21st Mar 2017 09:16
For immediate release
21 March 2017
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, INCLUDING THE INFORMATION INCLUDED IN IT, IS NOT FOR PUBLICATION, RELEASE OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN OR INTO FROM, OR TO PERSONS IN, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ("UNITED STATES"), AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN, THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND AND THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH IT WOULD BE UNLAWFUL TO DO SO UNLESS PERMITTED PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION UNDER THE RELEVANT LOCAL LAW OR REGULATION IN ANY SUCH JURISDICTION. PLEASE SEE THE IMPORTANT NOTICE AT THE END OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.
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THIS ANNOUNCEMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFERING OF, OR SOLICITATION TO PURCHASE OR SUBSCRIBE, SECURITIES IN THE COMPANY.
HUNTERS PROPERTY PLC
("Hunters" or the "Company")
RESULTS OF THE PLACING AND TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS
The Board of Hunters is pleased to announce that as part of the proposed placing announced this morning (the "Placing"), a total of 2,400,000 new ordinary shares of 4 pence each in the Company (the "Placing Shares") were successfully conditionally placed with investors at a price of 55 pence per Placing Share, raising £1.32 million before expenses.
As noted in the announcement made this morning, the proceeds of the Placing will be applied in funding as part payment of the £2.25 million cash element for the acquisition of the franchising business and related assets of Besley Hill Franchising Limited.
Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for the Placing Shares and the new Ordinary Shares to be issued to Besley Hill Franchising Limited as part of the consideration payable for the acquisition ("Consideration Shares") to be admitted to trading on AIM. It is expected that Admission will become effective on or around 8.00a.m. on Thursday, 23 March 2017.
The Placing Shares and the Consideration Shares will, when issued, rank pari passu in all respects with the existing ordinary shares of 4 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"), including the right to receive dividends and other distributions declared, made or paid following Admission.
Following the issue of the Placing Shares and the Consideration Shares, the total number of shares in issue will be 31,458,225 Ordinary Shares. There are no shares held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 31,458,225. This figure may be used by shareholders in the Company 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 under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
For further information, please contact:
Hunters Property PLC Glynis Frew, Chief Executive Officer Ed Jones, Chief Financial Officer
| 01904 756 197 |
SPARK Advisory Partners Limited (Nominated Adviser) Mark Brady Neil Baldwin
| 020 3368 3551 |
Dowgate Capital Stockbrokers Limited (Broker) David Poutney James Serjeant
| 0203 903 7715 |
Smithfield Consultants (Financial PR) Alex Simmons
| 020 7360 4900 |
IMPORTANT NOTICE
This Announcement has been issued by and is the sole responsibility of the Company. The information contained in this Announcement is for information purposes only and does not purport to be full or complete. No reliance may or should be placed by any person for any purpose whatsoever on the information contained in this Announcement or on its accuracy or completeness. The information in this Announcement is subject to change.
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This Announcement does not constitute, or form part of, a prospectus relating to the Company, nor does it constitute or contain any invitation or offer to any person, or any public offer, to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire any shares in the Company or advise persons to do so in any jurisdiction, nor shall it, or any part of it form the basis of or be relied on in connection with any contract or as an inducement to enter into any contract or commitment with the Company.
This Announcement is not an offer of or solicitation to purchase or subscribe securities in the United States. The Ordinary Shares (including for the avoidance of doubt the Placing Shares and the Consideration Shares) 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.
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