31st Oct 2011 16:48
For Immediate Release | 31 October 2011 |
Superglass Holdings Plc
('Superglass' or the 'Company')
Update on Proposed Capital Restructuring
In conjunction with the period-end trading update statement released on 5 September 2011, the Board announced that it was pursuing certain options for a capital restructuring (the 'Restructuring') in collaboration with the Company's bankers, Clydesdale Bank plc (the 'Bank'), and that it had reached agreement in principle with the Bank on headline terms for addressing the debt component of the Restructuring.
It was also announced that it was envisaged that the Restructuring would, subject to the requisite shareholder approvals being granted, incorporate a substantial new equity issue (the 'Proposed Equity Issue'). Significant progress has since been made. More specifically, indicative commitments have been received from equity investors in support of the Proposed Equity Issue for an amount which would be sufficient to secure the recapitalisation of the Company on terms which are acceptable to the Bank, at an indicative issue price of 1p per share.
The Board is in the process of agreeing final amendments to the formal documentation required to support the transaction and the Directors expect to announce full terms of the Proposed Equity Issue and the Restructuring shortly.
In the meantime, the temporary and conditional relaxations and amendments to the Company's existing facility structure previously agreed between the Company and the Bank and described in the announcement of 5 September 2011 have been extended until 30 November 2011.
For further information, please contact:
Superglass Holdings PLC | |
Alex McLeod, Chief Executive Officer Tony Kirkbright, Chief Finance Officer | 01786 451 170
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Brewin Dolphin | |
Sandy Fraser
| 0131 529 0272
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Buchanan Communications | |
Diane Stewart, Tim Anderson, Carrie Clement
| 0207 466 5000 / 0131 226 6150 |
Forward-looking statements
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