12 March
2024
Catenai PLC
("Catenai" or the "Company")
Placing, Conversion of Loan
Facility, Issue of Warrants, Board Changes
Placing
Catenai PLC (AIM: CTAI), the AIM
quoted provider of digital media and technology, announces that the
Company has issued 265,533,330 new ordinary shares at a price of
0.3 pence per share ("Placing") of which 153,333,333 will be issued
and allotted under existing authorities ("First Tranche"), with the
balance of 112,199,997 new ordinary shares being issued and
allotted conditional on approval of additional shareholder
authorities, which will be sought at a General Meeting of the
Company ("Second Tranche"). The General Meeting is expected
to occur in early April 2024, a further announcement convening a
General Meeting will be made shortly.
The First Tranche will be satisfied
through gross proceeds of £460,000.
The Second Tranche will be satisfied
through:-
Gross proceeds
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£260,000
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Fee shares to settle
liabilities
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£56,600
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Accrued director fees settled in
shares
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£20,000
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The gross proceeds of the Placing
will be used for general working capital purposes.
The issue price of the Placing
Shares represents a discount of 40% to the closing price per
ordinary share as at the close of business on 11 March
2024.
Conversion of Loan Facility
Further to the announcement on 17
January 2024, the holder of the convertible loan note ("Loan Note")
Sanderson Capital Limited ("Sanderson") has elected to convert
£151,000 of the Loan Notes and £65,100 of Loan Note fees into new
ordinary shares in the Company at a conversion price of 0.3 pence
per share. Accordingly, 72,033,333 new ordinary shares will be
issued to Sanderson ("Loan Note Shares").
Issue of Warrants
Sanderson will be issued a warrant
over 25,166,666 new
ordinary shares in the Company. The warrants will be exercisable
for a period of 36 months from the date of Admission with an
exercise price of 0.3 pence per new ordinary share ("Warrants").
Directors' Interests Following Placing
As part of the Placing, accrued
director fees of £20,000 will be settled through the issue of
6,666,666 new ordinary shares at a price of 0.3 pence per share as
detailed in the table below:
Director
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Current
Shares
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Shares issued pursuant to the
Placing (Second Tranche)
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Resultant shareholding
following Admission1
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Resultant percentage
shareholding following Admission1
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John Farthing
|
620,837
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1,666,666
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2,287,503
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0.58%
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Brian Thompson*
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6,263,759
|
5,000,000
|
11,263,759
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2.85%
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*1,666,666 new ordinary shares
of Brian Thompson's new ordinary shares are being issued to Brian
Thompson's spouse, in lieu of salary as a director of the Company's
historical subsidiary Hyperneph Software Limited
1 Assumes admission of the
Second Tranche ordinary shares is approved by shareholders at the
General Meeting and admission occurs
Board Changes
Guy Meyer, CEO has informed the
Company that he intends to step down as a director of Company, Guy
has agreed to remain as a director until another director is
appointed.
Subject to normal regulatory due
diligence the Company intends to appoint Sarfraz Munshi as a
Non-executive Director. A further announcement will be made
in due course.
Brian Thompson, Chairman said
"The Board thanks Guy for his service to the
Company over many years and wishes him all the very best with his
future endeavours. The Board is also pleased that Safraz has agreed
to join the Company and looks forward to the Company's next
strategic growth phase."
Admission and Total Voting Rights
Application has been made to the
London Stock Exchange to admit the First Tranche shares and the
Loan Note Shares, being in aggregate 225,366,666 new ordinary
shares ("New Ordinary Shares") to trading on AIM. Admission of the
New Ordinary Shares is expected to occur on or around 8:00 a.m. on
27 March 2024 ("Admission")
A further application will be made
for the Second Tranche shares to be admitted to trading on AIM
following the General Meeting that is expected to occur in April
2024.
For the purpose of the Disclosure
and Transparency Rules, following the issue of the New Ordinary
Shares the enlarged issued share capital of the Company will
comprise 282,374,451 ordinary shares of 0.2p each. The 282,374,451
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 Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
This announcement contains inside
information for the purposes of the UK Market Abuse Regulation. The
person who arranged for release of this announcement on behalf of
the Company was John Farthing, Chief Financial Officer of the
Company and the Directors of the Company are responsible for the
release of this announcement.
For further information please
contact:
Catenai PLC
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+44 (0)20
7183 8666
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John Farthing, Chief Financial
Officer
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Cairn Financial Advisers LLP
(Nominated Adviser)
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+44(0)20
7213 0880
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Liam Murray / Jo Turner
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Shard Capital Partners LLP
(Broker)
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+44 (0)20
7186 9952
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Damon Heath
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Notes to Editors:
About Catenai PLC
Catenai is an AIM quoted provider of
digital media and technology services. The Company specialises in
IT solutions that solve commercial challenges and create
opportunities for its clients, with an
increasing focus incorporating AI into its platforms. The Company
has an experienced IT team of project managers and integrators who
have deployed systems across corporate, government and educational
sectors.
http://www.catenaiplc.com
Caution regarding forward looking
statements
Certain statements in this announcement, are, or may be deemed
to be, forward looking statements. Forward looking statements are
identified by their use of terms and phrases such as ''believe'',
''could'', "should" ''envisage'', ''estimate'', ''intend'',
''may'', ''plan'', ''potentially'', "expect", ''will'' or the
negative of those, variations or comparable expressions, including
references to assumptions. These forward looking statements are not
based on historical facts but rather on the Directors' current
expectations and assumptions regarding the Company's future growth,
results of operations, performance, future capital and other
expenditures (including the amount, nature and sources of funding
thereof), competitive advantages, business prospects and
opportunities. Such forward looking statements reflect the
Directors' current beliefs and assumptions and are based on
information currently available to the Directors.