9th Dec 2016 11:37
9 December 2016
Mirland Development Corporation PLC
(the "Company")
Results of General Meeting, the Subscription and the Open Offer
In relation to the Settlement Plan approved by Shareholders and Bondholders on 5 September 2016, on 17 November 2016 the Company posted to Shareholders a circular in relation to, inter alia, the Capital Raising, the Share Consolidation, AIM Cancellation and proposed amendments to the Articles, including the terms of a capital raising to raise gross proceeds of approximately US$14.1 million (the "Circular"). The Capital Raising, comprising a Subscription of 162,270,901 Subscription Shares and an Open Offer of 26,635,854 Open Offer Shares, the Share Consolidation, AIM Cancellation and proposed amendments to the Articles were each conditional upon, inter alia, the passing of the Resolutions at the General Meeting.
General Meeting
The Company is pleased to announce that at the General Meeting held earlier today each resolution was passed by the requisite majority.
The full text of the resolutions passed at the EGM can be found in the circular to shareholders of the Company dated 17 November 2016 and Notice of EGM which is available at http://www.mirland-development.com/investors/notifications.
Capital Raising
Subscription
The Company is also pleased to announce the subscription of 162,270,901 Subscription Shares to raise a total of US$12.1 million (approximately £9.7 million) has been completed, conditional only on admission of the Subscription Shares to trading on AIM. All Subscription Shares have been subscribed for at a price of 6 penny per Subscription Share.
Open Offer
The Company is also pleased to announce the results of the Open Offer, which closed for acceptances at 11.00 a.m. on 8 December 2016. Valid acceptances have been received in respect of 618,177 Open Offer Shares each representing a percentage take up of 2.3 per cent of the Open Offer Shares.
The Company also received valid acceptances in respect of 2,229 Excess Open Offer Entitlements. Qualifying Shareholders who have applied for Offer Shares will receive the full number of Open Offer Shares applied for by them and those that made an application under the Excess Application Facility will receive 100 per cent of Excess Shares applied for by them.
Pursuant to the terms of the Subscription Agreement, the Subscribers have subscribed for the new Ordinary Shares available under the Open Offer not taken up by Qualifying Shareholders (being 26,015,448 Open Offer Shares) amounting to approximately US$1.9 million (approximately £1.5 million). Together with the subscription of the Open Offer Shares, the Company has therefore raised further aggregate gross proceeds of approximately US$2 million (approximately £1.6 million) before expenses.
The total number of shares the Subscribers have subscribed for under the Subscription and the Open Offer is 188,286,349 new Ordinary Shares.
Admission of the Subscription Shares and the Open Offer Shares
Application will be made for the 188,906,755 new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM and it is expected that the Subscription Shares and the Open Offer Shares will be admitted to trading on AIM at 8.00 a.m. on 19 December 2016.
TASE Admission and AIM Cancellation
In order to implement the Settlement Plan, at 7.30 a.m. on 20 December 2016 trading in the Company's shares will be suspended, during such time Shareholders will not be able to trade in those shares. AIM Cancellation and TASE Admission are expected to occur on 22 December 2016.
Expected timetable of principal events
In relation to the Settlement Plan, The expected timetable is outlined below:
Expected date by which CREST stock accounts are to be credited for New Ordinary Shares in uncertificated form | 19 December 2016 |
Consolidation Record Date | 6.00 p.m. on 19 December 2016 |
Adoption of the Amended Articles | 6.00 p.m. on 19 December 2016 |
Termination of the Depository Interest structure | 6.00 p.m. on 19 December 2016 |
Expected time and date of the Share Consolidation | 7.00 p.m. on 19 December 2016 |
Expected date of suspension of trading on AIM | 7.30 a.m. on 20 December 2016 |
Expected date of admission of the Enlarged Share Capital on TASE and commencement of dealings in the Company's shares on TASE | 22 December 2016 |
Effective date of the Settlement Plan | 22 December 2016 |
Expected date of cancellation of trading on AIM | 22 December 2016 |
Each of the times and dates in the above timetable is subject to change. If any of the above times and/or dates change, the revised times and/or dates will be notified to Shareholders by announcement through a Regulatory Information Service. References to time in this document are to GMT unless otherwise stated.
All terms in this announcement have the meaning given to them in Circular unless otherwise defined herein.
For further information please contact:
MirLand Development Corporation plc
Yevgeny Steklov
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+357 (25) 871 785
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FTI Consulting
Dido Laurimore / Ellie Sweeney/Tom Gough | +44 20 3727 1000 |
Investec Bank plc
Jeremy Ellis / David Anderson |
+44 20 7597 4000 |
Certain statements in this announcement are forward-looking statements which are based on the Company's expectations, intentions and projections regarding its future performance, anticipated events or trends and other matters that are not historical facts. These forward-looking statements, which may use words such as "aim", "anticipate", "believe", "could", "intend", "estimate", "expect" and words of similar meaning, include all matters that are not historical facts. These forward-looking statements involve risks, assumptions and uncertainties that could cause the actual results of operations, financial condition, liquidity and dividend policy and the development of the industries in which the Company's businesses operate to differ materially from the impression created by the forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Given those risks and uncertainties, prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of such statements and, except as required by the FCA, the London Stock Exchange, the AIM Rules or applicable law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Investec Bank plc ("Investec"), which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, is acting only for the Company in connection with the matters described in this announcement and is not acting for or advising any other person, or treating any other person as its client, in relation thereto and will not be responsible for providing the regulatory protection afforded to clients of Investec or advice to any other person in relation to the matters contained herein.
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