Vipera PLC Rule 2.9 Announcement (2976K)

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Vipera PLC

09 April 2018

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9 April 2018

VIPERA PLC (Vipera)

Rule 2.9 Announcement

In accordance with Rule 2.9 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers, Vipera confirms that, as at 9 April 2018, it has 320,429,725 ordinary shares of 1p each in issue and admitted to trading of the AIM of the London Stock Exchange.

Each ordinary share carries the right to one vote. Vipera does not carry any shares in treasury.

The International Securities Identification Number for the ordinary shares is GB00B5M62J37. The above figure may be used by shareholders to determine the percentage of issued shares capital that they hold in Vipera and if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Vipera under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Vipera also has warrants to subscribe for 17,000,000 ordinary shares of 1p each in issue, as follows:

 
 Date 
  of 
                                                              Ordinary 
 Warrant       Exercise                                         shares 
 Instrument    Price       Exercisable                     on exercise 
 
                           Formerly from 26 June 
                            2013 to 3 years thereafter, 
                            26 June 2016, extended 
                GBP         on 5 October 2015 to 
 26-Jun-13       0.04       26 June 2018                     5,000,000 
                           in two tranches as to 
                            1/2 at 31 December 2015, 
                GBP         and 1/2 at 31 December 
 01-Jul-15       0.06       2016, lasting to 31/12/18        1,000,000 
                           From 5 October 2015 
                GBP         to 3 years thereafter, 
 05-Oct-15       0.06       5 October 2018                   2,000,000 
                           From 6 May 2016 to 31 
                            December 2018, exercisable 
                            in two tranches as to 
                            50% at 31 December 2016 
                            and 50% 31 December 
                GBP         2017, lasting to 31 
 06-May-16       0.05       December 2018                    3,000,000 
                           From 24 July 2017to 
                GBP         31 December 2020 subject 
 24-Jul-17       0.05       to lock-in                       6,000,000 
 
                                                            17,000,000 
                                                          ============ 
 

In addition, Vipera has 13,310,735 deferred shares of 24p each also still in issue which are non-voting and are of negligible value.

Contact:

 
 Vipera PLC                             Tel: [phone] 
  Marco Casartelli (CEO)                 2037 
  Martin Perrin (CFO)                    Tel: +44 (0) 
                                         20 7193 0833 
 finnCap Ltd, Nominated Adviser and    Tel: +44 (0) 
  Broker to Vipera                      20 7220 0500 
  Adrian Hargrave / Anthony Adams 
  (Corporate Finance) 
  Camille Gochez (Corporate Broking) 
 London Bridge Capital Partners LLP,   Tel: +44 (0) 
  financial adviser to Vipera           7912 201639 
  Adam Hart 
  Nick Donaldson 
 IFC Advisory Ltd, financial PR to     Tel: +44 (0) 
  Vipera                                203 934 6630 
  Tim Metcalfe 
  Graham Herring 
  Heather Armstrong 
 

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