AIM Schedule One Update - Open Orphan PLC (0602A)
January 16 2020 - 9:00AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMORPH
RNS Number : 0602A
AIM
16 January 2020
ANNOUNCEMENT TO BE MADE BY THE AIM APPLICANT PRIOR TO ADMISSION
IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 2 OF THE AIM RULES FOR COMPANIES ("AIM
RULES")
COMPANY NAME:
Open Orphan plc
COMPANY REGISTERED OFFICE ADDRESS AND IF DIFFERENT, COMPANY
TRADING ADDRESS (INCLUDING POSTCODES) :
Registered Office:
PO Box W1J 6BD, Berkley Square House, 2nd Floor, Mayfair, London,
W1J 8DJ
Trading Offices:
19 Railway Road, Dalkey, Dublin, Ireland
Queen Mary BioEnterprises (QMB) Innovation Centre, 42 New Road,
London, E1 2AX
COUNTRY OF INCORPORATION:
England and Wales
COMPANY WEBSITE ADDRESS CONTAINING ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED
BY AIM RULE 26:
www.openorphan.com
COMPANY BUSINESS (INCLUDING MAIN COUNTRY OF OPERATION) OR,
IN THE CASE OF AN INVESTING COMPANY, DETAILS OF ITS INVESTING
POLICY). IF THE ADMISSION IS SOUGHT AS A RESULT OF A REVERSE
TAKE-OVER UNDER RULE 14, THIS SHOULD BE STATED:
This is a reverse takeover under Rule 14.
Open Orphan is a Clinical Research Organisation that specialises
in rare and orphan drugs. The headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland
and the company also has offices in the UK, France, the Netherlands
and Germany.
DETAILS OF SECURITIES TO BE ADMITTED INCLUDING ANY RESTRICTIONS
AS TO TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES (i.e. where known, number
and type of shares, nominal value and issue price to which
it seeks admission and the number and type to be held as treasury
shares):
Number of ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each in nominal value
("Ordinary Shares") for which Admission will be sought: 445,622,374
There are no restrictions as to the transferability of the
Ordinary Shares and no Ordinary Shares will be held in treasury.
CAPITAL TO BE RAISED ON ADMISSION (AND/OR SECONDARY OFFERING)
AND ANTICIPATED MARKET CAPITALISATION ON ADMISSION:
Expected Market Capitalisation: GBP29.6 million (based on an
enlarged share capital of 445,622,374 and closing price per
Open Orphan Shares of GBP0.0665 on 15 January 2020)
No capital to be raised on admission
PERCENTAGE OF AIM SECURITIES NOT IN PUBLIC HANDS AT ADMISSION:
22.8%
DETAILS OF ANY OTHER EXCHANGE OR TRADING PLATFORM TO WHICH
THE AIM SECURITIES (OR OTHER SECURITIES OF THE COMPANY) ARE
OR WILL BE ADMITTED OR TRADED:
Euronext Growth
FULL NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTORS AND PROPOSED DIRECTORS
(underlining the first name by which each is known or including
any other name by which each is known):
Directors
Cathal Friel, Executive Chairman
Brendan Buckley, Non-executive Director
Proposed Directors
Dr Trevor Phillips, Chief Executive Officer
Dr Mark Warne, Non-executive Director
Michael Meade, Non-executive Director
FULL NAMES AND HOLDINGS OF SIGNIFICANT SHAREHOLDERS EXPRESSED
AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL, BEFORE AND AFTER
ADMISSION (underlining the first name by which each is known
or including any other name by which each is known):
Before Admission:
Name Number of Ordinary Percentage of issued
Shares share capital
Cathal Friel 41,046,981 16.1%
------------------- ---------------------
Anthony (Tony) Richardson 16,313,388 6.4%
------------------- ---------------------
Gresham House Asset Management 13,081,337 5.1%
------------------- ---------------------
Crux Asset Management 11,928,571 4.7%
------------------- ---------------------
Brendan Buckley 7,845,860 3.1%
------------------- ---------------------
After Admission:
Name Number of Ordinary Percentage of issued
Shares share capital
Cathal Friel 41,046,981 9.2%
------------------- ---------------------
Anthony (Tony) Richardson 16,313,388 3.7%
------------------- ---------------------
Gresham House Asset Management 13,081,337 2.9%
------------------- ---------------------
Crux Asset Management 11,928,571 2.7%
------------------- ---------------------
Brendan Buckley 7,845,860 1.8%
------------------- ---------------------
Invesco Ltd 52,485,973 11.8%
------------------- ---------------------
Link Fund Solutions Ltd 38,618,608 8.7%
------------------- ---------------------
IP Group plc 32,267,791 7.2%
------------------- ---------------------
Jupiter Asset Management
Ltd 22,819,579 5.1%
------------------- ---------------------
NAMES OF ALL PERSONS TO BE DISCLOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SCHEDULE
2, PARAGRAPH (H) OF THE AIM RULES:
n/a
(i) ANTICIPATED ACCOUNTING REFERENCE DATE
(ii) DATE TO WHICH THE MAIN FINANCIAL INFORMATION IN THE ADMISSION
DOCUMENT HAS BEEN PREPARED (this may be represented by unaudited
interim financial information)
(iii) DATES BY WHICH IT MUST PUBLISH ITS FIRST THREE REPORTS
PURSUANT TO AIM RULES 18 AND 19:
(i) 31 December
(ii) 31 December 2019
(iii) 31 December 2019 due 30 June 2020, 30 June 2020 due September
2020, 31 December 2020 due 30 June 2021
EXPECTED ADMISSION DATE:
20 January 2020
NAME AND ADDRESS OF NOMINATED ADVISER:
Arden Partners plc
125 Old Broad Street
London
EC2N 1AR
NAME AND ADDRESS OF BROKER:
Arden Partners plc
125 Old Broad Street
London
EC2N 1AR
OTHER THAN IN THE CASE OF A QUOTED APPLICANT, DETAILS OF WHERE
(POSTAL OR INTERNET ADDRESS) THE ADMISSION DOCUMENT WILL BE
AVAILABLE FROM, WITH A STATEMENT THAT THIS WILL CONTAIN FULL
DETAILS ABOUT THE APPLICANT AND THE ADMISSION OF ITS SECURITIES:
A copy of the admission document containing full details about
the applicant and the admission of its securities is available
on the Company's website, www.openorphan.com
THE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CODE THE APPLICANT HAS DECIDED TO
APPLY
The QCA Corporate Governance Code 2018 published by the Quoted
Companies Alliance
DATE OF NOTIFICATION:
16 January 2020
NEW/ UPDATE:
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