6th Feb 2006 12:46
AIM06 February 2006 ANNOUNCEMENT TO BE MADE BY THE AIM APPLICANT PRIOR TO ADMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH AIM RULE 2 ALL APPLICANTS MUST COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: COMPANY NAME:DCD Media plc (formerly Digital Classics plc)COMPANY ADDRESS:30 Farringdon StreetLondon COMPANY POSTCODE:EC4A 4HJCOUNTRY OF INCORPORATION:England and Wales COMPANY BUSINESS OR, IN THE CASE OF AN INVESTING COMPANY, DETAILS OF ITS INVESTMENT STRATEGY TO BE DISCLOSED INACCORDANCE WITH SCHEDULE 2, PARAGRAPH (J) OF THE AIM RULES: Digital Classics plc specialises in the production, distribution and exploitation of music and arts audiovisualcontent. It recently acquired Box TV, an independent television production company, and NBD Television, a specialistrock and pop television programme distributor and is now proposing to acquire the business of Done and Dusted GroupLimited, a reverse takeover subject to shareholder approval at an Extraordinary General Meeting to be held on 21February 2006. DETAILS OF SECURITIES TO BE ADMITTED (i.e. where known, number of shares, nominal value and issue price to which itseeks admission and the number and type to be held as treasury shares):2,963,315,714 Ordinary Shares of 0.1p each comprised of the re-admission to trading of 1,313,096,484 existing ordinaryshares, the admission to trading of 721,875,000 consideration shares and the admission to trading of 928,344,230placing shares at a Placing Price of 0.65p each CAPITAL TO BE RAISED ON ADMISSION:Placing of approximately £6.0 million FULL NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTORS AND PROPOSED DIRECTORS:David Keith Elstein - Non-executive ChairmanChristopher John Hunt - Chief Executive OfficerMichael William Barton - Group Finance DirectorJustin Thomson-Glover -Director*Nicola Davies Williams -Director*Simon Pizey - Director*Richard Shirvell Price MBE - Non-executive DirectorTarik Wildman - Non-executive Director * Proposed to become a Director upon Admission PERSON(S) INTERESTED IN 3% OR MORE OF THE ISSUER'S CAPITAL, EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE ISSUED SHARE CAPITALBEFORE AND AFTER ADMISSION: Pre Admission Shareholder % of existing Ordinary Shares Justin Thomson-Glover 11.00HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited 10.00Matthew Neal 10.00Christopher John Hunt 9.00Patrick Irwin 8.00Nicola Davies Williams 5.90Edwin Neil Mundy 5.10Vidacos Nominees Limited 4.54TD Waterhouse Nominees Limited 3.96Barclayshare Nominees Limited 3.56 Post Admission (approximate holdings) Shareholder % of existing Ordinary Shares Simon Pizey 9.55Hamish Hamilton 9.55Ian Stewart 9.55Justin Thomson-Glover 4.80HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited 4.44Matthew Neal 4.41Christopher John Hunt 3.86Patrick Irwin 3.69 NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF ALL PERSONS TO BE DISCLOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SCHEDULE 2, PARAGRAPH (H) OF THE AIM RULES:N/A ANTICIPATED ACCOUNTING REFERENCE DATE:30 June EXPECTED ADMISSION DATE:23 February 2006 NAME AND ADDRESS OF NOMINATED ADVISER:Evolution Securities Limited, 100 Wood Street, London EC2V 7AN NAME AND ADDRESS OF BROKER:Evolution Securities Limited, 100 Wood Street, London EC2V 7AN DETAILS OF WHERE (POSTAL OR INTERNET ADDRESS) THE ADMISSION DOCUMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM, WITH A STATEMENT THAT THISWILL CONTAIN FULL DETAILS ABOUT THE APPLICANT AND THE ADMISSION OF ITS SECURITIES:Evolution Securities Limited, 100 Wood Street, London EC2V 7AN DATE OF NOTIFICATION:6 February 2006 NEW/ UPDATE (see note):New QUOTED APPLICANTS MUST ALSO COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: THE NAME OF THE AIM DESIGNATED MARKET UPON WHICH THE APPLICANT'S SECURITIES HAVE BEEN TRADED:N/A THE DATE FROM WHICH THE APPLICANT'S SECURITIES HAVE BEEN SO TRADED:N/A CONFIRMATION THAT, FOLLOWING DUE AND CAREFUL ENQUIRY, THE APPLICANT HAS ADHERED TO ANY LEGAL AND REGULATORYREQUIREMENTS INVOLVED IN HAVING ITS SECURITIES TRADED UPON SUCH A MARKET:N/A AN ADDRESS OR WEB-SITE ADDRESS WHERE ANY DOCUMENTS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS WHICH THE APPLICANT HAS MADE PUBLIC OVER THE LASTTWO YEARS (IN CONSEQUENCE OF HAVING ITS SECURITIES SO TRADED) ARE AVAILABLE:N/A DETAILS OF THE APPLICANT'S STRATEGY FOLLOWING ADMISSION INCLUDING, IN THE CASE OF AN INVESTING COMPANY, DETAILS OF ITSINVESTMENT STRATEGY:N/A A DESCRIPTION OF ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN FINANCIAL OR TRADING POSITION OF THE APPLICANT, WHICH HAS OCCURRED SINCE THEEND OF THE LAST FINANCIAL PERIOD FOR WHICH AUDITED STATEMENTS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED:N/A A STATEMENT THAT THE DIRECTORS OF THE APPLICANT HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE WORKING CAPITAL AVAILABLE TO IT ORITS GROUP WILL BE INSUFFICIENT FOR AT LEAST TWELVE MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF ITS ADMISSION:N/A DETAILS OF ANY LOCK-IN ARRANGEMENTS PURSUANT TO RULE 7 OF THE AIM RULES:N/A A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR SETTLING THE APPLICANT'S SECURITIES:N/A A WEBSITE ADDRESS DETAILING THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THE APPLICANT'S SECURITIES:N/A INFORMATION EQUIVALENT TO THAT REQUIRED FOR AN ADMISSION DOCUMENT WHICH IS NOT CURRENTLY PUBLIC:N/A A WEBSITE ADDRESS OF A PAGE CONTAINING THE APPLICANT'S LATEST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS WHICH MUST HAVE A FINANCIALYEAR END NOT MORE THEN NINE MONTHS PRIOR TO ADMISSION AND FULLY AUDITED INTERIM RESULTS WHERE APPLICABLE. THE ACCOUNTS MUST BE PREPARED ACCORDING TO UK OR US GAAP OR INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS:N/A THE NUMBER OF EACH CLASS OF SECURITIES HELD IN TREASURY:N/A This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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