Admiral Acquisition Limited Warrant Financing & Consent Solicitation Update

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Admiral Acquisition Limited

19 June 2024

 

For immediate release

ADMIRAL ACQUISITION LIMITED

(the "Company")

19 June 2024

WARRANT FINANCING AND CONSENT SOLICITATION UPDATE

The Company announced on 22 May 2024 that it has entered into an agreement to acquire ASP Acuren Holdings, Inc., for approximately $1.85 billion as detailed in that announcement (the "Transaction") following which the Company despatched a warrant consent solicitation memorandum (the "Memorandum") to holders of its warrants seeking from those warrantholders: (i) a commitment (the "Warrant Exercise Commitment") to the exercise of their outstanding warrants at a reduced exercise price of $10.00 per whole ordinary share (the "Reduced Exercise Price"); and (ii) their consent to an amendment to the warrant instrument governing the warrants to shorten, conditional upon the consummation of the Transaction, the subscription period of the warrants to expire upon the consummation of the Transaction (subject to certain limited exceptions) rather than the current expiration date, being the third anniversary of the Company's consummation of an acquisition (the "Warrant Amendment").

Extension of deadline to participate

The Company today announces that the deadline to participate in the warrant financing and consent to the Warrant Amendment has been extended to Friday 5 July 2024.

For certificated warrantholders, the deadline to consent to the Warrant Amendment and provide your Warrant Exercise Commitment is 1:00 p.m. London time (8:00 a.m., New York City time), on Friday 5 July 2024, and for holders of depositary interests representing the Company's warrants ("Depository Interests"), the deadline to consent to the Warrant Amendment and provide your Warrant Exercise Commitment is 1:00 p.m. London time (8:00 a.m., New York City time), on Friday 5 July 2024, unless, in either case, extended by the Company.

Option to consent and exercise through CREST

The Company today also announces that a holder of Depositary Interests may also conditionally exercise their warrants at the Reduced Exercise Price and consent to the Warrant Amendment by exercising their warrants through CREST.

As set out in the Memorandum, to participate in the warrant financing at the Reduced Exercise Price, a warrantholder (or holder of Depositary Interests) must agree (i) to exercise all warrants (or Depositary Interests in respect thereof) held by it at the Reduced Exercise Price prior to the closing of the Transaction and (ii) consent (or cause the consent of any nominee or custodian in respect of Depositary Interests representing warrants to be validly given) to the Warrant Amendment.

Therefore, by conditionally exercising warrants through CREST, a holder of Depositary Interests will be voting in favour of the Warrant Amendment with respect to such warrants and Computershare Company Nominees Limited, as custodian, will treat any such conditional exercise as an instruction to vote in favour of the Warrant Amendment with respect to such number of warrants.

The exercise price of the warrants has been temporarily reduced from $11.50 to the Reduced Exercise Price until 1:00 p.m. London time on Friday 5 July 2024, unless extended by the Company.

Depositary Interest holders wishing to exercise their warrants, who hold their Depositary Interests through CREST, should send a USE (Unmatched Stock Event) instruction as set out below together with a remittance for the aggregate warrant subscription price in respect of which the warrants are being exercised. When sending a USE instruction, warrantholders should use the following participant and member account IDs when processing their instructions:

CREST Participant ID = RA68

CREST Member Account ID = WARSUB01

ISIN: VGG0093S1175

The USE instruction should be inputted to settle by 1.00 pm on Friday 5 July 2024, unless extended by the Company.

A certificated warrantholder and a holder of Depositary Interests may still confirm their commitment to conditionally exercise their warrants and consent to the Warrant Amendment by completing the relevant forms as set out in the Memorandum and returning it to Computershare Investor Services PLC in accordance with the instructions set forth therein.

If the Transaction is not consummated for any reason, the Company will treat as rescinded any warrant exercises received in connection with the warrant financing or otherwise promptly return the funds to the warrantholders or holders of Depositary Interests, as applicable, without interest in such a manner as determined by the Company in its sole discretion.

Holders of Depositary Interests should note that when the listing of the Company's ordinary shares and warrants on the Official List of the FCA and trading on the London Stock Exchange is cancelled or suspended at closing of the Transaction, if the Warrant Amendment is not passed and the subscription period for exercising the warrants remains unchanged, they will no longer be able to exercise their warrants through CREST.

A copy of the Memorandum can be obtained upon request from the Company's registrar, Computershare Investor Services PLC, by telephone on [phone] or at Computershare Investor Services PLC, Corporate Actions, The Pavilions, Bridgwater Road, Bristol BS99 6AH.

Further updates regarding the warrant financing and completion of the Transaction will be made in due course as appropriate.

Enquiries

For further information, please contact: [e-mail]

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