Clear Enough3 Oct 2020 13:50
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Pricing
The Rights Issue Price represents a 75.4% discount to the Closing Price of 130 pence per Existing Ordinary Share on 30 September 2020 and a 41.4% discount to the theoretical ex-rights price of 54.6 pence per Existing Ordinary Share based on that same Closing Price.
The Rights Issue Price has been set, following discussions with major Shareholders, at the level which the Board considers necessary to ensure the success of the Rights Issue, taking into account the aggregate proceeds to be raised. The Board believes that the Rights Issue Price, and the discount which it represents, is appropriate.
Dilution
The Rights Issue will result in up to 6,436,651,043 New Ordinary Shares being issued and the number of Ordinary Shares being increased from a total of 1,930,995,313 Ordinary Shares to a total of up to 8,367,646,356 Ordinary Shares, representing an increase of approximately 333%, assuming no Ordinary Shares are issued due to the vesting or exercise of any awards under the Share Plans or otherwise between the Latest Practicable Date and the completion of the Rights Issue.
If a Qualifying Shareholder does not (or is not permitted to) take up any New Ordinary Shares under the Rights Issue, such Shareholder's proportionate ownership and voting interests in the Company will be diluted by approximately 76.92% as a result of the Rights Issue, assuming that no Ordinary Shares are issued due to the vesting or exercise of any awards under the Share Plans or otherwise between the Latest Practicable Date and the completion of the Rights Issue.
Key terms
On and subject to, among other things, the terms and conditions described in Part VII (Terms and Conditions of the Rights Issue) of the Prospectus, up to 6,436,651,043 New Ordinary Shares will be offered by way of rights at the Rights Issue Price of 32 pence per New Ordinary Share to Qualifying Shareholders on the basis of:
10 New Ordinary Shares for every 3 Existing Ordinary Shares
held and registered in their name on the Record Date (and so in proportion for the number of Existing Ordinary Shares then held, subject to fractional entitlements).