Rule 2.10 Announcement (Warrants)

RNS Number : 3698V

Synchronica PLC

11 January 2012

 

11 January 2012

Synchronica plc

("Synchronica" or "the Company")

RULE 2.10 ANNOUNCEMENT (Warrants)

In accordance with Rule 2.10 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers ("the Code"), Synchronica plc confirms that at the date of this announcement, it has 158,707,089 Ordinary Shares of 15p eachin issue and admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange under the UK ISIN code GB00B5BPX877.

In accordance with Rule 2.10 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers ("the Code"), Synchronica plc confirms that at the date of this announcement, it has the following warrants, in respect of Ordinary Shares of 15p each,in issue which are transferrable but which are not admitted to trading on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange or any other recognised stock exchange:

Number of Warrants	Date of Issue	Exercise Expiry Date	Exercise Price
16,739,141	21 Sept 2010	20 Sept 2013	28.94p p/share
35,210,349	29 July 2011	28 July 2014	16p p/share
16,701,000	15 July 2011	17 November 2014	25 CAN cents p/share

This announcement is available on the Company's website (www.synchronica.com).

Disclosure requirements of the Code:

Under Rule 8.3(a) of the Code, any person who is interested in 1% or more of any class of relevant securities of an offeree company must make an Opening Position Disclosure following the commencement of the offer period. An Opening Position Disclosure must contain details of the person's interests and short positions in, and rights to subscribe for, any relevant securities of the offeree company. An Opening Position Disclosure by a person to whom Rule 8.3(a) applies must be made by no later than 3.30 pm (London time) on the 10th business day following the commencement of the offer period. Relevant persons who deal in the relevant securities of the offeree company prior to the deadline for making an Opening Position Disclosure must instead make a Dealing Disclosure.

Under Rule 8.3(b) of the Code, any person who is, or becomes, interested in 1% or more of any class of relevant securities of the offeree company must make a Dealing Disclosure if the person deals in any relevant securities of the offeree company. A Dealing Disclosure must contain details of the dealing concerned and of the person's interests and short positions in, and rights to subscribe for, any relevant securities of the offeree company, save to the extent that these details have previously been disclosed under Rule 8. A Dealing Disclosure by a person to whom Rule 8.3(b) applies must be made by no later than 3.30 pm (London time) on the business day following the date of the relevant dealing.

If two or more persons act together pursuant to an agreement or understanding, whether formal or informal, to acquire or control an interest in relevant securities of an offeree company, they will be deemed to be a single person for the purpose of Rule 8.3.

Opening Position Disclosures must also be made by the offeree company and by any offeror and Dealing Disclosures must also be made by the offeree company, by any offeror and by any persons acting in concert with any of them (see Rules 8.1, 8.2 and 8.4).

Details of the offeree and offeror companies in respect of whose relevant securities Opening Position Disclosures and Dealing Disclosures must be made can be found in the Disclosure Table on the Takeover Panel's website at http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk, including details of the number of relevant securities in issue, when the offer period commenced and when any offeror was first identified. If you are in any doubt as to whether you are required to make an Opening Position Disclosure or a Dealing Disclosure, you should contact the Panel's Market Surveillance Unit on [phone].

For corporate information, please contact:

Synchronica plc [phone]	Chief Executive Officer	Angus Dent
Northland Capital Partners [phone]	Nominated Advisor Corporate Broker	Shane Gallwey; Rod Venables Katie Shelton
Walbrook PR Ltd [phone]	Media and Analyst Enquiries, UK	Paul McManus [e-mail]
TMX Equicom [phone] Ext 290	Media and Analyst Enquiries, North America	Craig MacPhail [e-mail]

About Synchronica

Synchronica plc is a leading developer of standards-based, next-generation mobile messaging solutions for mobile operators and device manufacturers. The Company's flagship product - Synchronica Mobile Gateway - provides pre-RCS push email, synchronisation, instant messaging (IM), and social networking services to any mobile phone currently in use. Synchronica's patented transcoding technology uses advanced streaming to download email attachments and dramatically reduces the consumption of wholesale network bandwidth by as much as 90 percent.

Synchronica's white-labelled products are licensed by more than 90 mobile operators and eight device manufacturers from emerging and developed markets, delivering mass market messaging services across the entire customer base, providing competitive advantage, diversifying revenues, and reducing churn.

Synchronica is headquartered in the United Kingdom and has a regional presence in Canada, as well as the USA, Hong Kong, Spain, and Dubai. Synchronica also operates dedicated development centres in Germany and the Philippines. A public company, Synchronica is traded on the AIM list of the London Stock Exchange (SYNC) and the Venture Exchange of the Toronto Stock Exchange (SYN). For further information, please visit www.synchronica.com

In accordance with Rule 2.10 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers ("the Code"), Synchronica plc confirms that at the date of this announcement, it has 158,707,089 Ordinary Shares of 15p eachin issue and admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange under the UK ISIN code GB00B5BPX877.

This announcement is available on the Company's website (www.synchronica.com).

 

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