11th May 2018 07:00
South African Property Opportunities plc
(incorporated and registered in the Isle of Man under the Isle of Man Companies Act 2006 with registered number 006491V)
('the Company')
Board Changes and Appointment of Broker
Following receipt of written resolutions from shareholders holding approximately 81 per cent of the issued shares in the Company, Michael Langoulant and John Treacy have been appointed as Directors to the Company with immediate effect. In addition, David Hunter, John Chapman, Craig McMurray and David Saville have all stepped down from the Board, again with immediate effect.
Mr Langoulant, an Australian resident, is a Chartered Accountant with over 30 years' experience in public company corporate administration and fundraising. After 10 years with large international accounting firms he has acted as chairman, finance director, CFO, company secretary and non-executive director with a number of publicly listed companies. In conjunction with serving in those positions he has managed a corporate secretarial and accounting services business for almost 25 years. He is currently Executive Chairman of White Cliff Minerals Limited (ASX:WCN).
Mr Treacy is a London-based experienced small cap financier who specialises in working with growing companies. He qualified as a solicitor in the London office of a major international law firm where he specialised in Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions. From there he moved to practice corporate finance in the advisory teams of several prominent UK brokerages where he acted as an adviser to a number of AIM companies and advised on numerous IPOs, acquisitions, debt restructurings and placings.
Following the termination of the appointment of the Company's former nominated adviser ('Nomad') and broker, announced on 2 May 2018, the Company's shares were suspended from trading on AIM pursuant to AIM Rule 1.
The Board of the Company is pleased to announce that it has today appointed Peterhouse Corporate Finance Limited as its Corporate Broker with immediate effect.
Further AIM disclosures relating to Mr Treacy's appointment are set out below:
Further disclosures on Mr Treacy as required under Schedule Two, paragraph (g) (i)-(viii) of the AIM Rules for Companies are as follows. John Michael Treacy (age 36), has held the following directorships and/or partnerships in the past five years:
Current and Pending | Past: |
Epsion Capital Limited | China Sports Development Limited |
Monreal plc Pineapple Power Corporation plc
| Central Rand Gold Limited |
As at the date of this announcement, Mr Treacy does not have any interest in any ordinary shares of the Company. There is no further information to be disclosed in relation to Mr Treacy's appointment pursuant to AIM Rule 17 or paragraph (g) of Schedule Two of the AIM Rules for Companies.
Further AIM disclosures relating to Mr Langoulant's appointment are set out below:
Further disclosures on Mr Langoulant as required under Schedule Two, paragraph (g) (i)-(viii) of the AIM Rules for Companies are as follows. Michael (Mike) James Langoulant (age 61), has held the following directorships and/or partnerships in the past five years:
Current and Pending | Past: |
LB-Shell PLC Lanza Holdings Pty Ltd Tigerbite Pty Ltd Dampier Resources Pty Ltd Paradise Holdings Ltd OTR Tryes Group Ltd Tyre Brokers Group Ltd White Cliff Minerals Ltd Charge Cobalt Pty Ltd Northern Drilling Company Pty Ltd PB Malaysia Ltd Venture Exploration Pty Ltd Petrus Resources Pty Ltd Resolute Amansie Ltd Haulover Investments Ltd Domo Pty Ltd Mospey Pty Ltd | Property Connect Holdings Ltd Nyota Minerals Ltd KEC Exploration Pty Ltd Luiri Gold Ltd Luiri Gold Australia Pty Ltd Lyndhouse Pty Ltd |
Australian Forestry Fund Pty Ltd Auminco Mines Ltd Auminco CoalPty Ltd Bold Resources Pty Ltd PB Partners Pty Ltd | |
As at the date of this announcement, Mr Langoulant does not have any interest in any ordinary shares of the Company.
Mr Langoulant was a director of Max Resources Ltd from approximately 1994 to 1997. Although solvent at the time a Statutory Manager was appointed to the company in 1998. The company was subsequently liquidated. Although the Statutory Manager made some negative comments concerning the administration of the company neither the Statutory Manager nor the liquidator levelled any case of wrong doing against Mr Langoulant. Further at a subsequent trial in relation to the company's Australian subsidiary, Robregal Investment Pty Ltd, the trial judge determined that Mr Langoulant had no case to answer.
There is no further information to be disclosed in relation to Mr Langoulant's appointment pursuant to AIM Rule 17 or paragraph (g) of Schedule Two of the AIM Rules for Companies.
For further information please visit www.saprofund.com or contact:
John Treacy | South African Property Opportunities plc
| +44 (0) 20 7469 0930
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Lucy Williams Heena Karani | Peterhouse Corporate Finance Limited
| +44 (0) 20 7469 0933
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