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RNS Number : 7714L Cenkos Securities PLC 08 September 2023
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VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OR REGULATIONS OF SUCH JURISDICTION
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
8 September 2023
RECOMMENDED ALL-SHARE MERGER
of
Cenkos SECURITIES PLC
and
finncap GROUP PLC
Cancellation of cenkos shares to trading on aim
Further to the announcement made by Cenkos Securities plc ("Cenkos") and
finnCap Group plc ("finnCap") on 7 September 2023 that the Scheme has become
Effective in accordance with its terms, Cenkos today announces that, following
an application by Cenkos, the London Stock Exchange has cancelled the trading
of Cenkos Shares on AIM, with effect from 7.00 am today, 8 September 2023.
Unless otherwise defined, all capitalised terms in this announcement shall
have the meanings given to them in the Scheme Document.
All references to times in this announcement are to London time, unless
otherwise stated.
Enquiries:
finnCap Tel: +44 (0)20 7220 0500
John Farrugia, Chief Executive Officer investor.relations@finncap.com
Richard Snow, Chief Financial Officer
Henrik Persson, Strategic PLC Advisory
Cenkos Tel: +44 (0)207 397 8900
Julian Morse, Chief Executive Officer
Ben Procter, Chief Financial Officer
Jeremy Osler, Head of Corporate Finance & General Counsel
SPARK Advisory Partners Tel: +44 (0)203 368 3552
(Financial Adviser and Nominated Adviser to Cenkos)
Matt Davis/Adam Dawes
Grant Thornton (Nominated Adviser to finnCap) Tel: +44 (0)20 7383 5100
Philip Secrett/Samantha Harrison/Samuel Littler
Oberon Capital (Joint Broker to Tel: +44 (0)20 3179 5344
finnCap)
Mike Seabrook
finnCap Ltd (Joint Broker to Tel: +44 (0)20 7220 0500
finnCap)
Tim Redfern
Hudson Sandler (PR Adviser to finnCap)
Dan de Belder Tel: +44 (0)7977 927142
Rebekah Chapman Tel: +44 (0)7702 596674
The Nisse Consultancy (PR Adviser to Cenkos) Tel: +44 (0) 7769 688618
Travers Smith LLP is acting as legal adviser to finnCap and Simmons &
Simmons LLP is acting as legal adviser to Cenkos.
Important notice about financial adviser
SPARK Advisory Partners Limited ("SPARK Advisory Partners"), which is
authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct
Authority ("FCA"), is acting as financial adviser to Cenkos and for no one
else in connection with the Merger and will not be responsible to anyone other
than Cenkos for providing the protections afforded to its clients nor for
providing advice in relation to the Merger, the contents of this announcement
or any other matters referred to in this announcement.
Grant Thornton UK LLP ("Grant Thornton") is authorised and regulated in the
United Kingdom by the FCA and is acting as nominated adviser for finnCap and
no one else in connection with the Merger and will not regard any other person
as its client in relation to the Merger and will not be responsible to anyone
other than finnCap for providing the protections afforded to clients of
Grant Thornton or for providing advice in relation to the Merger, the contents
of this announcement or any other matters referred to in this announcement.
Further information
This announcement is for information purposes only and is not intended to, and
does not, constitute or form part of any offer or inducement to sell or an
invitation to purchase, otherwise acquire, subscribe for, sell or otherwise
dispose of, any securities or a solicitation of an offer to buy any
securities, any vote or approval in any jurisdiction pursuant to the Merger or
otherwise, nor shall there be any purchase, sale, issuance or exchange of
securities or such solicitation in any jurisdiction in which such offer,
solicitation, sale issuance or exchange is unlawful.
This announcement does not constitute a prospectus, prospectus equivalent
document or an exempted document.
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