17 Feb 2021 07:00
17 February 2021
Midatech Pharma PLC
("Midatech" or the "Company")
Exercise of Warrants and Issue of Equity
Total Voting Rights
Midatech Pharma PLC (AIM: MTPH.L; Nasdaq: MTP), a drug delivery technology company focused on improving the bio-delivery and biodistribution of medicines, announces that it has issued to certain US investors 61,363 American Depositary Shares ("ADSs"), representing 306,815 ordinary shares of 0.1p each in the Company ("New Ordinary Shares"), in connection with the exercise of pre-existing warrants by such investors at an exercise price of $2.0625 per ADS. Each ADS represents five ordinary shares. The gross proceeds received by the Company from the exercise of these warrants is $126,561.
Application has been made for admission of 306,815 New Ordinary Shares to trading on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange ("Admission"), which is expected to become effective at 8.00am on or around 19 February 2021. The New Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares.
The Company's issued share capital following the issue of equity noted above, will comprise 63,380,667 Ordinary Shares each with voting rights. The Company does not hold any shares in treasury. This figure of 63,380,667 may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of EU Regulation 596/2014.
For more information, please contact:
Midatech Pharma PLC | |
Stephen Stamp, CEO, CFO | |
Tel: +44 (0)1235 888300 | |
www.midatechpharma.com | |
Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker) | |
Freddy Crossley, Emma Earl (Corporate Finance) | |
Rupert Dearden (Corporate Broking) | |
Tel: +44 (0)20 7886 2500 | |
Turner Pope Investments (TPI) Limited (Joint Broker) | |
Andrew Thacker (Corporate Broking) Tel: +44(0)20 3657 0050
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IFC Advisory Limited (Financial PR and UK Investor Relations) | |
Tim Metcalfe / Graham Herring | |
Tel: +44 (0)20 3934 6630 | |
Email: midatech@investor-focus.co.uk | |
Edison Group (US Investor Relations) Megan Paul Tel: (646) 653 7034 Email: mpaul@edisongroup.com
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Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of legislation in the United Kingdom and/or United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. All statements contained in this press release that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements.
Reference should be made to those documents that Midatech shall file from time to time or announcements that may be made by Midatech in accordance with the London Stock Exchange AIM Rules for Companies ("AIM Rules"), the Disclosure and Transparency Rules ("DTRs") and the rules and regulations promulgated by the US Securities and Exchange Commission, which contains and identifies other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any projections or forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this announcement. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements by or concerning Midatech are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements above. Except as may be required under the AIM Rules or the DTRs or by relevant law in the United Kingdom or the United States, Midatech does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements because of new information, future events or otherwise arising.
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