Result of the Retail Offer

Cohort PLC

21 November 2024

 

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For immediate release

21 November 2024

COHORT PLC

("Cohort", "the Company" or "the Group")

Result of the Retail Offer

Cohort plc (AIM: CHRT), the independent technology group, is pleased to announce that, following the close of the Retail Offer announced earlier today (the "Retail Offer Launch Announcement"), it has conditionally raised gross proceeds of £1 million consisting of 114,285 new Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each in the capital of the Company (the "Retail Offer Shares") at a price of 875 pence per Retail Offer Share (the "Issue Price").

Consequently, 4,571,428 Placing Shares and 114,285 Retail Offer Shares (together the "New Ordinary Shares"), totalling 4,685,713 New Ordinary Shares will be issued at the Issue Price subject to the conditions set out in the Launch Announcement.

A separate announcement has been made regarding the results of the Placing.

Capitalised terms not defined in this announcement (this "Announcement") have the meanings given to them in the Retail Offer Launch Announcement.

Admission, settlement and dealings

Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for the 114,285 Retail Offer Shares to be admitted to trading on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange ("Admission").

Admission is expected to take place at 8.00 a.m. on 25 November 2024 and dealings in the Retail Offer Shares are expected to commence at 8.00 a.m. on 25 November 2024.

The Retail Offer Shares, when issued, will be credited as fully paid and will rank pari passu in all respects with the Existing Ordinary Shares, including the right to receive all dividends and other distributions declared, made or paid after the date of issue.

Following the issue of the New Ordinary Shares, the Company will have 46,552,085 Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each in issue. The figure of 46,552,085 may be used by the Company's 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 Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules.

For further information please contact:

Cohort plc	0118 909 0390
Andrew Thomis, Chief Executive
Simon Walther, Finance Director
Raquel McGrath, Company Secretary and General Counsel
Investec Bank Plc (Sole Financial Adviser, Nominated Adviser, Corporate Broker and Bookrunner)	020 7597 5970
Christopher Baird, Carlton Nelson, Charlotte Young
PrimaryBid Limited
Fahim Chowdhury, James Deal	[e-mail]

IMPORTANT NOTICES

The information contained in this Announcement is for information purposes only and does not purport to be full or complete. No reliance may be placed for any purpose on the information contained in this Announcement or its accuracy, fairness or completeness. The information in this Announcement is subject to change.

Neither this Announcement, nor any copy of it, may be taken or transmitted, published or distributed, directly or indirectly, in, or into the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan, or South Africa or to any persons in any of those jurisdictions or any other jurisdiction where to do so would constitute a violation of the relevant securities laws of such jurisdiction.

This Announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell or issue, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, acquire or subscribe for any shares in the capital of the Company in the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan or South Africa or any other state or jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation is not authorised or to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of securities laws of such jurisdictions.

The New Ordinary Shares have not been, and will not be, registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "US Securities Act") or under any securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States and may not be offered, sold, resold, transferred or delivered, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States except pursuant to an applicable exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the US Securities Act and in compliance with the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States. No public offering of the New Ordinary Shares is being made in the United States.

 

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