£5m BELL placing12 May 2022 20:27
Proposed placing by way of an accelerated bookbuild to raise £5.0 million
Belluscura plc (AIM: BELL), a leading medical device developer focused on lightweight and portable oxygen enrichment technology, today announces its intention to issue new ordinary shares of 1 penny each (the "Placing Shares") to raise in aggregate gross proceeds of £5 million (approximately £4.7 million net of placing related expenses) (the "Placing").
Dowgate Capital Limited ("Dowgate") is acting as sole placing agent, bookrunner and broker in connection with the Placing and SPARK Advisory Partners Limited ("SPARK") is acting as the Company's nominated adviser.
Highlights
· The net proceeds of the Placing receivable by the Company will be used principally to fund the purchase of raw material inventory and manufacturing non-recurring engineering costs in connection with the recently announced global manufacturing agreement with InnoMax Medical Technology Limited to manufacture the X-PLO2R® portable oxygen concentrator family of products in Shenzhen, China
· The Placing is being conducted by way of an accelerated bookbuild which will commence immediately following this Announcement (the "Bookbuild")
· The Issue Price will be determined through the Bookbuild
· Admission of the Placing Shares to trading on AIM is expected to occur in two tranches with admission of the EIS/VCT Placing Shares taking place on or around 18 May 2022 ("First Admission") and admission of the General Placing Shares taking placing on or around 19 May 2022 ("Second Admission")
· The final number of Placing Shares to be placed will be determined by Dowgate, in consultation with the Company, at the close of the Bookbuild and the result will be announced as soon as practicable thereafter. The timing for the close of the Bookbuild, and the allocation of the Placing Shares thereunder, will be determined by Dowgate in consultation with the Company
· The Placing is not being underwritten (in whole or in part) by Dowgate, SPARK or any other person
· Appendix I to this Announcement (which forms part of this Announcement) contains the detailed terms and conditions of the Placing. The capitalised terms not otherwise defined in the text of this Announcement are defined in Appendix II to this Announcement
Further details of the Placing (in particular, the final number of Placing Shares) will be set out in an announcement to be made on the closing of the Bookbuild.
Application will be made for the Placing Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM with First Admission expected to take place at 8.00 a.m. on or around 18 May 2022 and Second Admission expected to take place at 8.00 a.m. on or around 19 May 2022 (or such later time and/or date as Dowgate and SPARK may agree with the Company not being later than 8.00 a.m. on 31 May 2022 and 1 June 2022, respectively). The Placing is conditional upon, among ot