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RNS Number : 4083S AIM 07 January 2025
ANNOUNCEMENT TO BE MADE BY THE AIM APPLICANT PRIOR TO ADMISSION IN ACCORDANCE
WITH RULE 2 OF THE AIM RULES FOR COMPANIES ("AIM RULES")
COMPANY NAME:
DCI Advisors Limited
COMPANY REGISTERED OFFICE ADDRESS AND IF DIFFERENT, COMPANY TRADING ADDRESS
(INCLUDING POSTCODES) :
PO Box 344, Mont Crevelt House,
Bulwer Avenue,
St Sampson,
Guernsey
GY1 3US
COUNTRY OF INCORPORATION:
Guernsey
COMPANY WEBSITE ADDRESS CONTAINING ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED BY AIM RULE 26:
https://dciadvisorsltd.com
COMPANY BUSINESS (INCLUDING MAIN COUNTRY OF OPERATION) OR, IN THE CASE OF AN
INVESTING COMPANY, DETAILS OF ITS INVESTING POLICY). IF THE ADMISSION IS
SOUGHT AS A RESULT OF A REVERSE TAKE-OVER UNDER RULE 14, THIS SHOULD BE
STATED:
The Company is an investor in the residential resort sector in emerging
markets, seeking to generate strong capital growth and cash returns for
shareholders. The Company has assets in Greece (main country of operation),
Cyprus and Croatia.
As announced by the Company on 8 November 2024, the Company is seeking to
re-domicile the Group from the BVI to Guernsey by way of a migration. This
migration consists of the de-registration of the Company in the BVI and the
re-registration of the Company in Guernsey. The effect of the Migration is
that the Company will remain the same legal entity but will move its seat of
incorporation from the BVI to Guernsey. Upon registration in Guernsey:
All property and rights to which the Company was entitled immediately before
that registration remain its property and rights;
The Company will remain subject to all criminal and civil liabilities, and all
contracts, debts and other obligations, to which it was subject immediately
before that registration;
All actions and other legal proceedings which immediately before that
registration could have been instituted or continued by or against the Company
may be instituted or continued by or against it after that registration, and
A conviction, ruling, order or judgment in favour of or against the Company
before that registration may be enforced by or against it after that
registration. Luxury residential resort developers in the Eastern
Mediterranean. Main focus is Cyprus, Greece & Croatia
All the various assets are held by separate SPVs established in the country
where the asset is based. All these assets are for sale although the sales
process is expected to take several years.
DETAILS OF SECURITIES TO BE ADMITTED INCLUDING ANY RESTRICTIONS AS TO TRANSFER
OF THE SECURITIES (i.e. where known, number and type of shares, nominal value
and issue price to which it seeks admission and the number and type to be held
as treasury shares):
904,626,856 shares of NPV each.
All are freely transferable
CAPITAL TO BE RAISED ON ADMISSION (AND/OR SECONDARY OFFERING) AND ANTICIPATED
MARKET CAPITALISATION ON ADMISSION:
No capital to be raised on Admission.
The Company was suspended from trading on AIM on 1 July 2024 at which point it
had a market capitalisation of £44.3 million
PERCENTAGE OF AIM SECURITIES NOT IN PUBLIC HANDS AT ADMISSION:
33.9%
DETAILS OF ANY OTHER EXCHANGE OR TRADING PLATFORM TO WHICH THE AIM SECURITIES
(OR OTHER SECURITIES OF THE COMPANY) ARE OR WILL BE ADMITTED OR TRADED:
None
THE COMPANY HAS APPLIED FOR THE VOLUNTARY CARBON MARKET DESIGNATION (Y/N)
No
FULL NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTORS AND PROPOSED DIRECTORS (underlining the
first name by which each is known or including any other name by which each is
known):
Sean Leslie Hurst - Non-executive chairman
Nicholas (Nick) John Paris - Joint Managing Director
Nicolai Henri Pierre Hubert Huls - Joint Managing Director
Gerasimos Efthimiatos - Non-executive director
FULL NAMES AND HOLDINGS OF SIGNIFICANT SHAREHOLDERS EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE
OF THE ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL, BEFORE AND AFTER ADMISSION (underlining the first
name by which each is known or including any other name by which each is
known):
Current shareholdings (which will be unchanged by the switch to Guernsey from
BVI)
Almitas Capital LLC - 19.95%
Lars Bader - 10.27%
Fortress Investment Group - 9.94%
The Union Discount Company of London Ltd - 7.74%
Forager Funds Management Pty Ltd - 5.96%
Progressive Capital Partners Ltd - 5.95%
Terra Partners Asset Mgt Ltd - 5.94%
Discover Investment Company - 3.32%
Weiss Asset Management - 3.03%
NAMES OF ALL PERSONS TO BE DISCLOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SCHEDULE 2, PARAGRAPH
(H) OF THE AIM RULES:
N/A
(i) ANTICIPATED ACCOUNTING REFERENCE DATE
(ii) DATE TO WHICH THE MAIN FINANCIAL INFORMATION IN THE
ADMISSION DOCUMENT HAS BEEN PREPARED (this may be represented by unaudited
interim financial information)
(iii) DATES BY WHICH IT MUST PUBLISH ITS FIRST THREE REPORTS
PURSUANT TO AIM RULES 18 AND 19:
The Company is currently suspended from trading on AIM as it has not yet
released its audited results for the year ended 31 December 2023 and interim
results for the six months ended 30 June 2024. Once these have been released
and notified, it is anticipated that the suspension will be lifted and trading
in the Company's shares will recommence.
Further to this, and as announced on 9 December 2024, the Company is changing
its accounting reference date from 31 December to 30 June.
(i) 30 June
(ii) Unaudited results for the 12 months ending 31
December 2023 released on 9 July 2024 - Existing issuer re-admitting to AIM.
Audited results for the year ended 31 December 2023 will be published as soon
as the audit has been completed along with the unaudited results for the six
months ending 30 June 2024. The Company's historical financial information can
be found on the Company's website:
https://dciadvisorsltd.com/investor-relations/rns/index.html
(https://dciadvisorsltd.com/investor-relations/rns/index.html)
(iii) The Company must publish:
a. Annual accounts (18 month period) to 30 June 2025, by 31 December
2025 (pursuant to AIM Rule 19)
b. Interim results to 31 December 2025, by 31 March 2026 (pursuant to
AIM Rule 18)
c. Annual accounts to 30 June 2026, by 31 December 2026 (pursuant to AIM
Rule 19)
EXPECTED ADMISSION DATE:
8 January 2025
NAME AND ADDRESS OF NOMINATED ADVISER:
Cavendish Capital Markets Ltd
One Bartholomew Close
London
EC1A 7BL
NAME AND ADDRESS OF BROKER:
Cavendish Capital Markets Ltd
One Bartholomew Close
London
EC1A 7BL
OTHER THAN IN THE CASE OF A QUOTED APPLICANT, DETAILS OF WHERE (POSTAL OR
INTERNET ADDRESS) THE ADMISSION DOCUMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM, WITH A
STATEMENT THAT THIS WILL CONTAIN FULL DETAILS ABOUT THE APPLICANT AND THE
ADMISSION OF ITS SECURITIES:
N/A
THE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CODE THE APPLICANT HAS DECIDED TO APPLY
QCA Code
DATE OF NOTIFICATION:
7 January 2025
NEW/ UPDATE:
UPDATE
QUOTED APPLICANTS MUST ALSO COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:
THE NAME OF THE AIM DESIGNATED MARKET UPON WHICH THE APPLICANT'S SECURITIES
HAVE BEEN TRADED:
AIM
THE DATE FROM WHICH THE APPLICANT'S SECURITIES HAVE BEEN SO TRADED:
8 December 2005
CONFIRMATION THAT, FOLLOWING DUE AND CAREFUL ENQUIRY, THE APPLICANT HAS
ADHERED TO ANY LEGAL AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS INVOLVED IN HAVING ITS
SECURITIES TRADED UPON SUCH A MARKET OR DETAILS OF WHERE THERE HAS BEEN ANY
BREACH:
The Company has adhered to the legal and regulatory requirements involved in
having its securities traded.
AN ADDRESS OR WEB-SITE ADDRESS WHERE ANY DOCUMENTS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS WHICH THE
APPLICANT HAS MADE PUBLIC OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS (IN CONSEQUENCE OF HAVING
ITS SECURITIES SO TRADED) ARE AVAILABLE:
https://dciadvisorsltd.com/ (https://dciadvisorsltd.com/)
DETAILS OF THE APPLICANT'S STRATEGY FOLLOWING ADMISSION INCLUDING, IN THE CASE
OF AN INVESTING COMPANY, DETAILS OF ITS INVESTING STRATEGY:
DCI's investment policy is to realise its assets and return net sale proceeds
to shareholders
A DESCRIPTION OF ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN FINANCIAL OR TRADING POSITION OF
THE APPLICANT, WHICH HAS OCCURRED SINCE THE END OF THE LAST FINANCIAL PERIOD
FOR WHICH AUDITED STATEMENTS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED:
The last financial period for which audited statements have been published by
the Company were for the year ended 31 December 2022 ("Latest Audited
Results").
As announced on 20 March 2023 - The termination of the Investment Management
Agreement between the Company and Dolphin Capital Partners ("DCP") by the
Company with immediate effect on the basis of a repudiatory breach of contract
by DCP. The Directors put in place additional resources, including funding, to
enable the Company to self-manage its assets and to enable the continued
construction of the Kilada Hills Golf & Country Resort and various asset
sales processes. Nicolai Huls and Nick Paris became Executive Directors of the
Company.
Since the Latest Audited Results the Company's shareholder approved strategy
has remained to finalise development of or otherwise sell off its property
assets and return proceeds to shareholders, as such the Company has continued
to rely of external finance for its day to day operations.
On 28 June 2024 the Company entered into a Sale and Purchase agreement to sell
its interest in Livka Bay on the island of Solte in Croatia, for €22
million. Completion of this sale remains outstanding.
The Company announced the delay in the publication of its annual results to 31
December 2023 and therefore temporary suspension from trading on AIM on 18
June 2024. It published unaudited financial statements for the year ended 31
December 2023 along with accompanying reports on 9 July 2024. As at today's
date, the Audit has not been completed. KPMG continue to work on this and
the Company now believes that the audited Annual Results together with the
interim results for the 6 months to 30 June 2024 should be published during
December. DCI's Ordinary Shares remain suspended for the time being, and the
suspension will be lifted after the audited Annual and Interim Results are
published.
A STATEMENT THAT THE DIRECTORS OF THE APPLICANT HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT
THE WORKING CAPITAL AVAILABLE TO IT OR ITS GROUP WILL BE INSUFFICIENT FOR AT
LEAST TWELVE MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF ITS ADMISSION:
The Directors have no reason to believe that the working capital available to
the Group will
be insufficient for at least 12 months from the date of its Admission.
DETAILS OF ANY LOCK-IN ARRANGEMENTS PURSUANT TO RULE 7 OF THE AIM RULES:
None
A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR SETTLING THE APPLICANT'S
SECURITIES:
Currently shares are trade through Depositary Interests in Crest. On the
re-domicile the DI will be cancelled and the shares will be admitted to
dealing in Crest
A WEBSITE ADDRESS DETAILING THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THE APPLICANT'S
SECURITIES:
https://dciadvisorsltd.com/ (https://dciadvisorsltd.com/)
INFORMATION EQUIVALENT TO THAT REQUIRED FOR AN ADMISSION DOCUMENT WHICH IS NOT
CURRENTLY PUBLIC:
None
A WEBSITE ADDRESS OF A PAGE CONTAINING THE APPLICANT'S LATEST ANNUAL REPORT
AND ACCOUNTS WHICH MUST HAVE A FINANCIAL YEAR END NOT MORE THEN NINE MONTHS
PRIOR TO ADMISSION AND INTERIM RESULTS WHERE APPLICABLE. THE ACCOUNTS MUST
BE PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACCOUNTING STANDARDS PERMISSIBLE UNDER AIM RULE
19:
https://www.dciadvisorsltd.com/investor-relations/reports/index.html
THE NUMBER OF EACH CLASS OF SECURITIES HELD IN TREASURY:
None
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