Admission to AIM

CAP-XX Limited 20 April 2006 20 April 2006 CAP-XX Limited announces the first day of dealings on AIM CAP-XX Limited ('CAP-XX' or the 'Company'), the world-leading supercapacitor manufacturer, today announces the admission to trading of its ordinary shares on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange ('Admission'). The Admission is by way of a placing of 18,433,333 new shares ('Placing') at 93p per share ('Placing Price'), representing 38 per cent. of the enlarged issued ordinary share capital of the Company. The gross proceeds of the Placing are approximately £17.1m. Following Admission the number of ordinary shares in issue will total 48,565,893. Based on the Placing Price, the Company will have a market capitalisation at Admission of around £45.2 million. CAP-XX Chief Executive Anthony Kongats said: 'Floating on AIM is a real milestone for CAP-XX and is pivotal in our Company's aim to become the number one supplier of supercapacitors into the mobile devices market.' 'We believe that there is a fantastic opportunity in this market, as mobile handset providers seek to provide increasingly power hungry applications, such as quality flash photography. At present there is a widening gap between the power these applications require and the power current battery solutions provide. The attributes of the CAP-XX solution means we are ideally placed to capitalise on this by providing an immediate and easily accommodated solution to the issue of power in mobile devices.' Contact: CAP-XX Anthony Kongats, Chief Executive Officer +44 (0) 20 7554 1400 Gavin Anderson & Company (Financial PR) Deborah Walter / Robert Speed / Keith Brookbank +44 (0) 20 7554 1400 Collins Stewart Limited (Nominated Adviser and Broker) Stephen Keys +44 (0) 20 7523 8312 More information is available at www.cap-xx.com Business Summary • CAP-XX is a world leader in the design and manufacture of thin form supercapacitors and energy management systems, predominantly for portable electronic devices. • The unique feature of CAP-XX's supercapacitors is their ability to store high volumes of energy and output high power levels within a thin form design. These attributes will be critical for the next generation of high volume, power-hungry portable electronic devices, including mobile phones. • Portable devices are one of the fastest growing segments of the electronics market and provide the greatest opportunities for CAP-XX's products. The company's supercapacitors help to increase battery runtime and enable additional device functionality, neither of which is possible with existing battery technology. CAP-XX is in discussions with leading mobile phone handset manufacturers for the commercial deployment of its technology. • CAP-XX's products are already an established enabling technology for the current generation of wireless devices, such as PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants) and PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card Association) cards. CAP-XX's supercapacitors are currently being used by a number of blue chip consumer electronics companies. • Although the camera phone market is the company's initial focus, there are many other potential applications for the company's technology, including digital still cameras, fuel cells and portable drug delivery systems. Company Background • CAP-XX is incorporated in Australia, has its headquarters and manufacturing facility in Sydney and has a manufacturing agreement with Polar Twin Advance of Malaysia, which provides the Company with high volume manufacturing services. • CAP-XX was established in 1997 by Anthony Kongats (Chief Executive Officer) and has been backed by some of the world's leading technology investors, including Intel, Acer and Walden, as well as the Australian government. The company built its pilot production plant in 1999, opened offices in the United States in 2000 and in Taiwan in 2002, and in 2003 began shipping products. The contents of this announcement, which has been prepared and issued by and is the sole responsibility of CAP-XX Limited, have been approved solely for the purposes of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 by Collins Stewart Limited. Collins Stewart Limited, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting for CAP-XX Limited and for no-one else in connection with the matters described in this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than CAP-XX Limited for providing the protections afforded to customers of Collins Stewart Limited or for advising them on the contents of this announcement or any matter referred to herein. This announcement does not, and no part of it shall, constitute or form part of any offer for sale or subscription of securities, or any solicitation of any such offer in any country, nor shall it, or any part of it, form the basis of or be relied upon in connection with any contract or commitment whatsoever. Any eventual acquisition of, or application for, shares in CAP-XX Limited should be made solely on the basis of information contained in the admission document relating to CAP-XX Limited to be issued in due course in connection with the proposed admission to trading of shares to AIM, a market operated by London Stock Exchange plc, and in compliance with applicable securities laws. This announcement is not for release, publication or distribution, in whole or in part, in or into the United States of America, Canada, Japan or any jurisdiction where such announcement would be unlawful. The value of securities can go down as well as up. Past performance is no guarantee of future performance. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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