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Mercantile Ports & LogisticsAnnouncement

27/06/2023 18:00

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RNS Number : 1087E  Mercantile Ports & Logistics Ltd  27 June 2023

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27 June 2023

 

 

Mercantile Ports & Logistics Limited

("MPL" or the "Company" and, together with its subsidiaries, the "Group")

 

Further Subscription to raise £399,999.99

Mercantile Ports & Logistics Limited (AIM: MPL), which is operating and
continuing to develop a port and logistics facility in Navi Mumbai,
Maharashtra, India, is pleased to announce that, following the closing of the
£9.04 million equity fundraising announced by the Company on 8 June 2023 (the
"Previous Fundraising"), which is expected to close on 28 June 2023, as
further detailed in the announcement by the Company at 3.56 p.m. today, the
Company was approached by an existing institutional shareholder to invest
£399,999.99 (before expenses) by way of the conditional subscription for
13,333,333 new ordinary shares of no par value ("Ordinary Shares") (the
"Subscription Shares") at the issue price of 3 pence per share (the "Issue
Price") per Subscription Share (the "Subscription"). The Issue Price of the
Subscription is the same as the issue price per Ordinary Share in the Previous
Fundraising.

Net proceeds from the Subscription will, together with the net proceeds from
the Previous Fundraising, enable the Group to strengthen the balance sheet and
to provide working capital for the Group. The Company is in advanced
discussions to refinance its existing debt facilities, and the net proceeds
from the Subscription and the Previous Fundraising will assist the Company in
such discussions.

Completion of the Subscription is conditional, inter alia, upon approval of
the Shareholders at a general meeting of the Shareholders (the "General
Meeting"). The Company will notify Shareholders of the date, time and location
of the General Meeting in a shareholder circular (the "Circular"), which will
be published and despatched by the Company in due course. The Circular will
contain further details of the Subscription and the notice of the General
Meeting to, inter alia, approve the resolutions required to implement the
Subscription. Following its publication, the Circular will be available on the
Group's website at
https://www.mercpl.com/article/investor-relations/shareholder-circulars/9.

 

For the purposes of UK MAR, the person responsible for arranging release of
this announcement on behalf of the Company is Jay Mehta, Managing Director.

For further information, please visit www.mercpl.com or contact:

 MPL                          c/o SEC Newgate

                              +44 (0) 20 3757 6880
 Cenkos Securities plc        Stephen Keys

 (Nomad and Broker)           +44 (0) 20 7397 8900
 SEC Newgate                  Elisabeth Cowell/ Bob Huxford

 (Financial Communications)   +44 (0) 20 3757 6880

                              mpl@newgatecomms.com

Notes:

References to times in this Announcement are to London time unless otherwise
stated.

The times and dates set out in the expected timetable of principal events
above and mentioned throughout this Announcement may be adjusted by the
Company in which event the Company will make an appropriate announcement to a
Regulatory Information Service giving details of any revised dates and the
details of the new times and dates will be notified to London Stock Exchange
plc (the "London Stock Exchange") and, where appropriate, Shareholders.
Shareholders may not receive any further written communication.

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This Announcement is not for publication or distribution, directly or
indirectly, in or into the United States of America. This announcement is not
an offer of securities for sale into the United States. The Subscription
Shares referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the
US Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the
United States, expect pursuant to an applicable exemption from registration.
No public offering of Subscription Shares is being made in the United States.

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issue or a solicitation of an offer to buy, subscribe for or otherwise acquire
any securities in any jurisdiction including, without limitation, the
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Securities") or any of their respective directors, officers, partners, agents,
employees or affiliates that would permit an offer of the Subscription Shares
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the United Kingdom only in circumstances in which section 21(1) of FSMA does
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the matters contained in this Announcement and no such prospectus is required
(in accordance with the EU Prospectus Regulation or the UK Prospectus
Regulation) to be published.

Certain statements in this Announcement are forward-looking statements which
are based on the Company's expectations, intentions and projections regarding
its future performance, anticipated events or trends and other matters that
are not historical facts. These forward-looking statements, which may use
words such as "aim", "anticipate", "believe", "could", "intend", "estimate",
"expect" and words of similar meaning, include all matters that are not
historical facts. These forward-looking statements involve risks, assumptions
and uncertainties that could cause the actual results of operations, financial
condition, liquidity and dividend policy and the development of the industries
in which the Group's businesses operate to differ materially from the
impression created by the forward-looking statements. These statements are not
guarantees of future performance and are subject to known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
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to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Forward-looking
statements speak only as of the date of such statements and, except as
required by the UK Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA"), the London Stock
Exchange or applicable law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update or
revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise.

Any indication in this Announcement of the price at which the Ordinary Shares
have been bought or sold in the past cannot be relied upon as a guide to
future performance. Persons needing advice should consult an independent
financial adviser. No statement in this Announcement is intended to be a
profit forecast and no statement in this Announcement should be interpreted to
mean that earnings per share of the Company for the current or future
financial years would necessarily match or exceed the historical published
earnings per share of the Group.

Cenkos Securities, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by
the FCA, is acting for the Company and for no one else in connection with the
Subscription and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for
providing the protections afforded to clients of Cenkos Securities or for
providing advice in relation to the Subscription Shares, or any other matters
referred to in this Announcement.

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or in relation to, and no responsibility or liability is or will be accepted
by or on behalf of the Company, Cenkos Securities, or by their affiliates or
their respective agents, directors, officers and employees as to, or in
relation to, the accuracy or completeness of this Announcement or any other
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interested party or its advisers, and any liability therefor is expressly
disclaimed.

The Subscription Shares to be issued pursuant to the Subscription will not be
admitted to trading on any stock exchange other than to trading on AIM, being
the market of that name operated by the London Stock Exchange.

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content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or
any other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this Announcement.

The Subscription Shares are being issued pursuant to applicable securities
laws.

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