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Integrated Diagnostics Holdings plc
EGX Delisting - Share buyback under
EGX's special operations market (OPR)
27 August 2024
Integrated Diagnostics Holdings plc
("IDH" or the "Company") refers to:
(i) the
shareholder resolutions passed at the Company's Extraordinary
General Meetings held on 12 June 2024 and 18 July 2024 approving,
amongst other things, the voluntary delisting (the "EGX Delisting") of the Company's
ordinary shares (the "Shares") from the Egyptian Exchange
(the "EGX") and the
Company's repurchase of Shares from shareholders who hold Shares
traded on the EGX held by Misr for Central Clearing, Depository and
Registry ("MCDR")
("EGX Shares", and such
shareholders, "EGX
Shareholders") if so required by
such EGX Shareholders during the relevant period; and
(ii) the Company's
announcement on 13 August 2024 in relation to the timeline under
the EGX's special operations market (OPR).
Further to the closing of the tender
period under the EGX's special operations market (OPR) on 22 August
2024, the Company has, on 26 August 2024, through EFG-Hermes
International Securities Brokerage as its broker, initiated the
buyback of all EGX Shares validly tendered into the special
operations market (OPR), as follows:
Trading venue:
|
EGX
|
Tender period under the special
operations market (OPR):
|
18 August 2024 to 22 August
2024
|
Date of buyback:
|
26 August 2024
|
Expected settlement date of buyback
on the EGX:
|
28 August 2024
|
Number of EGX Shares
purchased:
|
18,673,728
|
Purchase price per EGX
Share:
|
20 Egyptian pounds
|
The Company intends to hold all
18,673,728 EGX Shares purchased by the Company (the "Repurchased Shares") as treasury
shares. Following the settlement of the Repurchased Shares on the
EGX, the Company will initiate the process to remove the
Repurchased Shares from MCDR and for them to be held in the name of
the Company as treasury shares (the "Removal Process"). The Removal Process
is expected to complete on or about 2 September 2024.
Following the completion of the
Removal Process, it is expected that:
(a) the Company will
hold 18,673,728 Shares as treasury shares (i.e. the Company does
not currently hold any Shares in treasury); and
(b) the Company's
issued share capital will comprise a total of 581,326,272 Shares
excluding the Shares held in treasury, compared to a total of
600,000,000 Shares which are currently in issue.
The Company will release a further
announcement once the Removal Process has been
completed.
Shareholders should note that,
following the settlement of the buyback on the EGX and the
subsequent decision of the EGX's Listing Committee (if and when
made) to delist the Company's Shares and remove the same from its
database, all remaining EGX Shares which were not validly tendered
into the special operations market (OPR) and repurchased by the
Company will no longer be capable of being traded on the EGX and
will, subject to all applicable terms and conditions and all
necessary steps having been taken, be capable of being traded on
the main market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange,
which will become the sole listing venue of the Company.
For further information please
contact:
Integrated Diagnostics Holdings
plc
Tarek Yehia
Investor Relations
Director
T: +20 (0)2 3332 1126 | M: +20 10
6882 6678 | tarek.yehia@idhcorp.com
Company Secretary
Company Matters
IDHLondon@linkgroup.co.uk
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About Integrated Diagnostics
Holdings (IDH)
IDH is a leading diagnostics
services provider in the Middle East and Africa offering a broad
range of clinical pathology and radiology tests to patients in Egypt,
Jordan, Nigeria, Sudan and Saudi Arabia. The Group's core brands include Al Borg, Al
Borg Scan and Al Mokhtabar in Egypt, as well as Biolab
(Jordan), Echo-Lab (Nigeria), Ultralab and Al Mokhtabar Sudan
(both in Sudan), and Biolab KSA (Saudi Arabia).
With over 40 years of experience, a long track record for quality
and safety has earned the Company a trusted reputation, as well as
internationally recognised accreditations for its portfolio of
over 3 ,000
diagnostics tests. From its base of 601 branches as of 31
December 2023, IDH
served over 8. 5 million
patients and performed more than 36.1 million tests in 2023. IDH will continue to add
laboratories through a Hub, Spoke and Spike business model that
provides a scalable platform for efficient expansion. Beyond
organic growth, the Group targets expansion in appealing markets,
including acquisitions in the Middle Eastern, African, and
East Asian markets where its model is well-suited to capitalise on
similar healthcare and consumer trends and capture a significant
share of fragmented markets. IDH is a Jersey-registered
entity whose Shares (i) are admitted to the equity shares
(transition) category (previously, the standard listing segment) of
the Official List of the UK Financial Conduct Authority and
admitted to trading on the main market for listed securities of the
London Stock Exchange since May 2015 (ticker: IDHC), and (ii) until
the decision of the EGX (if and when made) to delist
the Company's Shares and remove the same from its
database following completion of the
Removal Process outlined above, have a secondary listing on the
Egyptian Exchange (ticker: IDHC.CA).
Learn more at idhcorp.com.