Result of Rump Placing

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Aminex PLC

04 August 2016

 

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4 August 2016

Aminex PLC

("Aminex" or "the Company")

Results of Rump Placing

Further to the announcement made on 1 August 2016 by Aminex regarding the results of the Open Offer, the Company confirms that Davy and Shore Capital have procured subscribers for the remaining 99,445,386 New Ordinary Shares not validly taken up in the Open Offer at the issue price of 1.3 pence per New Ordinary Share.  Consequently the Company is pleased to announce that the Capital Raise of approximately Stg£19.5m has been fully subscribed.

Application has been made to the Irish Stock Exchange and to the UK Listing Authority for 197,620,548 Open Offer Shares to be admitted to the Official List of the Irish Stock Exchange and the Official List maintained by the UK Listing Authority, and application has been made to the Irish Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange for admission of the Open Offer Shares to trading on their respective main market for listed securities.  It is expected that admission will become effective and that dealings in the Open Offers Shares will commence at 8.00 a.m. on 8 August 2016.

Updated Timetable of Events

Set out below is an expected timetable of the remaining principal events in relation to the completion of the Capital Raise.

Issue of Open Offer Shares	8 August 2016
Admission to trading and commencement of dealings in Open Offer Shares on the Irish and London Stock Exchanges	8.00 a.m. on 8 August 2016
Crediting of Open Offer Shares to CREST accounts	8.00 a.m. on 8 August 2016
Dispatch of definitive share certificates for the Open Offer Shares in certificated form by no later than	22 August 2016

Notes:

(1)          The times and dates set out in the expected timetable of principal events above and mentioned throughout this announcement may be adjusted by the Company, in which event details of the new times and dates will be notified to the Irish Stock Exchange, the UK Listing Authority, the London Stock Exchange, and, where appropriate, Qualifying Shareholders by means of an announcement through a Regulatory Information Service.

(2)          References to times in the timetable are to Dublin times unless otherwise stated.

This announcement should be read in conjunction with the full text of the prospectus relating to the Capital Raise published by the Company on 11 July 2016 ("the Prospectus").  All capitalised/defined terms in this announcement have the same meaning as those contained in the Prospectus.

For further information:

Aminex
Jay Bhattacherjee, Chief Executive Officer	Tel: [phone]
Davy
Brian Garrahy / Paul Burke	Tel: [phone]
Shore Capital
Jerry Keen / Stephane Auton	Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7408 4090
Camarco
Billy Clegg / Gordon Poole	Tel: [phone]

This announcement has been issued by and is the sole responsibility of the Company.

J&E Davy (''Davy'') (each of which is regulated in Ireland by the Central Bank of Ireland) and Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited and Shore Capital and Corporate Limited (together "Shore Capital", which is regulated in the UK by the Financial Services Authority) are acting exclusively for Aminex in connection with the matters described herein and for no one else and will not be responsible to any other person for providing the protection afforded to customers of Davy or Shore Capital respectively nor for providing advice in connection with this announcement. None of Davy, Shore Capital or any of their respective affiliates, their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors have authorised the contents of, or any part of, this document.

No undertaking, representation, warranty or any other assurance, express or implied, is made or given by or on behalf of Davy or Shore Capital or any of their respective affiliates, their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors or any other person, as to the accuracy, completeness, correctness or fairness of the information or opinions contained in this announcement or for any other statement made or purported to be made by any of them, or on behalf of them, in connection with the Company, the Cornerstone Placing, the Placing, the Open Offer or Admission and no such person shall have any responsibility or liability for any such information or opinions or for any errors or omissions. Accordingly, to the extent permitted by law, no liability whatsoever (including whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise) is accepted by Shore Capital or Davy or any of such persons' directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors or affiliates or any other person for any loss howsoever arising, directly or indirectly, from any use of this document or such information or opinions contained herein or otherwise arising in connection herewith.

The distribution of this announcement may be restricted by law and the persons into whose possession any document or other information referred to herein comes should inform themselves about and observe any such restriction. No action has been taken that would permit the possession or distribution of this announcement in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required.

Certain figures contained in this document, including financial information, have been subject to rounding adjustments. Accordingly, in certain instances, the sum or percentage change of the numbers contained in this document may not conform exactly with the total figure given.

 

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