23 August 2024
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN, IS
RESTRICTED AND IS NOT FOR PUBLICATION, RELEASE, DISTRIBUTION OR
FORWARDING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, TO ANY US
PERSONS OR IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN
OR THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH
SUCH PUBLICATION, RELEASE OR DISTRIBUTION WOULD BE
UNLAWFUL.
FURTHER, THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY
AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OF SECURITIES IN ANY JURISDICTION.
PLEASE SEE THE IMPORTANT NOTICES AT THE END OF THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT.
The
information contained within this Announcement is deemed by MYCELX
Technologies Corporation to constitute inside information as
stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 as
it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union
(Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("MAR").
MYCELX Technologies
Corporation
("MYCELX"
or the "Company") (AIM:MYX)
Proposed Placing and
Subscription
Broker
Option
Accelerating the
commercialisation of MYCELX'S PFAS Remediation
System
MYCELX, the clean water and clean
air technology company established to transform the environmental
impact of industry, is pleased to announce a proposed placing and
subscription of c.$0.9 million (c.£0.7 million*) (before expenses)
through the issue of an aggregate of 1,332,248 new common shares of
$0.025 each ("New Common Shares") to new and existing investors at
a price of 51.5 pence per New Common Share (the "Issue Price"). The
New Common Shares will rank pari passu in all respects with
the existing issued common shares of $0.025 in issue ("Existing
Common Shares").
The Company expects to issue 985,957
New Common Shares pursuant to a placing agreement entered into by
the Company with Canaccord Genuity Ltd ("Canaccord Genuity") (the
"Placing Agreement"), such shares to be issued to investors in the
United Kingdom at the Issue Price (the "Placing"). Subscribers also
intend to enter into conditional subscription agreements (the
"Subscription Agreements") with the Company to subscribe for an
aggregate of 346,292 New Common Shares at the Issue Price (the
"Subscription" and, together with the Placing, the
"Fundraising").
The Company has also granted a
broker option (the "Broker Option") under which up to a further
369,969 new Common Shares (the "Broker Option Shares"), may be
issued between the date of publication of this Announcement until
approximately 4:45 p.m. on 29 August 2024. To the extent that the
Broker Option is exercised, the Broker Option Shares will be issued
at the Issue Price. Orders for the Broker Option must be submitted
to Canaccord Genuity and will only be accepted from institutional
investors or private client brokers.
The Fundraising is not being
underwritten. The Issue Price is equal to the mid-market closing
price of the Existing Common Shares of 51.5 pence on 22 August
2024, being the latest practicable date prior to publication of
this announcement.
Background to and reasons for the Fundraising and intended Use
of Proceeds
For several years MYCELX's
technology has been deployed in two core markets to address
specific water treatment problems: per- and polyfluoroalkyl
substances (PFAS) remediation and REGEN media treating produced
water during Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) production. MYCELX's PFAS
technology is currently installed and used by a variety of
customers including the Australian Department of Defence, a global
integrated oil company and a national waste management
company.
The Company is currently expanding
its PFAS technology footprint into the US where according to the US
EPA, current peer-reviewed scientific studies have shown that
exposure to certain levels of PFAS, which has numerous sources, may
lead to increased risk of some cancers, decreased fertility and
developmental delays in children to name a few. The Company has
successfully completed a project removing PFAS from Aqueous Film
Forming Foam (AFFF), is currently onsite for a landfill leachate
trial and will begin a PFAS wastewater treatment trial in late
2024/early 2025. In April 2024, the US Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) finalised drinking water standards for six widely used
PFAS chemicals to removal levels of 4ppt-10ppt (parts per
trillion), depending on the chemical. Given the significant media
attention in the US and globally, there is heightened public
awareness of the PFAS threat to human health which we expect will
continue to increase and further drive regulation. In this new and
burgeoning market, the number and acceleration of trials in all of
the Company's PFAS market verticals is critical to
success.
The Company's REGEN media product
has been successfully deployed at a global producer in the Middle
East and will soon be installed at another global EOR producer in a
project located in a neighbouring country. The technology is also
onsite at a six-month trial in Canada and at a producer site in the
Middle East for an extended trial. The opportunities in EOR are
numerous given global producers' production ambitions and REGEN
media's ability to outperform its competition, increase production
and save water usage.
To expedite market penetration in
its core markets, the proceeds of the Fundraising are intended to
be used to build equipment to accommodate the ongoing demand for
PFAS trials, hire additional personnel to further commercialise
MYCELX's PFAS solution in the US as well as build trial equipment
and add engineering capability to address the increased inquiry for
systems that deploy REGEN media in the EOR market. The Directors
anticipate that these initiatives will, expedite participation in a
greater number of trials that will accelerate contract
wins.
Current Trading
The Directors are pleased with the
operational and financial progress of the Company in the year to
date. In line with this, the Company remains on track to achieve
market expectations for the current financial year. However, as
previously stated, the final outturn is dependent on projects
meeting delivery timelines with, in particular, one significant
project currently expected to be recognised in December when
factory acceptance testing is due to be complete.
As at the end of June 2024, the
Company's net cash balance was approximately $2.1
million.
Details of the Fundraising
As set out in this announcement, the
Company intends to raise c.$0.9 million via the Fundraising, prior
to the exercise of any Broker Option. It is intended that admission
of the New Common Shares to trading on AIM ("Admission") will occur
on 4 September 2024.
Pursuant to the Company's bylaws,
neither the Fundraising nor the Broker
Option require shareholder approval and are
therefore not subject to the approval of shareholders at a general
meeting of the Company.
The 1,332,248 New Common Shares
issued pursuant to the Fundraising, prior to the exercise of
any Broker Option,
will represent approximately 5.5 per cent. of the issued share
capital of the Company as enlarged by the Fundraising (the
"Enlarged Share Capital").
The Placing is being conducted in
accordance with Regulation S of the US Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, for offerings outside the United States by both U.S. and
foreign issuers. As such, the New Common Shares issued in the
Placing will be subject to the conditions listed under section
903(b)(3), or Category 3, of Regulation S. The Subscription
is being conducted in accordance with Regulation D of the
Securities Act for offerings to both U.S. and foreign issuers and
will be considered "restricted securities" under Rule 144 of the
Securities Act. Accordingly, upon Admission, the New Common
Shares issued in the Fundraising, and any Broker Option Shares issued pursuant
to the Broker Option, will trade in the Company's restricted line of New
Common Shares under the symbol MYXR, and the New Common Shares, as
represented by depositary interests ("Depository Interests"), will
be held in the CREST system and will be segregated into a separate
trading system within CREST identified with the marker "REG S" and
ISIN: USU624551318. The Company also maintains an
unrestricted line of Existing Common Shares trading under the
existing symbol MYX with ISIN US62847T2024.
The Placing will be conducted by way
of a direct placing pursuant to this announcement, in accordance
with the terms and conditions set out in the Appendix. The New
Common Shares are not being made available to the public. The
Fundraising is not being underwritten.
The Placing is conditional upon the
Placing Agreement becoming unconditional and not having been
terminated in accordance with its terms and on Admission of the New
Common Shares occurring at or before 8:00 a.m. (London time) on 4
September 2024 (or such later time and/or date, not being later
than 8:00 a.m. (London time) on 20 September 2024, as the Company
and Canaccord Genuity may otherwise agree.
It is intended that Admission of the
New Common Shares to trading on AIM will occur on 4 September
2024.
Details of the Broker
Option
The Company has also granted
a Broker Option to
Canaccord Genuity in order to deal with any additional demand under
the Placing in the event that requests to participate in the
Placing are received during the period from the date of this
Announcement to 4:45 p.m. on 29 August 2024 from institutional and
certain other investors who are persons of the type listed in
paragraphs 23 to 24 inclusive in the Appendix to this Announcement
headed "Representations, Warranties and Further Terms". The primary
purpose of the Broker Option is to facilitate demand from those investors who were
unable to participate in the Placing. The Broker Option is exercisable by
Canaccord Genuity any number of times up to that time and
date.
Any Broker Option Shares issued pursuant
to the exercise of the Broker
Option will be issued on the same terms and
conditions as the Placing Shares. Orders from investors pursuant to
the Broker Option
will only be accepted from institutional
investors or private client brokers.
The Broker Option may be exercised by
Canaccord Genuity in its absolute discretion, and there is no
obligation on Canaccord Genuity to exercise the Broker Option or to seek to procure
subscribers for any Broker
Option Shares pursuant to the Broker Option. The maximum number
of Broker Option
Shares which may be issued pursuant to the exercise of the
Broker Option is
369,969 Common Shares.
Should the Broker Option be exercised, the number of
Broker Option Shares to be
issued under the Broker Option will be announced in due course.
Directors' intended participation
Tom Lamb, Andre Schnabl and Connie
Mixon, directors of the Company, have indicated that they would be
willing to participate in the Subscription at the Issue Price for
48,836, 48,836 and 100,632 Subscription Shares each respectively. A
further announcement will be made in due course once such dealings
have occurred.
Related Party Transaction
The issue of 947,122 New Common
Shares to Octopus Investments Nominees Limited, a substantial
shareholder of the Company, constitutes a related party transaction
under the AIM Rules for Companies. Immediately following Admission
and before any exercise of the Broker Option, it is expected that
Octopus Investments Nominees Limited will have an interest in 27.4
per cent. of the issued Common Share capital of the Company. The
Directors consider, having consulted with Canaccord Genuity, acting
in its capacity as the Company's nominated adviser for the purposes
of the AIM Rules for Companies, that the terms of the subscription
by Octopus Investments Nominees Limited, are fair and reasonable
insofar as the Company's shareholders are concerned.
Commenting on the fundraise, Connie Mixon, CEO
said:
"We are pleased to announce the Fundraising. The additional
funding will enable us to capitalise on the high growth, high
margin and quickly evolving PFAS remediation market, which has the
potential to be a transformational industry for MYCELX. The Company
has significant opportunities in the global EOR market with
established strategic relationships and with producers where the
REGEN product is installed and successfully treating water to
performance and environmental expectations.
I
would like to thank our new and existing investors for their
support with this fundraise. We will continue to cement our
position as an innovative, technology focused company that makes a
material contribution to industry's goals to support better water
management, the global green economy, in addition to creating value
for all our stakeholders."
*Exchange rate of GBP: USD 1.3121 as at 12 noon 22 August
2024
For further information please
contact:
MYCELX Technologies Corporation
Connie Mixon, CEO
Kim Slayton, CFO
|
Tel: +1 888 306 6843
|
Canaccord Genuity Limited (Nominated Adviser and Sole
Broker)
Henry Fitzgerald-O'Connor
Charlie Hammond
Sam Lucas (ECM)
|
Tel: +44 20 7523 8000
|
Celicourt Communications (Financial PR)
Mark Antelme
Jimmy Lea
Charlie Denley-Myerson
|
Tel: +44 20
7770 6424
|
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NOTICES
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT (INCLUDING THE APPENDIX) AND THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS SET OUT HEREIN (TOGETHER, THIS "ANNOUNCEMENT") IS FOR
INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE OR FORM ANY PART
OF AN OFFER TO SELL OR ISSUE, OR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY,
SUBSCRIBE FOR OR OTHERWISE ACQUIRE ANY SECURITIES IN THE UNITED
STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, JAPAN OR
ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION WOULD BE
UNLAWFUL OR TO ANY PERSON TO WHOM IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MAKE SUCH OFFER
OR SOLICITATION. NO PUBLIC OFFERING OF THE PLACING SHARES,
SUBSCRIPTION SHARES OR THE BROKER OPTION SHARES (TOGETHER, THE
"FUNDRAISING SHARES") IS BEING MADE IN ANY SUCH JURISDICTION. ANY
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THESE RESTRICTIONS MAY CONSTITUTE A
VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES LAWS OF SUCH
JURISDICTIONS.
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release, publication or distribution, in whole or in part, directly
or indirectly, in or into the United States, Canada Australia, the
Republic of South Africa, Japan or any other jurisdiction in which
such release, publication or distribution would be
unlawful.
No action has been taken by the
Company, Canaccord Genuity or any of their respective affiliates,
or any of its or their respective directors, officers, partners,
employees, advisers and/or agents (collectively, "Representatives")
that would permit an offer of any of the Fundraising Shares or
possession or distribution of this Announcement or any other
publicity material relating to such Fundraising Shares in any
jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. Persons
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have a contractual or other legal obligation to forward a copy of
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Investors Resident in the United Kingdom and the
EEA
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is only being distributed to: (a) persons in member states of the
European Economic Area (the "EEA") who are "qualified investors", as
defined in Article 2(e) of the Prospectus Regulation (Regulation
(EU) 2017/1129) (the "Prospectus
Regulation") ("EEA
Qualified Investors"), (b) persons in the United Kingdom,
who are qualified investors, being persons falling within the
meaning of Article 2(e) of Prospectus Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 as
it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union
(Withdrawal) Act 2018 (the "UK
Prospectus Regulation"), and who (i) have professional
experience in matters relating to investments who fall within the
definition of "investment professionals" in Article 19(5) of the
Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order
2005, as amended (the "Order"); or (ii) are persons falling
within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) ("high net worth companies,
unincorporated associations, etc") of the Order; or (c) persons to
whom it may otherwise be lawfully communicated (each such person in
(a), (b) and (c), a "Relevant
Person"). This Announcement and the information in it must
not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not Relevant
Persons. Persons distributing this Announcement must satisfy
themselves that it is lawful to do so. Any investment or investment
activity to which this Announcement or the Fundraising relates is
available only to Relevant Persons and will be engaged in only with
Relevant Persons. This Announcement does not itself constitute an
offer for sale or subscription of any securities in the
Company.
This Announcement is not being
distributed by, nor has it been approved for the purposes of
section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as
amended ("FSMA") by, a
person authorised under FSMA. This Announcement is being
distributed and communicated to persons in the United Kingdom only
in circumstances in which section 21(1) of FSMA does not
apply.
Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward Looking
Information
This Announcement contains
"forward-looking information" including as that term is defined
under applicable securities legislation. Such information includes
but is not limited to, the intended use of proceeds, the
Fundraising; and the receipt of required approvals, including the
approval of the shareholders of the Company. Generally,
forward-looking information can be identified by the use of words
such as "plans", "expects" or "is expected", "scheduled",
"estimates" "intends", "anticipates", "believes", or variations of
such words and phrases, or statements that certain actions, events
or results "can", "may", "could", "would", "should", "might" or
"will", occur or be achieved, or the negative connotations thereof.
These forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and
uncertainties, certain of which are beyond the control of the
Company, which could cause the actual results, performance or
achievements of the Company to be materially different from the
future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by
such information. These risks include, without limitation, risks
related to Admission and other applicable securities regulatory
authorities, a failure to obtain adequate financing on a timely
basis and on acceptable terms, risks relating to the Company's
ability to respond to technological advances and emerging industry
and regulatory standards and practices on a cost effective and
timely basis, risks relating to customer diversification,
political, regulatory and geopolitical risks, oil and gas industry
cycles, risks relating to the retention of key personnel, other
risks and uncertainties related to the Company's prospects and
business as well as those risk factors discussed or referred to
herein and in the Company's publicly available information.
Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors
that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ
materially from those described in forward-looking information,
there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results
not to be anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no
assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be
accurate, as actual results and future events could differ
materially from those anticipated in such information. The Company
undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking information if
circumstances or management's estimates, assumptions or opinions
should change, except as required by applicable law. The reader is
cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking
information. The information in this Announcement is subject to
change.
Canaccord Genuity Limited
("Canaccord Genuity"),
which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the FCA,
is acting exclusively for the Company and for no one else in
connection with the Fundraising and will not regard any other
person (whether or not a recipient of this Announcement) as a
client in relation to the Fundraising or any other matter referred
to in this Announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other
than the Company in connection with the Fundraising or for
providing the protections afforded to their respective clients or
for giving advice in relation to the Fundraising or any other
matter referred to in this Announcement. Canaccord Genuity's
responsibilities as the Company's nominated adviser under the AIM
Rules for Nominated Advisers are owed solely to the London Stock
Exchange and are not owed to the Company or to any Director or to
any other person.
In connection with the Placing,
Canaccord Genuity and any of its affiliates, acting as investors
for their own account, may take up a portion of the Placing Shares
as a principal position and in that capacity may retain, purchase,
sell, offer to sell for the own accounts or otherwise deal for
their own account in such shares and other securities of the
Company or related investments in connection with the Placing or
otherwise. Accordingly, references to Placing Shares being offered,
acquired, placed or otherwise dealt in should be read as including
any issue or offer to, or acquisition, placing or dealing by
Canaccord Genuity and any of its affiliates acting in such
capacity. In addition, Canaccord Genuity and any of its affiliates
may enter into financing arrangements (including swaps) with
investors in connection with which Canaccord Genuity and any of its
affiliates may from time to time acquire, hold or dispose of
shares. Canaccord Genuity does not intend to disclose the extent of
any such investment or transactions otherwise than in accordance
with any legal or regulatory obligations to do so.
This Announcement is being issued by
and is the sole responsibility of the Company. No representation or
warranty, express or implied, is or will be made as to, or in
relation to, and no responsibility or liability is or will be
accepted by or on behalf of Canaccord Genuity (apart from the
responsibilities or liabilities that may be imposed by FSMA or the
regulatory regime established thereunder) and/or by any of their
respective affiliates and/or any of their respective
Representatives as to, or in relation to, the accuracy, adequacy,
fairness or completeness of this Announcement or any other written
or oral information made available to or publicly available to any
interested party or their respective advisers or any other
statement made or purported to be made by or on behalf of Canaccord
Genuity and/or any of its affiliates and/or by any of its
Representatives in connection with the Fundraising and/or the
Broker Option and any responsibility and liability whether arising
in tort, contract or otherwise therefor is expressly disclaimed. No
representation or warranty, express or implied, is made by
Canaccord Genuity and/or any of its affiliates and/or any of its
Representatives as to the accuracy, fairness, verification,
completeness or sufficiency of the information or opinions
contained in this Announcement or any other written or oral
information made available to or publicly available to any
interested party or their respective advisers, and any liability
therefor is expressly disclaimed.
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be reproduced in any manner whatsoever. Any forwarding,
distribution, reproduction or disclosure of this Announcement, in
whole or in part, is unauthorised. Failure to comply with this
directive may result in a violation of the Securities Act or the
applicable laws of other jurisdictions.
This Announcement does not identify
or suggest, or purport to identify or suggest, the risks (direct or
indirect) that may be associated with an investment in the Common
Shares. Any investment decision to buy Common Shares in the
Fundraising and/or the Broker Option must be made solely on the
basis of publicly available information. This Announcement does not
constitute a recommendation concerning any investor's options with
respect to the Fundraising and/or the Broker Option. Recipients of
this Announcement should conduct their own investigation,
evaluation and analysis of the business, data and other information
described in this Announcement. The price and value of securities
can go down as well as up and investors may not get back the full
amount invested upon the disposal of the shares. Past performance
is not a guide to future performance. The contents of this
Announcement are not to be construed as legal, business, financial
or tax advice. Each investor or prospective investor should consult
his or her or its own legal adviser, business adviser, financial
adviser or tax adviser for legal, business, financial or tax
advice.
Any indication in this Announcement
of the price at which the Company's shares have been bought or sold
in the past cannot be relied upon as a guide to future performance.
Persons needing advice should consult an independent financial
adviser. No statement in this Announcement is intended to be a
profit forecast or profit estimate for any period and no statement
in this Announcement should be interpreted to mean that earnings,
earnings per share or income, cash flow from operations or free
cash flow for the Company for the current or future financial
periods would necessarily match or exceed the historical published
earnings, earnings per share or income, cash flow from operations
or free cash flow for the Company.
The Appendix sets out the terms and
conditions of the Placing. By participating in the Placing
(including with respect to any Broker Option Shares), you will be
deemed to have read and understood this Announcement (including the
Appendix) in its entirety, to be participating in the Placing and
making an offer to acquire and acquiring Placing Shares (including
any Broker Option Shares) on the terms and subject to the
conditions set out in the Appendix.
and to be providing the
representations, warranties, undertakings and acknowledgements
contained in the Appendix.
Neither the content of the Company's
website (or any other website) nor the content of any website
accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other
website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this
Announcement.
This Announcement has been prepared
for the purposes of complying with applicable law and regulation in
the United Kingdom and the information disclosed may not be the
same as that which would have been disclosed if this Announcement
had been prepared in accordance with the laws and regulations of
any jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom.
Information to Distributors
THE
DISTRIBUTION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE OFFERING OF THE
FUNDRAISING SHARES IN CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS MAY BE RESTRICTED BY
LAW. NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN BY THE COMPANY, CANACCORD GENUITY OR
ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES THAT WOULD PERMIT AN OFFERING OF
THE FUNDRAISING SHARES OR POSSESSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT OR ANY OTHER OFFERING OR PUBLICITY MATERIAL RELATING
TO THE FUNDRAISING SHARES IN ANY JURISDICTION WHERE ACTION FOR THAT
PURPOSE IS REQUIRED. PERSONS INTO WHOSE POSSESSION THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT COMES ARE REQUIRED BY THE COMPANY AND CANACCORD
GENUITY TO INFORM THEMSELVES ABOUT, AND TO OBSERVE, SUCH
RESTRICTIONS.
Persons distributing this
Announcement must satisfy themselves that it is lawful to do so.
Persons (including without limitation, nominees and trustees) who
have a contractual right or other legal obligation to forward a
copy of this Announcement (or any part thereof) should seek
appropriate advice before taking any action.
UK
Product Governance Requirements
Solely for the purposes of the
product governance requirements of Chapter 3 of the FCA Handbook
Product Intervention and Product Governance Sourcebook (the
"UK MiFIR 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 MiFIR Product Governance
Requirements) may otherwise have with respect thereto, the Placing
Shares have been subject to a product approval process, which has
determined that the Placing 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
as defined in paragraphs 3.5 and 3.6 of COBS; and (ii) eligible for
distribution through all permitted distribution channels (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 any contractual, legal or
regulatory selling restrictions in relation to the Placing.
Furthermore, it is noted that, notwithstanding the Target Market
Assessment, each of Canaccord Genuity will only procure investors
who meet the criteria of professional clients and eligible
counterparties.
For the avoidance of doubt, the
Target Market Assessment does not constitute: (a) an assessment of
suitability or appropriateness for the purposes of Chapters 9A or
10A respectively of COBS; or (b) a recommendation to any investor
or group of investors to invest in, or purchase, or take any other
action whatsoever with respect to the Placing Shares. Each
distributor is responsible for undertaking its own target market
assessment in respect of the Placing Shares and determining
appropriate distribution channels.
APPENDIX
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE
PLACING
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON THE PLACING FOR INVITED PLACEES
ONLY.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, INCLUDING THIS
APPENDIX AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN (TOGETHER THE
"ANNOUNCEMENT") IS
RESTRICTED AND IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN
WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO OR FROM THE
UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN, THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH
AFRICA OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH RELEASE, PUBLICATION
OR DISTRIBUTION WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT HAS NOT
BEEN APPROVED BY THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, NOR IS IT INTENDED THAT
IT WILL BE SO APPROVED.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE NOT
ELIGIBLE TO TAKE PART IN THE PLACING. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS DIRECTED
AT AND IS ONLY BEING DISTRIBUTED TO: (A) PERSONS IN MEMBER STATES
OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA (THE "EEA") WHO ARE "QUALIFIED INVESTORS", AS
DEFINED IN ARTICLE 2(E) OF THE PROSPECTUS REGULATION (REGULATION
(EU) 2017/1129) (THE "PROSPECTUS REGULATION") ("EEA QUALIFIED INVESTORS"), (B) PERSONS
IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, WHO ARE QUALIFIED INVESTORS, BEING PERSONS
FALLING WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 2(E) OF PROSPECTUS REGULATION
(EU) 2017/1129 AS IT FORMS PART OF DOMESTIC LAW BY VIRTUE OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018 (THE "UK PROSPECTUS REGULATION"), AND WHO (I)
HAVE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN MATTERS RELATING TO INVESTMENTS WHO
FALL WITHIN THE DEFINITION OF "INVESTMENT PROFESSIONALS" IN ARTICLE
19(5) OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 (FINANCIAL
PROMOTION) ORDER 2005, AS AMENDED (THE "ORDER"); OR (II) ARE
PERSONS FALLING WITHIN ARTICLE 49(2)(A) TO (D) ("HIGH NET WORTH
COMPANIES, UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS, ETC") OF THE ORDER; OR (C)
PERSONS TO WHOM IT MAY OTHERWISE BE LAWFULLY COMMUNICATED (EACH
SUCH PERSON IN (A), (B) AND (C), A "RELEVANT PERSON").
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS SET OUT HEREIN MUST NOT BE ACTED ON OR RELIED ON BY
PERSONS WHO ARE NOT RELEVANT PERSONS. PERSONS DISTRIBUTING THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT MUST SATISFY THEMSELVES THAT IT IS LAWFUL TO DO SO.
ANY INVESTMENT OR INVESTMENT ACTIVITY TO WHICH THIS APPENDIX AND
THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET OUT HEREIN RELATE IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO
RELEVANT PERSONS AND WILL BE ENGAGED IN ONLY WITH RELEVANT PERSONS.
THIS APPENDIX DOES NOT ITSELF CONSTITUTE AN OFFER FOR SALE OR
SUBSCRIPTION OF ANY SECURITIES IN THE COMPANY.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT AN OFFER OF
SECURITIES FOR SALE INTO THE UNITED STATES. THE NEW COMMON SHARES
TO BE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE PLACING ("PLACING SHARES") (OR DEPOSITARY
INTERESTS REPRESENTING THEM) HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE
REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE "SECURITIES ACT") OR
WITH ANY SECURITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF ANY STATE OR
JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR
TRANSFERRED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN THE UNITED STATES ABSENT
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A
TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
SECURITIES ACT AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES
LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
SUBJECT TO CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS AND AT THE SOLE DISCRETION OF THE
COMPANY, THE PLACING SHARES ARE BEING OFFERED AND SOLD ONLY OUTSIDE
THE UNITED STATES IN "OFFSHORE TRANSACTIONS" WITHIN THE MEANING OF,
AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND
OTHERWISE IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAWS. NO PUBLIC
OFFERING OF THE PLACING SHARES IS BEING MADE IN THE UNITED STATES,
THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE.
EACH PLACEE SHOULD CONSULT WITH ITS
ADVISERS AS TO LEGAL, TAX, BUSINESS AND RELATED ASPECTS OF AN
INVESTMENT IN PLACING SHARES.
The distribution of this
Announcement, any part of it or any information contained in it may
be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions, and any person into
whose possession this announcement, any part of it or any
information contained in it comes should inform themselves about,
and observe, such restrictions. No action has been taken by
the company, Canaccord or any of their respective affiliates,
agents, directors, officers or employees that would permit an offer
of the Placing Shares or possession or distribution of this
announcement or any other offering or publicity material relating
to such Placing Shares in any jurisdiction where action for that
purpose is required. Persons into whose possession this
announcement comes are required by the company, Canaccord to inform
themselves about and to observe any such restrictions.
Persons who are invited to and who
choose to participate in the Placing by making an oral or written
offer to acquire Placing Shares, including any individuals, funds
or others on whose behalf a commitment to acquire Placing Shares is
given (the "Placees"), will
be deemed: (i) to have read and understood this Announcement,
including this Appendix, in its entirety; and (ii) to be
participating and making an offer for Placing Shares 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 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; and
2) in
the case of a Relevant Person in a member state of the EEA or in
the United Kingdom who acquires any Placing Shares pursuant to the
Placing:
a) the
Placing Shares acquired by it in the Placing have not been acquired
on behalf of, nor have they been acquired with a view to their
offer or resale to, persons in a member state of the EEA other than
EEA Qualified Investors or persons in the United Kingdom other than
Relevant Persons, or in circumstances in which the prior consent of
Canaccord have been given to the offer or resale;
or
b) where Placing Shares have been acquired by it on behalf of
persons in a member state of the EEA other than EEA Qualified
Investors, the offer of those Placing Shares to it is not treated
under the Prospectus Regulation as having been made to such
persons; or
c) where Placing Shares have been acquired by it on behalf of
persons in the United Kingdom other than Relevant Persons, the
offer of those Placing Shares to it is not treated under the UK
Prospectus Regulation as having been made to such persons;
and
3) it
is acquiring the Placing Shares for its own account or is acquiring
the Placing Shares for an account with respect to which it
exercises sole investment discretion and has the authority to make
and does make the representations, warranties, indemnities,
acknowledgements, undertakings and agreements contained in this
Announcement; and
4) it
understands (or if acting for the account of another person, such
person has confirmed that such person understands) the resale and
transfer restrictions set out in this Appendix;
and
5) it
(and any account referred to in paragraph 4 above) is
either:
a) outside the United States acquiring the Placing Shares in
offshore transactions as defined in, and in accordance with,
Regulation S under the US Securities Act; or
b) a
"qualified institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A under the
US Securities Act.
Details of the Placing Agreement, the Placing Shares and the
Placing
Canaccord is acting as broker in
connection with the Placing and has entered into the Placing
Agreement with the Company under which it has agreed to use its
reasonable endeavours to procure Placees to take up the Placing
Shares, on the terms and subject to the conditions set out
therein.
Canaccord will today launch the
Placing. 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.
The Placing Shares will, as from the
date when they are issued, be fully paid up, rank in full for all
dividends and other distributions declared, made or paid on the
Common Shares after Admission respectively and otherwise rank pari
passu in all respects with, and be identical to, the existing
Common Shares then in issue.
In order to ensure that the holders
of the Placing Shares comply with the resale requirements under SEC
legislation applicable to an offshore transaction under Regulation
S of the US Securities Act of 1933 (which restrict the sale of the
Placing Shares in to the US for a period of 12 months following
their issue), upon Admission, the Placing Shares will trade in the
Company's new restricted line of New Common Shares under the symbol
MYXR, and the Placing Shares, as represented by Depository
Interests, will be held in the CREST system and will be segregated
into a separate trading system within CREST identified with the
marker "REG S" and USU624551318. The Company also maintains an
unrestricted line of Existing Common Shares trading under the
existing symbol MYX with ISIN US62847T2024. In general, under
US securities law, Placing Shares that have been in issue for more
than one year and are not held by an 'affiliate' (as defined under
the US Securities Act of 1933) of the Company qualify for
characterisation as unrestricted common stock. After the relevant
period has elapsed, all unrestricted common stock will be eligible
for migration to, and trading on, the Company's unrestricted MYX
line with the ISIN US62847T2024.
Details of the Broker
Option
The Company has granted the Broker
Option to Canaccord in order to enable Canaccord to deal with any
additional demand under the Placing in the event that requests to
participate in the Placing are received during the period from the
date of this Announcement to 4:45 p.m. on 29 August 2024 from
institutional and certain other investors who are persons of the
type listed in paragraphs 23 to 24 (inclusive) in this Appendix
headed "Representations, Warranties and Further Terms". The
primary purpose of the Broker Option is to facilitate demand from
those investors who were unable to participate in the Placing. The
Broker Option is exercisable by Canaccord Genuity any number of
times up to that time and date.
To subscribe for Broker Option
Shares prospective investors should communicate their interest to
Canaccord via their independent financial adviser, stockbroker or
other firm authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority, as
Canaccord cannot take direct orders from individual private
investors. Investors who wish to register their interest in
subscribing for Broker Option Shares should instruct their
stockbroker or independent financial adviser to e-mail Canaccord at
cg-ecm-uk@cgf.com. Each bid should state the number of Broker
Option Shares that the investor wishes to acquire at the Issue
Price. Any investors allocated Broker Option Shares will be
considered Placees, as defined in this Announcement.
Any new Common Shares issued
pursuant to the exercise of the Broker Option ("Broker Option Shares") will be issued on the
same terms and conditions as the Placing Shares, which terms are
set out in this Appendix. Orders from investors pursuant to
the Broker Option to Canaccord will only be accepted from
institutional investors or private client brokers.
The Broker Option may be exercised
by Canaccord Genuity in its absolute discretion, but there is no
obligation on Canaccord Genuity to exercise the Broker Option or to
seek to procure subscribers for any Broker Option Shares pursuant
to the Broker Option.
The maximum number of Broker Option
Shares which may be issued pursuant to the exercise of the Broker
Option is 369,969 Common Shares.
Application for listing and admission to
trading
Application has been made to the
London Stock Exchange for the Placing Shares to be admitted to
trading on AIM ("Admission"). It is expected that
Admission will become effective and that dealings in the Placing
Shares, will commence at 8.00 a.m. on 4 September 2024.
Participation in, and principal terms of, the
Placing
1.
Canaccord is arranging the Placing as agent of the
Company.
2.
Participation will only be available to persons
who may lawfully be, and are, invited to participate by Canaccord.
Canaccord is entitled to participate as principal in the
Placing.
3.
The Issue Price per Placing Share payable by all
subscribers for the Placing Shares ("Placees") is fixed at 51.5 pence.
It is expected that the number of Placing Shares to be issued will
be 985,957 raising gross proceeds of c.$0.7
million (c.£0.5 million).
4.
To participate in the Placing, prospective Placees
should communicate their bid by telephone or in writing to their
usual sales contact at Canaccord. Each bid should state the number
of Placing Shares which the prospective Placee wishes to acquire at
the Issue Price. Bids may be scaled down on the basis referred to
in paragraph 7 below.
5.
The Placing is expected to close immediately upon
this announcement. Canaccord may, in agreement with the Company,
accept bids that are received after the Placing has
closed.
6.
Each Placee's allocation (including, if the Broker
Option is exercised at that time, any Broker Option Shares) will be
confirmed to Placees orally by Canaccord following the close of the
Placing, and a trade confirmation or contract note will be
dispatched as soon as possible thereafter. Canaccord's 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 Canaccord and the Company, pursuant to which
such Placee agrees to acquire the number of Placing Shares
allocated to it and to pay or procure payment of the relevant Issue
Price on the terms and conditions set out in this Appendix and in
accordance with the Company's corporate documents.
7.
Subject to paragraphs 3 and 4
above, Canaccord will, in effecting the Placing,
agree with the Company the identity of the Placees and the basis of
allocation of the Placing Shares.
8.
Participation in the Placing will be made on the
terms and subject to the conditions in this Appendix and will be
legally binding on the Placee on behalf of which it is made and
except with Canaccord's consent will not be capable of variation or
revocation after the time at which it is submitted. Each Placee
will also have an immediate, separate, irrevocable and binding
obligation, owed to Canaccord, to pay or procure to it (or as it
may direct) in cleared funds an amount equal to the product of the
Issue Price and the number of Placing Shares that such Placee has
agreed to acquire. Each Placee's obligations will be owed to
Canaccord.
9.
Except as required by law or regulation, no press
release or other announcement will be made by Canaccord 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.
10. 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".
11. All obligations under the Placing (including with respect to
any Broker Option Shares) will be subject to fulfilment or (where
applicable) waiver of 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".
12. By participating in the Placing (including with respect to any
Broker Option Shares), each Placee agrees 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 after confirmation (oral or otherwise)
by Canaccord.
13. To the fullest extent permissible by law, neither Canaccord,
the Company nor any of their respective affiliates or persons
acting on behalf of any of them shall have any responsibility or
liability to Placees (or to any other person whether acting on
behalf of a Placee or otherwise). In particular, neither of
Canaccord, nor the Company, nor any of their respective affiliates
or persons acting on behalf of any of them shall have any
responsibility or liability (including to the extent permissible by
law, any fiduciary duties) in respect of Canaccord's conduct of the
Placing. Nothing in this paragraph or otherwise this Placing
excludes liability of any person for fraud or fraudulent
misrepresentation made by that person.
Conditions of the Placing
The Placing is conditional upon the
Placing Agreement becoming unconditional and not having been
terminated in accordance with its terms. Canaccord's obligations
under the Placing Agreement in relation to Admission are
conditional on certain conditions, including inter alia:
a)
the Company having complied with certain specified
obligations under the Placing Agreement (to the extent such
obligations fall to be performed prior to Admission) including the
Company allotting, conditional on Admission, the Placing Shares
subject to the by-laws of the Company;
b)
the delivery to Canaccord of certain documentary
conditions precedent;
c)
the Company being in receipt, in cleared funds and
in full, of the proceeds of the Subscription (as defined in the
Announcement) being the number of New Common Shares subscribed for
pursuant to the Subscription multiplied by the Issue Price;
and
d)
Admission of the Placing Shares occurring at or
before 8:00 a.m. (London time) on 4
September 2024 (or such later time and/or date, not being later
than 8:00 a.m. (London time) on 20 September 2024, as the Company
and Canaccord may otherwise agree);
If: (i) any of the conditions
contained in the Placing Agreement in relation to Admission,
including those described above, are not fulfilled or (where
applicable) waived or extended in writing by Canaccord by the
relevant time or date specified (or such later time or date as the
Company and Canaccord may agree); or (ii) prior to Admission the
Placing Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms
including, inter alia in the circumstances specified below, the
Placing will lapse and the Placees' 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 it in respect thereof.
Canaccord may, at their discretion,
extend the time for satisfaction of, or waive compliance by the
Company with, the whole or any part of certain of the Company's
obligations in relation to the conditions in the Placing Agreement.
Any such extension or waiver will not affect Placees' commitments
as set out in this Announcement.
Canaccord shall not 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 it 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 it may make as to the satisfaction of any condition or
in respect of the Placing generally and by participating in the
Placing (including with respect to any Broker Option Shares) each
Placee agrees that any such decision is within the absolute
discretion of Canaccord.
For the avoidance of doubt, the
Placing is not conditional upon the exercise of the Broker
Option.
Right to terminate under the Placing
Agreement
Canaccord is entitled, at any time
before Admission to terminate the Placing Agreement in accordance
with its terms in certain limited circumstances including, inter
alia:
a)
the Company fails, in any material respect, to
comply with any of its obligations under the Placing Agreement;
or
b)
it comes to the notice of Canaccord that any
statement contained in the certain Placing documents was untrue, incorrect or misleading at the date of
the Placing documents in any respect which Canaccord considers to
be material in the context of the Placing and/or Admission;
or
c)
it comes to the notice of either of Canaccord that
any of the warranties given by the Company was not at the date of
the Placing Agreement true and accurate in any respect which
Canaccord considers to be material in the context of the Placing
and/or Admission by reference to the facts subsisting at the
time.
By participating in the Placing
(including with respect to any Broker Option Shares), Placees agree
that the exercise by Canaccord of any right of termination or other
discretion under the Placing Agreement shall be within the absolute
discretion of Canaccord and that it need not make any reference to,
or consult with, Placees and that it shall have no liability to
Placees whatsoever in connection with any such exercise.
No
Prospectus
No offering 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.
Placees' commitments will be made
solely on the basis of the information contained in this
Announcement (including this Appendix) released by the Company
today and subject to the further terms set forth in the contract
note to be provided to individual Placees. Each Placee, by
accepting a participation in the Placing, agrees that the content
of this Announcement (including this Appendix) and all other
publicly available information previously published by the Company
by notification to a Regulatory Information Service is exclusively
the responsibility of the Company and confirms that it has neither
received nor relied on any other information, representation,
warranty or statement made by or on behalf of the Company,
Canaccord or any other person and neither of the Company or
Canaccord 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. 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. Nothing in this paragraph shall
exclude the liability of any person for fraud or fraudulent
misrepresentation by that person.
Registration and Settlement
Settlement of transactions in the
Placing Shares (ISIN: USU624551318)
following Admission will take place within the
system administered by Euroclear UK & Ireland Limited
("CREST"). Subject to
certain exceptions, Canaccord and the Company reserve the right to
require settlement for, and delivery of, the Placing Shares (or any
part thereof) to Placees by such other means that they deem
necessary if delivery or settlement is not possible or practicable
within the CREST system within the timetable set out in this
Announcement or would not be consistent with the regulatory
requirements in the Placee's jurisdiction.
Each Placee allocated Placing Shares
in the Placing will be sent a trade confirmation in
accordance
with the standing arrangements in place with Canaccord stating the
number of Placing Shares allocated to it at the Issue Price, the
aggregate amount owed by such Placee to Canaccord and settlement
instructions. Each Placee agrees that it will do all things
necessary to ensure that delivery and payment is completed in
accordance with the standing CREST or certificated settlement
instructions in respect of the Placing Shares that it has in place
with Canaccord.
It is expected that settlement for
the Placing Shares will be on 4 September 2024 in accordance with
the instructions set out in the trade
confirmation.
Each Placee is deemed to agree that,
if it does not comply with these obligations, Canaccord may sell
any or all of the Placing Shares allocated to that Placee on such
Placee's behalf and retain from the proceeds, for Canaccord's
account and benefit, an amount equal to the aggregate amount owed
by the Placee. The relevant Placee will, however, remain liable for
any shortfall below the aggregate amount owed by it and may be
required to bear any stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax (together
with any penalties) or other similar taxes imposed in any
jurisdiction which may arise upon the sale of such Placing Shares
on such Placee's behalf.
If Placing Shares are to be
delivered to a custodian or settlement agent, Placees should ensure
that the trade confirmation 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.
Representations, Warranties and Further
Terms
By participating in the Placing each
Placee (and any person acting on such Placee's behalf)
irrevocably:
1.
represents and warrants that it has read and
understood the Announcement, including this Appendix, in its
entirety and that its acquisition 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 or
prospectus has been or will be prepared in connection with the
Placing and represents and warrants that it has not received and
will not receive a prospectus or other offering document in
connection with the Placing or the Placing Shares;
3.
acknowledges that the Placing does not constitute
a recommendation or financial product advice and neither Canaccord
has had regard to its particular objectives, financial situation or
needs;
4.
acknowledges that neither of Canaccord, the
Company, nor any of their respective affiliates, agents, directors,
officers or employees has provided, nor will provide, it with any
material regarding the Placing Shares or the Company other than
this Announcement; nor has it requested Canaccord, the Company, any
of their respective affiliates or any person acting on behalf of
any of them to provide it with any such information;
5.
acknowledges that the Common Shares are listed on
AIM and that the Company is therefore required to publish certain
business and financial information in accordance with the rules and
practices under the AIM Rules, which includes a description of the
Company's business and the Company's financial information,
including balance sheets and income statements, and that it is able
to obtain or access to such information, or comparable information
concerning other publicly traded companies, in each case without
undue difficulty;
6.
acknowledges that the content of this Announcement
is exclusively the responsibility of the Company and Canaccord, nor
their respective affiliates or any person acting on behalf of any
of them, has or shall have any liability for any information,
representation or statement contained in, or omission from, this
Announcement or any information previously published by or on
behalf of the Company, pursuant to applicable laws, 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 Placing Shares is contained in this Announcement
and any information previously published by the Company by
notification to a Regulatory Information Service, such information
being all that such Placee deems necessary or appropriate and
sufficient 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 Canaccord or the Company nor any of their respective
affiliates, agents, directors, officers or employees and none of
Canaccord or the Company or any such affiliate, agent, director,
officer or employee 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, provided
that nothing in this paragraph excludes the liability of any person
for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation made by that
person;
7.
acknowledges and agrees that it may not rely, and
has not relied, on any investigation that either Canaccord, any of
their affiliates or any person acting on their behalf, may have
conducted with respect to the Placing Shares or the Company, and
none of such persons has made any representation, express or
implied, with respect to the Company, the Placing Shares or the
accuracy, completeness or adequacy of the information from the
London Stock Exchange or any other information; each Placee further
acknowledges that it has conducted its own investigation of the
Company and the Placing Shares and has received all information it
believes necessary or appropriate in connection with its investment
in the Placing Shares;
8.
acknowledges that it has made its own assessment
and has satisfied itself concerning the relevant tax, legal,
currency and other economic considerations relevant to its
investment in the Placing Shares;
9.
acknowledges that none of Canaccord, their
respective affiliates or any person acting on behalf of any of them
has or shall have any liability for any information made publicly
available by or in relation to the Company or any representation,
warranty or statement relating to the Company or the Group
contained therein or otherwise, provided that nothing in this
paragraph excludes the liability of any person for fraud or
fraudulent misrepresentation made by that person;
10. represents and warrants that (i) the Placing Shares have not
been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act; (ii) it
is and, at the time the Placing Shares are acquired, will be
outside the United States and acquiring the Placing Shares in an
"offshore transaction" in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 of
Regulation S (iii) if acquiring the Placing Shares for the account
of one or more other persons, it has full power and authority to
make the representations, warranties, agreements, undertakings and
acknowledgements herein on behalf of each such person; (iv) it is
not acquiring the Placing Shares as a result of any "directed
selling efforts" as defined in Regulation S or as a result of any
"general solicitation" or "general advertising" within the meaning
of Rule 502(c) of Regulation D of the Securities Act; and (v) it
will not publish, distribute or transmit this Announcement or any
other document or information related to the Placing, by any means
or media, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, in or into
the United States;
11. acknowledges that in making any decision to acquire Placing
Shares it (i) has such knowledge and experience in financial and
business matters to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks
of subscribing for or purchasing the Placing Shares, (ii) will not
look to either Canaccord for all or part of any loss it may suffer
as a result of any such subscription or purchase, (iii) is
experienced in investing in securities of this nature in this
sector and is aware that it may be required to bear, and is able to
bear, the economic risk of an investment in the Placing Shares,
(iv) is able to sustain a complete loss of an investment in the
Placing Shares and (v) has no need for liquidity with respect to
its investment in the Placing Shares;
12. undertakes, unless otherwise specifically agreed with
Canaccord, that it is not and at the time the Placing Shares are
acquired, neither it nor the beneficial owner of the Placing Shares
will be, a resident of Australia, Canada, Japan or South Africa and
further acknowledges that the Placing Shares have not been and will
not be registered under the securities legislation of Australia,
Canada, Japan or South Africa and, subject to certain exceptions,
may not be offered, sold, transferred, delivered or distributed,
directly or indirectly, in or into any of those
jurisdictions;
13. acknowledges that the Placing Shares have not been and will
not be registered, and that a prospectus will not be cleared in
respect of any of the Placing Shares, under the securities laws or
legislation of the United States or any state or jurisdiction
thereof, Australia, Canada, Japan, or South Africa and, subject to
certain exceptions, may not be offered, sold, or delivered or
transferred, directly or indirectly, in or into those
jurisdictions;
14. acknowledges that in order to ensure that the holders of the
Placing Shares comply with the resale requirements under SEC
legislation applicable to an offshore transaction under Regulation
S of the US Securities Act of 1933 (which restrict the sale of the
Placing Shares in to the US for a period of 12 months following
their issue), upon Admission, the Placing Shares will trade in the
Company's new restricted line of New Common Shares under the symbol
MYXR, and the Placing Shares, as represented by Depository
Interests, will be held in the CREST system and will be segregated
into a separate trading system within CREST identified with the
marker "REG S" and USU624551318. The Company also maintains an
unrestricted line of Existing Common Shares trading under the
existing symbol MYX with ISIN US62847T2024.
15. 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
issue or transfer Placing Shares into a clearance
service;
16. represents and warrants that it has complied with its
obligations under the Criminal Justice Act 1993,
UK Market Abuse Regulation (as enacted though the
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and as amended by the
Financial Services Act 2021) ("MAR") and in connection with money
laundering and terrorist financing under the Proceeds of Crime Act
2002 (as amended), the Terrorism Act 2000, the Terrorism Act 2006
and the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 and any related or
similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or
enforced by any government agency having jurisdiction in respect
thereof (the "Regulations")
and the Money Laundering Sourcebook of the FCA 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;
17. where a Placee is acting as agent for discretionary managed
clients, Canaccord and the Company acknowledge that:
(a) the Placee is acting at all times as agent for and on
behalf of certain discretionary managed clients of whom it has
discretionary management authority (the "Funds");
(b) the Placee shall
have no liability as principal to acquire and pay for the Placing
Shares allocated to it as agent for and on behalf of the Funds or
in respect of each Fund's obligations under the Placing who will
hold the Placing Shares through a custodian; and
(c) all
representations, warranties and undertakings are given by the
Placee as agent and not as principal.
17. represents and warrants that it is acting as principal only in
respect of the Placing or, if it is acting for any other person it
is duly authorised to do so and has full power to make the
acknowledgments, warranties, representations, undertakings, and
agreements herein on behalf of each such person;
18. if a financial intermediary, as that term is used in Article
3(2) of the EU Prospectus Directive, represents, warrants and
undertakes 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 EEA which has implemented the
Prospectus Directive other than Qualified Investors, or in
circumstances in which the prior consent of Canaccord has been
given to the offer or resale;
19. represents, warrants and undertakes that it has not offered or
sold and will not offer or sell any Placing Shares to persons in
the United Kingdom, 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 and
which will not result in an offer to the public in the United
Kingdom within the meaning of section 85(1) of the Financial
Services & Markets Act 2000 ("FSMA");
20. represents, warrants and undertakes that it has not offered or
sold and will not, prior to Admission, offer or sell any Placing
Shares to persons in the EEA 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
(within the meaning of the Prospectus Directive) in any member
state of the EEA;
21. represents, warrants and undertakes 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;
22. represents, warrants and undertakes 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;
23. represents and warrants, if in a member state of an Economic
Area, unless otherwise specifically agreed with Canaccord in
writing, that it is a "Qualified Investor";
24. represents and warrants, if in the United Kingdom, that it is
a person (i) having professional experience in matters relating to
investments who falls within the definition of "investment
professionals" in Article 19(5) of the Order or (ii) who falls
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 lawfully be
communicated;
25. acknowledges and agrees that no action has been or will be
taken by either the Company or Canaccord or any person acting on
behalf of the Company or Canaccord 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;
26. 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 fully observed such laws
and obtained all such governmental and other guarantees, permits,
authorisations, approvals and consents which may be required
thereunder and complied with all necessary formalities 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 Appendix) and will honour such obligations and that, to
the best of its knowledge and belief it has not taken any action or
omitted to take any action which will or may result in Canaccord,
the Company or any of their respective directors, officers, agents,
employees or advisers acting in breach of the legal or regulatory
requirements of any jurisdiction in connection with the
Placing;
27. undertakes that it (and any person acting on its behalf) will
make or procure payment in respect of the Placing Shares allocated
to it in accordance with this Appendix on the due time and date set
out herein, failing which the relevant Placing Shares may be placed
with other acquirers or sold as Canaccord may in its sole
discretion determine and without liability to such Placee, who will
remain liable for any amount by which the net proceeds of such sale
fall short of the product of the relevant Issue Price and the
number of Placing Shares allocated to it and may be required to
bear any stamp duty, stamp duty reserve tax or other similar taxes
(together with any penalties) which may arise upon such placing or
sale of such Placee's Placing Shares;
28. acknowledges that neither Canaccord, nor any of its
affiliates, agents, directors, officers or employees is making any
recommendations to it or advising it regarding the suitability of
any transactions it may enter into in connection with the Placing
and that its participation in the Placing is on the basis that it
is not and will not be a client of Canaccord in connection with its
participation in the Placing and that Canaccord has no duty nor
responsibility to it for providing the protections afforded to its
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 its rights and
obligations thereunder including any rights to waive or vary any
conditions or exercise any termination right;
29. 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 Canaccord nor the Company will
be responsible for any liability to stamp duty or stamp duty
reserve tax or other similar taxes resulting from a failure to
observe this requirement;
30. acknowledges that these terms and conditions and any
agreements entered into by it pursuant to the terms and conditions
set out in this Appendix, and all non-contractual or other
obligations arising out of or in connection with them, 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
arising out of any such contract (including any dispute regarding
the existence, validity or termination of such contract or relating
to any non-contractual or other obligation arising out of or in
connection with such contract), except that enforcement proceedings
in respect of the obligation to make or procure payment for the
Placing Shares may be taken by either the Company or either
Canaccord 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;
31. except as set out in clause 32
below, represents and warrants that it has neither
received nor relied on any 'inside information' (for the purposes
of MAR and section 56 of the Criminal Justice Act 1993) concerning
the Company prior to or in connection with accepting the invitation
to participate in the Placing and is not purchasing Placing Shares
on the basis of material non-public information;
32. if it has received any 'inside information' (for the purposes
of MAR and section 56 of the Criminal Justice Act 1993) in relation
to the Company and its securities, it confirms that it has received
such information within the market soundings regime provided for in
article 11 of MAR and associated delegated regulations and it has
not: (i) dealt (or attempted to deal) in the securities of the
Company; (ii) encouraged, recommended or induced another person to
deal in the securities of the Company; or (iii) unlawfully
disclosed inside information to any person, prior to the
information being made publicly available;
33. if it is a pension fund or investment company, its purchase of
Placing Shares is in full compliance with applicable laws and
regulations;
34. agrees that the Company and Canaccord and their respective
affiliates and others will rely upon the truth and accuracy of the
foregoing representations, warranties, acknowledgements,
agreements, and undertakings which are given to Canaccord on their
own behalf and on behalf of the Company and are irrevocable and it
irrevocably authorises the Company and Canaccord to produce this
Announcement, pursuant to, in connection with, or as may be
required by any applicable law or regulation, administrative or
legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the matters
set forth herein;
35. neither of the Company nor Canaccord owes any fiduciary or
other duties to any Placee in respect of any acknowledgments,
confirmations, undertakings, representations, warranties or
indemnities in the Placing Agreement; and
36. its commitment to take up Placing Shares on the terms set out
in this Announcement (including this Appendix) will continue
notwithstanding any amendment that may or in the future be made to
the terms and conditions 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 or Canaccord's conduct of the
Placing.
The foregoing representations,
warranties, agreements, undertakings, acknowledgements and
confirmations are given for the benefit of the Company and
Canaccord and are irrevocable. Each Placee, and any person acting
on behalf of the Placee, acknowledges that neither the Company nor
Canaccord owes any fiduciary or other duties to any Placee in
respect of any representations, warranties, undertakings or
indemnities in the Placing Agreement.
The agreement to allot and issue
Placing Shares to Placees (and/or to persons for whom such Placee
is contracting as agent) free of stamp duty and stamp duty reserve
tax relates only to their allotment and issue to Placees, or such
persons as they nominate as their agents, direct from the Company
for the Placing Shares in question. Such agreement also assumes
that the Placing Shares are not being acquired in connection with
arrangements to issue depositary receipts or to issue or transfer
the Placing Shares into a clearance service.
The Company and Canaccord are not
liable to bear any transfer taxes that arise on a sale of Placing
Shares subsequent to their acquisition by Placees or for transfer
taxes arising otherwise than under the laws of the United Kingdom.
Each Placee should, therefore, take its own advice as to whether
any such transfer tax liability arises and notify Canaccord
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 acquisition by them of any Placing Shares or the
agreement by them to acquire any Placing Shares.
Each Placee and any person acting on
behalf of the Placee acknowledges and agrees that any Canaccord or
any of its affiliates may, at its 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 Canaccord, any money held in
an account with Canaccord 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.
All times and dates in this
Announcement may be subject to amendment. Canaccord shall notify
the Placees and any person acting on behalf of the Placees of any
changes.