16th Dec 2016 12:46
16 December 2016
Sanne Group plc ("Sanne" or the "Company")
Result of General Meeting
Sanne announces that at today's General Meeting all Resolutions set out in the Notice of General Meeting regarding the proposed acquisition of International Financial Services Limited and IFS Trustees and the associated Capital Raising were passed. Completion of the acquisition remains subject to regulatory clearances and further updates will be made in due course.
The Company can now confirm that it will issue 19,286,860 Capital Raising Shares under the Firm Placing and Placing and Open Offer, raising approximately £94.5m. The issue of the Capital Raising Shares will be split as follows:
· 11,572,100 Capital Raising Shares under the Firm Placing, raising gross proceeds of approximately £56.7m
· 7,714,760 Capital Raising Shares under the Placing and Open Offer, raising gross proceeds of approximately £37.8m
Applications have been made to the FCA and the London Stock Exchange, respectively, for the 19,286,860 Capital Raising Shares to be admitted to the premium listing segment of the Official List and to trading on the Main Market. It is expected that Capital Raising Admission will become effective and dealings in the Capital Raising Shares will commence at 8.00 a.m. on 19 December 2016.
Following Admission the number of Ordinary Shares in issue is expected to be 135,008,262. The Company has 98,533 shares in treasury at the date of this announcement. Therefore the total voting rights in the Company is 134,909,729 (the "Voting Rights Figure"). The Voting Rights Figure may be used by Shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their voting rights interest, or a change to that interest, in the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
Enquiries:
Sanne Group plc Dean Godwin, Chief Executive Officer Spencer Daley, Chief Financial Officer
| +44 (0) 1534 722 787 |
Investec Bank plc Garry Levin / James Ireland / Ed Thomas Matt Lewis / Neil Coleman (corporate broking)
| +44 (0) 20 7597 5970 |
Tulchan Communications LLP Tom Murray Stephen Malthouse
| +44 (0) 20 7353 4200
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Related Shares:
SNN.L