8th May 2025 07:00
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THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT AN OFFER OF SECURITIES IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH JURISDICTION.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLE 7 OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION (EU) 596/2014 AS IT FORMS PART OF UK DOMESTIC LAW BY VIRTUE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018 ("MAR"), AND IS DISCLOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMPANY'S OBLIGATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 17 OF MAR.
PLEASE SEE THE IMPORTANT NOTICES AT THE END OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.
8 May 2025
Pulsar Group Plc
("Pulsar Group", the "Company" or the "Group")
Result of Placing, Related Parties & Total Voting Rights
Pulsar Group Plc (AIM: PULS), the market leading audience intelligence business delivering Software-as-a-Service ("SaaS") solutions for the global marketing and communications industries, is pleased to announce that further to the announcement made yesterday regarding the proposed Placing, the Company has raised total gross proceeds of approximately £3.0 million through the issue of 7,894,736 New Shares, at a fixed price of 38 pence per New Share. The New Shares represent approximately 5.8 per cent. of the Company's enlarged issued share capital (excluding shares held in treasury).
Joanna Arnold, Chief Executive Officer, commented:
"I am delighted by the support shown by investors in this placing. With this additional capital the Group has a strengthened balance sheet and looks forward to accelerating its strategic initiatives to continue to improve its operational efficiencies and enhanced future cash generation. The Board of the Company are very much focussed on ensuring that delivery against its plans will maximise shareholder value"
Related Parties
Christopher Satterthwaite (non-Executive chairman), Joanna Arnold (CEO), Mark Fautley (CFO), Sarah Vawda (Non-executive director) (together the "Participating Directors") and Kestrel Partners LLP ("Kestrel Partners") have agreed to subscribe for the following New Shares in the Placing.
Name | Number of Shares subscribed for |
Christopher Satterthwaite | 26,315 |
Joanna Arnold | 39,473 |
Mark Fautley | 39,473 |
Sarah Vawda | 13,157 |
Kestrel Partners | 3,142,449 |
The Participating Directors and Kestrel Partners are deemed to be related parties of the Company for the purposes of the AIM Rules.
Chris Pilling (being the sole independent director for the purposes of AIM Rule 13 in relation to the Placing) considers, having consulted with the Company's nominated adviser, Cavendish, that the terms upon which the Participating Directors and Kestrel Partners are participating in the Placing are fair and reasonable insofar as Shareholders are concerned.
Total Voting Rights
Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for the Placing Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM and it is expected that Admission will be effective and dealings will commence in respect of the Placing Shares at 8.00 a.m. on or around 13 May 2025.
Following Admission, the Company's issued share capital will consist of 138,419,122 Ordinary Shares. The Company holds 2,825,646 Ordinary Shares in Treasury. Therefore, on Admission, the total number of voting rights will be 135,593,476. This figure may be used by Shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they may determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
Unless otherwise defined herein or the context requires, capitalised terms used in this announcement ("Announcement") shall have the same meanings given to them in the Company's announcement released earlier yesterday under RNS number 7553H.
For further information, please contact:
For further information:
Pulsar Group Plc | 020 3426 4070 |
Joanna Arnold (CEO) Mark Fautley (CFO) | |
Cavendish Capital Markets Limited (Nominated Adviser and Broker) |
020 7220 0500 |
Corporate Finance: Marc Milmo / Isaac Hooper / Elysia Bough | |
Corporate Broking: Sunila de Silva |
IMPORTANT NOTICES AND DISCLAIMER
This Announcement has been issued by and is the sole responsibility of the Company. The person responsible for arranging for the release of this Announcement on behalf of the Company is Mark Fautley, Chief Financial Officer.
This Announcement is not for publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States of America. This Announcement is not an offer of securities for sale into the United States. The securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States, except pursuant to an applicable exemption from registration. No public offering of securities is being made in the United States. No prospectus will be made available in connection with the matters contained in this Announcement and no such prospectus is required (in accordance with the Prospectus Regulation (as defined below)) to be published.
This Announcement is directed only at persons whose ordinary activities involve them in acquiring, holding, managing and disposing of investments (as principal or agent) for the purposes of their business and who have professional experience in matters relating to investment and who are: (a) if in a member state of the European Economic Area, "qualified investors" as defined in Article 2(e) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129(the "EU Prospectus Regulation") ("EU Qualified Investors"); (b) if in the United Kingdom, "qualified investors" as defined in Article 2(e)of the EU Prospectus Regulation which forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 who (i) fall within article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the "Order"), or (ii) fall within article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order; and (c) otherwise, to persons to whom it may otherwise be lawful to communicate it (all such persons together being referenced to as "relevant persons"). Any investment in connection with the Placing will only be available to, and will only be engaged with, relevant persons. Any person who is not a relevant person should not act or rely on this Announcement or any of its contents.
This Announcement is not being distributed by, nor has it been approved for the purposes of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (as amended) (the "FSMA") by, a person authorised under FSMA. This Announcement is being distributed and communicated to persons in the UK only in circumstances in which section 21(1) of FSMA does not apply.
Cavendish Capital Markets Limited, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the United Kingdom, is acting as Nominated Adviser and broker to the Company in connection with the Placing and no one else and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to clients of Cavendish nor for providing advice in relation to the Placing and/or any other matter referred to in this Announcement. Apart from the responsibilities and liabilities, if any, which may be imposed on Cavendish by the FSMA or by the regulatory regime established under it, and except in the event of their committing fraud, neither Cavendish nor any of its respective affiliates accepts any responsibility whatsoever for the accuracy, completeness or sufficiency of the information contained in this Announcement or for any other statement made or purported to be made by or on behalf of Cavendish or any of its respective affiliates in connection with the Company, the Ordinary Shares or the Placing. Cavendish and each of its respective affiliates accordingly disclaim all and any liability, whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise (save as referred to above) in respect of any statements or other information contained in this Announcement.
The distribution of this Announcement and the offering of the Ordinary Shares in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. No action has been taken by the Company or Cavendish that would permit an offering of such shares or possession or distribution of this Announcement or any other offering or publicity material relating to such shares in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. Persons into whose possession this Announcement comes are required by the Company and Cavendish to inform themselves about, and to observe, such restrictions. Persons (including, without limitation, nominees and trustees) who have a contractual right or other legal obligations to forward a copy of this Announcement should seek appropriate advice before taking any action.
This Announcement contains (or may contain) certain forward-looking statements with respect to certain of the Company's current expectations and projections about future events. These statements, which sometimes use words such as "aim", "anticipate", "believe", "intend", "plan" "estimate", "expect" and words of similar meaning or the negative thereof, reflect the directors' beliefs and expectations and involve a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results and performance to differ materially from any expected future results or performance expressed or implied by the forward-looking statement. Statements contained in this Announcement regarding past trends or activities should not be taken as a representation that such trends or activities will continue in the future. The information contained in this Announcement is subject to change without notice and, except as required by applicable law or regulation, neither the Company nor Cavendish nor their respective affiliates assume any responsibility or obligation to update publicly or review any of the forward-looking statements contained herein. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this Announcement.
No statement in this Announcement is or is intended to be a profit forecast or profit estimate or to imply that the earnings of the Company for the current or future financial years will necessarily match or exceed the historical or published earnings of the Company. The price and value of shares and the income from them may go down as well as up and investors may not get back the full amount invested on disposal of the shares. Past performance is not a guide to future performance.
The Placing Shares to be issued pursuant to the Placing will not be admitted to trading on any stock exchange other than AIM.
Neither the content of the Company's website nor any website accessible by hyperlinks on the Company's website or in this Announcement is incorporated in, or forms part of, this Announcement.
This Announcement does not constitute a recommendation concerning any investor's options with respect to the Placing. Any investment decision to buy Ordinary Shares in the Placing must be made solely on the basis of publicly available information, which has not been independently verified by Cavendish. Each investor or prospective investor should conduct his, her or its own investigation, analysis and evaluation of the business and data described in this Announcement. The contents of this Announcement are not to be construed as legal, business, financial or tax advice. Each investor or prospective investor should consult his, her or its own legal adviser, business adviser, financial adviser or tax adviser for legal, financial, business or tax advice.
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