Aminex Regulatory News (AEX)

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AMINEX PLC

("Aminex" or "the Company")

EGM APPROVAL FOR PLACING AND OPEN OFFER

The Board of Aminex is pleased to announce that the resolutions to approve the Placing and Open Offer, announced on 30 January 2014, were passed at an extraordinary general meeting of the Company today in London. The full text of each resolution was included in the notice of the EGM circulated to Shareholders on 30 January 2014. Details of the proxy votes for each resolution received by the Company before the EGM are now available on the Company's website, www.aminex-plc.com/EGM 2014 Proxy Votes.

Application has been made to the Irish Stock Exchange and to the London Stock Exchange for the Placing Shares, Canyon Acquisition Shares and Debt for Equity Shares to be admitted to the Official List of the Irish Stock Exchange and the Official List maintained by the UK Listing Authority, and to the Irish Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange for admission of the Placing Shares to trading on their respective main market for listed securities. It is expected that admission will become effective and that dealings in the Placing Shares will commence at 8.00 a.m. on 25 February 2014.

Notes:

(1) The times and dates set out in the expected timetable of principal events above and mentioned throughout this announcement may be adjusted by the Company, in which event details of the new times and dates will be notified to the Irish Stock Exchange, the UK Listing Authority, the London Stock Exchange plc, and, where appropriate, Qualifying Shareholders by means of a Regulatory Information Service announcement.

(2) The times referred to above are stated in London and Dublin time.

(3) This announcement should be read in conjunction with the full text of the prospectus relating to the Placing and Open Offer published by the Company on 30 January, 2014 ("the Prospectus"). All capitalised/defined terms in this announcement have the same meaning as those in the Prospectus.

J&E Davy ("Davy") (which is regulated in Ireland by the Central Bank) and Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited ("Shore Capital") (which is regulated in the UK by the Financial Conduct Authority) are acting exclusively for Aminex in connection with the Placing and Open Offer and the requirements of the Irish Stock Exchange and the UK Listing Authority and for no one else and will not be responsible to any other person for providing the protection afforded to customers of Davy or Shore Capital respectively nor for providing advice in connection with the Placing and Open Offer and this announcement.

This announcement has not been approved by the Central Bank, the Financial Conduct Authority or by any other regulatory authority. This announcement is for information only and does not constitute, or form part of, an offer of, or the solicitation of any offer to subscribe for or buy, any of the Ordinary Shares to be issued or sold in connection with the Placing and/or Open Offer.

This announcement is an advertisement and does not constitute a prospectus or prospectus equivalent document. Nothing in this announcement should be interpreted as a term or condition of the Placing or the Open Offer. A Prospectus relating to the Open Offer has been prepared and made available in accordance with EU Directive 2003/71/EC and/or Part VI of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. The Prospectus is available, free of charge, in electronic form to Qualifying Shareholders on the Company's website at www.aminex-plc.com and in printed format until 24 February 2014 at the Company's registered office at 6 Northbrook Road, Dublin 6, Ireland and In Ireland at the offices of Davy, Davy House, 49 Dawson Street, Dublin 2, Ireland and in the United Kingdom at the offices of Shore Capital, Bond Street House, 14 Clifford Street, London W1S 4JU, United Kingdom. Any decision to invest in Aminex under the Open Offer must be made only on the basis of the information contained in and incorporated by reference into such Prospectus.

The offer of securities in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law and therefore potential investors should inform themselves about and observe any such restrictions. This announcement is not for publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, Switzerland or any other jurisdiction in which such publication or distribution would be a violation of the relevant laws of such jurisdiction. This announcement is for information only and does not constitute an offer or invitation to acquire or dispose of securities in the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa or Switzerland or any other jurisdiction in which such offer or invitation would be a violation of the relevant laws of such jurisdiction. In particular, this announcement does not constitute or form part of any offer or solicitation to purchase or subscribe for securities in the United States. The securities referred to herein (the "Securities") have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended ('the Securities Act'), or with any securities regulatory authority of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States, and may not be offered or sold in the United States, except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in compliance with any relevant state securities laws. There will be no public offer of Securities in the United States.

Past performance is no guide to future performance and persons needing advice should consult an independent financial adviser.

The distribution of this announcement may be restricted by law. No action has been taken that would permit the possession or distribution of this announcement in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required.