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12/10/2022 07:00

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RNS Number : 5502C  Coral Products PLC  12 October 2022

12 October 2022

Coral Products plc

(the "Company", the "Group" or "Coral")

Acquisition of Ecodeck Grids Limited

An Eco Friendly Business Using 100% Recycled Plastic - Will Strengthen the
Group's E-Commerce Capabilities and be Earnings Enhancing in Year 1

 

Coral Products plc, a specialist in the design, manufacture and supply of
plastic products based in Wythenshawe, Manchester, is pleased to announce that
it has acquired the entire issued share capital of Ecodeck Grids
Limited ("Ecodeck") for a consideration of  up to £5,600,000 (the
"Acquisition") to be satisfied by the initial payment of £3,350,000 in cash,
the issue of 6,250,000 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 16p per
ordinary share (for a total value of £1,000,000), (the "Consideration
Shares"), which are subject to a twelve month lock in arrangement and an earn
out as described below of up to £1,250,000.

The earn out comprises three components, being:

 

·    A first earn out consideration is payable for the year ended 31
January 2023 of an additional £3 for every £1 of profit before tax that
exceeds £1,000,000. Under no circumstances shall the first earn-out
consideration exceed £1,150,000;

·    A second earn out consideration will be payable in the form of a
profit share of 10% of the profit before tax for the 3-month period from 1
February 2023 to 30 April 2023 if the profit before tax exceeds £1,500,000
for the year to 30 April 2023; and

·    A third earn out consideration will be payable in the form of a
profit share of 10% of the profit before tax in excess of £1,500,000 for the
year to 30 April 2024

The maximum amount of the second and third earn out considerations shall not
exceed £100,000.

 

The cash consideration for the Acquisition is being satisfied from the Group's
existing resources and the Consideration Shares will be settled from the
1,914,945 ordinary shares held by the Company in treasury (the "Treasury
Shares") and the issue of 4,335,055 new shares (the "New Shares"). A further
announcement will be made when this occurs.

About Ecodeck

Ecodeck supply a range of building and landscape products from driveway grids,
gravel pathway grids to plastic shed bases and grass grid reinforcement. The
range of products are all environmentally and eco-friendly being made from
100% recycled plastic.

It is currently owned by Matthew and Kelly Staples. Ecodeck, which is based in
Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire will continue to operate from its existing
premises.

As per the unaudited financial statements for the year ended 30 January 2022,
Ecodeck's sales were £6.8 million, profit after tax was £0.9 million and
net asset value was £1.9 million.

Pursuant to the terms of the share purchase agreement, the Vendors have given
warranties and indemnities in favour of the Company.

Executive Chairman, Joe Grimmond, said: "This acquisition further reinforces
our focus on niche, specialist operators in the plastics sector.  We have an
opportunity to leverage Ecodeck's on-line platform for other Group
eco-friendly products. We see significant scope to add value as we integrate
the business into the Group - the acquisition continues to broaden our Group's
product offering and greatly enhances our available market opportunities. We
expect this acquisition will be earnings enhancing in its first year."

For more information on Coral and Ecodeck, please visit the following
websites:

www.coralproducts.com (http://www.coralproducts.com/)

www.ecodeck.biz (http://www.ecodeck.biz)

Admission and Total Voting Rights

Application will be made to the London Stock Exchange to admit the Treasury
Shares and the New Shares to trading on AIM. Admission of the Consideration
Shares is expected to occur on or around 19 October 2022 ("Admission").
 The new ordinary shares will rank pari passu with the existing ordinary
shares.

In conformity with DTR 5.6.1, the Company notifies that, as at the date of
this announcement, it has a single class of shares in issue being Ordinary
Shares and Company has 85,942,534 Ordinary Shares in issue of which holds
1,914,945 Ordinary Shares are held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of
voting rights in the Company is 84,027,589 Ordinary Shares.

Each Ordinary Share entitles the holder to a single vote at general meetings
of the Company.  Following Admission, the enlarged issued share capital of
the Company will comprise 90,277,589 ordinary shares of 1 pence each. There
will be no Ordinary Shares held in treasury following this admission.

Further enquiries:

 Coral Products plc                                    Tel: 07703 518148
 Joe Grimmond, Executive Chairman
 Cenkos LLP (Nominated Advisor & Broker)               Tel: 020 7397 1966
 Stephen Keys

 Charlie Combe
 Novella Communications (Financial Public Relations)   Tel: 020 3151 7008
 Tim Robertson

 Claire de Groot

 Safia Colebrook

 coral@novella-comms.com

 

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