Result of Fundraising

RNS Number : 9588Y

Hardide PLC

09 September 2022

 

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS RESTRICTED AND IS NOT FOR PUBLICATION, RELEASE OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA OR JAPAN OR IN OR INTO ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD BREACH ANY APPLICABLE LAW OR REGULATION.

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES NOT ITSELF CONSTITUTE AN OFFER FOR SALE OR SUBSCRIPTION OF ANY SECURITIES IN THE COMPANY OR CONTAIN ANY INVITATION, SOLICITATION, RECOMMENDATION, OFFER OR ADVICE TO ANY PERSON TO SUBSCRIBE FOR, OTHERWISE ACQUIRE OR DISPOSE OF ANY SECURITIES OF HARDIDE PLC IN ANY JURISDICTION.

UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, CAPITALISED TERMS USED IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN THE COMPANY'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF 7:00 AM ON 9 SEPTEMBER 2022.

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE 11 OF THE MARKET ABUSE (AMENDMENT) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS (SI 2019/310).

UPON THE PUBLICATION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, THIS INSIDE INFORMATION IS NOW CONSIDERED TO BE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.

Hardide plc

("Hardide" or "the Company")

Result of Fundraising

Hardide plc (AIM: HDD), the developer and provider of advanced surface coating technology,  is pleased to announce that, further to the announcement made at 7.00 a.m. this morning (the "Fundraising Announcement"), it has successfully completed the Fundraising which is now closed.

The Company has raised total gross proceeds of £0.55 million through the Fundraising which comprises the issue of 1,842,105 Placing Shares and 1,052,630 Subscription Shares, in each case at the Issue Price of 19 pence per new Ordinary Share, being the closing mid-market price of an Ordinary Share on 8 September 2022 (being the last business day prior to the Fundraising Announcement).

finnCap and Allenby acted as Joint Bookrunners in relation to the Placing.

Directors' participation in the Fundraising

A number of the Company's directors have agreed to subscribe for new Ordinary Shares at the Issue Price (the "Participating Directors"). The number of Subscription Shares subscribed for by each of the Participating Directors pursuant to the Fundraising, and their resulting shareholdings on Admission, are set out below:

	As at the date of this announcement			Immediately following Admission
	No. of existing Ordinary Shares	Percentage of existing Ordinary Share capital	No. of new Ordinary Shares subscribed for	No. of Ordinary Shares held following Admission	Percentage of enlarged Ordinary Share capital
Andrew Boyce (NED)	6,988,231	12.51%	842,105*	7,830,336*	13.29%
Robert Goddard (Chairman)	471,532	0.84%	110,526	582,058	0.99%
Philip Kirkham (CEO)	117,672	0.21%	65,789	183,461	0.31%
Yuri Zhuk (Technical Director)	166,736	0.30%	23,684	190,420	0.32%
Simon Hallam (FD)	-	-	10,526	10,526	0.02%

*  the holding of and subscription by Andrew Boyce includes that of his father and associated entities

The FCA notification in relation to the Participating Director transactions set out above made in accordance with the requirements of MAR is appended below.

Related Party Transactions

The Participating Directors' participations in the Fundraising, as set out above, constitute related party transactions pursuant to Rule 13 of the AIM Rules. Tim Rice, a non-executive director of the Company, is not participating in the Fundraising and therefore, as the independent director in respect of the Fundraising, he considers, having consulted with the Company's nominated adviser, finnCap, that the terms upon which the Participating Directors are subscribing in the Fundraising are fair and reasonable insofar as the Company's shareholders are concerned.

Canaccord Genuity Group Inc ("Canaccord") has agreed to subscribe, in aggregate, for 368,421 Placing Shares. Canaccord is a related party of the Company for the purposes of the AIM Rules by virtue of its status (together with associates) as a substantial shareholder (as defined by the AIM Rules) in the Company. Tim Rice, as the independent director in respect of the Fundraising, considers, having consulted with the Company's nominated adviser, finnCap, that the terms upon which Canaccord has participated in the Placing are fair and reasonable insofar as the Company's shareholders are concerned.

Admission and Total Voting Rights

Application has been made to London Stock Exchange plc for admission ("Admission") of the 3,026,316 new Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to the Fundraising (including in respect of the satisfaction of certain associated fees) to trading on AIM. It is expected that these Ordinary Shares will be admitted to trading on AIM at 8.00 a.m. on 15 September 2022 (or such later date as may be agreed between the Company, finnCap and Allenby, but no later than 8.00 a.m. on 10 October 2022).

Following Admission, the total number of Ordinary Shares will be 58,901,959. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Enquiries:
Hardide plc Philip Kirkham, CEO Jackie Heddle, Communications Manager	Tel: [phone]
IFC Advisory Graham Herring / Tim Metcalfe / Florence Chandler	Tel: [phone]
finnCap - Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker Henrik Persson / Abigail Kelly (corporate finance) Richard Chambers (ECM) Allenby Capital - Joint Broker Tony Quirke (Sales & Corporate Broking) Jeremy Porter / Freddie Wooding (Corporate Finance)	Tel: [phone]  Tel: [phone]

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Andrew Boyce (and Peoples Closely Associated)
2.	Reason for the Notification
a)	Position/status	Non-Executive Director
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Hardide plc
b)	LEI	213800HLAUIIFKMU5G89
4.	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the Financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary Shares of 4 pence each
	Identification code	GB00BJJPX768
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 19p 842,105
d)	Aggregated information: · Aggregated volume · Price	See 4c) above
e)	Date of the transaction	09 September 2022
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Robert Goddard
2.	Reason for the Notification
a)	Position/status	Chairman
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Hardide plc
b)	LEI	213800HLAUIIFKMU5G89
4.	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the Financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary Shares of 4 pence each
	Identification code	GB00BJJPX768
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 19p 110,526
d)	Aggregated information: · Aggregated volume · Price	See 4c) above
e)	Date of the transaction	9 September 2022
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)
1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Philip Kirkham
2.	Reason for the Notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Executive Officer
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Hardide plc
b)	LEI	213800HLAUIIFKMU5G89
4.	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the Financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary Shares of 4 pence each
	Identification code	GB00BJJPX768
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 19p 65,789
d)	Aggregated information: · Aggregated volume · Price	See 4c) above
e)	Date of the transaction	9 September 2022
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Yuri Zhuk
2.	Reason for the Notification
a)	Position/status	Technical Director
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Hardide plc
b)	LEI	213800HLAUIIFKMU5G89
4.	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the Financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary Shares of 4 pence each
	Identification code	GB00BJJPX768
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 19p 26,684
d)	Aggregated information: · Aggregated volume · Price	See 4c) above
e)	Date of the transaction	9 September 2022
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Simon Hallam
2.	Reason for the Notification
a)	Position/status	Finance Director
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Hardide plc
b)	LEI	213800HLAUIIFKMU5G89
4.	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the Financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary Shares of 4 pence each
	Identification code	GB00BJJPX768
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 19p 10,526
d)	Aggregated information: · Aggregated volume · Price	See 4c) above
e)	Date of the transaction	9 September 2020
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)

 

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