
21 August 2024
MTI Wireless Edge Ltd
("MTI" or the
"Company")
Enlargement of share buy-back
programme
MTI Wireless Edge Ltd. (AIM: MWE), the
technology group focused on comprehensive communication and radio
frequency solutions across multiple sectors, is pleased to announce
an enlargement of its share buyback programme to repurchase
ordinary shares of 0.01 Israeli Shekels ("Ordinary Shares") in the
Company (the "Share Repurchase Programme").
The Share Repurchase Programme originally
commenced on 28 January 2019, and has been subsequently extended,
most recently to terminate at the end of March 2025. The
Share Repurchase Programme will continue to be managed by Shore
Capital Stockbrokers Limited ("Shore Capital") on the terms
described below.
Reflective of its confidence in the prospects
of the business, the board has resolved to increase the maximum
aggregate consideration payable for the acquisition of Ordinary
Shares pursuant to the Share Repurchase Programme from £700,000 to
£1,000,000, and to hold the Ordinary Shares purchased for a longer
period of time.
The Company has entered into an agreement with
Shore Capital in relation to the Share Repurchase Programme whereby
Shore Capital will make trading decisions concerning the timing of
the market purchases of Ordinary Shares under the Share Purchase
Programme independently of and uninfluenced by the Company, in
accordance with certain pre-agreed parameters. Subject to
compliance with relevant law and regulation, purchases of Ordinary
Shares under the Share Repurchase Programme may continue during any
closed periods of the Company (as defined by the retained UK law
version of the Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014/EU ("UK MAR")),
falling during the term of the Share Repurchase Programme. In
order the maintain the independence of the Share Repurchase
Programme, the Company is only able to terminate the Share
Repurchase Programme in certain limited circumstances.
Any purchases of Ordinary Shares will be made
in compliance with the following restrictions regarding price
conditions:
· the
maximum price (exclusive of expense) at which any Ordinary Shares
may be purchased is the price equal to 105 per cent of the average
of the middle market quotations of an Ordinary Share as derived
from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the five
business days preceding the date of such purchase; and
· the
minimum price at which any share may be purchased shall be 0.22p
(being the Sterling equivalent of the par value of an Ordinary
Share).
The Company intends to acquire Ordinary Shares
under the Share Repurchase Programme through its wholly owned
subsidiary, MTI Engineering Ltd. ("MTI Engineering"). Ordinary
Shares acquired as a result of the Share Repurchase Programme will
be held by MTI Engineering in treasury and in accordance with the
Israeli Companies Law, 1999 will not have any voting
rights.
It is intended that Ordinary Shares acquired by
MTI Engineering will eventually be resold in the market, provided
that this occurs in circumstances that the Board of MTI deem to be
appropriate and in compliance with applicable law and
regulation. Cash generated from any eventual resales of
Ordinary Shares acquired by MTI Engineering under the Share
Repurchase Programme will be credited to an account held with Shore
Capital and such cash may be used by Shore Capital to make future
purchases of Ordinary Shares under the Share Repurchase
Programme.
The Share Repurchase Programme may not comply
with the safe harbour requirements set out in Article 5 of UK MAR
and, accordingly, the Company may not at all times benefit from the
exemption contained in Article 5 of UK MAR. Furthermore, due
to the limited liquidity in the Ordinary Shares, any market
purchase of Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Share Repurchase
Programme on any trading day could represent a significant
proportion of the daily trading volume in the Ordinary Shares on
AIM and could exceed 25 per cent. of the average daily trading
volume, being the limit laid down in Article 5(1) of
MAR.
The Company will announce any market purchase
of Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Share Repurchase Programme
without delay and in compliance with all relevant law and
regulation.
The Company confirms that, other than as
disclosed in this announcement, it is not currently in possession
of any unpublished inside information.
As at today's date, the Company holds 1,648,000
Ordinary Shares in treasury.
For further
information please contact:
MTI Wireless
Edge Ltd
Moni Borovitz, CEO
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+972 3 900
8900
http://www.mtiwirelessedge.com
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Allenby
Capital Limited (Nomad and Joint
Broker)
Nick Naylor/Alex Brearley/Piers Shimwell
(Corporate Finance)
Guy McDougall/Amrit Nahal (Sales and Corporate
Broking)
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+44 20 3328
5656
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Shore
Capital (Joint Broker)
Toby Gibbs/Rachel Goldstein (Corporate
Advisory)
Fiona Conroy (Corporate Broking)
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+44 20 7408
4090
|
Novella (Financial
PR)
Tim Robertson/Safia Colebrook
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+44 20 3151
7008
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About MTI
Wireless Edge Ltd. ("MTI")
Headquartered in Israel, MTI is a technology
group focused on comprehensive communication and radio frequency
solutions across multiple sectors through three core
divisions:
Antenna
division
MTI is a world leader in the design,
development and production of high quality, state-of-the-art, and
cost-effective antenna solutions including Smart Antennas, MIMO
Antennas and Dual Polarity Antennas for wireless applications. MTI
supplies antennas for both military and commercial markets from 100
KHz to 174 GHz.
Internationally recognized as a producer of
commercial off-the-Shelf and custom-developed antenna solutions in
a broad frequency range, MTI addresses both commercial and military
applications.
MTI supplies directional and omnidirectional
antennas for outdoor and indoor deployments, including smart
antennas for 5G backhaul, Broadband access, public safety, RFID,
base station and terminals for the utility market.
Military applications include a wide range of
broadband, tactical and specialized communication antennas, antenna
systems and DF arrays installed on numerous airborne, ground and
naval, including submarine, platforms worldwide.
Water Control
& Management division
Via its subsidiary, Mottech Water Solutions Ltd
("Mottech"), MTI provides high-end remote control and monitoring
solutions for water and irrigation applications based on Motorola's
IRRInet state-of-the-art control, monitoring and communication
technologies.
As Motorola's global prime-distributor Mottech
serves its customers worldwide through its international
subsidiaries and a global network of local distributors and
representatives. With over 25 years of experience in providing
customers with irrigation remote control and management, Mottech's
solutions ensure constant, reliable and accurate water usage,
increase crops quality and yield while reducing operational and
maintenance costs providing fast ROI while helping sustain the
environment. Mottech's activities are focused in the market
segments of agriculture, water distribution, municipal and
commercial landscape as well as wastewater and storm-water
reuse.
Distribution
& Professional Consulting Services division
Via its subsidiary, MTI Summit Electronics
Ltd., MTI offers consulting, representation and marketing services
to foreign companies in the field of RF and Microwave solutions and
applications including engineering services (including design and
integration) in the field of aerostat systems and the ongoing
operation of Platform subsystems, SIGINT, RADAR, communication and
observation systems which is performed by the Company. It also
specializes in the development, manufacture and integration of
communication systems and advanced monitoring and control systems
for the Government and defence industry market.