MGP.L Regulatory News (MGP)

1 June 2020

Medica Group Plc

Issue of Equity

Medica Group PLC (LSE:MGP, "Medica" or the "Company"), the UK market leader in the provision of teleradiology services, has allotted and issued 168,536 ordinary shares of 0.2 pence each in the capital of the Company ("New Ordinary Shares"). The New Ordinary Shares were issued to the trustee of the Company's Employee Benefit Trust and will be used to satisfy awards and options vesting in the Medica Group PLC Deferred Bonus Plan 2017, and the Medica Group PLC Performance Share Plan 2017.

Applications have been made for admission of the New Ordinary Shares to the premium listing segment of the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority of the United Kingdom (the "FCA") and to trading on the London Stock Exchange plc's (the "London Stock Exchange") main market for listed securities (together, "Admission"). It is expected that Admission will become effective and that dealings will commence in the New Ordinary Shares at 8.00 a.m. on 5 June 2020. The New Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares in issue.

Following Admission, the Company will have 111,279,650 ordinary shares in issue. There are no ordinary shares held in treasury. Therefore, the Company hereby confirms that, following Admission, the total number of voting rights in the Company will be 111,279,650. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

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About MEDICA

MEDICA is the UK market leader in the provision of teleradiology services, providing outsourced interpretation and reporting on MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computerised tomography) and plain film (x-ray) images. The Company currently offers three primary services to hospital radiology departments: NightHawk, an out-of-hours service, routine cross-sectional reporting on MRI and CT scans, and routine plain film reporting on x-ray images.

MEDICA has developed a bespoke secure IT platform that provides market-leading linkage between a hospital's Radiology Information System (RIS) and Consultant Radiologists who contract with MEDICA. Direct RIS access ensures that the full wider patient information is available and reviewed with every report.

The Company contracts with the largest pool of consultant radiologists outside of the NHS and has been trusted to provide more than 1.3 million examinations annually across its customer base of more than 100 NHS Trusts and various private hospital groups and diagnostic imaging companies. For more information please visit www.medicagroup.co.uk 

About Teleradiology

Teleradiology is the electronic transmission of radiological patient images, including plain film (x-rays), CT scans and MRI scans, from one location to another for the purposes of diagnostic interpretation and reporting.