9th Nov 2011 07:00
09 November 2011
MediLink-Global UK Limited
("MediLink" or the "Company")
Issue of Equity
Directors' shareholdings
The Board of MediLink, the electronic healthcard network service provider, announces that it has issued 1,988,828 new ordinary shares of 5p each in the Company (the "Employee Shares") to various employees and certain directors of MediLink. The Employee Shares have been issued in lieu of certain salary and bonus payments due for the year ended 31 December 2009. Application will be made for the Employee Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission") and it is expected that Admission will occur on or around 14 November 2011.
The Company also announces that Mr Shia Kok Fat, Chief Executive of MediLink, has transferred 10,000,000 ordinary shares of 5p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"), previously held by himself, to various employees for nil consideration and Datalink Holdings Sdn Bhd ("Datalink"), a company which Shia Kok Fat is a director and major shareholder, has transferred 6,100,000 Ordinary Shares to various employees for nil consideration (together, the "Share Transfer"). These Ordinary Shares have been transferred to employees as a reward for their respective past and present contributions to the Company. Following the Share Transfer and Admission, Mr Shia Kok Fat will have a total interest in 15,000,000 Ordinary Shares, equivalent to 12.41 per cent. of the Company's enlarged issued share capital and Datalink will no longer hold any Ordinary Shares in the Company.
The Employee Shares will represent approximately 1.64 per cent. of the Company's share capital on Admission. 114,295 of the Employee Shares have been issued to Directors of MediLink, as follows:
Director | Number of Ordinary Shares held before Admission and the Share Transfer | Number of Employee Shares issued | Number of Ordinary Shares received under the Share transfer | Number of Ordinary Shares held following Admission and the Share Transfer | Percentage of issued share capital in the Company held following Admission and the Share Transfer | |
Chen Shien Yee (Finance Director) | 0 | 14,295 | 3,500,000 | 3,514,295 | 2.91% | |
Norman Lott (Chairman) | 0 | 100,000 | 0 | 100,000 | 0.08% |
Following the Share Transfer and Admission Sa Ren, Executive Director of Medilink (Beijing) TPA Services Co., Ltd., the Company's wholly owned subsidiary in China, will have a total beneficial interest in 8,665,000 ordinary shares in the Company, equivalent to 7.17 per cent. of the Company's enlarged issued share capital.
Shia Kok Fat commented: "It is important to incentivise and retain staff that the Board see as key to the continued growth and development of MediLink. The issue of these new and existing shares to staff allows us to reward our employees for their contribution over the past year and a half, whilst allowing the Company to maintain control of its salary costs."
Following Admission, Medilink will have 120,909,108 ordinary shares of 5p in issue. This figure may be used by shareholders in the Company 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 share capital of MediLink under the Financial Services Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
For further information please contact:
MediLink-Global UK Limited Shia Kok Fat, Chief Executive Officer www.medilink-global.com | Tel: + 603 2296 3028 |
Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker) Nick Athanas James Reeve | Tel: +44 (0)20 3328 5656 |
Daniel Stewart & Company plc (Joint Broker) Antony Legge | Tel: +44 (0)20 7776 6550 |
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