Issue of Equity
10/02/2023 15:05
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10 February 2023
HARGREAVE HALE AIM VCT PLC
(the “Company”)
Allotment of Shares
The Board announced on 5 September 2022 and on 6 January 2023 that the Company
had published a prospectus (the "Prospectus") and a supplementary prospectus
respectively in relation to an offer for subscription of ordinary shares of 1p
each (the "Ordinary Shares"), to raise up to £20,000,000, with the discretion
to utilise an over-allotment facility to raise up to a further £30,000,000
(the "Offer"). On 10 February 2023 the Company allotted 6,599,040 new Ordinary
Shares pursuant to the Offer conditional only on Admission (the timetable for
which is set out in more detail below).
The offer price at which the 6,599,040 new Ordinary Shares were allotted was
58.72 pence per Ordinary Share, which was calculated, in accordance with the
terms of the Offer, by reference to the net asset value of an Ordinary Share
on 3 February 2023 (as announced on 7 February 2023, being the last published
net asset value per Ordinary Share) divided by 0.965 (to allow for the costs
of the Offer).
Application will shortly be made for the 6,599,040 new Ordinary Shares to be
admitted to the premium segment of the Official List of the Financial Conduct
Authority and to trading on the premium segment of London Stock Exchange
plc’s main market for listed securities ("Admission"). It is expected that
Admission will occur and dealing will commence in the new Ordinary Shares on
or around 17 February 2023. When issued, the new Ordinary Shares will rank
pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares.
Oliver Bedford, a director of the Company, was allotted 42,999 Ordinary Shares
at 58.72 pence per share and his total holding and those of the persons
closely associated to him are now 167,790 Ordinary Shares representing 0.051%
of the Company’s issued Ordinary share capital.
As a result of the issue, the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue will be
326,592,990 with each Ordinary Share carrying one vote each. Therefore, the
total voting rights in the Company will be 326,592,990. This figure may be
used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by
which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or
a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the
Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
The new Ordinary Shares will be issued in registered form and may be held in
uncertificated form. Definitive documents of title are expected to be
despatched within 15 business days of allotment. The new Ordinary Shares
will be eligible for settlement through CREST with effect from Admission.
Unless the context requires otherwise, terms defined in the Prospectus have
the same meaning where used in this announcement.
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For further information, please contact:
JTC (UK) Limited Susan Fadil Uloma Adighibe HHV.CoSec@jtcgroup.com +44 203 893 1005 +44 203 832 3877
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Important Information
This announcement is an advertisement for the purposes of the Prospectus
Regulation Rules of the UK Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") and is not a
prospectus. This announcement does not constitute or form part of, and should
not be construed as, an offer for sale or subscription of, or solicitation of
any offer to subscribe for or to acquire, any ordinary shares in the Company
in any jurisdiction, including in or into Australia, Canada, Japan, the
Republic of South Africa, the United States or any member state of the EEA
(other than any member state of the EEA where the Company's securities may be
lawfully marketed). Investors should not subscribe for or purchase any
ordinary shares referred to in this announcement except on the basis of
information in the Prospectus in its final form, published on 5 September 2022
by the Company in connection with the Offer. A copy of the Prospectus is
available for inspection, subject to certain access restrictions, from the
Company's registered office, for viewing at the National Storage Mechanism at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and on the Company's
website (www.hargreaveaimvcts.co.uk). Approval of the Prospectus by the FCA
should not be understood as an endorsement of the securities that are the
subject of the Prospectus. Potential investors are recommended to read the
Prospectus before making an investment decision in order to fully understand
the potential risks and rewards associated with a decision to invest in the
Company's securities.