Tern Plc : Issue of Equity


13 December 2017

Tern Plc (AIM: TERN)
(the "Company", or the "Group")

Conversion of loan note

Tern Plc (AIM:TERN), the investment company specialising in the Internet of Things (IoT), announces that it will issue and allott 10,000,000 Ordinary Shares of 0.02 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 2.75p pursuant to the conversion of £275,000 of the loan note which was announced on 30 November 2017.

Application will be made for the 10,000,000 new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM and it is expected that admission will take place on or around 8:00 a.m. on 19 December 2017 ("Admission"). As previously announced, the funds raised will be used to facilitate the loan to the Company's portfolio company, Device Authority, and to build and grow the pipeline of investment opportunities.

In accordance with the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules (DTR 5.6.1R) the Company hereby notifies the market that immediately following Admission its issued share capital will consist of 143,286,855 Ordinary Shares of 0.02 pence each.  The Company does not hold any shares in treasury.  Shareholders may use these figures as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Gudance and Transparency Rules.

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of EU Regulation 596/2014

Enquiries

Tern Plc
Al Sisto/Sarah Payne
via Redleaf
 

WH Ireland
(NOMAD and joint broker)
Mike Coe/Ed Allsopp
 

Tel: 0117 945 3470
 

Whitman Howard
(Joint broker)
Nick Lovering/Francis North
 

Tel: 020 7659 1234
 

Redleaf Communications
Elisabeth Cowell/Fiona Norman/Alina Haritonova
 

Tel: 020 7382 4730