Issue of Equity

RNS Number : 5157Y

CYBA PLC

13 May 2021

 

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION AS STIPULATED UNDER THE UK VERSION OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION NO 596/2014 WHICH IS PART OF ENGLISH LAW BY VIRTUE OF THE EUROPEAN (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018, AS AMENDED.  ON PUBLICATION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT VIA A REGULATORY INFORMATION SERVICE, THIS INFORMATION IS CONSIDERED TO BE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.

13 May 2021

CYBA plc ("CYBA" or the "Company")

Placing to raise £2 Million

CYBA plc ("CYBA" or the "Company") has completed a placement of 100 million ordinary shares of 0.0001p each ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 2p per ordinary share to raise £2 million (the "Placing"), before expenses to new and existing shareholders of Cyba plc. The Placing is conditional on admission of the Ordinary Shares to trading on the standard listing segment of the Official List maintained by the FCA and to the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities ("LSE"). The broker to the Placing was Tennyson Securities.

The Board are considering and actively pursuing certain transaction opportunities to grow the Company. The potential transactions are in line with the stated strategy of the Company at the time of admission earlier this year. The Placing funds will be used to pay additional costs to be incurred as the Company accelerates this acquisition strategy. The Board will have a further update for shareholders on the progress soon.

Application has been made for the 100 million new Ordinary shares being issued in connection with the Placing to be admitted to trading to LSE, which is expected to occur on Monday 17 May 2021.

Following admission of the new Ordinary Shares, the Company's enlarged issued share capital will comprise 624,525,000 Ordinary Shares with voting rights. The Company has no shares held in Treasury. This figure of 624,525,000 Ordinary Shares may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

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For further information on the Company please visit www.cybaplc.com, with the Company's Prospectus to be found at www.cybaplc.com/investor-relations/corporate-documents or contact:

Robert Mitchell	CYBA	Tel: [phone]
Peter Krens	Tennyson Securities	Tel: [phone]
Catherine Leftley / Frank Buhagiar	St Brides Partners Ltd, Financial PR	Tel: [phone] [e-mail]

About CYBA plc

CYBA plc ("CYBA") is a special purpose acquisition company ("SPAC") seeking suitable acquisition targets in the Cyber Security sector.

CYBA intends to implement its strategy focussed on building a group capable of offering Cyber and Cybersecurity solutions in the US and globally.

The Company intends to leverage the deep industry knowledge of its board and associates to undertake due diligence on the commercial attributes of a target entity's business.

Further information in respect of the Company and its business interests is provided on the Company's website at www.cybaplc.com

Forward-looking statements

Certain statements in this announcement constitute ''forward-looking statements''. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning the plans, objectives, goals, strategies and future operations and performance of the Company and the assumptions underlying these forward-looking statements. The Company uses the words ''anticipates'', ''estimates'', ''expects'', ''believes'', ''intends'', ''plans'', ''may'', ''will'', ''should'', and any similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause the Company's actual results, performances or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on numerous assumptions regarding present and future business strategies and the environment in which the Company will operate in the future. These forward-looking statements speak only as at the date of this announcement. The Company is not obliged, and does not intend, to update or to revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise except to the extent required by any applicable law or regulation. All subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to the Company, or persons acting on behalf of the Company, are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained throughout this announcement. As a result of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, a prospective investor should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.

Information to distributors

Solely for the purposes of Paragraph 3.2.7R regarding the responsibilities of UK Manufacturers under the Product Governance requirements contained within 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 new Ordinary shares have been subject to a product approval process, which has determined that the new Ordinary shares are: (i) compatible with an end target market of (a) retail investors, (b) investors who meet the criteria of professional clients and (c) eligible counterparties, each as defined in UK Product Governance Requirements; and (ii) eligible for distribution through all distribution channels as are permitted by UK Product Governance Requirements (the "Target Market Assessment"). Notwithstanding the Target Market Assessment, distributors should note that: the price of the Placing Shares may decline and investors could lose all or part of their investment; the Placing Shares offer no guaranteed income and no capital protection; and an investment in the Placing Shares is compatible only with investors who do not need a guaranteed income or capital protection, who (either alone or in conjunction with an appropriate financial or other adviser) are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of such an investment and who have sufficient resources to be able to bear any losses that may result therefrom. The Target Market Assessment is without prejudice to the requirements of any contractual, legal or regulatory selling restrictions in relation to the Placing. 

 

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