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19 May 2020
Tekcapital plc
("Tekcapital" or the "Company")
Result of General Meeting & Completion of Fundraise
Tekcapital plc, (AIM: TEK) the UK intellectual property investment group focused on creating marketplace value from investing in university technology, is pleased to announce that all the Resolutions set out in the circular dated 1 May 2020 (the "Circular"), were duly passed at the General Meeting of the Company held at the offices of Bird & Bird LLP at 12 New Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1JP, earlier today.
Admission to AIM
Following the announcement made on 01 May 2020 and the passing of the Resolutions at the General Meeting today, the 9,250,000 Placing Shares will be admitted to trading on AIM at 8.00 a.m. on 20 May 2020 ("Admission"). The Placing Shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing Ordinary Shares of the Company.
Total Voting Rights
Following Admission, the Company will have a total of 87,778,042 Ordinary Shares in issue with each Ordinary Share carrying the right of one vote. The above figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
Unless otherwise defined in this announcement, capitalised words and phrases used in this announcement shall have the same meanings given to them in the Circular.
For further information, please contact:
Tekcapital Plc | Via Flagstaff | |
Clifford M. Gross, Ph.D. | ||
SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP (Nominated Adviser and Broker) | +44 (0) 20 3470 0470 | |
Richard Morrison/Charlie Bouverat (Corporate Finance) Abigail Wayne / Rob Rees (Corporate Broking) | ||
Flagstaff Strategic and Investor Communications |
| +44 (0) 20 7129 1474 |
Tim Thompson/Andrea Seymour/Fergus Mellon |
About Tekcapital plc
Tekcapital creates value from investing in new, university-developed intellectual properties and provides a range of IP investment services to make it easy for organisations to commercialise university-developed technology. Tekcapital is quoted on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange (AIM: symbol TEK) and is headquartered in Oxford, in the UK. For more information, please visit www.tekcapital.com
LEI: 213800GOJTOV19FIFZ85
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