ordinary shares

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ordinary shares

the shares issued to members of a limited company. These represent the equity or risk capital of a company; they carry no prior rights in terms of entitlement to dividend or return of capital on a winding-up. Ordinary shares generally carry full voting rights. Different are preference shares, which entitle the holder to a stipulated fixed rate return in the form of a dividend (like the fixed rate return to which holders of loan stock are entitled) whereas the dividend declared in respect of the former is purely a matter for the directors and subject to approval by the shareholders in general meetings. In the event of a winding-up, holders of preference shares are entitled to be paid before ordinary shareholders.

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Under this conversion, the number of class A ordinary shares has decreased by 142,000, while the number of class B ordinary shares has increased by the same number.

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As a result of the Option Exercise, the Company will issue a total of 3,350,000 new ordinary shares in the capital of the Company (the "New Ordinary Shares").

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Reportedly, this change is due to the conversion of class A ordinary shares to class B ordinary shares.

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Each Shareholder shall be entitled to purchase approximately two Ordinary Shares for 10 Ordinary Shares held.

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The Company further announces that it has received a notification from an option holder to exercise options over 15,000 ordinary shares in the Company at an exercise price of 3.

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No shares were disposed of, and following this exercise, Max Cawthra increased his interests in Tracsis to 188,022 ordinary shares representing 0.

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Following the issue of the New Ordinary Shares, the number of Ordinary Shares in issue will increase to 27,672,884.