Announcement of Offer Price

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PensionBee Group PLC

21 April 2021

 

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Neither this announcement, nor anything contained herein shall form the basis of, or be relied upon in  c onnection with, any offer or commitment whatsoever in any jurisdiction . Investors should not subscribe for or purchase any ordinary shares referred to in this announcement except solely on the basis of the information contained in a prospectus in its final form (together with any supplementary prospectus, if relevant, the "Prospectus"), including the risk factors set out therein, published by PensionBee Group plc (the "Company"), the new holding company of PensionBee Limited (together with the Company, "PensionBee" or the "Group") on 12 April 2021 in connection with the offer of ordinary shares in the Company (the "Shares") and the admission to trading ("Admission") of such Shares on the High Growth Segment of the main market of London Stock Exchange plc (the "London Stock Exchange"). A copy of the Prospectus published by the Company is available for inspection on the Group's website at www.pensionbee.com/investor-relations/ipo-centre , subject to certain access restrictions.
21 April 2021
PensionBee Group plc
Announcement of Offer Price
Following its announcement on 12 April 2021 of the offer price range and publication of the Prospectus in connection with its initial public offering (the "IPO" or the "Offer"), the Company today announces the successful pricing of its IPO at 165 pence per Share (the "Offer Price"). Based on the Offer Price, the market capitalisation of the Company will be approximately £365 million at the commencement of conditional dealings on the High Growth Segment of the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange.
Romi Savova, Chief Executive Officer of PensionBee, added:
"We are delighted with the strong support that we have received from institutional investors and our customers, who understand the importance of our vision, to simplify pensions so that everyone can look forward to a happy retirement.
Our achievement is testament to our excellent track record and the strength of the opportunity that lies ahead for PensionBee. Being a publicly traded company will enable us to further develop our customer-focused proposition and to extend our reach to millions of consumers across the UK, whilst continuing to use our voice to make positive changes in the pensions industry.
Thank you to everyone who has helped us reach this moment, and especially to the PensionBee team who serve our customers every day. We warmly welcome our new shareholders and look forward to this next phase of our exciting growth journey."
Offer Highlights:
·	The Offer Price has been set at 165 pence per Share. This implies an estimated market capitalisation (1) at Admission of £365 million.
·	The Offer comprises 36,149,229 Shares. This includes 33,333,333 new Shares to be issued by the Company, raising gross proceeds of approximately £55 million and a sale of 2,815,896 existing Shares by certain existing small minority shareholders (the " Selling Shareholders " ) (2) , equating to a total Offer size of £59.6 million and representing 16.34 per cent. of PensionBee's issued share capital as at Admission.
·	Commencement of conditional dealings on the London Stock Exchange is expected to take place at 8 a.m. on 21 April 2021 under the ticker "PBEE" (ISIN: GB00BNDRLN84). Investors should note that only investors who applied for, and were allocated, Shares in the institutional offer will be able to deal in the Shares on a conditional basis.
·	Admission of the Company's Shares is expected to occur and unconditional dealings in the Shares on the London Stock Exchange are expected to commence at 8 a.m. on 26 April 2021.
·	The pricing statement related to the Offer will be published later today on the Company's website at www.pensionbee.com/investor-relations/ipo-centre .

(1)

Eligible Customers means PensionBee's customers (including some of its employees) who are located and resident in the United Kingdom and who, by 11.59 p.m. on 20 April 2021, either have an existing pension with PensionBee or have successfully committed to transfer at least one pension to PensionBee, or are otherwise considered to be Active Customers by the Company.

(2)

As the Shares will, following Admission: (a) be admitted to trading on the High Growth Segment of the main market of the London Stock Exchange, which HMRC have recognised as a recognised "growth market" for the purposes of section 99A(3) of Finance Act 1986; and (b) not be "listed" on any market (the Shares will not be included in the official UK list and so should not be regarded as listed within the meaning of section 99A(2) Finance Act 1986), no United Kingdom stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax should be payable on the transfer of Shares, or the agreement to transfer Shares, by the Selling Shareholders.

Enquiries:

Tulchan (Public Relations adviser to PensionBee)

James Macey White

Elizabeth Snow

Laura Marshall

[phone]

[e-mail]

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, a Stifel Company (Key Adviser and Sole Global Co-ordinator)

Alistair McKay

Nick Adams

Alberto Moreno Blasco Dennis Towers

[phone]

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Information to Distributors Solely for the purposes of the product governance requirements of Chapter 3 of the FCA Handbook Product Intervention and Product Governance Sourcebook (the "UK Product Governance Requirements"), and disclaiming all and any liability, whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise, which any "manufacturer" (for the purposes of the UK Product Governance Requirements) may otherwise have with respect thereto, the Shares have been subject to a product approval process, which has determined that the Shares are: (i) compatible with an end target market of retail investors and investors who meet the criteria of professional clients and eligible counterparties, each defined in paragraph 3 of the FCA Handbook Conduct of Business Sourcebook; and (ii) eligible for distribution through all permitted distribution channels (the "Target Market Assessment"). 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