In addition, we agreed to allot and issue in the Second Tranche of the Private Placement 26,815,841 Placing Shares at a placing price of £0.20 per Placing Share. The closing of the Second Tranche of the Private Placement is conditioned upon receipt of Shareholder Approval (as defined below), or the Second Closing Trigger. The closing of the Second Tranche, or the Second Closing, of the Private Placement is expected to occur after the General Meeting (as defined below) and is subject to additional, customary closing conditions.
If the Second Closing Trigger occurs, we anticipate receiving gross proceeds of approximately $7 million from the Second Closing, before deducting fees and commissions to the Bookrunner and other offering expenses payable by us.
Pursuant to the Placing Agreement, we agreed to hold a meeting of its shareholders, or the General Meeting, to seek approval to give our directors authority to allot and issue the Placing Shares to be issued and sold in the Second Tranche of the Private Placement, to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in respect of such authority, and to seek approval under the Nasdaq rules, or collectively, Shareholder Approval. The Placing Agreement provides that no greater than 19.9% of our ordinary shares outstanding as of March 12, 2024 shall be issued without such Shareholder Approval.
Pursuant to the Placing Agreement, we agreed to file a resale registration statement with the SEC within forty-five (45) days following the First Closing to register the ordinary shares issued and sold in the First Tranche of the Private Placement and to file a resale registration statement with the SEC within forty-five (45) days following the Second Closing to register the ordinary shares issued and sold in the Second Tranche of the Private Placement.
The registration statement of which this prospectus is a part relates to the offer and resale of the ordinary shares issued to the Placees in the First Closing. When we refer to the selling securityholders in this prospectus, we are referring to the Placees and, as applicable, any donees, pledgees, assignees, transferees or other successors-in-interest selling the Placing Shares received after the date of this prospectus from the selling securityholders as a gift, pledge, or other non-sale related transfer.
Recent Developments
On March 4, 2024, we announced that we had received an unsolicited approach from a large and well-capitalized publicly listed strategic diagnostics company, which is in the process of evaluating an acquisition of our entire issued, and to be issued, share capital.
Therefore, we have commenced a review of all available options, including a possible sale of the Company and/or our assets, and have commenced a formal sale process (as referred to in Note 2 on Rule 2.6 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers) (the “Formal Sale Process”). The Formal Sale Process will enable our board of directors and its advisers to conduct an orderly process and engage more widely with all potentially interested parties, with a view to optimizing the outcome for our shareholders. It remains possible that, following completion of the Formal Sale Process, our board of directors will consider that we and our shareholders would be best served by alternative strategic options available to us, including continuing to trade on AIM and Nasdaq as an independent entity.
Corporate Information
We were incorporated as a public limited company under the laws of England and Wales on March 15, 2018, with company number 11257655. Our principal executive offices in the United States are located at 1460 Broadway, New York, New York 10036, and our telephone number is +1 646 397 3970. Our registered office in the United Kingdom is located at 2 Leman Street, London, E1W 9US, United Kingdom, and the telephone number of our registered office is +44 20 3139 2910. Our agent for service of process in the United States is Renalytix AI, Inc., located at 1460 Broadway, New York, New York 10036.