21st Oct 2016 08:12
AVARAE GLOBAL COINS PLC
("Avarae" or the "Company")
Result of Tender Offer
The Company today announces the result of the Tender Offer set out in the shareholder circular published by the Company on 19 September 2016 (the "Circular"). The Tender Offer closed at 11.00 a.m. on 20 October 2016.
Result of Tender Offer
Under the Tender Offer, 9,027,441 Ordinary Shares were validly tendered and 9,027,441 Ordinary Shares will be purchased at a price per Ordinary Share of 11.5 pence, for an aggregate purchase price of £1,038,155.68. The Ordinary Shares to be purchased under the Tender Offer represent approximately 11.17 per cent. of the Company's issued ordinary share capital.
It is anticipated that the proceeds payable under the Tender Offer to the Company's shareholders who hold their Ordinary Shares in certificated form will be despatched no later than 1 November 2016 in the form of a cheque. Those shareholders who hold their Ordinary Shares in uncertificated form will have their CREST accounts credited no later than 1 November 2016.
As set out in the Circular, the Ordinary Shares will be purchased by WH Ireland pursuant to the Tender Offer and the Company will purchase such Ordinary Shares from WH Ireland under the terms of the Repurchase Agreement described in the Circular. The Company intends to cancel the Ordinary Shares purchased by it under the Repurchase Agreement, reducing the number of Ordinary Shares in issue from 80,783,334 Ordinary Shares to 71,755,893 Ordinary Shares.
As previously announced, cancellation of the admission of the Company's ordinary shares to trading on AIM is expected to occur at 7.00am on 25 October 2016.
Nigel Gautrey/Matt Wood | +44 (0)16 2461 5614 |
Avarae Global Coins plc
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Paul Shackleton/Nick Prowting | +44 (0)20 7220 1666 |
WH Ireland Ltd |
EXPECTED TIMETABLE OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS
2016
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Purchase of Tender Offer Shares under the Tender Offer | On or around 24 October |
De-Listing and cancellation of admission of the Ordinary Shares to trading on AIM | 7.00 a.m. on 25 October |
Despatch of cheques for Tender Offer proceeds | No later than 1 November |
CREST accounts credited with Tender Offer proceeds | No later than 1 November |
Despatch of share certificates in respect of any revised holdings of Ordinary Shares following the Tender Offer, and any Ordinary Shares held in CREST not tendered pursuant to the Tender Offer | No later than 1 November |
Proposed Buybacks | Anticipated to complete by 31 March 2018 |
Related Shares:
AVR.L