REG - Minoan Group PLC - Results of Placing

MinoanAnnouncement

21/07/2020 10:15

RNS Number : 6207T
  
Minoan Group PLC
  
21 July 2020
  
 

 
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21 July 2020
 
Minoan Group Plc 
("Minoan" or "the Company")
Results of Placing
 
The Board of Minoan is pleased to announce that further to its  announcement at 9.15 a.m this morning relating to the successful reorganisation of its borrowing,  the cancellation of warrants and rights to future warrants and a placing ("Placing"), the Placing has now closed with funds of £205,000 being subscribed at a price of 1.1p per share. The Placing, along with the reorganisation of its borrowing arrangements are subject to shareholder approval at a general meeting (the "General Meeting"), details of which were provided in the announcement at 7a.m. this morning.
 
Accordingly, it is expected that, subject to approval being granted in the General Meeting, 18,636,367 new ordinary shares in Minoan will be issued on 6 August 2020 in connection with the Placing, together with a further 25,000,000 new ordinary shares which will be issued to Silja in accordance with the terms of the warrant cancellation, described in the announcement of 9.15 a.m. this morning. Accordingly, the Company expect the admission of a total of 43,636,367 new ordinary shares to take place on 7 August 2020.
 
Placees in the Placing include the following;
 




Name


Holdings prior to Placing


Holdings post Placing




Christopher Egleton


235,714


4,781,169




Nicholas Day


58,290,376


60,563,104




David Raby


33,663,965


38,209,420




 
The transaction has a number of related parties involved. As mentioned, Christopher Egleton, Minoan's Chairman, has participated in the placing alongside David Raby and Nicholas Day, who are both directors of subsidiary company, Loyalward Limited. Nicholas Day is also a member of DAGG LLP with a 14.7% interest following a £75,000 investment. 
 
The Independent Directors, having consulted with the Company's nominated adviser, WH Ireland Limited, consider that the terms of these related party transactions are fair and reasonable insofar as Shareholders are concerned. 
 
The Company further announces that it has agreed to settle certain existing liabilities amounting to £197,861 by way of an issue of 17,987,401 new ordinary shares at the Placing price of 1.1p and these shares are expected to be admitted to trading on 24 July 2020.
 
A circular is today being sent to shareholders in respect of the General Meeting to approve the reorganisation of its borrowing, the cancellation of warrants and rights to future warrants and Placing as further described in the announcement of 9.15 a.m. this morning.
 
For further information visit www.minoangroup.com or contact: 
 




Minoan Group Plc


 




Christopher Egleton 


christopher.egleton@minoangroup.com




Bill Cole


william.cole@minoangroup.com




 


 




WH Ireland Limited


020 7220 1666




Adrian Hadden/Lydia Zychowska


 




 


 




Pello Capital Limited


020 7710 9610




Mark Traherne


 




 


 




Sapience Communications Limited


020 3195 3240




Richard Morgan Evans


 




 


 




 
 


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