Result of placing and subscription & PDMR dealings

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26 June 2024

Inspiration Healthcare Group plc

Result of Placing and Subscription

and

PDMR Dealings

Inspiration Healthcare Group plc (AIM: IHC) ("Inspiration Healthcare" or the "Company"), the global medical technology company pioneering specialist neonatal intensive care medical devices, is pleased to announce that, following the announcement made earlier today (the "Launch Announcement") regarding, among other things, the launch of the proposed placing (the "Placing"), it has successfully conditionally placed 17,321,430 new ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the capital of the Company (the "Placing Shares") at a price of 14 pence per share (the "Issue Price") raising gross proceeds of approximately £2.4 million.

In addition, certain of the Directors and senior management of the Company have, in aggregate, also directly conditionally subscribed for 535,712 new Ordinary Shares at the Issue Price, raising £75,000 (the "Subscription").

Together, the Placing and the Subscription will raise gross proceeds of £2.5 million through the issue of 17,857,142 new Ordinary Shares (the "Fundraising").

The Issue Price represents a discount of approximately 42.9 per cent. to the closing mid-market price of 24.5 pence per Ordinary Share on 25 June 2024, being the last business day prior to the Launch Announcement.

Liberum is acting as Nominated Adviser, broker and sole bookrunner in connection with the Placing.

Capitalised terms not defined in this announcement (this "Announcement") have the meanings given to them in the Launch Announcement.

Retail Offer

As announced earlier today, the Company also launched the Retail Offer through the Winterflood Retail Access platform to raise up to £0.5 million of gross proceeds (the "Retail Offer" and together with the Fundraising, the "Capital Raising").  The results of the Retail Offer are expected to be announced on 28 June 2024.

Notice of General Meeting

The Capital Raising is conditional upon, inter alia, the passing of the Resolutions at the General Meeting which is expected to be held at the offices of Panmure Liberum Limited at 10.30 a.m. on 22 July 2024. The Company intends to publish and send a circular to shareholders in connection with the Capital Raising (the "Circular") on or around 28 June 2024. The Circular will also be available on the Company's website: https://inspirationhealthcaregroup.com/.

Admission

Application will be made for the Placing Shares and Subscription Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM, which is expected to occur at 8.00 a.m. on 23 July 2024.

Related Party Transaction

BGF Investment Management Limited ("BGF") is considered to be a related party of the Company for the purposes of Rule 13 of the AIM Rules for Companies by virtue of its status as a substantial shareholder of the Company.

BGF has agreed to subscribe for 7,142,857 Placing Shares as part of the Placing.

The Directors, having consulted with the Company's Nominated Adviser, Liberum, consider that the terms of the participation in the Placing by BGF are fair and reasonable insofar as the shareholders of the Company are concerned.

Director and senior management Subscriptions

The following Directors and senior management have conditionally subscribed for Subscription Shares in the following amounts and pursuant to the Subscription Agreements:

* To be gifted to his children

About Inspiration Healthcare Group plc 

Inspiration Healthcare (AIM: IHC) designs, manufactures and markets pioneering medical technology. Based in the UK, the Company specialises in neonatal intensive care medical devices, which are addressing a critical need to help to save the lives and improve the outcomes of patients, starting with the very first breaths of life.

The Company has a broad portfolio of its own products and complementary distributed products, for use in neonatal intensive care designed to support even the most premature babies throughout their hospital stay. Its own branded products range from highly sophisticated capital equipment such as ventilators for life support through to single-use disposables.

The Company sells its products directly to hospitals and healthcare providers in the UK and Ireland, where it also distributes a range of advanced medical technologies for infusion therapy.  In the rest of the world the Company has an established network of distribution partners around the world giving access to more than 75 countries.

The Company operates in the UK from its world-class Manufacturing and Technology Centre in Croydon, South London and in the USA from its facility in Melbourne, Florida.

Further information on Inspiration Healthcare can be found at www.inspirationhealthcaregroup.com 

Note:

The information contained within this Announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU Regulation No. 596/2014) (as it forms part of United Kingdom domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018) (the "UK MAR"). Upon the publication of this Announcement via a Regulatory Information Service, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain. If you have any queries on this, then please contact Jason Stewart, Finance Director of the Company (the person responsible for arranging the release of this Announcement) on 0203 8011 1400.

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Liberum is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (the "FCA") in the United Kingdom and is acting exclusively for the Company and no one else in connection with the Placing or any other matters referred to in this Announcement, and Liberum will not be responsible to anyone (including any Placees) other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to its clients or for providing advice in relation to the Placing or any other matters referred to in this Announcement.

No representation or warranty, express or implied, is or will be made as to, or in relation to, and no responsibility or liability is or will be accepted by the Bookrunner or by any of its affiliates or agents as to, or in relation to, the accuracy or completeness of this Announcement or any other written or oral information made available to or publicly available to any interested party or its advisers, and any liability therefor is expressly disclaimed.

No statement in this Announcement is intended to be a profit forecast or estimate, and no statement in this Announcement should be interpreted to mean that earnings per share of the Company for the current or future financial years would necessarily match or exceed the historical published earnings per share of the Company.

The price of shares and any income expected from them may go down as well as up and investors may not get back the full amount invested upon disposal of the shares.  Past performance is no guide to future performance, and persons needing advice should consult an independent financial adviser.

The New Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to the Capital Raising will not be admitted to trading on any stock exchange other than the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange.

Neither the content of the Company's website nor any website accessible by hyperlinks on the Company's website is incorporated in, or forms part of, this Announcement.

The information below (set out in accordance with the requirements of EU Market Abuse Regulation) provides further detail:

PDMR Notification Forms: conditional upon, inter alia, the passing of the Resolutions at the General Meeting: