31st Jul 2017 07:00
Servoca Plc
("Servoca" or "the Company")
Proposed Capital Reorganisation and Buy-Back
and
Notice of General Meeting
The directors of Servoca Plc (the "Board") announce the proposed capital reorganisation of the existing ordinary share capital of the Company followed by a buy-back of certain fractional entitlements arising on the Capital Reorganisation. Shareholder approval is required for the Capital Reorganisation and Buy-Back. The Company has published a notice convening a general meeting of Servoca Plc to be held at 10.00 a.m. on 14 August 2017 at the offices of FinnCap Limited at 60 New Broad Street, London EC2M 1JJ.
Background to and reasons for the Capital Reorganisation and Buy-Back
The Company has a share register which includes a large number of Shareholders holding a very small percentage of the total ordinary shares of the Company, which creates a significant financial and logistical burden for the Company. Therefore a consolidation and sub-division of the Company's existing Ordinary Shares and a buy-back by the Company of certain fractional entitlements arising on the consolidation is proposed, which the Board has deemed to be an appropriate and commonly used method of reducing the excessive length of a company's share register. The purpose of the proposed consolidation, sub-division and Buy-Back is to rationalise the large shareholder base of the Company, thereby reducing the costs to the Company of administering the shareholder base and also providing a cost-effective exit for Shareholders with very small holdings and little economic interest in the Company.
Shareholder approval is required for the Capital Reorganisation and Buy-Back.
As a consequence of the Capital Reorganisation and Buy-Back, a Shareholder who holds 2,000 or fewer ordinary shares in the Company at the Record Date (6.00 p.m. on 14 August 2017) will, unless the Shareholder completes (if the Shareholder holds the shares in the Company in certificated form) a Form of Election (as defined in the Circular) or (if the Shareholder holds the shares in the Company in uncertificated form, that is, in CREST), a CREST Election (as defined in the Circular), have his or her shareholding purchased by the Company and the Shareholder will receive the proceeds, free of dealing costs, via the Company's registrar.
Instructions for Shareholders who hold 2,000 or fewer ordinary shares in the Company at the Record Date and who wish to retain their shareholdings are included in the Circular.
The Circular is available on the Company's website: http://www.servoca.com/investors/shareholder-documents/.
Existing Ordinary Shares | 125,575,953 |
New Ordinary Shares in issue immediately following the Capital Reorganisation and Buy-Back | 125,576,000 |
Nominal share value following the Capital Reorganisation | 1p |
Proposed new ISIN | GB00BF2VKD83 |
The expected timetable for the Capital Reorganisation is set out below:
2017 | |
Publication date of the Circular | 28 July |
Latest time and date for receipt of Forms of Proxy, CREST Elections and Forms of Election | 10.00 a.m. on 12 August |
General Meeting | 10.00 a.m. on 14 August |
Record Date | 6.00 p.m. on 14 August |
Effective time of the Consolidation and Sub-Division, Admission and dealings in New Ordinary Shares expected to commence on AIM | 8.00 a.m. on 15 August |
CREST accounts credited with New Ordinary Shares | 15 August |
Anticipated date of dispatch of definitive share certificates in respect of New Ordinary Shares | Within 10 Business Days of Admission |
Anticipated date of dispatch of cheques following sale and purchase of Fractional Entitlements | Within 10 Business Days of Admission |
Servoca Andy ChurchGlenn Swaby | 020 7747 3030 |
finnCap Geoff NashJames Thompson | 020 7220 0500 |
Newgate Threadneedle Bob HuxfordJames Browne | 020 7653 9850 |
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