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Enteq Technologies
plc
("Enteq",
the "Company" or the "Group")
Placing &
Subscription
Retail
Offer
and
Notice of General
Meeting
Enteq Technologies plc (AIM: NTQ.L),
the specialist energy services engineering and technology company,
is pleased to announce that it has conditionally raised £1.5
million, by way of the issue of an aggregate of up to 30,000,000
new Ordinary Shares pursuant to a Placing of up to
24,586,320 new Ordinary Shares and a
Subscription of 5,413,680 new Ordinary Shares, at an Issue Price of
5.00 pence per new Ordinary Share. Cavendish is acting as
Bookrunner to the Placing.
In addition, the Company proposes to
raise up to a further £0.5 million by the issue of up to 10,000,000
new Ordinary Shares pursuant to a Retail Offer to existing
Shareholders, also at the Issue Price (the Placing, Subscription
and Retail Offer, together the "Fundraising"). The Placing and
Subscription are not conditional upon the Retail Offer. The
Fundraising requires Resolutions to be passed by the Company's
Shareholders.
A
separate announcement will be made shortly regarding the Retail
Offer and its terms.
Fundraising Highlights:
· Placing and Subscription with new and existing institutional
and other investors to raise gross proceeds of £1.5
million.
· In
addition, Retail Offer to raise up to a further £0.5 million,
allowing existing Shareholders in the United Kingdom an opportunity
to subscribe alongside the Placing via the Bookbuild
Platform.
· Enteq's SABER Tool (Steer-At-Bit Enteq Rotary) is a rotary
steerable system (RSS) for directional drilling, with an estimated
US$2 billion addressable market annually. The Fundraising supports
the commercial launch of SABER.
· Enteq's intended route to market for SABER is via the entry
into regional agreements with major multinational service companies
as well as agreements with independent directional drilling
companies and regional service companies who do not have ready
access to a cost-effective independent RSS. Discussions with such
companies are in progress.
· Enteq's previously announced first SABER customer agreement is
with an Australian specialist drilling services company;
customer testing is ongoing, and customer test
active trial drilling runs of the full system are
upcoming; commercial services would then
commence following successful completion of this customer
testing.
· The
net proceeds of the Placing and Subscription will allow the Company
to expand the current fleet of SABER tools to 10, provide
demonstrations to prospective customers and for field-trials and
provide additional working capital support and to strengthen the
balance sheet.
· Assuming base case projections, the net proceeds of the
Placing and Subscription will extend the cash runway for the
Company, based on current spending plans, to July 2025. Any funds
raised by way of the Retail Offer will be invested in additional
fleet-build and growth working capital.
Circular and General Meeting
A Circular in respect of the
Placing, Subscription and the Retail Offer is expected to be posted
to Shareholders today giving notice of a General Meeting of the
Company. The meeting will be held on 14 October 2024 at 11:00 a.m.
at the offices of Cavendish Capital Markets Limited, One
Bartholomew Close, London, EC1A 7BL. Following posting, a copy of
the Circular will be available on the Company's website at
www.enteq.com/investors/documents-circulars/
The
Directors believe that if required, future funding may be sourced,
potentially from debt, industry partnerships or technology
licences, with the partnerships and licences being with
multi-national, large regional service or directional drilling
companies. This current Fundraising, and the subsequent base case
scenario is not expected to be fully sufficient to fund the cash
requirements of the Group through to a position where it is able to
fund itself entirely from its own cashflow. Therefore, following
this Fundraising, it is expected that the Group will require
additional funding, from the sources described above, by July 2025,
assuming no funds are raised in the Retail Offer. Alternatively,
the Company would need to reduce its spending plans some time
before July 2025. There can be no guarantee that sufficient funds
could be raised at a later date, and any additional equity
financing, if available, may be dilutive to
Shareholders.
Shareholders should note that in the event that the
Resolutions are not passed, the Company would not receive the funds
from the Placing, Subscription or the Retail Offer, which would
significantly limit the amount of working capital available to the
Company. There is no certainty that other funding would be
available on suitable terms or at all. Accordingly, in light of the
Group's reducing cash position, it would be likely that the Company
would have to severely restrict its costs, impacting its ability to
progress its business and its ability to generate value for the
Group.
Andrew Law, CEO of Enteq Technologies,
commented:
"With a fundamentally robust energy
market, the demand for efficient directional drilling is expected
to increase. Enteq's technology is expected to satisfy the
industry's strong demand for competition. The Board is confident to
progress with the commercialisation of the SABER tool and look
forward to fully introducing this potentially disruptive technology
into the market.
The SABER system is currently being
tested in Australia with a long-standing customer of our legacy
business and their test active trial drilling runs of the full
system are upcoming. Additional customer agreements are currently
in discussion covering the key regions.
This fundraise will underpin the
commercialisation of SABER through increasing the number of
available tools and deployment with new potential customers in the
key regions. This technology has the potential of producing
attractive financial returns and a significant upside in
shareholder value."
Further information on the Fundraising is set out below. This
Announcement should be read in its entirety.
For further information, please
contact:
Enteq Technologies plc
+44 (0)20 8087 2202
www.enteq.com
Andrew Law, Chief Executive
Officer
Cavendish Capital Markets Limited (NOMAD, Broker and
Bookrunner) +44 (0)20 7220
0500
Ed Frisby, George Lawson (Corporate
Finance)
Andrew Burdis (ECM)
Gneiss Energy Limited (Placing
Agent)
+44 (0)20 3983 9263
Jon Fitzpatrick, Doug
Rycroft
About SABER:
Enteq Technologies plc is a
specialist energy services engineering and technology company. With
a history of developing and commercialising technologies for the
oil, gas, geothermal and other energy transition sectors around the
world, the primary focus for the Group is the commercialisation of
SABER (Steer-At-Bit Enteq Rotary), a novel alternative to existing
Rotary Steerable Systems ("RSS") which steer the bit during the
drilling of a well.
The SABER tool is based on a concept
for a RSS, originally developed by Shell, as an alternative,
simpler solution to the conventional mechanically complex incumbent
RSS systems requiring pads or pistons to create steering forces.
The SABER tool reduces the mechanical complexity by using an
internally directed fluid pressure differential system. The SABER
tool utilises true at-bit steering for the first time in the
industry and the simplified design gives the potential to improve
efficiencies, reliability and project uptime compared to
conventional RSS solutions.
The total size of the directional
drilling market, which can fluctuate, is currently valued at
approximately US$11.8 billion annually, according to a recent 2023
report from Spears & Associates. The Directors believe that the
global RSS market, a sub-sector of the directional drilling market,
is currently worth approximately US$3.6 billion.
The SABER Tool has the potential to
drive operational efficiency across the world's directional
drilling applications, including hydrocarbon production, geothermal
energy, methane capture and CCS (carbon capture and storage). Enteq
will provide the SABER tool to customers through a service
arrangement or equipment purchase, providing independent and
regional directional drilling companies more opportunity to compete
with major integrated service companies which have to date
dominated this segment.
The Group has licence agreements in
place with subsidiaries of Shell which gives Enteq the global
rights for this novel technology and IP. Enteq has developed and
refined the concept for commercial use, with Enteq generating
additional protected IP, owned by Enteq. Following successful field
testing, the SABER Tool is now in customer testing, and customer
test active trial drilling runs of the full system are
upcoming.
Important Notices
The content of this Announcement has
not been approved by an authorised person within the meaning of the
Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. Reliance on this
Announcement for the purpose of engaging in any investment activity
may expose an individual to a significant risk of losing all of the
property or other assets invested.
No prospectus will be made available
in connection with the matters contained in this Announcement and
no such prospectus is required (in accordance with Regulation
(EU) 2017/1129 (the "Prospectus Regulation") and the
Prospectus Regulation as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue
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needing advice should consult a qualified independent legal
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Members of the public are not
eligible to take part in the Placing. In member states of the
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investors" within the meaning of Article 2(e) of the Prospectus
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the EEA who are not qualified investors or by persons in the United
Kingdom who are not relevant persons.
This Announcement may contain and
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current goals and expectations relating to its future financial
condition, performance, strategic initiatives, objectives and
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Kingdom domestic and global economic and business conditions,
market-related risks such as fluctuations in interest rates and
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markets on the Company's profitability and ability to access
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effect of operational risks; and the loss of key personnel. As a
result, the actual future financial condition, performance and
results of the Company may differ materially from the plans, goals
and expectations set forth in any forward-looking statements. Any
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conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is
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in the past cannot be relied upon as a guide to future performance.
Persons needing advice should consult an independent financial
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is intended to be a profit forecast or profit estimate for any
period and no statement in this Announcement should be interpreted
to mean that earnings, earnings per share or income, cash flow from
operations or free cash flow for the Company for the current or
future financial periods would necessarily match or exceed the
historical published earnings, earnings per share or income, cash
flow from operations or free cash flow for the Company.
Cavendish is authorised and
regulated in the United Kingdom by the FCA and is acting as
nominated adviser for the purposes of the AIM Rules for Companies
and Broker to the Company in respect of the Fundraise. Cavendish is
acting exclusively for the Company and for no-one else in
connection with the Fundraise, and will not be treating any other
person as its client in relation thereto, and will not be
responsible for providing the regulatory protections afforded to
its customers nor for providing advice in connection with the
Fundraise or any other matters referred to herein and apart from
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as the case may be, by FSMA, any liability therefor is expressly
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form part of any offer to issue or sell, or the solicitation of an
offer to acquire, purchase or subscribe for, any securities in the
United States. No public offer of securities is being made in the
United Kingdom or elsewhere.
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United States. This Announcement is not an offer of securities for
sale or a solicitation of any offer to purchase securities in the
United States. New Ordinary Shares have not
been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "US Securities Act") or under the applicable
state securities laws of the United States and may not be offered
or sold directly or indirectly in or into the United States or to
or for the account or benefit of any US person (within the meaning
of Regulation S under the US Securities Act) (a "US Person"). No
public offering of the Retail Offer Shares is being made in the
United States. The Retail Offer Shares are being offered and sold
outside the United States in "offshore transactions", as defined
in, and in compliance with, Regulation S under the US Securities
Act. In addition, the Company has not been, and will not be,
registered under the US Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amendeds. No money, securities or other
consideration from any person inside the United States is being
solicited and, if sent in response to the information contained in
this Announcement, will not be accepted. The New Ordinary Shares
have not been and will not be registered with any regulatory
authority of any state within the United States.
This Announcement contains inside
information for the purposes of Article 7 of MAR. In addition,
market soundings (as defined in UK MAR) were taken in respect of
the Fundraising with the result that certain persons became aware
of inside information (as defined in MAR), as permitted by MAR.
Such inside information is set out in this Announcement. Therefore,
those persons that received inside information in a market sounding
are no longer in possession of such inside information relating to
the Company and its securities.
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same as that which would have been disclosed if this Announcement
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any jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom.
Information to Distributors
EU Product Governance
Requirements
Solely for the purposes of the
product governance requirements contained within: (a) EU Directive
2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments, as amended ("MiFID
II"); (b) Articles 9 and 10 of Commission Delegated Directive (EU)
2017/593 supplementing MiFID II; and (c) local implementing
measures; (together, the "MiFID II Product Governance
Requirements"), and disclaiming all and any liability, whether
arising in tort, contract or otherwise, which any "manufacturer"
(for the purposes of the MiFID II Product Governance Requirements)
may otherwise have with respect thereto, the Placing Shares have
been subject to a product approval process, which has determined
that the Placing Shares are: (i) compatible with an end target
market of (a) retail investors, (b) investors who meet the criteria
of professional clients and (c) eligible counterparties, each as
defined in MiFID II; and (ii) eligible for distribution through all
distribution channels as are permitted by MiFID II (the "EU Target
Market Assessment"). Notwithstanding the EU Target Market
Assessment, distributors should note that: the price of the Placing
Shares may decline and investors could lose all or part of
their investment; Placing Shares offer no guaranteed income and no
capital protection; and an investment in Placing Shares is
compatible only with investors who do not need a guaranteed income
or capital protection, who (either alone or in conjunction with an
appropriate financial or other adviser) are capable of evaluating
the merits and risks of such an investment and who have sufficient
resources to be able to bear any losses that may result therefrom.
The EU Target Market Assessment is without prejudice to the
requirements of any contractual, legal or regulatory selling
restrictions in relation to the Placing. Furthermore, it is noted
that, notwithstanding the EU Target Market Assessment, Cavendish
will only procure investors who meet the criteria of professional
clients and eligible counterparties.
For the avoidance of doubt, the EU
Target Market Assessment does not constitute: (a) an assessment of
suitability or appropriateness for the purposes of MiFID II; or (b)
a recommendation to any investor or group of investors to invest
in, or purchase, or take any other action whatsoever with respect
to Placing Shares. Each distributor is responsible for undertaking
its own target market assessment in respect of the Placing Shares
and determining appropriate distribution channels.
UK Product Governance
Requirements
Solely for the purposes of the
product governance requirements of Chapter 3 of the FCA Handbook
Product Intervention and Product Governance Sourcebook (the "UK
Product Governance Requirements") and disclaiming all and any
liability, whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise, which
any "manufacturer" (for the purposes of the UK Product Governance
Requirements) may otherwise have with respect thereto, the Placing
Shares have been subject to a product approval process, which
has determined that the Placing Shares are: (i) compatible
with an end target market of (a) retail investors, (b) investors
who meet the criteria of professional clients and (c) eligible
counterparties, each as defined in the UK Product Governance
Requirements; and (ii) eligible for distribution through all
distribution channels as are permitted by the UK Product Governance
Requirements (the "UK Target Market Assessment"). Notwithstanding
the UK Target Market Assessment, distributors should note that: the
price of the Placing Shares may decline and investors could
lose all or part of their investment; the Placing Shares
offer no guaranteed income and no capital protection; and an
investment in the Placing Shares is compatible only with
investors who do not need a guaranteed income or capital
protection, who (either alone or in conjunction with an appropriate
financial or other adviser) are capable of evaluating the merits
and risks of such an investment and who have sufficient resources
to be able to bear any losses that may result therefrom. The UK
Target Market Assessment is without prejudice to the requirements
of any contractual, legal or regulatory selling restrictions in
relation to the Placing. Furthermore, it is noted that,
notwithstanding the UK Target Market Assessment, Cavendish shall
only procure investors which meet the criteria of professional
clients and eligible counterparties.
For the avoidance of doubt, the UK
Target Market Assessment does not constitute: (a) an assessment of
suitability or appropriateness for the purposes of Chapter 9A or
10A respectively of the FCA Handbook Conduct of Business
Sourcebook; or (b) a recommendation to any investor or group of
investors to invest in, or purchase, or take any other action
whatsoever with respect to, the Placing Shares. Each distributor is
responsible for undertaking its own target market assessment in
respect of the Placing Shares and determining appropriate
distribution channels.
Members of the public are not
eligible to take part in the Placing and no public offering of
Placing Shares is being or will be made.
Neither the content of the Company's
website (or any other website) nor the content of any website
accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other
website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this
Announcement.
The
following text has been taken from the Circular to be sent to
Shareholders.
LETTER FROM THE
CHAIRMAN
1.
Introduction
On 25 September 2024, the Company
announced that it had conditionally raised £1,500,000 (before
expenses) by way of a placing and subscription of 30,000,000 new
Ordinary Shares at the price of 5.00 pence per share.
In addition to the Placing, it is
proposed that there will be a separate retail offer to existing
Shareholders via the Bookbuild Platform to raise up to £500,000
(before expenses) at the Issue Price, to provide existing retail
Shareholders in the Company an opportunity to participate in the
Fundraising. A separate announcement was made by the Company
regarding the Retail Offer and its terms. Those investors who
subscribe for Retail Offer Shares pursuant to the Retail Offer will
do so pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Retail Offer
contained in the respective announcement.
Certain Directors are participating
in the Fundraise. Further details of these subscriptions are set
out in paragraph 5.2 below.
The net proceeds of the Fundraise
will be used to grow the initial fleet of equipment for SABER
(Steer-At-Bit-Enteq Rotary) with which to secure commercial
partnerships, and for growth working capital.
The New Ordinary Shares represent
approximately 55.5 per cent. of the Existing Ordinary Shares, and
approximately 35.7 per cent. of the Enlarged Share Capital
(assuming in each case that the Retail Offer Shares are subscribed
in full). The Issue Price represents a 44.4 per cent. discount to
the closing mid-market price of 9.00 pence per Ordinary Share on 24
September 2024, being the latest practicable business day prior to
the announcement of the Fundraising.
The New Ordinary Shares are not
being offered on a pro rata basis to existing Shareholders and
accordingly the Fundraising is conditional upon Shareholders
resolving to pass the Resolutions, including to disapply statutory
pre-emption rights. Shareholders will find set out at the end of
the Circular a notice of General Meeting which has been convened
for 11.00 a.m. on 14 October 2024 at which the Resolutions will be
proposed to, inter alia,
approve the allotment and issue of the New Ordinary Shares and to
disapply statutory pre-emption rights in respect of such
allotments.
Subject to the Shareholders
approving the Resolutions, it is expected that Admission of the New
Ordinary Shares will take place at 8.00 a.m. on 16 October
2024.
The purpose of the Circular is to
set out the background to and reasons for the Fundraising, to give
details of them and to recommend that you vote in favour of each of
the Resolutions required to be passed to implement the Placing, the
Subscription, and the Retail Offer.
2.
Background to and
reasons for the fundraising
2.1 Company
Overview
Enteq Technologies plc is a
specialist energy services engineering and technology company. With
a history of developing and commercialising technologies for the
oil, gas, geothermal and other energy transition sectors around the
world, the primary focus for the Group is the commercialisation of
SABER (Steer-At-Bit Enteq Rotary), a novel alternative to existing
Rotary Steerable Systems ("RSS") which steer the bit during the
drilling of a well.
The SABER tool is based on a concept
for a RSS, originally developed by Shell, as an alternative,
simpler solution to the conventional mechanically complex incumbent
RSS systems requiring pads or pistons to create steering forces.
The SABER tool reduces the mechanical complexity by using an
internally directed fluid pressure differential system. The SABER
tool utilises true at-bit steering for the first time in the
industry and the simplified design gives the potential to improve
efficiencies, reliability and project uptime compared to
conventional RSS solutions.
The total size of the directional
drilling market, which can fluctuate, is currently valued at
approximately US$11.8 billion annually, according to a recent 2023
report from Spears & Associates. The Directors believe that the
global RSS market, a sub-sector of the directional drilling market,
is currently worth approximately US$3.6 billion.
The SABER Tool has the potential to
drive operational efficiency across the world's directional
drilling applications, including hydrocarbon production, geothermal
energy, methane capture and CCS (carbon capture and storage). Enteq
will provide the SABER tool to customers through a service
arrangement or equipment purchase, providing independent and
regional directional drilling companies more opportunity to compete
with major integrated service companies which have to date
dominated this segment.
The Group has licence agreements in
place with subsidiaries of Shell which gives Enteq the global
rights for this novel technology and IP. Enteq has developed and
refined the concept for commercial use, with Enteq generating
additional protected IP, owned by Enteq. Following successful field
testing, the SABER Tool is now in customer testing, and customer
test active trial drilling runs of the full system are
upcoming.
2.2 Current
trading
Net cash position
Cash at the 31 March 2024 financial
year end was $3.0 million. In May 2024 the Company received cash of
$0.5 million relating to the disposal of the former XXT business,
being the final consideration for the XXT business sale. Cash at 31
July 2024 was $1.8 million (unaudited). The Company has no bank
borrowings, asset financing, or invoice discounting.
The net proceeds of the Placing and
Subscription will extend the cash runway for the Company, based on
current spending plans, to July 2025. Any funds raised by way of
the Retail Offer will provide additional growth working capital and
allow for additional fleet build.
In addition to any funds potentially
raised in the Retail Offer, to fund further fleet expansion,
increase the build of tools for sale, and extend the cash runway,
the Company is working to secure additional financing options,
which the Directors believe may in future be from debt, industry
partnerships or technology licences, with the partnerships and
licences being with multi-national, large regional service or
directional drilling companies. Should such additional financing
not be available in the first quarter of calendar 2025, the Company
would reduce its spending plans, in order to extend its cash
runway.
Current trading
The Company announced its audited
final results for the year ended 31 March 2024 ("FY24") on 21 August 2024. Detailed
below are certain audited financials for FY24, together with
certain unaudited financials for the four months ended 31 July
2024.
|
Four months ended 31/07/24 ($m) (unaudited mgmt.
accounts)
|
Year to 31/03/24
($m)
(audited)
|
Year to 31/03/23
($m)
(audited)
|
|
|
Continued operations
|
Discontinued operations
|
TOTAL
|
Continued operations
|
Discontinued operations
|
TOTAL
|
Revenue
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6.2
|
6.2
|
EBITDA
|
(1.0)
|
(3.2)
|
1.0
|
(2.2)
|
(1.7)
|
(0.2)
|
(1.9)
|
Post tax profit/(loss) for the
period
|
(0.4)
|
(3.1)
|
1.0
|
(2.1)
|
(1.4)
|
(1.4)
|
(2.8)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash balance at period
end
|
1.8
|
3.0
|
5.4
|
Customer trading, orderbook, sales pipeline and
outlook
The SABER business is today
pre-revenue. The Company has its first SABER customer contract in
place, as previously announced, which includes a first phase of
customer testing. Customer testing, in Australia, is ongoing, and
customer test active trial drilling runs of the full system are
upcoming. Contracted rates have been agreed with the customer for
subsequent post-trials commercial operations. As previously
announced, a purchase order has been received in relation to this
customer contract pursuant to which $100,000 is expected from the
customer for future commercial services. The $100,000 is now
expected to be received in either the first or second half of
FY25.
In addition, the Company is in
discussions with major multinational service companies, independent
directional drilling companies and regional service
companies.
2.3 Requirement for the
Fundraise and use of proceeds
Multiple market factors support the
introduction of the SABER technology. The market size for RSS is
$3.6 billion annually, with an estimated addressable market for
SABER of $2 billion annually. Three major multinational service
companies have dominated the market to-date and there is customer
demand from independent directional drilling and regional service
companies for access to third party technologies to compete. SABER
can offer a more cost-efficient solution that has the potential to
provide cost savings of 30 per cent. through increased reliability
and reduced maintenance costs.
SABER also provides multiple routes
to market, either through regional agreements with major
multinational service companies, complementing their existing
systems with a disruptive and low cost to operate system, as well
as to independent directional drilling companies and regional
service companies who do not have ready access to a cost-effective
independent RSS.
With the SABER technology proven to
steer in a downhole environment, the Fundraise is now required. The
net proceeds of the Placing and the Subscription will be used
to:
· Increase the current fleet of SABER tools to ten (currently
six: approximately £0.3 million
· Provide demonstrations to prospective customers and for
field-trials: approximately £0.2 million
· Provide additional working capital support and to strengthen
the balance sheet: approximately £1.0 million
Any funds raised by way of the
Retail Offer will be invested in additional fleet-build and growth
working capital.
The expanded fleet of SABER tools
could be deployed to several customers concurrently, supported by
Enteq's operations and technical support teams for the introduction
of the technology.
3.
Related party
transactions
The issue of 4,780,000 Placing
Shares to Premier Miton Investors as a Substantial Shareholder (as
defined in the AIM Rules) of the Company, the issue of 1,106,320
Placing Shares to Andrew Law as a director of the Company, and the
issue of 393,750 Subscription Shares to Andrew Law, 896,720
Subscription Shares to David MacNeill and 1,703,210 Subscription
Shares to Martin Perry as directors of the Company, each constitute
a related party transaction under the AIM Rules. Neil Hartley, a
director of the Company who is independent of such transactions,
considers, having consulted with Cavendish, acting in its capacity
as the Company's nominated adviser, that the terms of such placing
and such subscriptions are fair and reasonable insofar as the
Company's shareholders are concerned.
4.
Issue of Ordinary
Shares to Directors
The Company intends to allot and
issue prior to the General Meeting, in aggregate, 458,901 new
Ordinary Shares to Andrew Law, Martin Perry and Neil Hartley,
directors of the Company, and also Mark Ritchie, a former Director
of the Company, in settlement of salary that has been earned and is
due in respect of the period 1 November 2023 to 31 March 2024, but
payment of which was deferred, at a price of 10.63 pence per new
Ordinary Share. The price of 10.63 pence per new Ordinary Shares
reflects the Company's average closing mid-market price during the
period in respect of which the salary entitlement relates. As with
previous Ordinary Share issues of this type, this will increase the
cash available to the business.
In addition, in respect of the
period 1 October 2023 to 31 March 2024, salary of £23,836.00 was
deferred by David MacNeill and payment of which will be satisfied
by way of issue of the Subscription Shares set out next to his name
in paragraph 3 (Related Party
Transactions) above.
In respect of the period 1 April
2024 to 30 September 2024, salary of in aggregate £72,187.50 is
being deferred by the Board of directors. Of this, the payment of,
in aggregate, £55,848.00 to each of Andrew Law: £19,687.50, Martin
Perry: £15,160.50 and David MacNeill: £21,000.00 will be satisfied
by way of issue of the Subscription Shares set out next to their
names in paragraph 3 (Related
Party Transactions) above.
To satisfy payment of the balance of
this deferred amount (£16,339.50), the Company intends, shortly
following the General Meeting, to allot and issue to Martin Perry
and Neil Hartley new Ordinary Shares priced at the Company's
average closing mid-market price during the period in respect of
which the salary entitlement relates.
5.
Details of the
Fundraising
5.1 Details of the
Placing
The Company proposes to raise gross
proceeds of approximately £1,229,316 through the issue of the
Placing Shares at the Issue Price. The Board believes that raising
equity finance using the flexibility provided by a non pre-emptive
placing is the most appropriate and optimal structure for the
Company at this time.
The Placing is conditional on,
amongst other matters, (a) the Resolutions being passed at the
General Meeting; (b) the Placing Agreement becoming unconditional
and not being terminated in accordance with its terms prior to
Admission; and (c) Admission becoming effective by no later than
8.00 a.m. on 16 October 2024 (or such later date as Cavendish and
the Company may agree, being not later than 8.00 a.m. on 30 October
2024); Please see further details of the Placing Agreement
below.
The Placing Shares will, when issued
and fully paid, rank pari
passu in all respects with the Existing Ordinary Shares,
including the right to receive all dividends and other
distributions declared, made or paid after the date of
Admission.
Details of the Placing Agreement
On 25 September 2024, the Company
and Cavendish entered into the Placing Agreement pursuant to which
Cavendish agreed, subject to certain conditions, to use its
reasonable endeavours to procure subscribers for the Placing Shares
pursuant to the Placing. The Placing is not being underwritten by
Cavendish.
The Placing Agreement contains
customary warranties and an indemnity from the Company in favour of
Cavendish together with provisions which enable Cavendish to
terminate the Placing in certain circumstances prior to Admission,
including where any warranties are found to be untrue, inaccurate
or misleading in any material respect or in the event of a material
adverse change in the financial position or prospects of the Group
in the context of the Placing or Admission.
The obligations of Cavendish under
the Placing Agreement are conditional, inter alia, upon the
Resolutions being passed at the General Meeting, and Admission
occurring by 8.00 a.m. on 16 October 2024 (or such later date as
Cavendish and the Company may agree).
The Company will bear all other
expenses of, and incidental to, the Placing, including the fees of
the London Stock Exchange, printing costs, registrar's fees, and
all legal and accounting fees of the Company.
5.2 The
Subscription
On or shortly after the date of the
Circular, the Company expects to have conditionally raised gross
proceeds of £270,684 (before expenses) through direct subscriptions
with the Subscribers for 5,413,680 new Ordinary Shares at the Issue
Price on the terms of the Subscription Agreements. The Subscription
Agreements will terminate if Admission has not occurred by 8.00
a.m. on 16 October 2024.
The Subscription Agreements are,
inter alia, conditional on receipt by the Company of the aggregate
amount due from each Subscriber at the passing of the Resolutions
at the General Meeting.
The Subscription Shares will, when
issued and fully paid, rank pari passu in all respects with the
Existing Ordinary Shares, including the right to receive all
dividends and other distributions declared, made or paid after the
date of Admission.
5.2 The Retail
Offer
The Company values its Retail
Shareholder base and believes that it is appropriate to provide
eligible Retail Investors in the United Kingdom with the
opportunity to participate in the Retail Offer.
The Company is therefore making the
Retail Offer available in the United Kingdom through the financial
intermediaries which will be listed, subject to certain access
restrictions, on the following website:
bookbuild.live/deals/Z1ZZE1/authorised-intermediaries. Cavendish
will be acting as UK retail offer coordinator in relation to this
Retail Offer (the "Retail Offer
Coordinator"). The Retail Offer will raise a maximum of
£500,000 (assuming full take up of the Retail Offer) through the
issue of up to 10,000,000 new Ordinary Shares at the Issue
Price.
Existing Retail Shareholders can
contact their broker or wealth manager ("intermediary") to participate in the
Retail Offer. In order to participate in the Retail Offer, each
intermediary must be on-boarded onto the BookBuild Platform,
approved by the Retail Offer Coordinator as an intermediary in
respect of the Retail Offer, and agree to the final terms and
conditions of the Retail Offer, which regulate the conduct of the
Retail Offer on market standard terms and provide for the payment
of commission to any intermediary that elects to receive a
commission and/or fee (to the extent permitted by the FCA Handbook
Rules) from the Retail Offer Coordinator (on behalf of the
Company).
Any expenses incurred by any
intermediary are for its own account. Retail Investors should
confirm separately with any intermediary whether there are any
commissions, fees or expenses that will be applied by such
intermediary in connection with any application made through that
intermediary pursuant to the Retail Offer. The Retail Offer opened
to eligible investors in the United Kingdom at 7.05 a.m. on 25
September 2024. The Retail Offer is expected to close at 4.30 p.m.
on 30 September 2024. Investors should note that financial
intermediaries may have earlier closing times. The Retail Offer may
close early if it is oversubscribed.
The Retail Offer will, at all times,
only be made to, directed at and may only be acted upon by those
persons who are, Shareholders. To be eligible to participate in the
Retail Offer, applicants must meet the following criteria before
they can submit an order for Retail Offer Shares: (i) be a customer
of one of the participating intermediaries listed on the above
website; (ii) be resident in the United Kingdom and (iii) be a
Shareholder of the Company (which may include individuals aged 18
years or over, companies and other bodies corporate, partnerships,
trusts, associations and other unincorporated organisations and
includes persons who hold their Ordinary Shares directly or
indirectly through a participating intermediary). For the avoidance
of doubt, persons who only hold CFDs, Spreadbets and/or similar
derivative instruments in relation to Ordinary Shares are not
eligible to participate in the Retail Offer.
It is vital to note that once an
application for Retail Offer Shares has been made and accepted via
an intermediary, it cannot be withdrawn.
The Retail Offer is an offer to
subscribers for transferable securities, the terms of which ensure
that the Company is exempt from the requirement to issue a
prospectus under Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 as it forms part of UK
law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as
amended from time to time). The aggregate total consideration for
the Retail Offer does not exceed £500,000 (or the equivalent in
Euros) and therefore the exemption from the requirement to publish
a prospectus, set out in section 86(1) FSMA, will apply.
A separate announcement has been
made by the Company regarding the Retail Offer and its
terms.
The Retail Offer Shares will, when
issued and fully paid, rank pari passu in all respects with the
Existing Ordinary Shares, including the right to receive all
dividends and other distributions declared, made or paid after the
date of Admission.
6.
Admission
Application will be made to the
London Stock Exchange for the New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to
trading on AIM. Subject to the passing of the Resolutions and the
terms and conditions set out in the Placing Agreement and the
Subscription Agreements, it is currently expected that Admission
will become effective on AIM at 8.00 a.m. on 16 October
2024.
Following the issue of the Placing
Shares, the Subscription Shares and the Retail Offer Shares, it is
expected that the Company will have 112,076,715 Ordinary Shares in
issue (assuming full take up of the Retail Offer).
The Fundraising is conditional,
inter alia, on the passing
of Resolutions 1 and 2. If these Resolutions are not passed at the
General Meeting, the Fundraising will not proceed.
7.
General Meeting
You will find set out at the end of
the Circular a notice convening the General Meeting to be held at
the offices of Cavendish Capital Markets Limited, One Bartholomew
Close, London, EC1A 7BL at 11.00 a.m. on 14 October 2024 at which
the Resolutions will be proposed.
The Resolutions are proposed in the
Notice of General Meeting as set out at the end of the
Circular.
Resolutions 1 and 2
The Directors do not currently have
sufficient authorities in place to undertake the Placing, the
Subscription and the Retail Offer. Therefore, the Directors are
seeking (i) authority to allot up to 40,000,000 new Ordinary Shares
in order to effect the Placing, the Subscription, and the Retail
Offer (Resolution 1), and (ii) a specific disapplication of the
statutory pre-emption rights to allot the Placing Shares, the
Subscription Shares and the Retail Offer Shares referred to at (i)
above, to allow the Placing, the Subscription and the Retail Offer
to proceed (Resolution 2).
Resolution 2 will permit the
Directors to allot shares for cash (i) in connection with a rights
issue or any other pre-emptive offer concerning equity securities;
or (ii) otherwise than in connection with a rights issue or any
other pre-emptive offer for shares in the Company up to a maximum
nominal value of £400,000, representing approximately 55.8 per
cent. of the Company's issued ordinary share capital as at 24
September 2024 (being the latest practicable date prior to the
publication of the Circular).
Resolution 1 will be proposed as an
ordinary resolution and Resolution 2 will be proposed as a special
resolution.
Shareholders should be aware that
the issue of the Placing Shares, the Subscription Shares and the
Retail Offer Shares cannot take place if either Resolution 1 or
Resolution 2 is not passed. The passing of Resolution 2 is
conditional on the passing of Resolution 1.
Action to be taken in respect of the General
Meeting
Shareholders should complete and
submit the accompanying Form of Proxy in accordance with the
instructions printed on it. The Form of Proxy must be received by
the Company's registrars, Computershare Investor Services PLC, The
Pavilions, Bridgwater Road, Bristol, BS99 6ZY, by no later than
11.00 a.m. on 10 October 2024. Completion of a Form of Proxy will
not preclude you from attending the General Meeting and voting in
person if you so choose.
CREST members can also appoint
proxies by using the CREST electronic appointment service and
transmitting a CREST Proxy Instruction in accordance with the
procedures set out in the CREST Manual so that it is received by
Computershare Investor Services PLC (under ID number 3RA50) by no
later than 11.00 a.m. on 10 October 2024.
Shareholders are reminded that the
Placing, the Subscription, and the Retail Offer are conditional,
inter alia, on the passing of the Resolutions to be proposed at the
General Meeting. Should the Resolutions not be passed, neither the
Placing, nor the Subscription, nor the Retail Offer will proceed
and any associated subscription monies in respect of the Placing
Shares, the Subscription Shares and the Retail Offer Shares will be
returned to investors.
8.
Irrevocable undertakings
The Directors who hold Ordinary
Shares have irrevocably undertaken to vote in favour of the
Resolutions in respect of their own beneficial shareholdings,
amounting to approximately 10.61 per cent. of the Existing Ordinary
Shares.
9.
Risk
Factors
Your attention is drawn to the risk
factors in the 'Risk Factors' section of the Circular which are
important and which should be read in full.
10.
Recommendation and
Importance of the Vote
The Directors believe that if
required, future funding may be sourced, potentially from debt,
industry partnerships or technology licences, with the partnerships
and licences being with multi-national, large regional service or
directional drilling companies. This current Fundraising, and the
subsequent base case scenario is not expected to be fully
sufficient to fund the cash requirements of the Group through to a
position where it is able to fund itself entirely from its own
cashflow. Therefore, following this Fundraising, it is expected
that the Group will require additional funding, from the sources
described above, by July 2025, assuming no funds are raised in the
Retail Offer. Alternatively, the Company would need to reduce its
spending plans some time before July 2025. There can be no
guarantee that sufficient funds could be raised at a later date,
and any additional equity financing, if available, may be dilutive
to Shareholders.
Shareholders should note that in the
event that the Resolutions are not passed, the Company would not
receive the funds from the Placing, Subscription or the Retail
Offer, which would significantly limit the amount of working
capital available to the Company. There is no certainty that other
funding would be available on suitable terms or at all.
Accordingly, in light of the Group's reducing cash position, it
would be likely that the Company would have to severely restrict
its costs, impacting its ability to progress its business and its
ability to generate value for the Group.
The Directors consider the
Fundraising to be in the best interests of the Company and its
Shareholders as a whole. Accordingly, the Directors unanimously
recommend that Shareholders vote in favour of the Resolutions as
they have irrevocably undertaken to do so in respect of their
beneficial holdings.
Yours faithfully
Martin
Perry
Chairman
RISK
FACTORS
1. Technical and Market Adoption
Risk
The risk that the SABER technology
will not work as intended. The Directors believe this probability
to be very low as both Shell and Enteq have already demonstrated
proof of concept both in laboratory and field testing. There is a
risk that the technology will work in limited applications, which
would reduce the addressable market. This is something the Company
is prepared for as the market is determined to be large enough that
the project is viable, even with a small portion of the market. It
can often be slow to introduce new technologies into the oil and
gas sector.
2. Shell Contractual Risk
The IP for the use of the Bernoulli
principle for drilling was originally developed by Shell and
subsequently licensed to Enteq. Enteq has licence agreements in
place with Shell Global Solutions (US) Inc. and Shell Global
Solutions International B.V., both subsidiaries of Royal Dutch
Shell plc which gives Enteq the rights to use Shell's patents and
other technical information to develop, manufacture and sell a
specialised rotary steerable drilling system.
The licence continues on the current
exclusive basis however Shell has the right to amend certain terms
of the licence or potentially terminate it. Enteq considers these
scenarios to be of low probability. In any case, Enteq, supported
by advice from the Company's patent attorney, believes that the
additional IP filed by Enteq provides good protection to prevent
other parties from developing this technology. There is an outside
risk that Shell could seek to challenge ownership of the Enteq
patents but fortified by recent discussions with Shell, Enteq views
the chances of Shell making such challenge or seeking to alter the
licence as unlikely and there has been no indication from Shell
that they intend to take either course of action.
3. Third Party IP Risk
Another party could infringe the
Shell IP. The other party would then need to take-on the might of
Shell, assuming that Shell is willing to fight for their IP.
Another party could infringe the Enteq IP. Enteq has two patents,
one granted in the UK and awaiting examination in other
countries/regions, one applied for. The "rotary bit cartridge" in
particular (in the Directors' opinion) does provide significant
additional protection above the Shell IP. In addition, the Company
is filing for this patent in a wider group of countries than the
original Shell IP.
4. The Company cannot guarantee it will be
able to secure financing via equity or debt
There can be no guarantee that any
further equity fundraising(s) will occur or, if they do, that the
amount raised will be sufficient to implement the Company's
strategy as currently envisaged. In addition, there is no guarantee
that the Company will be able to secure bank facilities at levels
or on terms acceptable to the Directors. A lack of equity or debt
finance could have a material and adverse effect on the Company's
prospects and value of its shares.
5. Changes in Laws or
Regulations
Changes in laws or regulations may
adversely affect the Company's business, investments and the
results of its operations. The Company is subject to laws and
regulations enacted by national and regional governments and
institutions and changes to those laws and regulations could have a
material adverse effect on the valuation of the Company.
6. Operational and Technical
Risks
The Company's businesses is in the
oil and gas sector and may therefore be subject to operating and
technical risks, including the risk of mechanical breakdown, spare
parts shortages, flawed design specifications, pipeline or offtake
disruptions, power shutdowns, work interruptions including labour
strikes or labour disputes, and other unanticipated events which
adversely affect operations. An operating failure
7. The Company is dependent on its
directors, management and employees
The future success of the Company
depends on the ability of the Company to attract and retain its
management and employees and, to a large extent, upon the
specialist experience, industry knowledge and skills of the
Directors and management team.
8. Equity Capital Markets
Risk
Investors should consult an
appropriate independent investment adviser authorised under the
Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 who specialises in advising
on the acquisition of shares and other securities before making a
final decision to invest. The value of the shares and income
received therefrom can fluctuate and investors may get back less
than their original investment.
EXPECTED TIMETABLE OF
PRINCIPAL EVENTS
Announcement of the Placing, the
Subscription and the Retail Offer
|
25
September 2024
|
Posting and publication of the
Circular and Form of Proxy
|
25
September 2024
|
Announcement of the results of the
Retail Offer
|
30
September 2024
|
Latest time and date for receipt of
Forms of Proxy and CREST Proxy Instructions
|
11.00 a.m.
on 10 October 2024
|
General Meeting
|
11.00 a.m.
on 14 October 2024
|
Admission and commencement of
dealings in the New Ordinary Shares
|
8.00 a.m.
on 16 October 2024
|
New Ordinary Shares credited to
CREST stock accounts
|
16 October
2024
|
Despatch of definitive share
certificates for the New Ordinary Shares
|
30 October
2024
|
Notes:
(i)
References to times in the Circular are to London time (unless
otherwise stated).
(ii)
If any of the above times or dates should change, the revised times
and/or dates will be notified by an announcement to an
RIS.
(iii)
the timing of the events in the above timetable and in the rest of
the Circular is indicative only. All events listed in the above
timetable following the General Meeting are conditional on the
passing of the Resolutions of the General Meeting.
TRANSACTION
STATISTICS¹
Issue Price
|
5.00
pence
|
Number of Existing Ordinary
Shares
|
72,076,715
|
Number of Placing Shares to be
issued by the Company pursuant to the Placing
|
24,586,320
|
Number of Subscription Shares to be
issued by the Company pursuant to the Subscription
|
5,413,680
|
Maximum number of Retail Offer
Shares available to be issued pursuant to the Retail
Offer
|
10,000,000
|
Aggregate number of New Ordinary
Shares
|
40,000,000
|
Enlarged Share Capital (assuming
maximum number of Retail Offer Shares are issued)
|
112,076,715
|
Percentage of Enlarged Share Capital
represented by the Placing Shares
|
21.9%
|
Percentage of Enlarged Share Capital
represented by the Subscription Shares
|
4.8%
|
Percentage of Enlarged Share Capital
represented by the Retail Offer Shares
|
8.9%
|
Percentage of Enlarged Share Capital
represented by the New Ordinary Shares
|
35.7%
|
Gross proceeds received by the
Company from the Placing
|
£1,229,316
|
Gross proceeds received by the
Company from the Subscription
|
£270,684
|
Maximum gross proceeds received by
the Company from the Retail Offer
|
£500,000
|
Gross proceeds of the
Fundraising
|
£2,000,000
|
Ordinary Shares ISIN
|
GB00B41Q8Q68
|
Notes:
These figures set out the maximum
number of Placing Shares, Subscription Shares and Retail Offer
Shares issuable and assume that:
(i)
all relevant Resolutions contained in the Circular
are passed.
(ii)
the Fundraising completes in accordance with the
terms set out in the Circular.
(iii)
no other Ordinary Shares are issued by the Company
prior to Admission.
(iv)
the resolutions to cancel the 50,000 Incentive
Shares proposed at the annual general meeting of the Company to be
held on 25 September 2024 are passed and such shares are
cancelled.
(v)
the issue of 458,901 Ordinary Shares to Directors
and a former Director as referred to in paragraph 4 of the Letter
from the Chairman.
DEFINITIONS
In addition to the terms defined
elsewhere in this announcement, the following definitions apply
throughout the Circular and the accompanying Form of Proxy, unless
the context requires otherwise or unless specifically provided
otherwise:
"Act"
the Companies Act 2006, as amended
"Admission"
admission of the Placing Shares, the Subscription
Shares and the Retail Offer Shares to trading on AIM becoming
effective in accordance with the AIM Rules which is expected to
occur at 8.00 a.m. on 16 October 2024
"AIM"
AIM, a market operated by the London Stock
Exchange
"AIM Rules"
the AIM Rules for Companies published by the
London Stock Exchange
"AIM Rules for Nominated
the AIM Rules for Nominated Advisers published by
the London
Advisers"
Stock Exchange
"BookBuild" or
the online platform through which the Retail Offer is being
conducted "BookBuild Platform"
"Business Day"
a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which
commercial banks are open for general business in London,
England
"Cavendish"
Cavendish Capital Markets Limited, the financial
adviser, nominated adviser, broker and sole bookrunner to the
Company, and, for the purpose of trade settlement means Cavendish
Securities plc
"Company" or
"Enteq"
Enteq Technologies plc (registered number
07590845)
"Computershare"
Computershare Investor Services PLC, the
registrars of the Company
"CREST"
the relevant system (as defined in the CREST
Regulations) in respect of which Euroclear is the Operator (as
defined in the CREST Regulations)
"CREST Manual"
the manual, as amended from time to time, produced
by Euroclear describing the CREST system and supplied by Euroclear
to uses and participants thereof
"CREST member"
a person who has been admitted by Euroclear as a
system member (as defined in the CREST Regulations)
"CREST Participant"
a person who is, in relation to CREST, a
system-participant (as defined in the CREST Regulations)
"CREST Regulations"
the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001 (SI
2001/3755) (as amended)
"CREST sponsor"
a CREST Participant admitted to CREST as a CREST
sponsor
"CREST sponsored
member"
a CREST member admitted to CREST as a sponsored
member (which includes all-CREST personal members)
"Directors" or "Board"
the directors of the Company whose names appear on page 4 of the
Circular
"Enlarged Share Capital"
the issued ordinary share capital of the Company
immediately following Admission
"Euroclear"
Euroclear UK & International Limited, the
operator of CREST
"Euros" or "€"
are references to the lawful currency of the
European Union
"Existing Ordinary
Shares"
the Ordinary Shares in issue at date of the
Circular assuming that (i) the resolutions to cancel the 50,000
Incentive Shares proposed at the annual general meeting of the
Company to be held on 25 September 2024 are passed and such shares
are cancelled, and (ii) the 458,901 Ordinary Shares to be issued to
Directors and a former Director as referred to in paragraph 4 of
the Letter from the Chairman have been issued
"Financial Conduct
Authority"
the Financial Conduct Authority of the
UK
"Form of
Proxy"
the form of proxy accompanying the Circular for
use at the General Meeting
"FSMA"
the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (as
amended)
"Fundraise" or "Fundraising"
the Placing, the Subscription and the Retail
Offer
"GBP",
"pounds
sterling",
are references to the lawful currency of the United Kingdom
"pence", "p" or "£"
"General Meeting"
the general meeting of the Company as described in
the Circular, notice of which is set out at the end of the
Circular
"Group"
the Company and its subsidiary undertakings from
time to time
"Incentive
Shares"
the incentive shares of one pound (£1) each in the
capital of the Company
"Issue
Price"
5.00 pence per New Ordinary Share
"London Stock
Exchange"
London Stock Exchange plc
"New Ordinary
Shares"
the Placing Shares, the Subscription Shares and
the Retail Offer Shares (being up to, in aggregate, 40,000,000 new
Ordinary Shares)
"Official
List"
the Official List of the Financial Conduct
Authority
"Ordinary
Shares"
the ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the capital
of the Company
"Overseas
Holders"
shareholders with registered addresses in, or who
are citizens, residents or nationals of, jurisdictions outside the
UK
"Placing"
the proposed conditional placing of the Placing
Shares at the Issue Price pursuant to the Placing Agreement and
which is conditional on, inter alia, the passing of the
Resolutions
"Placing
Agreement"
the conditional agreement dated 25 September 2024
and made between Cavendish and the Company in relation to the
Placing, further details of which are set out in paragraph 5.1 of
the letter from the Chairman of the Company set out in the
Circular
"Placing Shares"
the 24,586,320 new Ordinary Shares to be issued by
the Company at the Issue Price, conditional on, inter alia, the
passing of the Resolutions
"Prospectus Regulation Rules"
the Prospectus Regulation Rules made by the
Financial Conduct Authority under section 73A of FSMA
"Resolutions"
the resolutions numbered 1 and 2 to be proposed at
the General Meeting as set out in the notice of General Meeting at
the end of the Circular
"Retail
Offer"
the retail offer via BookBuild for subscription of
the Retail Offer Shares at the Issue Price
"Retail Investors" or
existing shareholders of the Company who are
resident in the United
"Retail Shareholders"
Kingdom and are a customer of an intermediary who
agree conditionally to subscribe for Retail Offer Shares in the
Retail Offer
"Retail Offer
Shares"
up to 10,000,000 new Ordinary Shares to be
allotted and issued by the Company pursuant to the Retail
Offer
"RIS"
a regulatory information service as defined by the
AIM Rules
"Shareholders"
holders of Ordinary Shares from time to
time
"Shell"
Royal Dutch Shell plc and any company or other
legal entity which is directly or indirectly controlled by Royal
Dutch Shell plc
"Subscribers"
David MacNeill, Martin Perry, Andrew Law, and
certain other non-institutional investors
"Subscription"
the conditional subscriptions of the Subscription
Shares at the Issue Price pursuant to the respective Subscription
Agreements
"Subscription
Agreements"
the conditional agreements between the Company and
each of the Subscribers relating to the Subscribers' respective
Subscription
"Subscription
Shares"
the 5,413,680 new Ordinary Shares to be allotted
and issued by the Company pursuant to the Subscription
"UK" or "United
Kingdom"
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland
"USA" or "United
States"
United States of America
"USD", "dollar" or "$"
US dollars, the lawful currency of the United
States