10th Jan 2019 07:00
10 January 2019
Ocean Outdoor Limited
("Ocean Outdoor", the "Group" or the "Company")
Re-admission of shares to trading on the London Stock Exchange
Further to its announcement on 7 January 2019, Ocean Outdoor, a leading operator of premium Digital Out-of-Home ("DOOH") advertising in the United Kingdom, is pleased to announce that its ordinary shares have been re-admitted to the Standard Listing segment of the Official List of the UK Listing Authority, and that trading in its shares will recommence at 8:00am today on the London Stock Exchange's Main Market (LSE: OOUT). Trading will recommence in US dollars.
On 28 March 2018, Ocelot Partners Limited (Ocelot) completed the acquisition of Ocean Outdoor for an enterprise value of £200 million. Ocelot was renamed Ocean Outdoor Limited following the acquisition. On 2 June 2018, Ocean Outdoor completed the acquisition of Forrest Media (Holdings) Limited ("Forrest"), a leading provider of large format outdoor media solutions in Scotland, for an enterprise value of £32 million.
Ocean Outdoor has been a pioneer in iconic DOOH advertising in the UK and has established its position by focusing on scarcity, scale, location, impact, advertiser relevance, smart technology and branding.
Using its knowledge and skills, the Group will seek to increase its footprint through its strong pipeline of digital assets under development and live projects and tenders across the UK. At the same time, Ocean Outdoor will be continuing to develop its technology and in-house products, which provide greater creative solutions for brands and, in turn, enhance their interaction with consumers.
The Group has already proven its ability to execute acquisitions and the management team will consider, as part of the Group's growth strategy, further acquisitions that are deemed both value accretive and in-line with its overall DOOH services strategy.
Commenting on the re-admission, Tim Bleakley, CEO, said: "The team is excited to have completed this process and to now be fully focussed on the future. We believe that our quoted status provides an ideal platform from which to accelerate our growth ambitions.
"Ocean performed well during 2018 whilst also successfully integrating Forrest Media into the Group. The enlarged group will deliver a compelling and impactful network of national urban audiences for advertisers. With a strong pipeline of new locations set to launch in the near term, we are positive on the outlook for 2019."
For further information please contact:
Ocean Outdoor | 020 7292 6161 |
Tim Bleakley, CEO Susann Jerry, Head of Communications |
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Barclays Bank PLC (Joint Corporate Broker) | 020 3134 9801 |
Nicola Tennent, Stuart Jempson |
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Numis (Joint Corporate Broker) | 020 7260 1000 |
Nick Westlake, Matt Lewis, Michael Wharton |
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Yellow Jersey PR | 07747 788 221 / 0776 9325 254 |
Charles Goodwin, Georgia Colkin, Joe Burgess |
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About Ocean Outdoor Limited:
Ocean Outdoor operates some of the UK's most prestigious digital outdoor locations, including Holland Park Roundabout, which forms part of the Company's exclusive external rights to two of the largest premium urban shopping malls in Europe, Westfield London and Westfield Stratford; The Birmingham Media Eyes above New Street Station, Birmingham; Landsec's Piccadilly Lights and digital out-of-home (DOOH) networks across 8 of the top 10 cities in the UK including Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow and Edinburgh. Ocean also manages London's BFI IMAX. Ocean's portfolio of high profile landlords and partners includes Birmingham and Manchester City Councils, Landsec, the BFI and intu.
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