3rd Sep 2014 12:11
TUNGSTEN CORPORATION PLC
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For Immediate Release
3 September, 2014
Completion of Placing
Pursuant to the announcement yesterday, Tungsten Corporation plc (LSE: TUNG) ("Tungsten" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has successfully placed a total of 3,529,412 new ordinary shares (the "Placing") at a price of 340 pence per share on a non pre-emptive basis raising total gross proceeds of approximately £12 million. Application will be made for the Placing shares to be admitted to trading on AIM and it is expected that admission will take place at 8:00 a.m. on 9 September 2014 ("Admission").
Further details of the Placing are set out in the announcement released yesterday.
As stated in the announcement released yesterday, certain members of the Board and their family investment vehicles had indicated their interest in participating in the Placing. Further to these indications, the Board members have bought, directly or through their family investment vehicles, the following number of shares in the Placing:
Placing participation | Holdings post Placing | |||
Name | Number of shares | Value (£) | Number of shares | % of issuedshare capital |
Edmund Truell (through Rockhopper Investments Limited) | 524,742 | £1,784,122.80 | 15,392,426* | 14.87% |
Daniel Truell | 14,118 | £48,001.20 | 414,118** | 0.40% |
Michael Spencer (through IPGL) | 111,400 | £378,760.00 | 1,941,885 | 1.88% |
Peter Kiernan | 6,212 | £21,120.80 | 182,199 | 0.18% |
Phil Ashdown | 7,059 | £24,000.60 | 207,059 | 0.20% |
* This is the total number of Edmund Truell's direct and indirect holdings. The indirect holdings are held via Rockhopper Investments Limited, the family vehicle of Edmund Truell.
** This is the total number of Michael Spencer's direct and indirect holdings. The indirect holdings are held via IPGL, the private holding company majority controlled by Michael Spencer and his family interests.
Canaccord Genuity Limited ("Canaccord") acted as sole bookrunner, broker and agent in relation to the Placing.
Following Admission, it is expected that Tungsten will have 103,529,412 Ordinary Shares in issue. The Company holds no Ordinary Shares in treasury; therefore the total number of voting rights in the Company is 103,529,412. This figure may be used by shareholders 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 Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Commenting on the completion of the Placing, Edmund Truell, Group Chief Executive Officer of Tungsten said:
"We are very pleased that our shareholder base has strongly supported our placing and acquisition. DocuSphere's technology and very capable team bring Tungsten the ability to accelerate the fulfilment of new opportunities on a global scale while further enhancing the value we deliver to customers."
For further information:
Tungsten Corporation plc +44 20 7280 7807Edmund Truell, CEOSandra Higgison, Head of Global Communications
Charles Stanley Securities +44 20 7149 6000(NOMAD and Joint Broker)Marc MilmoDugald J. Carlean
Canaccord Genuity (Joint Broker) +44 20 7523 8000Corporate Finance:
Simon BridgesPeter StewartCameron Duncan
Equity Capital Markets: +44 20 7523 8000Tim Redfern
Kit Stephenson
Equus Group (Communications) +44 20 7223 1100Piers HooperSam Barton
About Tungsten Corporation plc
Tungsten Corporation (LSE: TUNG) accelerates global trade by enabling customers to streamline invoice processing, improve cash-flow management and make better buying decisions from their detailed spend data.
Buyer organisations that join Tungsten Network, built on OB10 e-Invoicing, can reduce their invoice-processing costs by 60%. Suppliers benefit from efficiencies, greater visibility of their invoice status and peace of mind. Tungsten offers supply chain financing through Tungsten Bank to suppliers and helps buying organisations profit by applying real-time spend analytics to its vast repository of over over $750 billion of line-level invoice data.
Tungsten Network serves 53% of the Fortune 500 and 66% of the FTSE 100 by connecting the world's largest companies and government agencies to their thousands of suppliers around the globe. It is compliant in 46 countries, and last year processed transactions worth over $187bn per year for organisations such as Alliance Data, Aviva, Cargill, Deutsche Lufthansa, General Motors, GlaxoSmithKline, Henkel, IBM, Kellogg's, and US Federal Government.
Tungsten Corporation joined forces with OB10 in 2013 to create the world's largest electronic trading network.
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