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If you sell or transfer or have sold or transferred all of your Ordinary Shares, please forward this Document as soon as possible to the purchaser or transferee or to the bank, stockbroker or other agent through or to whom the sale or transfer was effected for onward transmission to the purchaser or transferee. If you sell or have sold or otherwise transferred only part of your holding of Ordinary Shares, please consult the bank, stockbroker or other agent through whom the sale or transfer was effected as to the action you should take.
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DEEPMATTER GROUP PLC
Incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 05845469
Proposed Cancellation of admission of Ordinary Shares to trading on AIM
Re-Registration as a Private Limited Company
Adoption of New Articles of Association
Subscription of 2,500,000,000 Ordinary Shares at 0.04 pence per share
and
Notice of General Meeting
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The Directors, whose names appear in Part I of this Document, accept responsibility, collectively and individually, for the information contained in this Document. To the best of the knowledge and belief of each of the Directors (who have all taken reasonable care to ensure that such is the case), the information contained in this Document is in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the import of such information.
This Document should be read in its entirety. Your attention is drawn to the letter from the Chairman of the Company set out in Part I of this Document which includes a recommendation of the Directors that you vote in favour of the Resolutions to be proposed at the General Meeting referred to below.
A Notice to convene a General Meeting of the Company, to be held at the offices of Canaccord Genuity, 88 Wood Street, London, EC2V 7QR at 2.00 p.m. on 19 December 2022 is set out in Part III of this Document. The accompanying Form of Proxy for use in connection with the General Meeting should be completed by Shareholders and returned as soon as possible but, in any event, so as to be received by Neville Registrars Limited by no later than 2.00 p.m. on 15 December 2022 (or, in the case of an adjournment of the General Meeting, not later than 48 hours (excluding any part of a day that is not a working day) before the time fixed for the holding of the adjourned meeting). The completion and return of a Form of Proxy will not preclude Shareholders from attending and voting at the General Meeting should they so wish (note the comments set out in the Notice of General Meeting at the end of this Document regarding attendance at the General Meeting).
Copies of this Document will be available free of charge between 10.00 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. on any Business Day at the offices of DeepMatter Group Plc at 29 St Brandon's House, Great George Street, Bristol, England, BS1 5QT for a period of one month from the date of this Document.
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CONTENTS | |
EXPECTED TIMETABLE OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS.............................................................................. | 3 |
DIRECTORS AND ADVISERS................................................................................................................ | 4 |
DEFINITIONS .......................................................................................................................................... | 5 |
PART I LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF DEEPMATTER GROUP PLC ....................................... | 8 |
PART II PRINCIPAL EFFECT OF RE-REGISTRATION AND ADOPTION OF NEW ARTICLES ON | |
SHAREHOLDERS.................................................................................................................. | 188 |
APPENDIX A......................................................................................................................................... | 19 |
PART 1: THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE TAKEOVER CODE ................................................ | 19 |
PART 2: DETAILED APPLICATION OF THE TAKEOVER CODE ..................................................... | 19 |
PART III NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING OF DEEPMATTER GROUP PLC................................ | 211 |
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EXPECTED TIMETABLE OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS
Event | Time and/or date(1)(2) |
Notice provided to the London Stock Exchange to | 1 December 2022 |
notify it of the proposed Cancellation | |
Announcement of the proposed Cancellation, Re- | 1 December 2022 |
registration, adoption of New Articles and | |
Subscription | |
Publication and posting of this Document and the | 2 December 2022 |
Form of Proxy | |
Latest time for receipt of Forms of Proxy in respect | 2.00 p.m. 15 December 2022 |
of the General Meeting | |
General Meeting | 2:00 p.m. 19 December 2023 |
Announcement of the results of the General | 19 December 2022 |
Meeting | |
Last day of dealings in Ordinary Shares on AIM | 4 January 2023 |
Cancellation | 5 January 2023 |
Allotment and issue of the Non-VCT/EIS | 5 January 2023 |
Subscription Shares | |
Allotment and issue of the VCT/EIS Subscription | 6 January 2023 |
Shares | |
Despatch of definitive share certificates in respect | 6 January 2023 |
of the Subscription Shares | |
Re-registration as a private company | Week commencing 16 January 2023 |
Notes:
- All of the times referred to in this Document refer to London time, unless otherwise stated.
- Each of the times and dates in the above timetable is subject to change. If any of the above times and/or dates change, the revised times and dates will be notified to Shareholders by an announcement through a Regulatory Information Service.
- All events listed in the above timetable following the General Meeting are conditional on the passing at the General Meeting of the Resolutions
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DIRECTORS AND ADVISERS | ||
Directors | Alan Aubrey | Non-Executive Chairman |
Mark Warne | Chief Executive Officer | |
Fraser Benson | Chief Financial Officer | |
Bryn Roberts | Non-Executive Director | |
Laurence Ede | Non-Executive Director | |
Mirko Walter | Non-Executive Director | |
Company Secretary | Fraser Benson | |
Registered office | 29 St Brandon's House | |
Great George Street | ||
Bristol | ||
BS1 5QT | ||
Nominated Adviser | Canaccord Genuity Limited | |
88 Wood Street | ||
London | ||
EC2V 7QR | ||
Legal advisers to the Company | Bristows LLP | |
100 Victoria Embankment | ||
London | ||
EC47 0DH | ||
Registrars | Neville Registrars Limited | |
Neville House | ||
Steelpark Road | ||
Halesowen | ||
B62 8HD |
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DEFINITIONS
The following definitions apply throughout this Document, unless the context requires otherwise:
"AIM" | AIM, the market operated by the London Stock Exchange; | ||||
"AIM Rules" | the rules and guidance for companies whose shares are | ||||
admitted to trading on AIM entitled "AIM Rules for | |||||
Companies" published by the London Stock Exchange, as | |||||
amended from time to time; | |||||
"Business Day" | a day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays in | ||||
England and Wales) on which banks are generally open for | |||||
the transaction of normal banking business in London; | |||||
"Canaccord Genuity" | Canaccord Genuity Limited, registered in England and | ||||
Wales with registered number 01774003 and whose | |||||
registered office is at 88 Wood Street, London, EC2V 7QR; | |||||
"Cancellation" | the cancellation of admission of the Ordinary Shares to | ||||
trading on AIM in accordance with Rule 41 of the AIM Rules, | |||||
subject to passing of the Cancellation Resolution; | |||||
"Cancellation Resolution" | Resolution 1 to be proposed at the General Meeting; | ||||
"Company" or "DeepMatter Group Plc" | DeepMatter Group Plc, a company incorporated in England | ||||
and Wales with registered number 05845469 and having its | |||||
registered office at 29 St Brandon's House, Great George | |||||
Street, Bristol, BS1 5QT; | |||||
"Companies Act" | the Companies Act 2006 (as amended from time to time); | ||||
"CREST" | the relevant system (as defined in the CREST Regulations) | ||||
in respect of which Euroclear is the operator (as also defined | |||||
in the CREST Regulations); | |||||
"CREST Regulations" | the | Uncertificated | Securities | Regulations | 2001 |
(SI2001/3755), (as amended from time to time); | |||||
"Current Articles" | the articles of association of the Company at the date of this | ||||
Document; | |||||
"Directors" or "Board" | the directors of the Company, whose names are set out in | ||||
Part I of this Document; | |||||
"Disclosure Guidance and | the disclosure rules and transparency rules made by the UK | ||||
Transparency Rules" | Financial Conduct Authority pursuant to section 73A of | ||||
FSMA; | |||||
"Document" | this document, containing information regarding the | ||||
Cancellation, the Re-registration, the adoption of the New | |||||
Articles and the General Meeting; | |||||
"EIS" | Enterprise Investment Scheme; | ||||
"Enlarged Share Capital" | the Ordinary Shares in issue immediately following the issue | ||||
and allotment of the Subscription Shares; |
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