27th Feb 2019 15:00
27 February 2019
POLEMOS PLC
("Polemos" or the "Company")
Result of General Meeting
Share Reorganaisation
Change of name
Admission to trading on AIM
Polemos plc (AIM: PLMO), announces that at the General Meeting of the Company held today, all resolutions put to shareholders were duly passed. Consequently, the acquisitions of Digitalbox Publishing (Holdings) Limited and Mashed Productions Limited, the Placing, the MVC Subscription, the conversion of loan notes, the Share Reorganisation and various other matters (details of which were set out in a circular to shareholders dated 8 February 2019 (the "Admission Document")) can now proceed to completion and the change of the Company's name to Digitalbox plc can be registered at Companies House.
Resolution numbered 1 in the Notice of General Meeting, being an ordinary resolution to be voted on by the Independent Shareholders to approve the waiver by the Takeover Panel of the obligation that would otherwise arise for the Concert Party to make a general offer for the Enlarged Group under the Rule 9 of the Takeover Code ("Whitewash Resolution"), was passed on a poll with 11,461,340 votes of Independent Shareholders, in favour and 270 votes against.
Completion of the DBPH Acquisition and admission of the Company's Ordinary Shares to trading on AIM is expected to take place at 8.00 a.m. on 28 February 2019 ("First Admission"), with the MP Acquisition and Admission of the MP Consideration Shares expected to complete on 5 March 2019 ("Second Admission").
In addition at the General Meeting, the appointments of James Carter, Jim Douglas, David Joseph, Martin Higginson and Sir Robin Miller to the board of the Company were approved and will take effect from First Admission. Nigel Burton, will remain a director whilst John Treacy will resign as a director on First Admission. The information on each of the new directors required to be disclosed under Schedule Two paragraph (g) (i)-(viii) of the AIM Rules for Companies is disclosed later in this announcement.
Concert Party
In accordance with the Takeover Code, following the passing of the Whitewash Resolution at the General Meeting, on First Admission the members of the Concert Party will own the following number of New Ordinary Shares:
Concert Party | Number of New Ordinary Shares on First Admission | Percentage of New Ordinary Shares on First Admission | Number of New Ordinary Shares subject to the DBPH Warrants or Adviser Warrants | Maximum number of New Ordinary Shares | Percentage of New Ordinary Shares on First Admission (assuming the DBPH Warrants held by David Marks and Martin Higginson and Adviser Warrants held by Leander have been exercised) |
Higginson Family1 | 9,787,549 | 11.02 | 1,590,933 | 11,378,482 | 12.36 |
Sir Robin Miller | 775,464 | 0.87 | - | 775,464 | 0.84 |
Dobbie Family2 | 8,243,000 | 9.28 | - | 8,243,000 | 8.95 |
Napier Brown Family Office | 3,342,446 | 3.76 | - | 3,342,446 | 3.63 |
Hepworth Family3 | 3,303,898 | 3.72 | - | 3,303,898 | 3.59 |
Leander and Leander Employees4 | 1,439,555 | 1.62 | 112,857 | 1,552,412 | 1.69 |
David Marks | - | 0.00 | 1,590,933 | 1,590,933 | 1.73 |
M Capital Ventures5 | 3,383,332 | 3.81 | - | 3,383,332 | 3.67 |
30,275,244 | 34.08 | 3,294,723 | 33,569,967 | 36.44 |
1 All of the Higginson Family DB Consideration Shares are held by Sam Higginson and all of the DBPH warrants are held by Martin Higginson.
2 The Dobbie Family comprises William Dobbie and Leonie Dobbie who hold 659,291 and 7,583,709 shares respectively.
3 The Hepworth Family comprises Paul Hepworth who holds 412,854 shares, John Hepworth who holds 2,478,190 shares and Mark Hepworth who holds 412,854 shares.
4 Alex Davies and Gareth Jones, directors of Leander hold 760,577 and 111,122 shares respectively. Leander holds 112,857 Adviser Warrants and 567,856 New Ordinary Shares on First Admission.
5 The directors of M Capital Ventures include Martin Higginson and Sir Robin Miller.
Immediately following First Admission, the Concert Party will hold in aggregate 30,275,244 New Ordinary Shares, representing 34.08 per cent. of the New Ordinary Share Capital as at First Admission. Assuming only the DBPH Warrants and Adviser Warrants held by members of the Concert Party are exercised, the Concert Party will hold 33,569,967 New Ordinary Shares, representing 36.44 per cent. of the New Ordinary Share capital as enlarged by such an exercise.
In accordance with the Takeover Code, following the passing of the Whitewash Resolution at the General Meeting, on Second Admission the members of the Concert Party will own the following number of New Ordinary Shares:
Concert Party | Number of New Ordinary Shares on Second Admission | Percentage of New Ordinary Shares on Second Admission | Number of New Ordinary Shares subject to the DBPH Warrants or Adviser Warrants | Maximum number of New Ordinary Shares | Percentage of New Ordinary Shares on Second Admission (assuming the DBPH Warrants held by David Marks and Martin Higginson and Adviser Warrants held by Leander have been exercised) |
Higginson Family1 | 9,787,549 | 10.84 | 1,590,933 | 11,378,482 | 12.16 |
Sir Robin Miller | 775,464 | 0.86 | - | 775,464 | 0.83 |
Dobbie Family2 | 8,243,000 | 9.13 | - | 8,243,000 | 8.81 |
Napier Brown Family Office | 3,342,446 | 3.70 | - | 3,342,446 | 3.57 |
Hepworth Family3 | 3,303,898 | 3.66 | - | 3,303,898 | 3.53 |
Leander and Leander Employees4 | 1,439,555 | 1.60 | 112,857 | 1,552,412 | 1.66 |
David Marks | - | 0.00 | 1,590,933 | 1,590,933 | 1.70 |
M Capital Ventures5 | 3,383,332 | 3.75 | - | 3,383,332 | 3.62 |
30,275,244 | 33.55 | 3,294,723 | 33,569,967 | 35.89 |
1 All of the Higginson Family DB Consideration Shares are held by Sam Higginson and all of the DBPH warrants are be held by Martin Higginson.
2 The Dobbie Family comprises William Dobbie and Leonie Dobbie who hold 659,291 and 7,583,709 shares respectively.
3 The Hepworth Family comprises Paul Hepworth who holds 412,854 shares, John Hepworth who holds 2,478,190 shares and Mark Hepworth who holds 412,854 shares.
4 Alex Davies and Gareth Jones, directors of Leander hold 760,577 and 111,122 shares respectively. Leander holds 112,857 Adviser Warrants and 567,856 New Ordinary Shares on Second Admission.
5 The directors of M Capital Ventures include Martin Higginson and Sir Robin Miller.
Immediately following Second Admission, the Concert Party will hold in aggregate 30,275,244 New Ordinary Shares, representing 33.55 per cent. of the New Ordinary Share Capital as at First Admission. Assuming only the DBPH Warrants and Adviser Warrants held by members of the Concert Party are exercised, the Concert Party will hold 33,569,967 New Ordinary Shares, representing 35.89 per cent. of the New Ordinary Share capital as enlarged by such an exercise.
Share Reorganisation
Immediately following the General Meeting, 907 existing Ordinary Shares were issued at a price of 1 pence per share to ensure that as part of the Share Reorganisation an exact whole number of New Consolidated Shares will be issued. At the Share Reorganisation Record Date, being 6 p.m. today, the 118,080,000 existing Ordinary Shares will be consolidated into Consolidated Ordinary Shares each on the basis of one Consolidated Ordinary Share for each 2,500 Existing Ordinary Shares. Each Consolidated Ordinary Share will then be sub-divided into 125 New Ordinary Shares and 2,375 New Deferred Shares. Immediately following the Share Reorganisation, the Company's issued share capital will comprise 5,904,000 Ordinary Shares of £0.01 each and 386,907,464 existing deferred shares of £0.0499 each and 112,176,000 new deferred shares of £0.01 each.
Existing share certificates will cease to be valid following the Share Reorganisation. New share certificates in respect of the New Ordinary Shares will be issued by first class post at the risk of the Shareholder within 10 Business Days of each Admission. A CREST Shareholder will have their CREST account credited with their New Ordinary Shares following Admission.
Change of Name
Shareholders have approved the change of Company name to Digitalbox plc.
The change of name will be processed with Companies House and is expected to become effective on 27 February 2019. The tradable instrument display mnemonic ("TIDM") of the Company is expected to change to DBOX with effect from 7 a.m. on 28 February 2019.
Admission to trading on AIM
The Convertible Loan Note Shares, DB Consideration Shares, Placing Shares, MCV Subscription shares and Adviser Shares will result in the allotment of a total of 82,919,155 New Ordinary Shares. These shares, together with the 5,904,000 arising from the Share Reorganisation will mean that there will be 88,823,155 in issue on First Admission.
Application for admission to trading on AIM of the 88,823,155 New Ordinary Shares has been made and dealings are expected to commence on 28 February 2019. The New Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares in issue.
The New Ordinary Shares will trade under the ISIN: GB00BJK9H642 and SEDOL: BJK9H642.
In accordance with the provisions of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority, the Company confirms that, on First Admission, its issued share capital will comprise 88,823,155 Ordinary Shares of £0.01 each and 386,907,464 Deferred Shares of £0.0499 each and 112,176,000 New Deferred Shares of £0.01 each. All of the Ordinary Shares have equal voting rights and none of the Ordinary Shares are held in Treasury. The total number of voting rights in the Company is therefore 88,823,155. 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 share capital of the Company under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Appointment of Directors
James Carter (53), Jim Douglas (49), David Joseph (53), Martin Higginson (55) and Sir Robin Miller (78) (together the "Proposed Directors") will be appointed to the board of the Company with effect from First Admission. As previously stated in this announcement, Nigel Burton, will remain a director whilst John Treacy will resign as a director on First Admission. The Directors' interests in the Company on First Admission are as follows:
Director |
Director's shareholding | Director's shareholding as a percentage of the total number of Ordinary Shares on First Admission |
James Carter | 10,908,078 | 12.28 |
Jim Douglas | 10,908,078 | 12.28 |
David Joseph | - | - |
Martin Higginson | - | - |
Sir Robin Miller | 775,465 | 0.87 |
Nigel Burton | 591,500 | 0.67 |
1 Each of James Carter and Jim Douglas hold Management Options which, upon exercise, will result in the issue by the
Company of 1,504,404 New Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Share Option Scheme.
2 Martin Higginson holds DBPH Warrants which, upon exercise, will result in the issue by the Company of 1,590,933 New
Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Warrant Acquisition Agreement.
3 Martin Higginson and Sir Robin Miller are directors of M Capital Ventures which will hold 3,383,332 New Ordinary Shares
on Second Admission.
Listed below are the Proposed Directors' current directorships and partnerships and any former directorships and partnerships held in the last five years.
James Carter | |
Current directorships and partnerships | Former directorships and partnerships |
Digitalbox Publishing Limited | Factory Media Limited |
Digitalbox Publishing (Holdings) Limited | Made From Media Ltd. (dissolved) |
Jim Douglas | |
Current directorships and partnerships | Former directorships and partnerships |
Digitalbox Publishing Limited | Future Publishing Limited |
Digitalbox Publishing (Holdings) Limited | |
Martin Higginson | |
Current directorships and partnerships | Former directorships and partnerships |
Britten House Limited | Armco Development Limited (dissolved) |
Digitalbox Innovations Ltd | Conkwell Grange Estate (SPV) LLP |
Digitalbox Publishing (Holdings) Limited | Digitalbox.Labs Limited (dissolved) |
Ellel Garden Village LLP | Digitalbox Network Limited (dissolved) |
Immotion Studios Limited | Digitalbox Publishing Limited |
Immotion Group PLC | Elms Hall (SPV) Limited (dissolved) |
Immotion VR Limited | Gamesko Limited |
M Capital Investment Partners Limited | Hindley Investments Limited (dissolved) |
M Capital Investment Partners (Holdings) Limited | Interactive Digital Entertainment (UK) Limited (dissolved) |
M Capital Management Limited | M Capital Developments Limited (dissolved) |
M Capital Nominees LLP | MIM1 Limited (dissolved) |
M Capital Ventures Limited | MIM2 Limited (dissolved) |
M Capital (West Halkin) Limited | MIM3 Limited (dissolved) |
Miaccom Developments Limited | MIM4 Limited (dissolved) |
Miaccom Limited | SDE Digital Entertainment Group Limited |
Netperform Limited | SDE Digital Entertainment Holdings Limited |
Studio Liddell Limited | SDE Digital Entertainment Limited |
The Broadway (SPV) Limited | Triangle Investments (Lancaster) LLP (dissolved) |
VR Acquisition (Holdings) Limited | Voucherbag.com Limited (dissolved) |
VRZONE Limited (dissolved) | |
David Joseph | |
Current directorships and partnerships | Former directorships and partnerships |
Beacon Events Management Limited | Aspermont Media Limited |
Integral 2 Limited | Boat International Group Limited |
Wasted Talent Limited (shadow director) | Fastminds Limited (dissolved) |
Industry Insider Limited (dissolved) | |
MTL Media Limited | |
Range Records Limited | |
The Information Industry Network Limited | |
Urban Media Europe Limited | |
Sir Robin Miller | |
Current directorships and partnerships | Former directorships and partnerships |
Bikesport New.com Limited | Amistha Holdings Limited |
Brave Bison Group PLC | Butler,Tanner & Dennis Holdings Limited (dissolved) |
Crash Media Group Limited | Butler, Tanner & Dennis Limited (dissolved) |
Dennis Maps Limited | Butler, Tanner & Dennis Maps Limited (dissolved) |
Digitalbox Publishing (Holdings) Limited | East of England Showground Services Limited |
Gruppo Media Limited | IBIS Media VCT 1 PLC (in liquidation) |
Immotion Group plc | Riders For Health (dissolved) |
M Capital Ventures Limited | Stradbrook Acquisitions (Holdings) Limited |
Premier Education Group PLC | The Philanthropy Foundation Limited |
Robin Miller Consultants Limited | Time Out Group plc |
The Golf Foundation | |
Tristar Communications Limited | |
Widford Press Limited |
The Directors have held the following directorships in companies that have been placed in receivership, compulsory liquidation, creditors' voluntary liquidation, administration or company voluntary arrangement or which entered into any composition or arrangement with its creditors generally or any class of its creditors whilst he was a director of that company or within the 12 months after he ceased to be a director of that company:
Director(s) | Company | Details |
Sir Robin William Miller | Butler, Tanner & Dennis Holdings Limited | Dissolved on 31 January 2017 via an application for voluntary strike-off |
Sir Robin William Miller | Butler, Tanner & Dennis Holdings Limited | Dissolved on 28 May 2017 via an application for voluntary strike-off |
Sir Robin William Miller | Entertainment Rights plc | Dissolved on 30 December 2010 via an administration |
Sir Robin William Miller | Butler, Tanner & Dennis Holdings Limited | Dissolved on 28 March 2017 via a liquidation with no sums remaining owing to creditors |
Sir Robin William Miller | IBIS Media VCT 1 PLC | In the process of being liquidated via an application for members voluntary winding up dated 18 January 2018 |
Sir Robin William Miller | Riders for Health | In the process of being liquidated via an application for members voluntary winding up dated 22 June 2009 |
Sir Robin William Miller | Sentana Sports Holdings Limited | Entered administration on 23 June 2009 |
Martin James Higginson | Armco Development Limited | Dissolved on 12 May 2015 via an application for voluntary strike-off |
Martin James Higginson | Digitalbox.Labs Limited | Dissolved on 8 March 2016 via an application for voluntary strike-off |
Martin James Higginson | Digitalbox Network Limited | Dissolved on 8 March 2016 via an application for voluntary strike-off |
Martin James Higginson | Elms Hall (SPV) Limited | Dissolved on 29 March 2016 via a liquidation |
Martin James Higginson | Interactive Digital Entertainment (UK) Limited | Dissolved on 8 November 2013 via an application for voluntary strike-off |
Martin James Higginson | M Capital Developments Limited | Dissolved on 5 June 2018 via an application for voluntary strike-off |
Martin James Higginson | MIM1 Limited | Dissolved on 16 September 2014 via an application for voluntary strike-off |
Martin James Higginson | MIM2 Limited | Dissolved on 16 September 2014 via an application for voluntary strike-off |
Martin James Higginson | MIM3 Limited | Dissolved on 16 September 2014 via an application for voluntary strike-off |
Martin James Higginson | MIM4 Limited | Dissolved on 16 September 2014 via an application for voluntary strike-off |
Martin James Higginson | Triangle Investments (Lancaster) LLP | Dissolved on 23 October 2018 via an application for voluntary strike-off |
Martin James Higginson | Voucherbag.com Limited | Dissolved on 13 October 2015 via an application for voluntary strike-off |
Martin James Higginson | VRZONE Limited | Dissolved on 11 September 2018 via an application for voluntary strike-off |
James Alexander Carter | Made from Media Ltd. | Dissolved on 4 October 2016 via an application for voluntary strike-off |
David Joseph | Fastminds Limited | Dissolved on 29 November 2016 via an application for voluntary strike-off |
David Joseph | Industry Insider Limited | Dissolved on 16 January 2018 via an application for voluntary strike-off |
Save as disclosed above, there are no other disclosures required in accordance with Schedule 2 paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules.
This announcement should be read in conjunction with the full text of the Admission Document posted to Shareholders on 8 February 2019, copies of which are available on the Company's website at www.digitalbox.com. Capitalised terms in this announcement have the same meaning as given in the Admission Document.
Digitalbox | Tel: 01225 430102 |
James Carter, CEO | |
Polemos plc | Tel: 07785 234447 |
Nigel Burton, Chairman
| |
WH Ireland (Nomad) | Tel: 0117 945 3470 |
Mike Coe Chris Savidge
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Leander Capital (Lead broker) | Tel: 0207 195 1400 |
Alex Davies Hugh Kingsmill Moore | |
Peterhouse Capital (Joint broker) | Tel: 020 7469 0930 |
Lucy Williams
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Newgate Communications (Financial PR) Robin Tozer Elisabeth Cowell | Tel: 020 3757 6880; [email protected] |
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