8th Jan 2009 07:00
8 January 2009
Earthport plc ("Earthport" or the "Company")
Exercise of Warrants
Warrant Holders have exercised Warrants, which expired on 31 December 2008,over 1,022,380 new Ordinary Shares of 10p each in the Company at 35p per share, realising £357,833 for the Company.
As a result application has been made for 1,022,380 Ordinary Shares of 10p each in the Company to be admitted to AIM on Friday 9 January 2009.
The new Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares in the Company.
Following the admission of the new Ordinary Shares, the Company's issued share capital will consist of 81,679,791 Ordinary Shares of 10p each, with voting rights.
This figure may be used by shareholders in the Company, to determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency rules.
Following the exercise of Warrants the Notifiable Shareholders are:
|
Notifiable Shareholders |
No. of shares |
% holding |
|
Millennium Global High Yield Fund Ltd |
9,239,227 |
11.31 |
|
HU Investments L.L.C. |
8,230,714 |
10.08 |
|
Hawkwood Capital LLP |
5,393,686 |
6.60 |
|
Artemis Investment Management Ltd |
4,142,857 |
5.07 |
|
Kenny Shovell |
3,373,250 |
4.13 |
|
CIM Special Situations Fund Ltd |
2,985,000 |
3.65 |
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For further details, please contact:
|
Earthport plc Mike Harrison, Executive Chairman James Bergman, Chief Executive Officer |
+44 (0)20 7220 9700 |
|
Cenkos Securities plc Nicholas Wells / Elizabeth Bowman Andy Roberts |
+44 (0)20 7397 8900 |
|
Financial Dynamics Jonathon Brill / Alex Beagley / Laura Proudlock |
+44 (0)20 7831 3113 |
About Earthport
Earthport (www.earthport.com) specialises in the international transactional marketplace by providing a highly secure, high volume global collection and payment capability. It has been making national and international payments and collections since 1998.
Earthport owns, provides and hosts an international money movement platform called the Universal Payments Network. Using this platform, Earthport makes secure, low cost international bank payments and collections worldwide.
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