Result of Tender Offer
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13 March 2026
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THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLE 7 OF THE UK VERSION OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION (EU 596/ 2014) AS IT FORMS PART OF UK LAW BY VIRTUE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018, AS AMENDED.
Accesso Technology Group plc
("accesso", the "Company" or the "Group")
Result of Tender Offer
accesso Technology Group plc (AIM: ACSO), the premier technology solutions provider for leisure, entertainment, and cultural markets, is pleased to announce the result of its Tender Offer, details of which were set out in the circular published by the Company on 11 February 2026 (the "Circular").
Capitalised terms used in this announcement but not defined have the meanings given to them in the Circular.
The Tender Offer for the Company's Ordinary Shares closed at 1.00 p.m. London time on Thursday 12 March 2026.
The maximum aggregate number of Ordinary Shares that could be purchased pursuant to the Tender Offer was 4,833,333 Ordinary Shares at the Tender Price of £3.00 per Ordinary Share, for an aggregate maximum consideration of approximately £14.5 million. The Tender Offer was oversubscribed, with the aggregate value of Ordinary Shares validly tendered by Qualifying Shareholders exceeding the maximum consideration of approximately £14.5 million.
As the Tender Offer was oversubscribed, not all of the Ordinary Shares that have been validly tendered have been accepted and purchased. The Guaranteed Entitlement therefore applies to each Qualifying Shareholder and all Ordinary Shares validly tendered up to the Guaranteed Entitlement, for each relevant holding of Ordinary Shares, will be accepted and purchased in full. Qualifying Shareholders who tendered in excess of their Guaranteed Entitlement have had 21.2%* of such excess satisfied in each case. Tenders have been accepted on the basis set out in paragraphs 2.14 to 2.17 of Part V of the Circular.
Should any fractions arise from any scaling-down or Guaranteed Entitlement arrangements under paragraphs 2.14 and 2.15 of Part V of the Circular, the number of Ordinary Shares accepted shall be rounded down to the nearest whole Ordinary Share (or to nil, as the case may be).
In total 4,833,333 Ordinary Shares will be purchased in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of the Tender Offer at the Tender Price, for a total cost of £14,499,999. This represents approximately 12.7 per cent of the Issued Ordinary Share Capital of the Company.
As detailed in the Circular, the Company will buy back the successfully tendered Ordinary Shares from Deutsche Numis and, following such repurchase, cancel such Ordinary Shares thereby reducing its total Issued Ordinary Share Capital and total voting rights from 38,116,207 to 33,282,874 Ordinary Shares. Of the total number of Ordinary Shares validly tendered and purchased by the Company, all 4,833,333 Ordinary Shares will be cancelled, with effect from on or around 18 March 2026. 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 Transparency Regulations and the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority.
CREST accounts will be credited for revised uncertificated holdings of Ordinary Shares and Tender Offer proceeds by 18 March 2026. For Ordinary Shares held in certificated form, cheques in respect of Tender Offer proceeds and balancing share certificates will be despatched by 27 March 2026.
Deutsche Numis will implement the Tender Offer by acquiring, as principal, the successfully tendered Ordinary Shares at the Tender Price. Ordinary Shares purchased by Deutsche Numis pursuant to the Tender Offer will be purchased as principal and such purchases will be market purchases in accordance with the provisions of the Act, the Prospectus Regulation Rules, the Listing Rules, the rules of the London Stock Exchange, the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules and the Takeover Code. Immediately following completion of the Tender Offer, Deutsche Numis shall exercise its right to sell such Ordinary Shares to the Company, at the Tender Price, pursuant to the Option Agreement.
The information communicated in this announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the UK version of the EU Market Abuse Regulation (EU 596/ 2014) which is part of UK law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended and supplemented from time to time ("Market Abuse Regulation").
The person responsible for arranging the release of this announcement on behalf of the Company is Matthew Boyle, Chief Financial Officer.
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Steve Brown, Chief Executive Officer |
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Matthew Boyle, Chief Financial Officer |
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Deutsche Numis: (Nominated Adviser and Broker): (Nominated Adviser and Broker): |
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Joshua Hughes |
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Iqra Amin |
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Important Notices
This announcement is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell Ordinary Shares. The Tender Offer is made only pursuant to the Circular and the related Tender Form with respect to the Ordinary, which Shareholders were advised to read in full.
Deutsche Bank AG is a stock corporation (Aktiengesellschaft) incorporated under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany with its principal office in Frankfurt am Main. It is registered with the local district court (Amtsgericht) in Frankfurt am Main under No HRB 30000 and licensed to carry on banking business and to provide financial services. The London branch of Deutsche Bank AG (trading for these purposes as Deutsche Numis) is registered as a branch office in the register of companies for England and Wales at Companies House (branch registration number BR000005) with its registered branch office address and principal place of business at 21, Moorfields, London EC2Y 9DB. Deutsche Bank AG is subject to supervision by the European Central Bank (ECB), Sonnemannstrasse 22, 60314 Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht or BaFin), Graurheindorfer Strasse 108, 53117 Bonn and Marie-Curie-Strasse 24-28, 60439 Frankfurt am Main, Germany. With respect to activities undertaken in the United Kingdom, Deutsche Bank AG is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority. It is subject to regulation by the Financial Conduct Authority and limited regulation by the Prudential Regulation Authority. Details about the extent of Deutsche Bank AG's authorisation and regulation by the Prudential Regulation Authority are available from Deutsche Bank AG on request.
Apart from the responsibilities and liabilities, if any, which may be imposed on Deutsche Numis by FSMA or the regulatory regime established thereunder, or under the regulatory regime of any jurisdiction where exclusion of liability under the relevant regulatory regime would be illegal, void or unenforceable, neither Deutsche Numis nor any of its affiliates, and its and their directors, officers, employees or advisers accepts any responsibility whatsoever for, or makes any representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the contents of this announcement, including its accuracy or completeness or for any other statement made or purported to be made by it, or on behalf of it, the Company, the Directors or any other person, in connection with the Company or the Tender Offer, and nothing in this announcement should be relied upon as a promise or representation in this respect,whether or not to the past or future. Deutsche Numis and its affiliates, and its and their directors, officers, employees and advisers accordingly disclaims to the fullest extent permitted by law all and any responsibility or liability whatsoever, whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise (save as referred to above), which it might otherwise have in respect of this announcement or any such statement.
Forward-looking statements
This announcement includes statements that are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements beliefs or opinions. These forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the terms "believes", "estimates", "plans", "projects", "anticipates", "expects", "intends", "may", "will", or "should" or, in each case, their negative or other variations or comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements include matters that are not historical facts. They appear in a number of places throughout this announcement and include statements regarding the Directors' current intentions, beliefs or expectations concerning, among other things, the Group's results of operations and financial condition and the Group's liquidity, prospects, growth, strategies and markets or current expectations regarding the Tender Offer. These statements are made by the Directors in good faith based on the information available to them at the date of this announcement and reflect the Directors' beliefs and expectations.
By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. They relate to events and/or depend on circumstances in the future which could cause actual results and outcomes to differ materially from those currently anticipated. The Company undertakes no obligation, or no duty is assumed (except as may be required by the AIM Rules for Companies, the Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the rules of the London Stock Exchange and by laws) to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise after the date of this announcement.
No person has been authorised to give any information or make any representations other than those contained in this announcement and, if given or made, such information or representations must not be relied on as having been so authorised. The delivery of this announcement shall not, under any circumstances, create any implication that there has been no change in the affairs of the Company since the date of this announcement or that the information in it is correct as of any subsequent time.
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