£4.8 million placing

RNS Number : 4928U

Ubisense Group PLC

07 April 2016

 

Ubisense Group plc

£4.8 million placing

Ubisense Group plc (AIM: UBI) ("Ubisense" or the "Company"), a global leader in Enterprise Location Intelligence solutions, is pleased to announce it has raised £4.8 million from a placing (the "Placing") in order to strengthen its balance sheet.

Highlights

·     Placing of 19,230,000 new ordinary shares (the "Placing Shares") at a price of 25 pence per Placing Share raising gross proceeds of £4.8 million.

·     The Placing Shares represent 34.4% per cent. of the enlarged share capital of the Company.

·    Net proceeds will be used to repay a portion of existing working capital facilities and to strengthen the financial position of the Company (further details are set out in the "Use of Proceeds" section below).

·    Certain of the Directors and the interim Chief Financial Officer intend to subscribe for an aggregate of 2,200,000 shares.

·    The Placing is conditional upon the passing of certain resolutions. A circular, (the "Circular") will be posted on or before 8 April 2016 notifying shareholders of a general meeting which is being convened for the purpose of considering the relevant resolutions, at the registered office of the Company at St. Andrew's House, 90 St. Andrew's Road, Chesterton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB4 1DL on 25 April 2016 at 2.00 pm.

·   Numis Securities Limited ("Numis"), the Company's nominated adviser and broker, is acting as sole bookrunner in relation to the Placing.

·    Appendix 2 to this announcement contains the detailed terms and conditions applicable to the Placing and a copy of this announcement is also available on the Company's website.

For further information, please contact:

Ubisense Group plc	[phone]
Peter Harverson
Richard Green
Tim Gingell
Numis Securities Limited	[phone]
Simon Willis (Corporate Finance)
Jamie Lillywhite (Corporate Finance)
Toby Adcock (Corporate Broking)
Redleaf Communications	[phone]
Rebecca Sanders-Hewett
David Ison
Harriet Lynch

Background to and reasons for the Placing

As set out in the Company's 2015 preliminary results announcement released today, 2015 proved to be a disappointing year for the business as it was hit by weaker than expected demand which coincided with the expense of investment to grow the organisation and expand its geographical reach. In response, the Board took the decision during 2015 to undertake a strategic restructuring of the Company's business. That restructuring is now largely complete and the business has been restructured into two divisions, RTLS and Geospatial. In addition, an increased emphasis has been placed on sales leadership and pipeline conversion. The annualised controllable cost base (which excludes costs directly linked to revenues) has been reduced by approximately £5.8 million from its peak to approximately £21.7 million.  The Company's next generation products have been developed and tested in anticipation of future sales and its geographic focus has been concentrated on its priority markets of North America, Europe and Japan.

The Company's opening order book at 1 January 2016 was £9.6 million of which £6.8 million represents recurring revenue. Trading for the first quarter of 2016 was slightly ahead of the corresponding period in 2015. The Company announced on 17 March 2016 three new contracts in North America for its Geospatial division, valued at a combined $2.9 million (£2.0m), with Tier 1 broadband communications and entertainment providers and one of the largest power companies in the United States. Since that announcement the Company has signed another significant contract renewal with a value of £1.6 million to be recognised over a three year period.

Notwithstanding these developments, the Company is in a position where the Board believes it is necessary to strengthen the Company's balance sheet in order to provide the stability required to further develop the business. The Company had a net debt position of approximately £2.4 million at 31 March 2016 (£0.2 million at 31 December 2016) following the impact of restructuring costs of approximately £0.8m, trading losses incurred in the first quarter of the current financial year and working capital outflows. This net debt position of £2.4 million comprised £2.1 million of cash and a £4.5 million loan provided by HSBC Bank plc ("HSBC"). The Company repaid its £1.2 million facility with Mizuho during March 2016.

As announced on 12 November 2015, the Board has been in regular dialogue with its principal lender, HSBC, which has continued to be supportive of the Company. HSBC has confirmed that it has waived its right to take action in relation to certain notified covenant defaults that existed at 31 December 2015 and 31 March 2016. The Company has discussed its funding position with HSBC at length and has agreed to use reasonable endeavours to finalise a revised loan facility with HSBC by 31 May 2016. The Directors intend to ensure that the new covenant package in the revised loan facility is more appropriate for the Company's current circumstances. In this context, the principles of a loan repayment schedule have been agreed with HSBC with £0.5 million to be repaid on receipt of the proceeds of the Placing, a further £0.75 million scheduled to be repaid on 31 December 2016 and further repayments of £0.75 million annually on 31 December thereafter.

In the event that shareholder approval for the Placing is not achieved at the general meeting, it is likely that the Company and its subsidiaries (the "Group") will continue to be in covenant breach on its debt facility at the subsequent quarterly covenant test date and would therefore remain reliant on the continuing support of its lending bank. Furthermore, it would be unlikely that the new loan facility and repayment schedule described above could be agreed. The Company would also be in a position whereby the limited headroom under its existing facilities would likely impose severe constraints over the Group's operations in the short and medium term.

The Board therefore believes that the Placing is necessary to strengthen the balance sheet and allow the Company to repay a portion of its loan with HSBC and provide working capital headroom required to stabilise and grow the business.

Following the completion of the Placing, the Group intends to review its long-term incentive arrangements in order to ensure that the Group is able to recruit and retain appropriate talent in key management roles. The Board intends to consult with certain of its major shareholders ahead of proposing any new incentive plan at the Annual General Meeting to be convened for June 2016.

Use of the Proceeds from the Placing

The Company intends to raise gross proceeds of £4.8 million pursuant to the Placing, equivalent to  approximately £4.5 million net of expenses, which will be used to repay a portion of existing working capital facilities and strengthen the Company's financial position as outlined above.

Details of the Placing and the Placing Agreement

The Placing

The Placing Shares will represent approximately 34.4 per cent. of the Enlarged Share Capital following Admission assuming there is no exercise of any options.

It is expected that Placing Shares to be held in uncertificated form will be delivered in CREST on 26 April 2016 and that share certificates for Placing Shares to be held in certificated form will be despatched by first class post by as soon as practicable after 26 April 2016.

Application will be made to the London Stock Exchange for the Placing Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM and it is anticipated that trading in the Placing Shares will commence on AIM at 8.00 am on 25 April 2016.

The Placing Shares will, when issued and fully paid, rank in full for any dividend or other distribution declared, made or paid after Admission and otherwise equally in all respects with the Existing Ordinary Shares.

The Placing is conditional, amongst other things, upon:

(i)           the Resolutions to be proposed at the General Meeting being passed without amendment;

(ii)          the Placing Agreement becoming unconditional in all respects (save for Admission) and it not having been terminated; and

(iii)         admission of the Placing Shares to trading on AIM becoming effective by not later than 8:00 am on 25 April 2016 (or such later time and date as the Company and Numis may agree, not being later than 8:30 am on 12 May 2016).

Related Party Transactions

Kestrel Partners LLP ("Kestrel") is a related party of the Company as defined by the AIM Rules for Companies by virtue of its status as a substantial shareholder. Kestrel has agreed to subscribe for 6,840,000 Placing Shares as part of the Placing, conditional on Admission.

In addition, Columbia Threadneedle Investments ("Columbia Threadneedle") is a related party of the Company as defined by the AIM Rules for Companies by virtue of its status as a substantial shareholder. Columbia Threadneedle has agreed to subscribe for 5,000,000 Placing Shares as part of the Placing, conditional on Admission.

Taking into account the related party transactions noted above, the Directors consider, having consulted with the Company's nominated adviser, Numis, that the terms of the Placing are fair and reasonable insofar as the Company's shareholders are concerned.

Details of the participation in the Placing by certain directors, who also constitute related parties, are set out below.

The Placing Agreement

Pursuant to the terms of the Placing Agreement, Numis as agent for the Company, has agreed conditionally to use its reasonable endeavours to procure Placees for the Placing Shares at the Placing Price.

The Placing Agreement contains warranties from the Company in favour of Numis in relation to, amongst other things, the accuracy of the information contained in the documents relating to the Placing and certain other matters relating to the Group and its business. In addition, the Company has agreed to indemnify Numis in relation to certain liabilities that it may incur in respect of the Placing.

The obligations of Numis under the Placing Agreement in respect of the Placing are conditional upon, amongst other things, (i) Admission becoming effective on or before 8.00 a.m. on 26 April 2016 (or such later date as the Company and Numis may agree, but not later than 8:30 am on 12 May 2016), (ii) there being prior to Admission no material breach of the warranties given to Numis, and (iii) Shareholders passing the Resolutions at the General Meeting.

Numis may terminate the Placing Agreement in specified circumstances (including for breach of warranty at any time prior to Admission, if such breach is reasonably considered by Numis to be material in the context of the Placing) and in the event of a force majeure event occurring at any time prior to Admission. If the conditions of the Placing Agreement which apply to the Placing as a whole are not fulfilled on or before the relevant date in the Placing Agreement, subscription monies will be returned to Placees without interest as soon as possible thereafter.

In consideration for the services to be provided to the Company by Numis in connection with Admission and the Placing, the Company has agreed to pay Numis certain fees and commissions and certain other costs and expenses incidental to Admission and/or the Placing.

Importance of the Shareholder Vote

As described in further detail above, the Board believes that the Group will operate under severe funding constraints if the Placing does not proceed. The Group is in covenant breach on its principal debt facilities and has received from its lending bank a waiver, conditional on announcing an equity raise and pursuant to which the Company has undertaken to use its reasonable endeavours to agree a new loan facility with HSBC by 31 May 2016 containing new covenant conditions and a repayment profile of £0.75 million annually on 31 December, in addition to repaying £0.5 million of the loan facility within 24 hours of receiving the net proceeds. Consequently, if the Resolutions are not passed and the Placing does not proceed, the Group will likely breach its covenants at future quarterly testing dates, will continue to be reliant on the ongoing support of its lending bank and may need to seek alternative sources of financing which may not be available and (to the extent available) may be on terms less favourable to the Company. 

Recommendation

The Directors believe that completion of the Placing and the approval of the Resolutions are in the best interests of the Company and Shareholders as a whole. Accordingly, the Directors unanimously recommend that you vote in favour of the Resolutions at the General Meeting, as they intend to do in respect of their own beneficial holdings of Ordinary Shares amounting to, in aggregate, 4,930,856 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 13.5 per cent. of the Existing Ordinary Shares.

Participation of the Directors

Certain of the Directors, together with Tim Gingell, interim Chief Financial Officer, have, conditional on Admission, participated in the Placing by subscribing for an aggregate of 2,200,000 shares as set out below:

	Number of ordinary shares in the Placing	Number of ordinary shares to be held on admission	Percentage of enlarged share capital
Robert Sansom	2,000,000	4,985,899	8.9%
Peter Harverson	80,000	145,161	0.3%
Paul Taylor	80,000	113,334	0.2%
Tim Gingell	40,000	40,000	0.1%

The subscriptions by Robert Sansom, Peter Harverson and Paul Taylor are a related party transaction under the AIM Rules for Companies and accordingly the independent directors, being Ian Kershaw and Richard Green, confirm that, having consulted with the Company's nominated adviser, Numis, the terms of the Placing are fair and reasonable insofar as the Company's shareholders are concerned.

Expected timetable of principal events

Posting of the Circular	On or before 8 April 2016
Latest time and date for receipt of Forms of Proxy	2.00 pm 22 April 2016
General Meeting	2.00 pm 25 April 2016
Expected date for Admission and commencement of dealings in the Placing Shares on AIM	8:00 am on 26 April 2016
Expected date for CREST accounts to be credited in respect of the Placing Shares to be held in uncertificated form	8:00 am on 26 April 2016
Expected date for the despatch of definitive certificates in respect of the Placing Shares to be held in certificated form	as soon as practicable after 26 April 2016

Appendix 1 - Risk Factors

An investment in Ordinary Shares involves a high degree of risk. Accordingly, prospective investors should carefully consider the specific risks set out below in addition to all of the other information set out in this document before investing in Ordinary Shares.

The Directors believe the following risks to be among the most significant risks for potential investors. However, the risks listed do not necessarily comprise all those associated with an investment in the Company and are not set out in any particular order of priority. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to the Directors or which the Directors currently deem immaterial may also have an adverse effect on the Group and the information set out below does not purport to be an exhaustive summary of the risks affecting the Group. In particular, the Company's performance may be affected by changes in market or economic conditions and in legal, regulatory and tax requirements.

If any of the following risks were to materialise, the Company's business, financial condition, results or future operations could be materially adversely affected. In such cases, the market price of the Company's shares could decline and an investor may lose part or all of his or her investment.

Technological risks

The Group operates in an industry where competitive advantage is heavily dependent on technology. It is possible that technological development may reduce the importance of the Group's function in the market or render the patents on which it relies redundant. For instance, the Group's enterprise location systems rely on ultra-wideband radio signals to operate. There is no guarantee that technological advances will not render systems based on ultra-wideband radio obsolete. 

Staff recruitment and retention

The contribution made by Ubisense's highly skilled and experienced staff is vital to the Group's success. Any inability to recruit and/or retain staff to fill key management roles would likely adversely impact the Group's future development and financial performance.

Reliance on third parties, including manufacturers

The Group relies on certain key third party equipment manufacturers in the completion of its products, and therefore does not always have complete control over the supply of the equipment and materials it requires to comply with its obligations under customer contracts. To the extent that the Group cannot acquire equipment or materials according to its plans and budgets, its ability to complete its work for its customers within the timetable laid down by the contract or at a profit may be impaired. If a manufacturer is unable to deliver the products for any reason, the Group may be required to purchase such equipment or materials from another source at a higher price. The resulting additional costs may be substantial and the Group may be in breach of its contracts with customers, which may result in a financial loss on a particular contract or a loss of business. In addition, any resulting failure to fulfil contracts with customers and other business partners may have an adverse effect on the Group's future profitability and reputation.

Dependence on key customers

The Group has a concentrated customer base, many of which are substantially larger enterprises than the Group. As such, the purchasing power of the Group's customers is often significant, which may impact the ability of the Group to negotiate terms which are favourable to it in contracts. The Group is reliant on significant projects with its key customers to deliver its projected financial results. Changes to the timing and/or terms of significant projects, to the investment decisions of key customers or failure by the Group to retain key customers may have a significant adverse effect on the Group's business and financial results. The loss of a major customer would likely result in a decrease in Group revenues, margins and profitability.

Contracts

Some of the Group's commercial contracts include terms where revenues and/or invoicing are related to customer acceptance. Other contracts contain terms whereby the timing of cash collections is contingent on the customer re-selling the Group's products to end users.

Credit

The main credit risk is attributable to trade receivables owed by customers. As the majority of the Group's customers are very large, blue chip utilities, telecoms and manufacturing companies, the risk of non-payment tends to be less of a traditional credit nature and more related to customer satisfaction.

Credit exposure by customer is reviewed regularly by the executive management team and the main Board with provision made for doubtful receivables when there are circumstances which, based on experience, are evidence of a likely reduction in the recoverability of the receivable.

Financial profile

The Group has suffered from declining revenues and increased losses and resultant cash burn during 2015, which the Group did not anticipate. Although the Board has taken actions to address the controllable cost base in order to prevent this from reoccurring, a failure to arrest the decline in revenues and/or to control costs could give rise to the Group needing to raise further equity finance in the future.

Bank covenants

The Group is required to meet certain financial criteria agreed as covenants for its bank. The financial measures are regularly reviewed against covenant requirements to ensure the Group's obligations can be met.

The Group notified its bank, HSBC Bank plc, of a breach of certain covenants as at 31 December 2015 and 31 March 2016, against which HSBC has provided a waiver, conditional on announcing an equity raise and pursuant to which the Company has undertaken to use its reasonable endeavours to agree a new loan facility with HSBC by 31 May 2016 containing new covenant conditions and a repayment profile of £0.75 million annually on 31 December, in addition to repaying £0.5 million of the loan facility within 24 hours of receiving the net proceeds of the Placing.

If the Group is unable to agree such a new loan facility, there is a risk that it would be unable to meet covenant tests under the existing facility, particularly in the event that the Group is not in a net cash position as at upcoming quarter ends, or in the event that adjusted EBITDA for the 12 months to 31 December 2016 is less than zero. The Group and HSBC have agreed to use reasonable endeavours to agree and finalise a new loan facility on or before 31 May 2016 which will have new covenant conditions.

Intellectual property

The Group has a number of trademarks registered, and is pursuing registration of a number of trademarks, in the major territories in which it operates. The Group also has a patent portfolio comprising a number of patents filed in territories worldwide. Should a third party successfully demonstrate priority over any of these rights, it could inhibit the Group, or the Group's customers, from selling products in certain territories.

Any failure to protect the Group's intellectual property may result in another party copying or otherwise obtaining and using its proprietary technology without authorisation. There may not be adequate protection for the intellectual property in every country in which the Group's products are made available and policing unauthorised use of proprietary information is difficult and expensive. Due to the Group's size and limited cash resources, it may not be able to detect and prevent infringement of its intellectual property.

The Group has received (and expects to continue to receive in its normal course of business) communications from third parties alleging breach and/or infringement of their intellectual property rights. The Group's policy is to diligently investigate all intellectual property rights allegations made against it by third parties. These third parties range from non-practising entities, whose sole focus is to generate income from licensing their intellectual property rights, to corporations with competing and/or adjacent trading activities, including a large, multinational corporation. No such communications have been received for over 18 months. The Directors, having taken expert advice, believe that the allegations of infringement made in such communications are unjustified. However, the timeframes under which third parties can allege breach of their intellectual property rights are potentially prolonged, and the Directors cannot exclude the possibility that third party assertions which the Directors believe to be unjustified require the Group to incur significant expenditure to defend against such assertions, or ultimately that such assertions may subsequently be upheld by the competent authorities resulting in a material negative impact on the Group.

In addition, some of the Group's patents are licensed from a third party. The terms of that licence are on relatively standard commercial terms. However, there can be no guarantee that such third party will adequately maintain such patents and therefore the protection and benefit afforded to the Company by such patents cannot be guaranteed.

The steps which the Group has taken to protect its intellectual property may be inadequate to prevent the misappropriation of its proprietary technology. Any misappropriation of the Group's intellectual property could have an adverse impact on the Group's business and its operating results. Furthermore, the Group may need to take legal action to enforce its intellectual property, to protect trade secrets or to determine the validity or scope of the proprietary rights of others. Litigation relating to the Group's intellectual property, whether instigated by the Group to protect its rights or arising out of alleged infringement of third party rights, may result in substantial costs and the diversion of resources and management attention and there can be no guarantees as to the outcome of any such litigation.

Digital infrastructure and cybersecurity

Breaches of the Group's digital security, through cyber attacks or otherwise, or failure of the Group's digital infrastructure, could seriously disrupt operations and result in the loss or misuse of data or sensitive information, legal or regulatory breaches and potentially legal liability. These could result in significant costs or have reputational consequences.

Following a review of the resilience and disaster recovery capability of the Group's critical systems and exchanges in 2015, the Group has invested resources in enhancing site resilience and defences, improving network monitoring and reviewing the incident response processes to mitigate the impact of a security breach.

The risks noted above do not necessarily comprise all those potentially faced by the Group and are not intended to be presented in any assumed order of priority.

Although the Directors will seek to minimise the impact of the Risk Factors, investment in the Company should only be made by investors able to sustain a total loss of their investment. Investors are strongly recommended to consult an investment adviser authorised under the FSMA who specialises in investments of this nature before making any decision to invest.

Appendix 2 - Terms and conditions of the placing

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PLACEES ONLY REGARDING THE PLACING

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, INCLUDING THIS APPENDIX (TOGETHER, THE "ANNOUNCEMENT") AND THE INFORMATION IN IT, IS RESTRICTED, AND IS NOT FOR PUBLICATION, RELEASE OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, JAPAN OR THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION WOULD BE UNLAWFUL.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON THE PLACING FOR INVITED PLACEES ONLY.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO TAKE PART IN THE PLACING. THIS APPENDIX AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET OUT HEREIN ARE FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND ARE DIRECTED ONLY AT: (A) PERSONS IN MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA WHO ARE QUALIFIED INVESTORS AS DEFINED IN SECTION 86(7) OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000, AS AMENDED, ("QUALIFIED INVESTORS") BEING PERSONS FALLING WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 2(1)(E) OF THE EU PROSPECTUS DIRECTIVE (WHICH MEANS DIRECTIVE 2003/71/EC AND INCLUDES ANY RELEVANT IMPLEMENTING DIRECTIVE MEASURE IN ANY MEMBER STATE) (THE "PROSPECTUS DIRECTIVE"); (B) IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, QUALIFIED INVESTORS WHO ARE PERSONS WHO (I) FALL WITHIN ARTICLE 19(5) OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 (FINANCIAL PROMOTION) ORDER 2005, AS AMENDED (THE "ORDER"); (II) FALL WITHIN ARTICLE 49(2)(A) TO (D) ("HIGH NET WORTH COMPANIES, UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS, ETC") OF THE ORDER; OR (III) ARE PERSONS TO WHOM IT MAY OTHERWISE BE LAWFULLY COMMUNICATED (ALL SUCH PERSONS TOGETHER BEING REFERRED TO AS "RELEVANT PERSONS").  THIS APPENDIX AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET OUT HEREIN MUST NOT BE ACTED ON OR RELIED ON BY PERSONS WHO ARE NOT RELEVANT PERSONS. ANY INVESTMENT OR INVESTMENT ACTIVITY TO WHICH THIS APPENDIX AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET OUT HEREIN RELATES IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO RELEVANT PERSONS AND WILL BE ENGAGED IN ONLY WITH RELEVANT PERSONS. 

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, INCLUDING THIS APPENDIX, IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES NOT ITSELF CONSTITUTE AN OFFER FOR SALE OR SUBSCRIPTION OF ANY SECURITIES IN THE COMPANY.  THIS ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED BY AND IS THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COMPANY.

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, INCLUDING THIS APPENDIX, IS NOT AN OFFER FOR SALE OR SUBSCRIPTION IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH JURISDICTION.  THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, INCLUDING THIS APPENDIX, IS NOT AN OFFER OF OR SOLICITATION TO PURCHASE OR SUBSCRIBE FOR SECURITIES IN THE UNITED STATES. THE SECURITIES REFERRED TO HEREIN HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES, EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. NEITHER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY SECURITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF AN INVESTMENT IN THE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON OR ENDORSED THE MERITS OF THE PLACING OR THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THE CONTENTS OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.  ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE IN THE UNITED STATES. NO PUBLIC OFFERING OF SECURITIES IS BEING MADE IN THE UNITED STATES. NO MONEY, SECURITIES OR OTHER CONSIDERATION FROM ANY PERSON INSIDE THE UNITED STATES IS BEING SOLICITED AND, IF SENT IN RESPONSE TO THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

EACH PLACEE SHOULD CONSULT WITH ITS OWN ADVISERS AS TO LEGAL, TAX, BUSINESS AND RELATED ASPECTS OF AN INVESTMENT IN PLACING SHARES.  THE PRICE OF SHARES IN THE COMPANY AND THE INCOME FROM THEM (IF ANY) MAY GO DOWN AS WELL AS UP AND INVESTORS MAY NOT GET BACK THE FULL AMOUNT INVESTED ON DISPOSAL OF SHARES.

Persons who are invited to and who choose to participate in the Placing, by making (or on whose behalf there is made) an oral or written offer to subscribe for Placing Shares (the "Placees"), will be deemed to have read and understood this Announcement, including this Appendix, in its entirety and to be making such offer on the terms and conditions, and to be providing the representations, warranties, acknowledgements, and undertakings contained in this Appendix. In particular, each such Placee represents, warrants and acknowledges that:

1.            it is a Relevant Person (as defined above) and undertakes that it will acquire, hold, manage or dispose of any Placing Shares that are allocated to it for the purposes of its business;

2.            in the case of any Placing Shares acquired by it as a financial intermediary, as that term is used in Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive, (i) the Placing Shares acquired by it have not been acquired on behalf of, nor have they been acquired with a view to their offer or resale to, persons in any Member State of the European Economic Area ("EEA") which has implemented the Prospectus Directive other than Qualified Investors or in circumstances in which the prior consent of Numis has been given to the offer or resale; or (ii) where Placing Shares have been acquired by it on behalf of persons in any Member State of the EEA other than Qualified Investors, the offer of those Placing Shares to it is not treated under the Prospectus Directive as having been made to such persons; and/or

3.            (a) (i) it is not in the United States and (ii) it is not acting for the account or benefit of a person in the United States, (b) it is a dealer or other professional fiduciary in the United States acting on a discretionary basis for a non-US person (other than an estate or trust) in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act; or (c) it is otherwise acquiring the Placing Shares in an "offshore transaction" meeting the requirements of Regulation S under the Securities Act.

The Company and Numis will rely upon the truth and accuracy of the foregoing representations, acknowledgements and agreements.

This Announcement does not constitute an offer, and may not be used in connection with an offer, to sell or issue or the solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for Placing Shares in any jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation is or may be unlawful. This Announcement and the information contained herein is not for publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, to persons in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan or the Republic of South Africa or in any jurisdiction in which such publication or distribution is unlawful.  Persons into whose possession this Announcement may come are required by the Company to inform themselves about and to observe any restrictions of transfer of this Announcement. No public offer of securities of the Company is being made in the United Kingdom, the United States or elsewhere.

In particular, the Placing Shares referred to in this Announcement have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or any laws of, or with any securities regulatory authority of, any state or other jurisdiction of the United States, and may not be offered, sold, pledged or otherwise transferred within the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States. The Placing Shares are being offered and sold outside the United States in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act.

The Placing Shares have not been approved or disapproved by the US Securities and Exchange Commission, any state securities commission or other regulatory authority in the United States, nor have any of the foregoing authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the Placing or the accuracy or adequacy of this Announcement. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offence in the United States.

The relevant clearances have not been, nor will they be, obtained from the securities commission of any province or territory of Canada; no prospectus has been lodged with or registered by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission or the Japanese Ministry of Finance; and the Placing Shares have not been, nor will they be, registered under or offered in compliance with the securities laws of any state, province or territory of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan or the Republic of South Africa. Accordingly, the Placing Shares may not (unless an exemption under the relevant securities laws is applicable) be offered, sold, resold or delivered, directly or indirectly, in or into Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan or the Republic of South Africa or any other jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom.

Persons (including, without limitation, nominees and trustees) who have a contractual or other legal obligation to forward a copy of this Appendix or the Announcement of which it forms part should seek appropriate advice before taking any action.

In this Appendix, unless the context otherwise requires, "Placee" means a Relevant Person (including individuals, funds or otherwise) by whom or on whose behalf a commitment to subscribe for Placing Shares has been given.

Details of the Placing

Numis has entered into the Placing Agreement with the Company under which Numis has, on the terms and subject to the conditions set out therein, undertaken to use its reasonable endeavours to procure, as agent for the Company, subscribers for the Placing Shares at the Placing Price. 

The Placing Agreement contains customary warranties given by the Company to Numis as to matters relating to the Company and its business and a customary indemnity given by the Company to Numis in respect of liabilities arising out of or in connection with the Placing. The Placing is conditional upon, amongst other things, the Resolutions being passed by the requisite majorities. 

A circular explaining the background to and reasons for the Placing, and containing the Notice of General Meeting will be sent to shareholders.  A copy of the Circular and the Notice of General Meeting will also be available from the Company's website at: www.ubisense.net.

The Placing is also conditional upon Admission becoming effective and the Placing Agreement not being terminated in accordance with its terms.

The Placing Shares will, when issued, be credited as fully paid and will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing issued Ordinary Shares, including the right to receive all dividends and other distributions (if any) declared, made or paid on or in respect of the Ordinary Shares after the date of issue of the Placing Shares.

The Company, subject to certain exceptions, has agreed not to allot, issue or grant any rights in respect of its Ordinary Shares in the period of 120 days from the date of Admission without the prior written consent of Numis (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

Application for admission to trading

Application will be made to the London Stock Exchange for Admission. Subject to, amongst other things, the Resolutions being passed by the requisite majorities at the General Meeting, it is expected that settlement of any such shares and Admission will become effective on or around 26 April 2016 and that dealings in the Placing Shares will commence at that time.

Participation in, and principal terms of, the Placing

1.            Numis (whether through itself or any of its affiliates) is arranging the Placing as placing agent of the Company for the purpose of using reasonable endeavours to procure Placees at the Placing Price for the Placing Shares.

2.            Participation in the Placing will only be available to persons who may lawfully be, and are, invited to participate by Numis. Numis and its affiliates may participate in the Placing as principal.

3.            This Appendix gives details of the terms and conditions of, and the mechanics of participation in, the Placing. No commissions will be paid to Placees or by Placees in respect of any Placing Shares.

4.            The Placing Price will be a fixed price of 25 pence per Placing Share.

5.            Each Placee's allocation will be confirmed to Placees orally by Numis, and a trade confirmation or contract note will be despatched as soon as possible thereafter. The oral confirmation to such Placee will constitute an irrevocable legally binding commitment upon such person (who will at that point become a Placee) in favour of Numis and the Company, under which it agrees to acquire the number of Placing Shares allocated to it at the Placing Price on the terms and conditions set out in this Appendix and in accordance with the Company's Articles of Association.

6.            Except as required by law or regulation, no press release or other announcement will be made by Numis or the Company using the name of any Placee (or its agent), in its capacity as Placee (or agent), other than with such Placee's prior written consent.

7.            Irrespective of the time at which a Placee's allocation pursuant to the Placing is confirmed, settlement for all Placing Shares to be acquired pursuant to the Placing will be required to be made at the same time, on the basis explained below under "Registration and settlement".

8.            All obligations under the Placing will be subject to fulfilment or (where applicable) waiver of, amongst other things, the conditions referred to below under "Conditions of the Placing" and to the Placing not being terminated on the basis referred to below under "Right to terminate under the Placing Agreement".

9.            By participating in the Placing, each Placee will agree that its rights and obligations in respect of the Placing will terminate only in the circumstances described below and will not be capable of rescission or termination by the Placee.

10.          To the fullest extent permissible by law, none of the Company, Numis or any of their respective affiliates shall have any liability to Placees (or to any other person whether acting on behalf of a Placee or otherwise of these terms and conditions). In particular, none of the Company, Numis or any of their respective affiliates shall have any liability (including to the fullest extent permissible by law, any fiduciary duties) in respect of Numis' conduct of the Placing. Each Placee acknowledges and agrees that the Company is responsible for the allotment of the Placing Shares to the Placees and Numis shall have no liability to the Placees for the failure of the Company to fulfil those obligations. 

Conditions of the Placing

Numis' obligations under the Placing Agreement in respect of the Placing Shares are conditional on, inter alia:

(a)              the Company allotting, subject only to Admission, the Placing Shares in accordance with the Placing Agreement;

(b)              Admission taking place not later than 8.00 a.m on 26 April 2016; and

(c)              the passing (without any amendment, save as agreed by Numis) of the Resolutions at the General Meeting.

If (i) any of the conditions contained in the Placing Agreement in relation to the Placing Shares are not fulfilled or waived by Numis by the respective time or date where specified (or such later time or date as the Company and Numis may agree not being later than 8.30 a.m. on 12 May 2016 (the "Final Date"), or (ii) the Placing Agreement is terminated as described below, the Placing in relation to the Placing Shares will lapse and the Placee's rights and obligations hereunder in relation to the Placing Shares shall cease and terminate at such time and each Placee agrees that no claim can be made by the Placee in respect thereof.

Numis may, at its absolute discretion and upon such terms as it thinks fit, waive, or extend the period (up to the Final Date) for, compliance by the Company with the whole or any part of any of the Company's obligations in relation to the conditions in the Placing Agreement, save that the condition relating to the passing of the Resolutions and the condition relating to Admission taking place may not be waived. Any such extension or waiver will not affect Placees' commitments as set out in this Announcement.

Neither Numis nor the Company shall have any liability to any Placee (or to any other person whether acting on behalf of a Placee or otherwise) in respect of any decision they may make as to whether or not to waive or to extend the time and/or date for the satisfaction of any condition to the Placing nor for any decision they may make as to the satisfaction of any condition or in respect of the Placing generally and by participating in the Placing each Placee agrees that any such decision is within the absolute discretion of Numis.

Right to terminate under the Placing Agreement

Numis is entitled, at any time before Admission, to terminate the Placing Agreement by giving notice to the Company in certain circumstances, including, inter alia:

(a)          in the opinion of Numis (acting in good faith), the warranties given by the Company to Numis are not true and accurate or have become misleading (or would not be true and accurate or would be misleading if they were repeated at any time before Admission) by reference to the facts subsisting at the time when the notice referred to above is given, in each case in a way that is material in the context of the Placing; or

(b)          in the opinion of Numis (acting in good faith), the Company fails to comply with any of its obligations under the Placing Agreement and that failure is material in the context of the Placing; or

(c)          in the opinion of Numis (acting in good faith), there has been a development or event (or any development or event involving a prospective change of which the Company is, or might reasonably be expected to be, aware) which will or is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on or affecting the operations, the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, management, results of operations, financial position, business or general affairs of the Company or of the Company's group (taken as a whole) respectively whether or not foreseeable and whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, which in each case is material in the context of the Placing;

(d)          there has been a change in national or international financial, political, economic or stock market conditions (primary or secondary); an incident of terrorism, outbreak or escalation of hostilities, war, declaration of martial law or any other calamity or crisis; a suspension or material limitation in trading of securities generally on any stock exchange; any change in currency exchange rates or exchange controls or a disruption of settlement systems or a material disruption in commercial banking, in each case as would be likely in the opinion of Numis (acting in good faith) to materially prejudice the success of the Placing; or

(e)          the HSBC Waiver ceasing to be in full force and effect, a breach having occurred of it or it having been terminated or repudiated by any party to it.

Following Admission, the Placing Agreement is not capable of termination to the extent that it relates to the Placing of the Placing Shares.

The rights and obligations of the Placees shall terminate only in the circumstances described in these terms and conditions and in the Placing Agreement and will not be subject to termination by the Placee or any prospective Placee at any time or in any circumstances. By participating in the Placing, Placees agree that the exercise by Numis of any right of termination or other discretion under the Placing Agreement shall be within the absolute discretion of Numis, and that it need not make any reference to Placees and that it shall have no liability to Placees whatsoever in connection with any such exercise or decision not to exercise.  Placees will have no rights against Numis, the Company or any of their respective directors or employees under the Placing Agreement pursuant to the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (as amended).

No Admission Document or Prospectus

The Placing Shares are being offered to a limited number of specifically invited persons only and will not be offered in such a way as to require an admission document or prospectus in the United Kingdom or in any other jurisdiction. No offering document, admission document or prospectus has been or will be submitted to be approved by the FCA or submitted to the London Stock Exchange in relation to the Placing, and Placees' commitments will be made solely on the basis of the information contained in the Announcement (including this Appendix) and the Exchange Information (as defined further below).  Each Placee, by accepting a participation in the Placing, agrees that the content of this Announcement is exclusively the responsibility of the Company and confirms that it has neither received nor relied on any other information (other than the Exchange Information), representation, warranty, or statement made by or on behalf of the Company or Numis or any other person and neither Numis nor the Company nor any other person will be liable for any Placee's decision to participate in the Placing based on any other information, representation, warranty or statement which the Placees may have obtained or received and, if given or made, such information, representation, warranty or statement must not be relied upon as having been authorised by Numis, the Company, or their respective officers, directors, employees or agents. Each Placee acknowledges and agrees that it has relied on its own investigation of the business, financial or other position of the Company in accepting a participation in the Placing. Neither the Company, nor Numis are making any undertaking or warranty to any Placee regarding the legality of an investment in the Placing Shares by such Placee under any legal, investment or similar laws or regulations. Each Placee should not consider any information in this Announcement to be legal, tax or business advice. Each Placee should consult its own solicitor, tax adviser and financial adviser for independent legal, tax and financial advice regarding an investment in the Placing Shares. Nothing in this paragraph shall exclude the liability of any person for fraudulent misrepresentation.

Registration and settlement

Settlement of transactions in the Placing Shares (ISIN: GB00B3NCXX73) following Admission will take place within CREST provided that, subject to certain exceptions, Numis reserves the right to require settlement for, and delivery of, the Placing Shares (or a portion thereof) to Placees by such other means that it deems necessary if delivery or settlement is not possible or practicable within CREST within the timetable set out in this Announcement or would not be consistent with the regulatory requirements in any Placee's jurisdiction.

Each Placee allocated Placing Shares in the Placing will be sent a trade confirmation or contract note stating the number of Placing Shares allocated to it at the Placing Price, the aggregate amount owed by such Placee to Numis (as agent for the Company) and settlement instructions. Each Placee agrees that it will do all things necessary to ensure that delivery and payment is completed in accordance with either the CREST or certificated settlement instructions that it has in place with Numis.

It is expected that settlement in respect of the Placing Shares will be on 26 April 2016 on a T+3 basis in accordance with the instructions set out in the trade confirmation.

Interest is chargeable daily on payments not received from Placees on the due date in accordance with the arrangements set out above at the rate of two percentage points above LIBOR as determined by Numis.

Each Placee is deemed to agree that, if it does not comply with these obligations, Numis may sell any or all of the Placing Shares allocated to that Placee on such Placee's behalf and retain from the proceeds, for Numis' account and benefit (as agent for the Company), an amount equal to the aggregate amount owed by the Placee plus any interest due. The relevant Placee will, however, remain liable and shall indemnify Numis on demand for any shortfall below the aggregate amount owed by it and may be required to bear any stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax or securities transfer tax (together with any interest or penalties) which may arise upon the sale of such Placing Shares on such Placee's behalf. By communicating a bid for Placing Shares, each Placee confers on Numis all such authorities and powers necessary to carry out any such sale and agrees to ratify and confirm all actions which Numis lawfully takes in pursuance of such sale.

If Placing Shares are to be delivered to a custodian or settlement agent, Placees should ensure that the trade confirmation or contract note is copied and delivered immediately to the relevant person within that organisation.

Insofar as Placing Shares are registered in a Placee's name or that of its nominee or in the name of any person for whom a Placee is contracting as agent or that of a nominee for such person, such Placing Shares should, subject as provided below, be so registered free from any liability to UK stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax or securities transfer tax. Placees will not be entitled to receive any fee or commission in connection with the Placing.

Representations, warranties and further terms

By participating in the Placing each Placee (and any person acting on such Placee's behalf) makes the following representations, warranties, acknowledgements, agreements and undertakings (as the case may be) to the Company and Numis, namely that, each Placee (and any person acting on such Placee's behalf):

1.            represents and warrants that it has read and understood the Announcement, including this Appendix, in its entirety and that its subscription of Placing Shares is subject to and based upon all the terms, conditions, representations, warranties, acknowledgements, agreements and undertakings and other information contained herein and undertakes not to redistribute or duplicate this Announcement;

2.            acknowledges that no offering document, admission document or prospectus has been prepared in connection with the Placing and represents and warrants that it has not received and will not receive a prospectus, admission document or other offering document in connection therewith;

3.            acknowledges that the Ordinary Shares are admitted to trading on AIM, and the Company is therefore required to publish certain business and financial information in accordance with the AIM Rules for Companies (collectively "Exchange Information"), which includes the Company's most recent balance sheet and profit and loss account and the Company's announcements and circulars published in the past 12 months and that it is able to obtain or access such information without undue difficulty;

4.            acknowledges that none of Numis, the Company, any of their respective affiliates or any person acting on behalf of any of them has provided it, and will not provide it, with any material regarding the Placing Shares or the Company other than this Announcement; nor has it requested any of Numis, the Company, their respective affiliates or any person acting on behalf of any of them to provide it with any such information and has read and understood the Exchange Information;

5.            acknowledges that the content of this Announcement is exclusively the responsibility of the Company, and that none of Numis, its affiliates or any person acting on its or their behalf has or shall have any liability for any information, representation or statement contained in this Announcement or any information previously or concurrently published by or on behalf of the Company, and will not be liable for any Placee's decision to participate in the Placing based on any information, representation or statement contained in this Announcement or otherwise. Each Placee further represents, warrants and agrees that the only information on which it is entitled to rely and on which such Placee has relied in committing itself to acquire the Placing Shares is contained in this Announcement and any Exchange Information, such information being all that it deems necessary to make an investment decision in respect of the Placing Shares and that it has neither received nor relied on any other information given or representations, warranties or statements made by Numis, the Company or any of their respective directors, officers or employees or any person acting on behalf of any of them, or, if received, it has not relied upon any such information, representations, warranties or statements (including any management presentation that may have been received by any prospective Placee or any material prepared by the Research Department of Numis (the views of such Research Department not representing and being independent from those of the Company and the Corporate Finance Department of Numis and not being attributable to the same)), and neither Numis nor the Company will be liable for any Placee's decision to accept an invitation to participate in the Placing based on any other information, representation, warranty or statement. Each Placee further acknowledges and agrees that it may not place the same degree of reliance on this Announcement as it may otherwise place on a prospectus or admission document. Each Placee further acknowledges and agrees that it has relied solely on its own investigation of the business, financial or other position of the Company in deciding to participate in the Placing and it will not rely on any investigation that Numis, its affiliates or any other person acting on its or their behalf has or may have conducted;

6.            represents and warrants that it has neither received nor relied on any confidential price sensitive information concerning the Company in accepting this invitation to participate in the Placing;

7.            acknowledges that Numis does not have any duties or responsibilities to it, or its clients, similar or comparable to the duties of "best execution" and "suitability" imposed by the Conduct of Business Sourcebook in the FCA's Handbook of Rules and Guidance and that Numis is not acting for it or its clients and that Numis will not be responsible for providing protections to it or its clients;

8.            acknowledges that none of Numis, any of its affiliates or any person acting on behalf of it or them has or shall have any liability for the Exchange Information, any publicly available or filed information or any representation relating to the Company, provided that nothing in this paragraph excludes the liability of any person for fraudulent misrepresentation made by that person;

9.            that, save in the event of fraud on the part of Numis (and to the extent permitted by the Rules of the FCA), neither Numis, its ultimate holding company nor any direct or indirect subsidiary undertakings of that holding company, nor any of their respective directors and employees shall be liable to Placees for any matter arising out of Numis' role as placing agent or otherwise in connection with the Placing and that where any such liability nevertheless arises as a matter of law Placees will immediately waive any claim against any of such persons which you may have in respect thereof;

10.          represents and warrants that (i) it is not in the United States and (ii) it is not acting for the account or benefit of a person in the United States;

11.          acknowledges that the Placing Shares are being offered and sold only pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act in a transaction not involving a public offering of securities in the United States and the Placing Shares have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or with any state or other jurisdiction of the United States, nor approved or disapproved by the US Securities and Exchange Commission, any state securities commission in the United States or any other United States regulatory authority, and that the offer and sale of the Placing Shares to it has been made outside of the United States in an 'offshore transaction' (as such term is defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) and agrees not to reoffer, resell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Placing Shares except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and otherwise in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state or jurisdiction of the United States;

12.          unless otherwise specifically agreed in writing with Numis, represents and warrants that neither it nor the beneficial owner of such Placing Shares is or will be a resident of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan or the Republic of South Africa;

13.          acknowledges that the Placing Shares have not been and will not be registered under the securities legislation of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan or the Republic of South Africa and, subject to certain exceptions, may not be offered, sold, taken up, renounced or delivered or transferred, directly or indirectly, within those jurisdictions;

14.          represents and warrants that the issue to it, or the person specified by it for registration as holder, of Placing Shares will not give rise to a liability under any of sections 67, 70, 93 or 96 of the Finance Act 1986 (depositary receipts and clearance services) and that the Placing Shares are not being acquired in connection with arrangements to issue depositary receipts or to transfer Placing Shares into a clearance system;

15.          represents and warrants that: (i) it has complied with its obligations under the Criminal Justice Act 1993 and Part VIII of FSMA; (ii) in connection with money laundering and terrorist financing, it has complied with its obligations under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (as amended), the Terrorism Act 2000 (as amended), the Terrorism Act 2006 and the Money Laundering Regulations 2007; and (iii) it is not a person: (a) with whom transactions are prohibited under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or any economic sanction programmes administered by, or regulations promulgated by, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury; (b) named on the Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets maintained by HM Treasury of the United Kingdom; or (c) subject to financial sanctions imposed pursuant to a regulation of the European Union or a regulation adopted by the United Nations (together, the "Regulations"); and, if making payment on behalf of a third party, that satisfactory evidence has been obtained and recorded by it to verify the identity of the third party as required by the Regulations and has obtained all governmental and other consents (if any) which may be required for the purpose of, or as a consequence of, such purchase, and it will provide promptly to Numis such evidence, if any, as to the identity or location or legal status of any person which Numis may request from it in connection with the Placing (for the purpose of complying with such Regulations or ascertaining the nationality of any person or the jurisdiction(s) to which any person is subject or otherwise) in the form and manner requested by Numis on the basis that any failure by it to do so may result in the number of Placing Shares that are to be purchased by it or at its direction pursuant to the Placing being reduced to such number, or to nil, as Numis may decide at its sole discretion;

16.          if a financial intermediary, as that term is used in Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive, represents and warrants that the Placing Shares purchased by it in the Placing will not be acquired on a non-discretionary basis on behalf of, nor will they be acquired with a view to their offer or resale to, persons in a Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive other than Qualified Investors, or in circumstances in which the prior consent of Numis has been given to the offer or resale;

17.          represents and warrants that it has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell any Placing Shares to persons in the European Economic Area prior to Admission except to persons whose ordinary activities involve them in acquiring, holding, managing or disposing of investments (as principal or agent) for the purposes of their business or otherwise in circumstances which have not resulted in and which will not result in an offer to the public in any member state of the European Economic Area within the meaning of the Prospectus Directive (including any relevant implementing measure in any member state);

18.          represents and warrants that it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated any invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of the FSMA) relating to the Placing Shares in circumstances in which section 21(1) of the FSMA does not require approval of the communication by an authorised person;

19.          represents and warrants that it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Placing Shares in, from or otherwise involving, the United Kingdom;

20.          if in a Member State of the European Economic Area, unless otherwise specifically agreed with Numis in writing, represents and warrants that it is a Qualified Investor within the meaning of the Prospectus Directive;

21.          if in the United Kingdom, represents and warrants that it is a person (i) who has professional experience in matters relating to investments falling within Article 19(1) of the Order; (ii) falling within Article 49(2)(A) to (D) ("High Net Worth Companies, Unincorporated Associations, etc") of the Order; or (iii) to whom this Announcement may otherwise be lawfully communicated;

22.          represents and warrants that it and any person acting on its behalf is entitled to acquire the Placing Shares under the laws of all relevant jurisdictions and that it has all necessary capacity and has obtained all necessary consents and authorities and taken any other necessary actions to enable it to commit to this participation in the Placing and to perform its obligations in relation thereto (including, without limitation, in the case of any person on whose behalf it is acting, all necessary consents and authorities to agree to the terms set out or referred to in this Announcement) and will honour such obligations;

23.          where it is acquiring Placing Shares for one or more managed accounts, represents and warrants that it is authorised in writing by each managed account: (a) to acquire the Placing Shares for each managed account; (b) to make on its behalf the representations, warranties, acknowledgements, undertakings and agreements in this Appendix and the Announcement of which it forms part; and (c) to receive on its behalf any investment letter relating to the Placing in the form provided to it by Numis;

24.          undertakes that it (and any person acting on its behalf) will make payment for the Placing Shares allocated to it in accordance with this Announcement on the due time and date set out herein, failing which the relevant Placing Shares may be placed with other subscribers or sold as Numis may in its sole discretion determine and without liability to such Placee and it will remain liable and will indemnify Numis on demand for any shortfall below the net proceeds of such sale and the placing proceeds of such Placing Shares and may be required to bear the liability for any stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax or security transfer tax (together with any interest or penalties due pursuant to or referred to in these terms and conditions) which may arise upon the placing or sale of such Placee's Placing Shares on its behalf;

25.          acknowledges that none of Numis, any of its affiliates, or any person acting on behalf of any of them, is making any recommendations to it, advising it regarding the suitability of any transactions it may enter into in connection with the Placing and that participation in the Placing is on the basis that it is not and will not be treated for these purposes as a client of Numis and that Numis has no duties or responsibilities to it for providing the protections afforded to their respective clients or customers or for providing advice in relation to the Placing nor in respect of any representations, warranties, undertakings or indemnities contained in the Placing Agreement nor for the exercise or performance of any of their rights and obligations thereunder including any rights to waive or vary any conditions or exercise any termination right;

26.          undertakes that the person whom it specifies for registration as holder of the Placing Shares will be (i) itself or (ii) its nominee, as the case may be. Neither Numis nor the Company will be responsible for any liability to stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax resulting from a failure to observe this requirement. Each Placee and any person acting on behalf of such Placee agrees to participate in the Placing and it agrees to indemnify the Company and Numis in respect of the same on the basis that the Placing Shares will be allotted to the CREST stock account of Numis who will hold them as nominee on behalf of such Placee until settlement in accordance with its standing settlement instructions;

27.          acknowledges that these terms and conditions and any agreements entered into by it pursuant to these terms and conditions and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with such agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and it submits (on behalf of itself and on behalf of any person on whose behalf it is acting) to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts as regards any claim, dispute or matter (including non-contractual matters) arising out of any such contract, except that enforcement proceedings in respect of the obligation to make payment for the Placing Shares (together with any interest chargeable thereon) may be taken by the Company or Numis in any jurisdiction in which the relevant Placee is incorporated or in which any of its securities have a quotation on a recognised stock exchange;

28.          acknowledges that time shall be of the essence as regards to obligations pursuant to this Appendix;

29.          agrees that the Company, Numis and their respective affiliates and others will rely upon the truth and accuracy of the foregoing representations, warranties, acknowledgements and undertakings which are given to Numis on its own behalf and on behalf of the Company and are irrevocable and are irrevocably authorised to produce this Announcement or a copy thereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby;

30.          agrees to indemnify on an after-tax basis and hold the Company, Numis and their respective affiliates harmless from any and all costs, claims, liabilities and expenses (including legal fees and expenses) arising out of or in connection with any breach of the representations, warranties, acknowledgements, agreements and undertakings in this Appendix and further agrees that the provisions of this Appendix shall survive after completion of the Placing;

31.          acknowledges that no action has been or will be taken by any of the Company, Numis or any person acting on behalf of the Company or Numis that would, or is intended to, permit a public offer of the Placing Shares in any country or jurisdiction where any such action for that purpose is required;

32.          acknowledges that it is an institution that has knowledge and experience in financial, business and international investment matters as is required to evaluate the merits and risks of subscribing for the Placing Shares. It further acknowledges that it is experienced in investing in securities of this nature and in this sector and is aware that it may be required to bear, and it, and any accounts for which it may be acting, are able to bear, the economic risk of, and is able to sustain, a complete loss in connection with the Placing. It has relied upon its own examination and due diligence of the Company and its associates taken as a whole, and the terms of the Placing, including the merits and risks involved;

33.          acknowledges that its commitment to subscribe for Placing Shares on the terms set out herein and in the trade confirmation or contract note will continue notwithstanding any amendment that may in future be made to the terms of the Placing and that Placees will have no right to be consulted or require that their consent be obtained with respect to the Company's conduct of the Placing;

34.          acknowledges that Numis or any of its affiliates acting as an investor for its own account may take up shares in the Company and in that capacity may retain, purchase or sell for its own account such shares and may offer or sell such shares other than in connection with the Placing;

35.          represents and warrants that, if it is a pension fund or investment company, its purchase of Placing Shares is in full compliance with all applicable laws and regulation; and

36.          to the fullest extent permitted by law, it acknowledges and agrees to the disclaimers contained in the Announcement including this Appendix.

The representations, warranties, acknowledgments and undertakings contained in this Appendix are given to Numis and the Company and are irrevocable and shall not be capable of termination in any circumstances.

The agreement to settle a Placee's subscription (and/or the subscription of a person for whom such Placee is contracting as agent) free of stamp duty and stamp duty reserve tax depends on the settlement relating only to a subscription by it and/or such person direct from the Company for the Placing Shares in question. Such agreement assumes that the Placing Shares are not being subscribed for in connection with arrangements to issue depositary receipts or to transfer the Placing Shares into a clearance service. If there are any such arrangements, or the settlement relates to any other subsequent dealing in the Placing Shares, stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax may be payable, for which neither the Company nor Numis will be responsible, and the Placee to whom (or on behalf of whom, or in respect of the person for whom it is participating in the Placing as an agent or nominee) the allocation, allotment, issue or delivery of Placing Shares has given rise to such UK stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax undertakes to pay such UK stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax forthwith and to indemnify on an after-tax basis and to hold harmless the Company and Numis in the event that any of the Company and/or Numis has incurred any such liability to UK stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax. If this is the case, each Placee should seek its own advice and notify Numis accordingly.

In addition, Placees should note that they will be liable for any stamp duty and all other stamp, issue, securities, transfer, registration, documentary or other duties or taxes (including any interest, fines or penalties relating thereto) payable outside the UK by them or any other person on the subscription by them of any Placing Shares or the agreement by them to subscribe for any Placing Shares.

Each Placee, and any person acting on behalf of the Placee, acknowledges that Numis does not owe any fiduciary or other duties to any Placee in respect of any representations, warranties, undertakings or indemnities in the Placing Agreement.

Each Placee and any person acting on behalf of the Placee acknowledges and agrees that Numis or any of its affiliates may, at their absolute discretion, agree to become a Placee in respect of some or all of the Placing Shares.

When a Placee or person acting on behalf of the Placee is dealing with Numis, any money held in an account with Numis on behalf of the Placee and/or any person acting on behalf of the Placee will not be treated as client money within the meaning of the rules and regulations of the FCA made under the FSMA. The Placee acknowledges that the money will not be subject to the protections conferred by the client money rules; as a consequence, this money will not be segregated from Numis' money in accordance with the client money rules and will be used by Numis in the course of its own business and the Placee will rank only as a general creditor of Numis.

All times and dates in this Announcement may be subject to amendment. Numis shall notify the Placees and any person acting on behalf of the Placees of any changes.

Past performance is no guide to future performance and persons needing advice should consult an independent financial adviser.

DEFINITIONS

In this Appendix to the Announcement and, as the context shall admit, in the Announcement:

'Act' means the Companies Act 2006;

'Admission' means the admission of the Placing Shares to trading on AIM becoming effective in accordance with the AIM Rules for Companies;

'AIM' means the market of that name operated by the London Stock Exchange;

'AIM Rules for Companies' means the provisions of the London Stock Exchange's AIM Rules for Companies as amended from time to time governing, inter alia, admission to AIM and the continuing obligations of AIM companies;

'Announcement' means this announcement (including the appendix to this announcement);

'Company' means Ubisense Group plc;

'Circular' means the circular to be issued by the Company to the holders of Ordinary Shares containing, inter alia, further details of the Placing and the Notice of General Meeting;

'CREST' means the relevant system (as defined in the CREST Regulations) in respect of which Euroclear UK & Ireland Limited is the Operator (as defined in the CREST Regulations);

'CREST Regulations' means the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001 (SI 2001/3755) as amended from time to time;

'FCA' means the Financial Conduct Authority of the United Kingdom;

'FSMA' means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (as amended);

'General Meeting' means the general meeting of the Company to be convened at 2.00 pm on 25 April 2016 (or any adjournment thereof);

'Group' means the Company and its subsidiaries;

'HSBC' means HSBC Bank plc;

'HSBC Waiver' means the letter of waiver from HSBC Bank PLC addressed to the Company waiving certain breaches of Ubisense's existing bank facilities;

'London Stock Exchange' means London Stock Exchange plc;

'Notice of General Meeting' means the notice of the General Meeting which is set out at the end of the Circular;

'Numis' means Numis Securities Limited, registered in England and Wales with number 2285918, whose registered office is at 10 Paternoster Square, London EC4M 7LT;

'Ordinary Shares' means the ordinary shares of 2 pence each in the capital of the Company;

'Placee' means any person (including individuals, funds or otherwise) by whom or on whose behalf a commitment to acquire Placing Shares has been given;

'Placing' means the placing of the Placing Shares by Numis, on behalf of the Company, with Placees;

'Placing Agreement' means the placing agreement dated 7 April 2016 between the Company and Numis in respect of the Placing;

'Placing Price' means 25 pence per Placing Share;

'Placing Shares' means the 19,230,000 Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to the Placing;

'Resolutions' means the resolutions to be proposed at the General Meeting as set out in the Notice of General Meeting;

'Prospectus Directive' means the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union 2003/71/EC;

'Securities Act' means the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended;

'United Kingdom' or 'UK' means the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; and

'United States' or 'US' means the United States of America, its territories and possessions, any state of the United States and the District of Columbia.

 

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