants. |
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| ''Exercise Date'' | (i) in relation to an Investor Warrant which is in certificated form, the date of delivery to the registered office of the Company of the items specified in the Investor Warrant Instrument (and the date of such delivery shall be the date on which such items are received at the Company's registered office) or if not a Business Day then the immediately following Business Day; and |
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| (ii) in relation to an Investor Warrant which is in uncertificated form, the date of receipt of the properly authenticated dematerialised instruction and/or other instruction or notification. |
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| ''Final Subscription Date'' | the date 36 months from the date of Admission. | |
| ''Notice of Exercise'' | in relation to an Investor Warrant, the duly completed notice of exercise in the form, or substantially in the form, contained in the certificate for such Investor. |
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| ''Regulations'' | the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001 (SI 2001 No.3755) (as amended from time to time). |
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| ''stock account'' | an account within a member account in CREST to which a holding of a particular share or other security in CREST is credited. |
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| ''Subscription Price'' | subject to the provisions of the Investor Warrant instrument, 2 pence per Ordinary Share (as may be adjusted from time to time). |
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| ''Subscription Rights'' | the rights of the Warrantholders to subscribe for Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Investor Warrants on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Investor Warrant instrument. |
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| ''Warrantholder(s)'' | the person(s) in whose name(s) an Investor Warrant is registered in the Register from time to time. |
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funds of an amount equal to the Subscription Price multiplied by the number of Ordinary Shares to be allotted and issued to the Warrantholder as a result of the exercise of the Investor Warrants which are being exercised.
4.1. If, at any time when any Subscription Rights are exercisable, an order is made or an effective resolution is passed for the winding-up or dissolution of the Company or if any other dissolution of the Company by operation of law is to be effected then:
6.1. All or any of the rights for the time being attached to the Investor Warrants may from time to time (whether or not the Company is being wound up) be altered, amended or abrogated only with the prior sanction of a Special Resolution of the Warrantholders and the agreement of the Company and shall be effected by an instrument by way of deed executed by the Company and expressed to be supplemental to the Investor Warrant instrument.
The Investor Warrants shall be in registered form and shall be transferable by instrument in writing in the usual common form (or in such other form as the Directors may reasonably approve). A Warrantholder's holding of Investor Warrants may be transferred in whole or in part, but no transfer of a right to subscribe for a fraction of an Ordinary Share shall be affected.
The Investor Warrants shall not be listed or traded on a recognised stock exchange.
The provisions of the Investor Warrant instrument and the Investor Warrants shall be subject to and governed by English law and each of the parties irrevocably agree that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute which may arise out of or in connection with the Investor Warrant instrument.
The Existing Warrants are constituted by, and issued subject to and with the benefit of, the Existing Warrant instrument.
Holders of Existing Warrants are and will be bound by all the terms and conditions set out in the Existing Warrant instrument. The terms and conditions attached to the Existing Warrants and summarised in this Part XI – Terms of the Existing Warrants of this document. Statements made in this summary are a description of those made in the Existing Warrant instrument.
In this Part XI – Terms of the Existing Warrants of this document, unless the context requires otherwise, each of the following expressions has the following meanings:
| ''Certificate'' | in relation to an Existing Warrant, a certificate evidencing a Warrantholder's entitlement to Existing Warrants. |
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| ''Exercise Date'' | (i) in relation to an Existing Warrant which is in certificated form, the date of delivery to the registered office of the Company of the items specified in the Existing Warrant instrument (and the date of such delivery shall be the date on which such items are received at the Company's registered office) or if not a Business Day then the immediately following Business Day; and |
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| (ii) in relation to an Existing Warrant which is in uncertificated form, the date of receipt of the properly authenticated dematerialised instruction and/or other instruction or notification. |
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| ''Final Subscription Date'' | the date 36 months from the date of Admission. | |
| ''Notice of Exercise'' | in relation to an Existing Warrant, the duly completed notice of exercise in the form, or substantially in the form, contained in the certificate for such Existing. |
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| ''stock account'' | an account within a member account in CREST to which a holding of a particular share or other security in CREST is credited. |
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| ''Subscription Price'' | subject to the provisions of the Existing Warrant instrument, 2 pence per Ordinary Share (as may be adjusted from time to time). |
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| ''Subscription Rights'' | the rights of the Warrantholders to subscribe for Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Existing Warrants on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Existing Warrant instrument. |
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| ''Warrantholder(s)'' | the person(s) in whose name(s) an Existing Warrant is registered in the Register from time to time. |
funds of an amount equal to the Subscription Price multiplied by the number of Ordinary Shares to be allotted and issued to the Warrantholder as a result of the exercise of the Existing Warrants which are being exercised.
4.1. If, at any time when any Subscription Rights are exercisable, an order is made or an effective resolution is passed for the winding-up or dissolution of the Company or if any other dissolution of the Company by operation of law is to be effected then:
6.1. All or any of the rights for the time being attached to the Existing Warrants may from time to time (whether or not the Company is being wound up) be altered, amended or abrogated only with the prior sanction of a Special Resolution of the Warrantholders and the agreement of the Company and shall be effected by an instrument by way of deed executed by the Company and expressed to be supplemental to the Existing Warrant Instrument.
The Existing Warrants shall be in registered form and shall be transferable by instrument in writing in the usual common form (or in such other form as the Directors may reasonably approve). A Warrantholder's holding of Existing Warrants may be transferred in whole or in part, but no transfer of a right to subscribe for a fraction of an Ordinary Share shall be affected.
The Existing Warrants shall not be listed or tradeable on a recognised stock exchange.
The provisions of the Existing Warrant instrument and the Existing Warrants shall be subject to and governed by English law and each of the parties irrevocably agree that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute which may arise out of or in connection with the Existing Warrant instrument.
The Adviser Warrants are constituted by, and issued subject to and with the benefit of, the Adviser Warrant instrument.
Holders of Adviser Warrants are and will be bound by all the terms and conditions set out in the Adviser Warrant instrument. The terms and conditions attached to the Adviser Warrants and summarised in this Part XII – Terms of the Adviser Warrants of this document. Statements made in this summary are a description of those made in the Adviser Warrant instrument.
In this Part XII – Terms of the Adviser Warrants of this document, unless the context requires otherwise, each of the following expressions has the following meanings:
| ''Certificate'' | in relation to an Adviser Warrant, a certificate evidencing a Warrantholder's entitlement to Adviser Warrants. |
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| ''Exercise Date'' | (i) in relation to an Adviser Warrant which is in certificated form, the date of delivery to the registered office of the Company of the items specified in the Adviser Warrant instrument (and the date of such delivery shall be the date on which such items are received at the Company's registered office) or if not a Business Day then the immediately following Business Day; and |
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| ''Final Subscription Date'' | the date 36 months from the date of Admission. | |
| ''Notice of Exercise'' | in relation to an Adviser Warrant, the duly completed notice of exercise in the form, or substantially in the form, contained in the certificate for such Adviser. |
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| ''stock account'' | an account within a member account in CREST to which a holding of a particular share or other security in CREST is credited. |
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| ''Subscription Price'' | subject to the provisions of the Adviser Warrant instrument, 2 pence per Ordinary Share (as may be adjusted from time to time). |
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| ''Subscription Rights'' | the rights of the Warrantholders to subscribe for Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Adviser Warrants on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Adviser Warrant instrument. |
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| ''Warrantholder(s)'' | the person(s) in whose name(s) an Adviser Warrant is registered in the Register from time to time. |
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funds of an amount equal to the Subscription Price multiplied by the number of Ordinary Shares to be allotted and issued to the Warrantholder as a result of the exercise of the Adviser Warrants which are being exercised.
4.1. If, at any time when any Subscription Rights are exercisable, an order is made or an effective resolution is passed for the winding-up or dissolution of the Company or if any other dissolution of the Company by operation of law is to be effected then:
6.1. All or any of the rights for the time being attached to the Adviser Warrants may from time to time (whether or not the Company is being wound up) be altered, amended or abrogated only with the prior sanction of a Special Resolution of the Warrantholders and the agreement of the Company and shall be effected by an instrument by way of deed executed by the Company and expressed to be supplemental to the Adviser Warrant Instrument.
The Adviser Warrants shall be in registered form and shall be transferable by instrument in writing in the usual common form (or in such other form as the Directors may reasonably approve). A Warrantholder's holding of Adviser Warrants may be transferred in whole or in part, but no transfer of a right to subscribe for a fraction of an Ordinary Share shall be affected.
The Adviser Warrants shall not be listed or traded on a recognised stock exchange.
The provisions of the Adviser Warrant Instrument and the Adviser Warrants shall be subject to and governed by English law and each of the parties irrevocably agree that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute which may arise out of or in connection with the Adviser Warrant instrument.
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT ON THE SPECIAL PURPOSE HISTORICAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF THE COMPANY
PKF Littlejohn LLP
The Directors Cobra Resources plc c/o Cooley Services Limited Dashwood 69 Old Broad Street London EC2M 1QS United Kingdom
The Directors SI Capital Limited 46 Bridge Street Godalming Surrey GU7 1HL United Kingdom
12 November 2018
Dear Sirs
We report on the historic financial information set out in Section B of this Part XIII – Historical Financial Information on the Company of this document relating to the Company (the ''Historical Financial Information''). This information has been prepared for inclusion in the document dated 12 November 2018 (the ''Prospectus'') relating to the proposed admission to listing on the standard segment of the Official List of the FCA and the main market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange of the Company and on the basis of the accounting policies set out in note 2. This report is given for the purpose of complying with Annex 1 item 20.1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 809/2004 (the ''Prospectus Directive Regulation'') and is given for the purpose of complying with that requirement and for no other purpose.
The Directors of the Company are responsible for preparing the Historical Financial Information on the basis of preparation set out in the notes to the Historical Financial Information and in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, as adopted by the European Union (''IFRS'').
It is our responsibility to form an opinion on the Historical Financial Information, and to report our opinion to you. Save for any responsibility arising under Prospectus Rule 5.5.3R(2)(f) to any person as and to the extent there provided, to the fullest extent permitted by law we do not assume any responsibility and will not accept any liability to any other person for any loss suffered by any such other person as a result of, arising out of, or in connection with this report or our statement, required by and given solely for the purposes of complying with Annex I item 23.1 to Commission Regulation (EC) No. 809/2004, consenting to its inclusion in the Prospectus.
We conducted our work in accordance with the Standards for Investment Reporting issued by the Auditing Practices Board in the United Kingdom. Our work included an assessment of evidence relevant to the amounts and disclosures in the Financial Information. It also included an assessment of significant estimates and judgements made by those responsible for the preparation of the Historical Financial Information and whether the accounting policies are appropriate to the Company and consistently applied and adequately disclosed.
We planned and performed our work so as to obtain all the information and explanations which we considered necessary in order to provide us with sufficient evidence to give reasonable assurance that the Historical Financial Information is free from material misstatement whether caused by fraud or other irregularity or error.
In our opinion, the Historical Financial Information gives, for the purpose of the Prospectus, a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company as at 30 June 2018 and of its results, cash flows and changes in equity for the period then ended in accordance with the applicable financial reporting framework and has been prepared in a form that is consistent with the accounting policies adopted by the Company.
For the purposes of Prospectus Rule 5.5.3R(2)(f), we are responsible for this report as part of the Prospectus and declare that we have taken all reasonable care to ensure that the information contained in this report is, to the best of our knowledge, in accordance with the facts and contains no omission likely to affect its import. This declaration is included in the Prospectus in compliance with Annex I item 1.2 of the Commission Regulation (EC) No. 809/2004.
Yours faithfully
PKF Littlejohn LLP Reporting Accountants
| Note | Period ended 30 June 2018 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Revenue Administrative expenses |
4 | — (65,044) |
| Operating result Finance income/(expense) |
(65,044) — |
|
| Result before taxation Income tax |
5 | (65,044) — |
| Total comprehensive loss for the period | (65,044) |
| As at 30 June 2018 |
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|---|---|---|
| Note | £ | |
| ASSETS | ||
| Current assets | ||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 7 | 189,784 |
| Other receivables | 8 | 1,185 |
| Total assets | 190,969 | |
| EQUITY AND LIABILITIES Current liabilities |
||
| Accruals | 9 | 6,012 |
| Total liabilities | 6,012 | |
| Equity attributable to owners | ||
| Existing Issued Share Capital | 10 | 250,001 |
| Share premium | 10 | — |
| Retained earnings | 11 | (65,044) |
| Total equity attributable to owners | 184,957 | |
| Total equity and liabilities | 190,969 |
| Period ended 30 June 2018 |
||
|---|---|---|
| Note | £ | |
| Cash flows from operating activities Loss before income tax Increase in trade and other receivables Increase in trade and other payables |
4 | (65,044) (1,185) 6,012 |
| Net cash outflow used in operating activities | (60,217) | |
| Cash flows from investment activities Interest received |
— | |
| Net cash outflow from investment activities | — | |
| Cash flows from financing activities Cash received from issue of shares |
10 | 250,001 |
| Net cash inflow from financing activities | 250,001 | |
| Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalent Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |
189,784 — |
|
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | 7 | 189,784 |
| Existing Issued Share Capital £ |
Share premium £ |
Retained earnings £ |
Total equity £ |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| At incorporation | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Equity investment in the period | 250,000 | — | — | 250,000 |
| Total comprehensive income for the period ended 30 June 2018 |
— | — | (65,044) | (65,044) |
| As at 30 June 2018 | 250,001 | — | (65,044) | 184,957 |
The Company was incorporated on 25 January 2018 as Cobra Resources Limited in England and Wales with company number 11170056 under the Companies Act 2006. The Company subsequently re-registered as a public company on 17 July 2018 and changed its name to Cobra Resources plc.
The address of its registered office is c/o London Registrars, Suite A, 6 Honduras Street, London EC14 0TH.
The principal activity of the Company is to identify opportunities for investment in base and metals exploration.
These financial statements of the Company have been prepared for the sole purpose of publication within this document. It has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Prospectus Rules and has been prepared in accordance with IFRS and IFRS interpretations Committee (''IFRS IC'') interpretations as adopted by the European Union and the policies stated elsewhere within the Historical Financial Information. The Historical Financial Information does not constitute statutory accounts within the meaning of section 434 of the Companies Act 2006.
The Historical Financial Information is presented in Pound Sterling, which is the Company's functional and presentational currency and has been prepared under the historical cost convention.
| Effective date | |
|---|---|
| IFRS 16 Leases IAS 7 (amendments) Disclosure of changes in liabilities arising from |
1 January 2019 * 1 January 2017 * |
| financing activities IAS 12 (amendments) Recognition of Deferred Tax Assets for |
1 January 2017 * |
| Unrealised Losses Annual Improvements to IFRSs: 2014-2016 cycle |
1 January 2017 * |
* Not yet endorsed for use in the EU
* IFRS 16 'Leases'. IFRS 16 requires lessees to recognise a lease liability reflecting future lease payments and a 'right of use asset' for virtually all lease contracts. This is effective for the period beginning on 1 June 2018, with earlier adoption permitted if IFRS 15 'Revenue from contracts with customers' is also applied. The Company has not yet assessed the full effect of this standard.
Of the other IFRSs and IFRS ICs, none are expected to have a material effect on future Company financial statements.
The financial information is based on the following policies which have been consistently applied:
The Historical Financial Information has been prepared on a going concern basis. The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the Historical Financial Information.
In the Statement of Cash Flows, cash and cash equivalents comprise cash at bank and in hand and demand deposits with banks and other financial institutions, that are readily convertible into known amounts of cash and which are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value.
Loans and Receivables
Loans and receivables are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market. They are included in current assets. The Company's loans and receivables comprise trade and other receivables.
Loans and receivables are initially recognised at fair value through profit or loss and are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest rate method, less provision for impairment.
The Company assesses at the end of each reporting period whether there is objective evidence that a financial asset, or a group of financial assets, is impaired. A financial asset, or a group of financial assets, is impaired, and impairment losses are incurred, only if there is objective evidence of impairment as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the asset (a ''loss event''), and that loss event (or events) has an impact on the estimated future cash flows of the financial asset, or group of financial assets, that can be reliably estimated.
Receivables that are known to be uncollectible are written off by reducing the carrying amount directly. The Company considers that there is evidence of impairment if any of the following indicators are present:
For loans, the amount of the loss is measured as the difference between the asset's carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows (excluding future credit losses that have not been incurred), discounted at the financial asset's original effective interest rate. The asset's carrying amount is reduced, and the loss is recognised in the income statement.
Trade receivables are measured at initial recognition at fair value, and are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest rate method, less provision for impairment.
Trade receivables that are known to be uncollectible are written off by reducing the carrying amount directly. The other receivables are assessed collectively to determine whether there is objective evidence that an impairment has been incurred but not yet identified. For these receivables appropriate allowances for estimated irrecoverable amounts is recognised. The Company considers that there is evidence of impairment if any of the following indicators are present:
Trade payables are initially measured at fair value, and are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest rate method.
Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Incremental costs directly attributable to the issue of new shares or options are shown in equity as a deduction from the proceeds.
Income tax for the period is based on the taxable income for the year. Taxable income differs from profit as reported in the statement of comprehensive income for the period as there are some items which may never be taxable or deductible for tax and other items which may be deductible or taxable in other periods. Income tax for the period is calculated on the basis of the tax laws enacted or substantively enacted at the end of the reporting period. Current and deferred tax is recognised in profit or loss, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity. In this case, the tax is also recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity, respectively.
Deferred income tax is recognised, using the liability method, on temporary differences arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the financial statements. Deferred income tax is determined using tax rates (and laws) that have been enacted, or substantially enacted, by the end of the reporting period and are expected to apply when the related deferred income tax asset is realised, or the deferred income tax liability is settled.
Deferred income tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that future taxable profit will be available against which the temporary differences can be utilised.
The Company's activities expose it to a variety of financial risks. The Company's Board monitors and manages the financial risks relating to the operations of the Company.
The Company operates internationally, and is exposed to foreign exchange risk primarily with respect to the US Dollar. Foreign exchange risk arises from future commercial transactions and recognised assets and liabilities.
At the period end the Company held no cash or cash equivalents.
The Company's continued future operations depend on its ability to raise sufficient working capital through the issue of share capital and generate revenue.
The Company manages its capital to ensure that it will be able to continue as a going concern while maximising the return to stakeholders. The Company's capital structure primarily consists of equity attributable to the owners, comprising issued capital, reserves and retained losses.
The Company makes estimates and assumptions regarding the future. Estimates and judgements are continually evaluated based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. In the future, actual results may differ from these estimates and assumptions. There are no estimates and assumptions that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year.
| Period ended 30 June 2018 £ |
|
|---|---|
| Professional fees | 35,719 |
| IT costs | 324 |
| Accountancy fees | 12,000 |
| Directors' remuneration | 12,000 |
| Sundry | 5,001 |
| 65,044 |
| Period | |
|---|---|
| ended | |
| 30 June | |
| 2018 | |
| £ | |
| Tax charge for the period | — |
| — | |
Corporation tax is calculated at 19 per cent. of the estimated assessable profit for the year.
| Period ended 30 June 2018 £ |
|
|---|---|
| Loss before taxation | (65,044) |
| Expected tax charge at 19 per cent. Unutilised tax losses carried forward |
(12,358) 12,358 — |
No deferred tax has been recognised in the period to 30 June 2018.
Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing the earnings attributable to Shareholders by the weighted average number of Ordinary Shares outstanding during the period.
There were no share options issued at the period end.
| As at 30 June 2018 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic EPS | Earnings £ |
Weighted average number of shares |
Per-share amount £ |
| Earnings attributable to Shareholders | (65,044) | 21,794,972 | (0.00) |
| Diluted EPS Effect of dilutive securities |
(65,044) | 21,794,972 | (0.00) |
| As at 30 June 2018 £ |
|
|---|---|
| Cash at bank | 189,784 |
| 189,784 |
| As at 30 June 2018 £ |
|
|---|---|
| Amounts falling due within 1 year: | |
| Prepaid expenses | 1,185 |
| 1,185 | |
| 9 Accruals |
|
| As at | |
| 30 June | |
| 2018 £ |
|
| Amounts falling due within 1 year: | |
| Accrued expenses | 6,012 |
| 6,012 |
| As at 30 June 2018 £ |
|
|---|---|
| Existing Issued Share Capital 1 Ordinary A Shares of £1 each |
1 |
| 25,000,000 Ordinary B Shares of £0.01 each | 250,000 |
| 250,001 |
| Number of shares |
Shares £ |
Share premium £ |
Total £ |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| At incorporation | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Issued of fully paid shares | 25,000,000 | 250,000 | — | 250,000 |
| At 30 June 2018 | 25,000,001 | 250,001 | — | 250,001 |
On incorporation, the Company issued 1 ordinary A share of £1 for consideration of £1 cash. Since incorporation, by way of ordinary resolution, the 1 Ordinary Share of £1 each was sub-divided into 100 Ordinary Shares of £0.01.
On the 14 February 2018, the Company issued 25,000,000 ordinary B Shares for consideration of £0.01 cash.
As at 30 June 2018, 25,000,000 Ordinary 1p share warrants were in issue at an exercise price of 2p and a life term of 12 months from the date of admission. The warrants are exercisable in whole or in part at any time during their term subject to conditions and have been issued to Shareholders.
| Retained Earnings £ |
Total £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| At incorporation | — | — |
| Additions | (65,044) | (65,044) |
| As at 30 June 2018 | (65,044) | (65,044) |
On incorporation, the Company issued 1 ordinary A share of £1 for consideration of £1 cash to a former Director of the Company, Geoffrey Peter Cowley.
An amount of £4,000 was paid to Geoffrey Peter Cowley, a former Director of the Company upon joining the Company.
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The following summary is intended only as a general guide and relates solely to UK tax. It is based on current UK law and published practice of H.M. Revenue & Customs (''HMRC'') as at the date of this document, each of which may be subject to change, possibly with retrospective effect.
The following paragraphs are not intended to be exhaustive and relate only to certain limited aspects of the UK taxation consequences of acquiring, holding and disposing of the Ordinary Shares and do not constitute legal or tax advice. Except to the extent expressly stated, they apply only to holders of Ordinary Shares who are resident, and in the case of individuals, domiciled, solely in the UK for UK tax purposes, and who are the absolute beneficial owners of their Ordinary Shares and who do not hold their Ordinary Shares through an individual savings account or a selfinvested personal pension (''UK Holders''). The information may not apply to certain classes of UK Holders such as tax exempt entities, collective investment schemes, pension schemes, insurance companies, financial institutions, dealers, professional investors, persons who hold Ordinary Shares in connection with a trade, profession or vocation, persons connected with the company and persons who have acquired (or been deemed to have acquired) their Ordinary Shares by reason of their (or another person's) office or employment, to whom special rules may apply.
IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT ALL PROSPECTIVE HOLDERS OF ORDINARY SHARES OBTAIN ADVICE AS TO THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE ACQUISITION, OWNERSHIP AND DISPOSAL OF THE ORDINARY SHARES IN THEIR OWN SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES FROM THEIR OWN TAX ADVISORS. IN PARTICULAR, PROSPECTIVE SHAREHOLDERS WHO MAY BE SUBJECT TO TAX IN A JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE UK ARE ADVISED TO CONSIDER THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF ANY RELEVANT DOUBLE TAXATION AGREEMENTS.
Dividends paid by the company will not be subject to any withholding or deduction for or on account of UK tax, irrespective of the residence or particular circumstances of the holders of Ordinary Shares.
An individual UK Holder may, depending on his or her particular circumstances, be subject to UK tax on dividends received from the company.
All dividends received by an individual UK Holder from the company (or from other sources, except to the extent within an individual savings account, self-invested pension plan or other regime which exempts dividends from tax) will form part of that UK Holder's total income for income tax purposes and will constitute the top slice of that income. A nil rate of income tax will apply to the first £2,000 of taxable dividend income received by the individual UK Holder in a tax year. Income within this nil-rate band will be taken into account in determining whether income in excess of the £2,000 nil-rate band falls within the basic rate, higher rate or additional rate tax bands. Dividend income in excess of the nil-rate band will (subject to the availability of any income tax personal allowance) be taxed at 7.5 per cent. to the extent that the excess amount falls within the basic rate tax band, 32.5 per cent. to the extent that the excess amount falls within the higher rate tax band and 38.1 per cent. to the extent that the excess amount falls within the additional rate tax band.
An individual holder of Ordinary Shares who is not resident for tax purposes in the UK should not be chargeable to UK income tax on dividends received from the company unless he or she carries on (whether solely or in partnership) a trade, profession or vocation in the UK through a branch or agency to which the Ordinary Shares are attributable. There are certain exceptions for trading in the UK through independent agents, such as some brokers and investment managers.
Corporate UK Holders should not be subject to UK corporation tax on any dividend received from the company so long as the dividends qualify for exemption, which should generally be the case, provided certain conditions (including under anti-avoidance rules) are met. If the conditions for the exemption are not satisfied, or such UK Holder elects for an otherwise exempt dividend to be taxable, U.K. corporation tax will be chargeable on the amount of any dividends (currently at the rate of 19 per cent.).
A corporate holder of Ordinary Shares who is not resident for tax purposes in the UK should not be within the scope of UK corporation tax in respect of dividends received from the company unless it carries on (whether solely or in partnership) a trade in the UK through a permanent establishment to which the Ordinary Shares are attributable.
If a UK Holder disposes (or is treated as disposing) of some or all of its Ordinary Shares, a liability to tax on chargeable gains may arise, depending on the UK Holder's circumstances and any exemptions or reliefs which may be available.
For an individual U.K. Holder, a disposal (or deemed disposal) of Ordinary Shares may give rise to a chargeable gain or allowable loss for the purposes of UK capital gains tax. For an individual UK Holder who is subject to UK income tax at either the higher or the additional rate, the current applicable rate of capital gains tax is 20 per cent.. For an individual UK Holder who is subject to UK income tax at the basic rate, the current applicable rate would be 10 per cent., save to the extent that any capital gains when aggregated with the UK Holder's other taxable income and gains in the relevant tax year exceed the unused basic rate tax band. In that case, the rate currently applicable to the excess would be 20 per cent. An individual UK Holder is entitled to realise an annual exempt amount of gains (currently £11,700 for the year to 5 April 2019) without being liable to UK capital gains tax.
For a UK Holder within the charge to UK corporation tax, a disposal (or deemed disposal) of Ordinary Shares may give rise to a chargeable gain or to an allowable loss for the purposes of UK corporation tax. The current rate of UK corporation tax is 19 per cent.. Indexation allowance is not available in respect of disposals of Ordinary Shares acquired on or after 1 January 2018 (and only covers the movement in the retail prices index up until 31 December 2017, in respect of assets acquired prior to that date).
A holder of Ordinary Shares who is not resident for tax purposes in the UK should not normally be liable to UK capital gains tax or corporation tax on chargeable gains on a disposal (or deemed disposal) of Ordinary Shares unless the person is carrying on (whether solely or in partnership) a trade, profession or vocation in the UK through a branch or agency (or, in the case of a corporate holder of Ordinary Shares, through a permanent establishment) to which the Ordinary Shares are attributable. However, an individual holder of Ordinary Shares who has ceased to be resident for tax purposes in the UK (including where an individual is treated as resident outside the UK for the purposes of a double tax treaty) for a period of five years or less and who disposes of Ordinary Shares during that period may be liable on his or her return to the UK to UK tax on any capital gain realised (subject to any available exemption or relief).
The discussion below relates to holders of Ordinary Shares, wherever resident. However, special rules may apply where Ordinary Shares are issued or transferred to, or to a nominee or agent for, a depositary receipt issuer or clearance service provider, which are briefly summarised below, or persons such as market makers, brokers, dealers or intermediaries.
No UK stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax (''SDRT'') should ordinarily be payable on an issue of Ordinary Shares.
Stamp duty at the rate of 0.5 per cent. (rounded up to the next multiple of £5) of the amount or value of the consideration given is generally payable on an instrument transferring Ordinary Shares. An exemption from stamp duty is available on an instrument transferring Ordinary Shares where the amount or value of the consideration is £1,000 or less, and it is certificated on the instrument that the transaction effected by the instrument does not form part of a larger transaction or series of transactions for which the aggregate consideration exceeds £1,000. A charge to SDRT will also arise on an unconditional agreement to transfer Ordinary Shares (at the rate of 0.5 per cent. of the amount or value of the consideration payable). However, if within six years of the date of the agreement becoming unconditional an instrument of transfer is executed pursuant to the agreement, and stamp duty is paid on that instrument, or the instrument is otherwise exempt, any SDRT already paid will be refunded (generally, but not necessarily, with interest) provided that a claim for repayment is made, and any outstanding liability to SDRT will be cancelled. The purchaser or transferee of Ordinary Shares will generally be accountable for the SDRT. In the absence of contractual agreement no party is legally responsible for the payment of stamp duty as it is not an assessable tax, however, in practice the purchaser or transferee will usually pay stamp duty to ensure that the company's register of members can be updated by the registrar to show the new ownership.
Paperless transfers of Ordinary Shares, such as those occurring within CREST, are generally liable to SDRT rather than stamp duty, at the rate of 0.5 per cent. of the amount or value of the consideration. CREST is obliged to collect SDRT on relevant transactions settled within the system and to pay this to HMRC. The SDRT charge is generally borne by the purchaser. Under the CREST System, no stamp duty or SDRT will arise on a transfer of Ordinary Shares into the CREST System unless such a transfer is made for consideration in money or money's worth, in which case a liability to SDRT (usually at a rate of 0.5 per cent.) will arise.
Special rules apply where Ordinary Shares are issued or transferred to, or to a nominee or agent for, either a person whose business is or includes issuing depositary receipts within Section 67 or Section 93 of the Finance Act 1986 or a person providing a clearance service within Section 70 or Section 96 of the Finance Act 1986, under which SDRT or stamp duty may be charged at a rate of 1.5 per cent. Following litigation, HMRC confirmed that they will no longer seek to apply the 1.5 cent. SDRT charge on an issue of shares into a clearance service or depositary receipt arrangement on the basis that the charge is not compatible with EU law. It was announced on 22 November 2017 that the government will not seek to reintroduce this charge following the departure of the UK from the European Union.
Based on current published HMRC practice and recent case law, no SDRT is generally payable where the transfer of shares to a clearance service or depositary receipt system is an integral part of an issue of share capital. Any liability for stamp duty or SDRT in respect of such a transfer that is not integral to an issue of share capital will generally be accountable by the clearance service or depositary receipt system operator or their nominee, as the case may be, but will, in practice, be payable by the participants in the clearance service or depositary receipt system.
Transfers of Ordinary Shares within a depositary receipt system or a clearance service that has not made and maintained an election under section 97A of the Finance Act 1986 (a ''section 97A election'') will be exempt from SDRT and, provided no instrument of transfer is entered into, will not be subject to stamp duty.
Where a clearance service has made and maintained a section 97A election the 1.5 per cent. charge will not apply. Rather, stamp duty or SDRT will be charged at the normal rate of 0.5 per cent. on the transfer of existing shares into and within the clearance service.
The Ordinary Shares will be assets situated in the UK for the purposes of UK inheritance tax. A gift of such assets by, or the death of, an individual holder of such assets may (subject to certain exemptions and reliefs) give rise to a liability to UK inheritance tax even if the holder is neither domiciled in the UK nor deemed to be domiciled there under certain rules relating to long residence or previous domicile. For inheritance tax purposes, a transfer of assets at less than full market value may be treated as a gift and particular rules apply to gifts where the donor reserves or retains some benefit.
Special rules also apply to close companies and to trustees of settlements who hold Ordinary Shares, bringing them within the charge to inheritance tax. Shareholders should consult an appropriate tax adviser if they make a gift or transfer at less than market value or intend to hold any Ordinary Shares through trust arrangements. They should also seek professional advice in a situation where there is potential for a double charge to UK inheritance tax and an equivalent tax in another country or if they are in any doubt about their UK inheritance tax position.
Any person who is in any doubt as to his tax position or who may be subject to tax in any other jurisdiction should consult his professional adviser.
Application will be made for the Ordinary Shares to be admitted to a Standard Listing on the Official List pursuant to Chapter 14 of the Listing Rules, which sets out the requirements for Standard Listings. Listing Principles 1 and 2 as set out in Listing Rule 7.2.1 of the Listing Rules also apply to the Company, and the Company must comply with such Listing Principles. Premium Listing Principles 1 to 6 as set out in Listing Rule 7.2.1AR of the Listing Rules do not apply to the Company.
However, while the Company has a Standard Listing, it is not required to comply with the provisions of, inter alia:
The Company is not currently eligible for a Premium Listing under Chapter 6 of the Listing Rules. Following the Acquisition, the Company's Standard Listing will be cancelled and the Company will be treated as a new applicant. At that point the Directors may seek admission as a Standard Listing or as a Premium Listing or another appropriate listing venue, based on the track record of the company or business it acquires, subject to fulfilling the relevant eligibility criteria at the time. Alternatively, it may determine to seek re-admission to a Standard Listing, subject to eligibility criteria. If admission with a Premium Listing is possible (and there can be no guarantee that it will be) and the Company decides to seek a Premium Listing, the various Listing Rules highlighted above as rules with which the Company is not required to comply will become mandatory and the Company will comply with the continuing obligations contained within the Listing Rules (and the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules) in the same manner as any other company with a Premium Listing. There can be no guarantee that once an Acquisition is completed and the Company loses its Standard Listing that it will be eligible for admission to any public market.
It should be noted that the UK Listing Authority will not have the authority to (and will not) monitor the Company's compliance with any of the Listing Rules which the Company has indicated herein that it intends to comply with on a voluntary basis, nor to impose sanctions in respect of any failure by the Company so to comply. However, the FCA would be able to impose sanctions for non-compliance where the statements regarding compliance in this document are themselves misleading, false or deceptive.
The Directors, whose names appear on page 31, and the Company accept responsibility for the information contained in this document. To the best of the knowledge of the Directors and the Company (each of whom have taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case), the information contained in this document is in accordance with the facts and contains no omission likely to affect its import.
The following table shows the issued and fully paid shares of the Company at the date of this document:
| Class | Number | Amount paid |
|---|---|---|
| Ordinary Share | 25,000,100 | £250,001 |
3.1 On completion of the Placing, raising £523,500, the issued and fully paid shares of the Company immediately following Admission is expected to be as shown in the following table:
| Class | Number | Amount paid |
|---|---|---|
| Ordinary Share | 67,233,532 | £883,502 |
on the basis that the powers in paragraphs (b)(ii) and (b)(iii) above shall expire on the earlier of: (i) the conclusion of the next AGM of the Company after the passing of the resolution; or (ii) 30 November 2018 save that the Company shall be entitled to make an offer or agreement which would or might require equity securities to be issued pursuant to paragraphs (c)(ii) and (iii) above (inclusive) before the expiry of their power to do so, and the Directors shall be entitled to issue or sell from treasury the equity securities pursuant to any such offer or agreement after that expiry date and provided further that the Directors may sell, as they think fit, any equity securities from treasury.
The Company's Existing Issued Share Capital currently consists of Ordinary Shares. The Company may issue shares with such rights or restrictions as may be determined by ordinary resolution, including shares which are to be redeemed, or are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Company or the holder of such shares.
(b) Voting
The Shareholders have the right to receive notice of, and to vote at, general meetings of the Company. Each Shareholder who is present in person (or, being a corporation, by representative) at a general meeting on a show of hands has one vote and, on a poll, every such holder who is present in person (or, being a corporation, by representative) or by proxy has one vote in respect of every share held by him.
(c) Variation of rights
Whenever the share capital of the Company is divided into different classes of shares, the special rights attached to any class may be varied or abrogated either with the consent in writing of the holders of three-fourths in nominal value of the issued shares of that class or with the sanction of a special resolution passed at a general meeting of the holders of the shares of that class and may be so varied and abrogated whilst the Company is a going concern or during or in contemplation of a winding up.
(d) Dividends
The Company may, subject to the provisions of the Companies Act and the Articles, by ordinary resolution from time to time declare dividends to be paid to members not exceeding the amount recommended by the Directors. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Act in so far as, in the Directors' opinions, the Company's profits justify such payments, the Directors may pay interim dividends on any class of shares.
Any dividend unclaimed after a period of 12 years from the date such dividend was declared or became payable shall, if the Directors resolve, be forfeited and shall revert to the Company. No dividend or other moneys payable on or in respect of a share shall bear interest as against the Company.
(e) Transfer of Ordinary Shares
Each member may transfer all or any of his shares which are in certificated form by means of an instrument of transfer in any usual form or in any other form which the Directors may approve. Each member may transfer all or any of his shares which are in uncertificated form by means of a 'relevant system' (i.e. the CREST System) in such manner provided for, and subject as provided in, the Regulations.
The Board may, in its absolute discretion, refuse to register a transfer of certificated shares unless:
certificate for the shares to which it relates and such other evidence as the Board may reasonably require to prove the title of the transferor (or person renouncing) and the due execution of the transfer or renunciation by him or, if the transfer or renunciation is executed by some other person on his behalf, the authority of that person to do so.
The Directors may refuse to register a transfer of uncertificated shares in any circumstances that are allowed or required by the Regulations and the CREST System.
(f) Allotment of shares and pre-emption rights
Subject to the Companies Act and to any rights attached to existing shares, any share may be issued with or have attached to it such rights and restrictions as the Company may by ordinary resolution determine, or if no ordinary resolution has been passed or so far as the resolution does not make specific provision, as the Directors may determine (including shares which are to be redeemed, or are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Company or the holder of such shares).
In accordance with section 551 of the Companies Act, the Directors may be generally and unconditionally authorised to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot shares up to an aggregate nominal amount equal to the amount stated in the relevant ordinary resolution authorising such allotment. The authorities referred to in paragraph 3.2(a) and 3.2(b) above were included in the special resolution passed on 16 October 2018 and remain in force at the date of this document.
The provisions of section 561 of the Companies Act (which confer on Shareholders rights of pre-emption in respect of the allotment of equity securities which are paid up in cash) apply to the Company except to the extent disapplied by special resolution of the Company. Such pre-emption rights have been disapplied to the extent referred to in paragraph 3.2(b) above pursuant to the special resolution passed on 16 October 2018.
(g) Alteration of share capital
The Company may by ordinary resolution consolidate or divide all of its share capital into shares of larger nominal value than its existing shares, or cancel any shares which, at the date of the ordinary resolution, have not been taken or agreed to be taken by any person and diminish the amount of its share capital by the nominal amount of shares so cancelled or sub-divide its shares, or any of them, into shares of smaller nominal value.
The Company may, in accordance with the Companies Act, reduce or cancel its share capital or any capital redemption reserve or share premium account in any manner and with and subject to any conditions, authorities and consents required by law.
(h) Directors
Unless otherwise determined by the Company by ordinary resolution, the number of Directors (other than any alternate Directors) shall not be less than two, but there shall be no maximum number of Directors.
Subject to the Articles and the Companies Act, the Company may by ordinary resolution appoint a person who is willing to act as a Director and the Board shall have power at any time to appoint any person who is willing to act as a Director, in both cases either to fill a vacancy or as an addition to the existing Board.
At the first AGM following the Acquisition all Directors shall retire from office and may offer themselves for reappointment by the Shareholders by ordinary resolution.
At every subsequent AGM any Director who:
must retire from office and may offer themselves for reappointment by the Shareholders by ordinary resolution.
Subject to the provisions of the Articles, the Board may regulate their proceedings as they think fit. A Director may, and the secretary at the request of a Director shall, call a meeting of the Directors.
The quorum for a Directors' meeting shall be fixed from time to time by a decision of the Directors, but it must never be less than two and unless otherwise fixed, it is two.
Questions and matters requiring resolution arising at a meeting shall be decided by a majority of votes of the participating Directors, with each director having one vote. In the case of an equality of votes, the Chair will only have a casting vote or second vote when an Acquisition has been completed. The entering into any Acquisition requires the consent of at least 75 per cent. of the Directors present and entitled to vote.
The Directors shall be entitled to receive such remuneration as the Directors shall determine for their services to the Company as directors and for any other service which they undertake for the Company provided that the aggregate fees payable to the Directors must not exceed £300,000 per annum. The Directors shall also be entitled to be paid all reasonable expenses properly incurred by them in connection with their attendance at meetings of Shareholders or class meetings, board or committee meetings or otherwise in connection with the exercise of their powers and the discharge of their responsibilities in relation to the Company.
The Board may, in accordance with the requirements in the Articles, authorise any matter proposed to them by any Director which would, if not authorised, involve a Director breaching his duty under the Companies Act to avoid conflicts of interests.
A Director seeking authorisation in respect of such conflict shall declare to the Board the nature and extent of their interest in a conflict as soon as is reasonably practicable. The Director shall provide the Board with such details of the matter as are necessary for the Board to decide how to address the Conflict together with such additional information as may be requested by the Board.
Any authorisation by the Board will be effective only if:
Subject to the provisions of the Companies Act, every Director, secretary or other officer of the Company (other than an auditor) is entitled to be indemnified against all costs, charges, losses, damages and liabilities incurred by him in the actual purported exercise or discharge of his duties or exercise of his powers or otherwise in relation to them.
(i) General meetings
The Company must convene and hold AGMs in accordance with the Companies Act.
No business shall be transacted at any general meeting unless a quorum is present when the meeting proceeds to business, but the absence of a quorum shall not preclude the choice or appointment of a Chair of the meeting which shall not be treated as part of the business of the meeting. Save as otherwise provided by the articles, two Shareholders present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote shall be a quorum for all purposes.
(j) Borrowing powers
Subject to the Articles and the Companies Act, the Board may exercise all of the powers of the Company to:
The Directors may, if they are so authorised by an ordinary resolution of the Shareholders, decide to capitalise any undivided profits of the Company (whether or not they are available for distribution), or any sum standing to the credit of the Company's share premium account or capital redemption reserve. The Directors may also, subject to the aforementioned ordinary resolution, appropriate any sum which they so decide to capitalise to the persons who would have been entitled to it if it were distributed by way of dividend and in the same proportions.
(l) Uncertificated shares
Subject to the Companies Act, the Directors may permit title to shares of any class to be issued or held otherwise than by a certificate and to be transferred by means of a 'relevant system' (i.e. the CREST System) without a certificate.
The Directors may take such steps as it sees fit in relation to the evidencing of and transfer of title to uncertificated shares, any records relating to the holding of uncertificated shares and the conversion of uncertificated shares to certificated shares, or vice-versa.
The Company may by notice to the holder of an uncertificated share, require that share to be converted into certificated form.
The Board may take such other action that the Board considers appropriate to achieve the sale, transfer, disposal, forfeiture, re-allotment or surrender of an uncertified share or otherwise to enforce a lien in respect of it.
such person shall, except in limited circumstances, be obliged to extend offers, on the basis set out in Rules 9.3, 9.4 and 9.5 of the Takeover Code, to the holders of any class of equity share capital whether voting or non-voting and also to the holders of any
other class of transferable securities carrying voting rights. Offers for different classes of equity share capital must be comparable; the Takeover Panel should be consulted in advance in such cases.
6.1 Immediately following Admission the Directors will have the following interests in the shares of the Company:
| Name | No. of Ordinary Shares |
|---|---|
| Ken Watson(1) | 2,666,666 |
| Rolf Gerritsen(2) | 2,000,000 |
(1) held via Redstone Metals Pty Ltd
6.2 The Directors have not held any directorships of any company (other than the Company and its subsidiaries) or partnerships within the last five years, except as set forth below:
(2) held via Pearman Investments LLP
Strategic Global Minerals Limited Cobra Resources plc MetalNRG plc Pearman Investments LLP
EDRG Limited*
* ECRG Limited is in a voluntary arrangement for a period of 36 months and is making payments to HMRC which commenced in May 2017. The voluntary arrangement was approved at a creditors' meeting. HMRC was the sole creditor, being owed approximately £66,000.
| Current | Past |
|---|---|
| Hancock Corporate Investments Pty Limited Zeta Petroleum plc Ausquest Limited Strata-X Energy Limited BMG Resources Limited Franchise Investments International Limited Golden State Mining Limited |
Norsve Resources plc |
| Ken Watson | |
| Current | Past |
| Hamersley Metals Pty Limited Momentum Showcase Pty Limited Pilbara Goldfields Pty Limited PTT Resources Pty Limited Redstone Metals Pty Limited Resource Gold Pty Limited |
Australian Construction Materials Pty Limited Redstone Minerals Pty Limited |
6.5 Save as set out below, the Directors are not aware of any person who, directly or indirectly, had an interest in 3 per cent. or more of the voting rights of the Company as at the date of publication of this document and immediately following completion of the Placing and Admission (on the basis that 34,900,000 New Ordinary Shares will be issued pursuant to the Placing):
| Shareholder | No. of Ordinary Shares prior to Placing |
Percentage of Existing Issued Share Capital |
No. of Ordinary Shares on Admission |
Percentage of Enlarged Issued Share Capital |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard & Charlotte Edwards | 1,500,000 | 5.99% | 4,833,332 | 7.19% |
| MetalNRG plc | — | — | 4,166,666 | 6.20% |
| Christopher Shrubb | 1,500,000 | 5.99% | 3,833,333 | 5.70% |
| Adrian Crucefix | 1,000,000 | 3.99% | 3,666,666 | 5.46% |
| Sheldon Collins (Lawrence | ||||
| Group) | — | — | 3,333,334 | 4.96% |
| Value Generation | 1,250,000 | 4.99% | 3,250,000 | 4.84% |
| Laurence Noel Grant | 1,000,000 | 3.99% | 3,000,000 | 4.46% |
| Peter Allaway | 1,000,000 | 3.99% | 2,666,667 | 3.97% |
| Redstone Metals Pty Ltd | — | — | 2,666,666 | 3.97% |
| Stephen Pearce | 1,000,000 | 3.99% | 2,333,334 | 3.47% |
| Tom Fiander | 1,000,000 | 3.99% | 2,333,334 | 3.47% |
| Gervaise Heddle | 1,250,000 | 4.99% | 2,250,000 | 3.35% |
| John Grant | 1,000,000 | 3.99% | 2,000,001 | 2.98% |
| Pearman Investments | — | — | 2,000,000 | 2.97% |
| Edmund Heyes | 1,000,000 | 3.99% | 1,666,666 | 2.48% |
| John Maryan | 1,000,000 | 3.99% | 1,533,333 | 2.28% |
| Kevin Henry | 1,500,000 | 5.99% | 1,500,000 | 2.23% |
| Douglas Howard | 1,000,000 | 3.99% | 1,000,000 | 1.49% |
| Rob Lucy | 1,000,000 | 3.99% | 1,000,000 | 1.49% |
| Mark Lancaster | 1,000,000 | 3.99% | 1,000,000 | 1.49% |
| Sunil Singh | 1,000,000 | 3.99% | 1,000,000 | 1.49% |
| Andrew Neal | 1,000,000 | 3.99% | 1,000,000 | 1.49% |
| Grant Stevens | 1,000,000 | 3.99% | 1,000,000 | 1.49% |
| Frank Walmsley | 1,000,000 | 3.99% | 1,000,000 | 1.49% |
In the opinion of the Company, taking into account the Net Placing Proceeds receivable by the Company, the working capital available to the Company is sufficient for the Company's present requirements, that is, for a least 12 months from the date of this document.
As at the date of this document, the Company has no guaranteed, secured, unguaranteed or unsecured debt and no indirect or contingent indebtedness and the Company's Existing Issued Share Capital consists of 25,000,100 Ordinary Shares with no legal reserve or other reserves.
There has been no significant change in the trading or financial position of the Company since 30 June 2018, being the date as at which the financial information contained in Part XIII – Financial Information on the Company of this document has been prepared.
The Company has no current investments.
The Company has no investments in progress.
There are currently no proceedings against the Company and there have been no governmental, legal or arbitration proceedings and the Company is not aware of any governmental legal or arbitration proceedings pending or threatened, nor of any such proceedings having been pending or threatened at any time since the Company's incorporation which may have, or have had in the recent past, a significant effect on the financial position or profitability of the Company.
The total costs and expenses relating to the Placing which are payable by the Company are estimated to amount to £200,000 (excluding any applicable VAT) and accordingly the Net Placing Proceeds which the Company is expected to raise by the Placing are approximately £323,500.
The following are all of the contracts (not being contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business) that have been entered into by the Company since the Company's incorporation which: (i) are, or may be, material to the Company; or (ii) contain obligations or entitlements which are, or may be, material to the Company as at the date of this document.
A broker agreement dated 30 January 2018 between the Company and SI Capital, pursuant to which the Company appointed SI Capital as the Company's broker as from Admission and for an initial period of 12 months and continuing thereafter until terminated by either party giving the other three months' notice. Pursuant to the broker agreement, the Company has agreed to pay to SI Capital an annual retainer fee of £15,000 (together with any applicable VAT) payable quarterly in advance, the first payment being due on the day of Admission.
A Placing Agreement dated 9 November 2018 between the Company, SI Capital and the Directors pursuant to the terms of which SI Capital has agreed to use its reasonable endeavours to procure placees for the New Ordinary Shares at the Placing Price, as the Company's agents in the Placing.
The Placing Agreement contains certain warranties and indemnities from the Company in favour of SI Capital and is conditional, inter alia, on:
SI Capital may terminate the agreement in certain circumstances prior to Admission including, inter alia, if there shall have been a material adverse change.
The Placing Agreement provides for SI Capital to receive, conditional upon Admission:
(i) a base fee of £15,000 which shall be treated as a liquidated sum; and
(ii) a commission fee equal to three per cent. of the gross placing proceeds (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt any New Ordinary Shares taken by SI Capital or the Directors).
On 9 November 2018, the Company entered into the Investor Warrant Instrument, the Existing Warrant Instrument and the Adviser Warrant Instrument. The terms of each of these instruments are described in more detail in Part X – Terms of the Investor Warrants, Part XI – Terms of the Existing Warrants and Part XII – Terms of the Adviser Warrants.
Each Director has entered into a lock-in agreement dated 9 November 2018 with the Company pursuant to which he has agreed that, during the period commencing at Admission and ending on the second anniversary of Admission, he will not sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of any Ordinary Shares except through SI Capital and in such orderly manner as SI Capital may determine so as to ensure an orderly market for the issued share capital of the Company.
The restrictions on the ability of each Director to transfer his Ordinary Shares, are subject to certain usual and customary exceptions for: transfers pursuant to the acceptance of, or provision of, an irrevocable undertaking to accept, a general offer made to all Shareholders on equal terms, transfers pursuant to an offer by or an agreement with the Company to purchase Ordinary Shares made on identical terms to all Shareholders or transfers as required by an order made by a court with competent jurisdiction.
Each of Ken Watson and Greg Hancock have entered into a non-executive Director's letter of appointment dated the date of Admission with the Company in respect of his appointment as a Director. Each letter is conditional upon Admission and, should Admission not take place by 30 November 2018, the parties shall be released from their respective rights and obligations under such appointment letters.
Under the terms of the appointment letters, Ken Watson is entitled to a fee of £20,000 per annum and Greg Hancock is entitled to a fee of £20,000 per annum upon completion of the first Acquisition. Fees will accrue on a daily basis and will be payable in equal monthly instalments in arrears on the last Business Day of each month (or as otherwise agreed).
Each of the Directors appointments as a non-executive director of the Company, shall (subject to limited exceptions) be subject to termination by either party on three months' written notice.
Rolf Gerritsen entered into a service agreement with the Company in August 2018 with respect to his appointment as Chief Executive Officer of the Company and Director responsible for implementation of the Acquisition strategy. Mr Gerritsen's service agreement provides for him to be employed on a part-time basis by the Company from the date of Admission.
Mr Gerritsen's service agreement is initially capable of termination by either party giving one month's notice in writing, which period automatically extends to 12 months on completion of an Acquisition. Mr Gerritsen is entitled to a payment of £25,000 upon Admission and a further payment of £25,000 on completion of an Acquisition.
The Company entered into an advisory agreement with MetalNRG plc in September 2018. MetalNRG plc has agreed to assist the Company with the development and implementation of its strategy and will receive 4,166,666 Ordinary Shares upon Admission at the Placing Price (conditional upon Admission) for its service.
Save as set out in paragraphs 12.1 to 12.4 above, from 25 January 2018 (being the Company's date of incorporation) up to and including the date of this document, the Company has not entered into any related party transactions.
The Company's annual report and accounts will be made up to 31 December in each year, with the first annual report and accounts covering the period from incorporation to 31 December 2018. It is expected that the Company will make public its annual report and accounts within four months of each financial year end (or earlier if possible) and that copies of the annual report and accounts will be sent to Shareholders within six months of each financial year end (or earlier if possible). The Company has also prepared historical financial information for the period from incorporation to 30 June 2018.
The Company confirms that information sourced from third parties has been accurately reproduced and, as far as the Company is aware and is able to ascertain from information published by those third parties, no facts have been omitted which would render the reproduced information inaccurate or misleading. Estimates extrapolated from these data involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change based on various factors, including those discussed in Part II – Risk Factors of this document. There is only a limited amount of independent data available about certain aspects of the industry in which the Company operates and the position of the Company relative to its competitors. As a result, certain data and information about its market contained in this document are based on good faith estimates reflecting the Company's reasonable review of internal data and information obtained from customers and other third party sources, such as trade and business organisations and associations and other contacts within the mining industry. The Company believes these internal surveys and management estimates are reliable; however, no independent sources have verified such surveys and estimates.
The contents of the websites of the Company (including any materials which are hyper-linked to such websites) do not form part of this document and prospective investors should not rely on them.
Date: 12 November 2018
The following definitions apply throughout this document (unless the context requires otherwise):
| ''Acquisition'' | any initial acquisition by the Company or by any subsidiary thereof (which may be in the form of a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, scheme of arrangement, reorganisation or similar business combination) of an interest in an operating company or business in the upstream oil, gas and power sector as described in Part VI – The Company's Strategy (and, in the context of the Acquisition, references to a company without reference to a business and references to a business without reference to a company shall in both cases be construed to mean both a company or a business); |
|---|---|
| ''ABI'' | the Association of British Insurers; |
| ''Admission'' | admission of the Ordinary Shares to the standard listing segment of the Official List and to trading on the main market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange; |
| ''Adviser Warrants'' | the adviser warrants, terms of which are outlined in Part XII – Terms of the Adviser Warrants of this document; |
| ''Affiliate'' or ''Affiliates'' | an affiliate of, or person affiliated with, a person; a person that, directly or indirectly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the person specified; |
| ''AGM'' | an Annual General Meeting of the Company; |
| ''AIM'' | AIM, the market of that name operated by the London Stock Exchange; |
| ''Articles'' or ''Articles of Association'' |
the memorandum and articles of association of the Company in force from time to time; |
| ''Business Day'' | any day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) or an English bank or public holiday; |
| ''certificated'' or ''in certificated form'' |
in relation to a share, warrant or other security, a share, warrant or other security, title to which is recorded in the relevant register of the share, warrant or other security concerned as being held in certificated form (that is, not in CREST); |
| ''Change of Control'' | following any Acquisition, the acquisition of Control of the Company by any person or party (or by any group of persons or parties who are acting in concert); |
| ''Companies Act'' | the Companies Act 2006; |
| ''Company'' or ''Cobra'' | Cobra Resources plc, a company incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 11170056; |
| ''Control'' | (i) the power (whether by way of ownership of shares, proxy, contract, agency or otherwise) to: (a) cast, or control the casting of, more than 50 per cent. of the maximum number of votes that might be cast at a general meeting of the Company; or (b) appoint or remove all, or the majority, of the Directors or other equivalent officers of the Company; or (c) give directions with respect to the operating and financial policies of the Company with which the Directors or other equivalent officers of the Company are obliged to comply; and/or (ii) the holding beneficially of more than 50 per cent. of the issued shares of the Company (excluding any issued shares that carry no right to participate beyond a distribution of either profits or capital), but excluding in the case of each of (i) |
| and (ii) above any such power or holding that arises as a result of the issue of Ordinary Shares by the Company in connection with the Acquisition; |
|
|---|---|
| ''CREST'' or ''CREST System'' | the paperless settlement system operated by Euroclear enabling securities to be evidenced otherwise than by certificates and transferred otherwise than by written instruments; |
| ''Directors'', ''Board'' or ''Board of Directors'' |
the directors of the Company, whose names appear in Part VII – The Company, the Board and the Acquisition Structure of this document, or the board of directors from time to time of the Company, as the context requires, and ''Director'' is to be construed accordingly; |
| ''Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules'' or ''DTRs'' |
the disclosure guidance and transparency rules of the UK Listing Authority made in accordance with section 73A of FSMA as amended from time to time; |
| ''DP Act'' | the Data Protection Act 1998; |
| ''EEA'' | the European Economic Area; |
| ''Enlarged Issued Share Capital'' |
the issued share capital of the Company following the Placing; |
| ''Existing Issued Share Capital'' | the issued share capital of the Company as at the time of this document; |
| ''EU'' | the European Union; |
| ''Euroclear'' | Euroclear UK & Ireland Limited; |
| ''Existing Ordinary Shares'' | 25,000,100 Ordinary Shares of nominal value 1 pence each in the capital of the Company in issue as at the date of this document; |
| ''Existing Warrants'' | the existing warrants, terms of which are outlined in Part XI – Terms of the Existing Warrants of this document; |
| ''FCA'' | UK Financial Conduct Authority; |
| ''FSMA'' | the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 of the UK, as amended; |
| ''general meeting'' | a meeting of the Shareholders of the Company or a class of Shareholders of the Company (as the context requires); |
| ''IFRS'' | International Financial Reporting Standards, as adopted by the EU; |
| ''Investor Warrants'' | the investor warrants, terms of which are outlined in Part X – Terms of the Investor Warrants of this document; |
| ''Listing Rules'' | the listing rules made by the UK Listing Authority under section 73A of FSMA as amended from time to time; |
| ''London Stock Exchange'' | London Stock Exchange plc; |
| ''Market Abuse Regulation'' | Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014; |
| ''Member States'' | the member states of the European Union and the EEA; |
| ''Memorandum'' | the memorandum of association of the Company in force from time to time; |
| ''Net Placing Proceeds'' | the funds received on closing of the Placing less any expenses paid or payable in connection with Admission, the Placing and the incorporation (and initial capitalisation) of the Company; |
| ''New Ordinary Shares'' | the new Ordinary Shares to be allotted and issued by the Company pursuant to the Placing; |
| ''Official List'' | the official list maintained by the UK Listing Authority; |
| ''Ordinary Shares'' | the ordinary shares of nominal value 1 pence each in the capital of the Company including, if the context requires, the New Ordinary Shares; |
| ''Placees'' | those persons who have signed placing letters; |
|---|---|
| ''Placing'' | the conditional placing of 34,900,000 New Ordinary Shares by SI Capital at the Placing Price and on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Placing Agreement; |
| ''Placing Agreement'' | the agreement dated 9 November 2018 between the Company, the Directors and SI Capital relating to the Placing, further information of which is set out in paragraph 14.2 of Part XVII – Additional Information of this document; |
| ''Placing Price'' | 1.5 pence per New Ordinary Share; |
| ''Premium Listing'' | a premium listing under Chapter 6 of the Listing Rules; |
| ''Prospectus Directive'' | Directive 2003/71/EC (and any amendments thereto, including Directive 2010/73/EU, to the extent implemented in the relevant member state), and includes any relevant implementing measures in each Member State that has implemented Directive 2003/71/EC; |
| ''Prospectus Rules'' | the prospectus rules of the UK Listing Authority made in accordance with section 73A of FSMA, as amended from time to time; |
| ''Register'' | the register of holders of Ordinary Shares to be maintained by the Registrar; |
| ''Registrar'' | Link Market Services or any other registrar appointed by the Company from time to time; |
| ''Regulations'' | the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001 (SI 2001 No. 3755); |
| ''Regulation S'' | Regulation S promulgated under the US Securities Act; |
| ''Relevant Member State'' | a Member State which has implemented the Prospectus Directive; |
| ''Restricted Jurisdiction'' | the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia and the Republic of South Africa; |
| ''Reverse Takeover'' | a reverse takeover as defined in the Listing Rules; |
| ''RIS'' | a Regulatory Information Service; |
| ''Securities Act'' | US Securities Act of 1933, as amended; |
| ''Share Dealing Code'' | the Company's policy on director dealings in securities which is consistent with the Marker Abuse Regulation; |
| ''Shareholder'' | a holder of Ordinary Shares and/or New Ordinary Shares, as the context requires; |
| ''SI Capital'' | SI Capital Limited; |
| ''Special Resolution'' | a resolution of Shareholders requiring a majority of not less than 75 per cent.; |
| ''Standard Listing'' | a standard listing under Chapter 14 of the Listing Rules; |
| ''Subscription'' | the initial subscriptions in March 2018 for 25,000,000 Ordinary Shares of £0.01 by the Shareholders; |
| ''Subscription Funds'' | the initial proceeds of the Subscription; |
| ''Takeover Code'' | the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers; |
| ''Takeover Panel'' | the UK Panel on Takeovers and Mergers; |
| ''UK Corporate Governance Code'' |
the UK Corporate Governance Code issued by the Financial Reporting Council in the UK from time to time; |
| ''UK Listing Authority'' | the FCA in its capacity as the competent authority for listing in the U.K. pursuant to Part VI of FSMA; |
| ''uncertificated'' or ''uncertificated form'' |
in relation to a share or other security, a share or other security, title to which is recorded in the relevant register of the share or other security concerned as being held in uncertificated form (that is, in CREST) and title to which may be transferred by using CREST; |
|---|---|
| ''United Kingdom'' or ''UK'' | the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; |
| ''United States'' or ''US'' | the United States of America; |
| ''US Person'' | any person who is a US person within the meaning of Regulation S adopted under the US Securities Act; |
| ''VAT'' | (i) within the EU, any tax imposed by any Member State in conformity with the Directive of the Council of the European Union on the common system of value added tax (2006/112/EC), and (ii) outside the EU, any tax corresponding to, or substantially similar to, the common system of value added tax referred to in paragraph (i) of this definition; and |
| ''VWAP'' | volume weighted average price. |
References to a ''company'' in this document shall be construed so as to include any company, corporation or other body corporate, wherever and however incorporated or established.
Conditional on: (i) Admission occurring and becoming effective by 8.00 a.m. London time on or prior to 15 November 2018 (or such later time and/or date as the Company and SI Capital may agree); (ii) the Placing Agreement becoming otherwise unconditional in all respects; and (iii) SI Capital confirming to Placees their allocation of New Ordinary Shares, a Placee agrees to become a member of the Company and agrees to subscribe for those New Ordinary Shares allocated to it by SI Capital at the Placing Price. To the fullest extent permitted by law, each Placee acknowledges and agrees that it will not be entitled to exercise any remedy of rescission at any time. This does not affect any other rights the Placee may have.
By agreeing to subscribe for New Ordinary Shares, each Placee which enters into a commitment with SI Capital to subscribe for New Ordinary Shares will (for itself and any person(s) procured by it to subscribe for New Ordinary Shares and any nominee(s) for any such person(s)) be deemed to represent and warrant to SI Capital, the Registrar, the Company and their respective officers, agents and employees that:
4.3. it has received, carefully read and understands this document, and has not, directly or indirectly, distributed, forwarded, transferred or otherwise transmitted this document or any other presentation or offering materials concerning the New Ordinary Shares into or within the United States or to any US Persons, nor will it do any of the foregoing;
4.4. it is relying solely on this document and any supplementary prospectus issued by the Company and not on any other information given, or representation or statement made at any time, by any person concerning the Company or the Placing. It agrees that none of the Company, SI Capital nor the Registrar nor any of their respective officers, agents or employees will have any liability for any other information, representation or statement made or purported to be made by them or on its or their behalf in connection with the Company or the Placing and irrevocably and unconditionally waives any rights it may have in respect of any other information, representation or statement;
Ordinary Shares in any manner that would violate the US Securities Act of 1933 (as amended), the US Investment Company Act 1940 (as amended) or any other applicable securities laws;
(i) to subscribe for the New Ordinary Shares for each such account; (ii) to make on each such account's behalf the representations, warranties and agreements set out in this document; and (iii) to receive on behalf of each such account any documentation relating to the Placing in the form provided by SI Capital. It agrees that the provisions of this paragraph shall survive any resale of the New Ordinary Shares by or on behalf of any such account;
the processing of any sensitive personal data for the Purposes set out in paragraph 4.29 above). For the purposes of this document, ''data subject'', ''personal data'' and ''sensitive personal data'' shall have the meanings attributed to them in the DP Act;
If SI Capital, the Registrar or the Company or any of their agents request any information about a Placee's agreement to purchase New Ordinary Shares under the Placing, such Placee must promptly disclose it to them.
6.3. Each Placee agrees to be bound by the Articles (as amended from time to time) once the New Ordinary Shares that the Placee has agreed to subscribe pursuant to the Placing have been acquired by the Placee. The contract to subscribe for New Ordinary Shares under the Placing and the appointments and authorities mentioned in this document will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of England and Wales. For the exclusive benefit of SI Capital, the Registrar and the Company each Placee irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales waives any objection to proceedings in any such courts on the ground of venue or on the ground that proceedings have been brought in an inconvenient forum. This does not prevent an action being taken against a Placee in any other jurisdiction.
6.4. In the case of a joint agreement to purchase New Ordinary Shares under the Placing, references to a ''Placee'' in these terms and conditions are to each of the Placees who are a party to that joint agreement and their liability is joint and several.
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