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RNS Number : 5043F  R8 Capital Investments PLC  17 April 2025

17 April 2025

 

R8 CAPITAL INVESTMENTS PLC

("R8", or the "Company")

VVV RESOURCES LIMITED ANNOUNCMENT OF TODAY

 

The Company notes the announcement made today by Aquis Growth Market quoted,
VVV Resources Limited. The full announcement is quoted below.

 

 

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Enquiries:

 Company                                info@r8plc.com

 Jonathan Rowland / Richard Morecroft

 Peterhouse Capital Limited             + 44 (0) 20 7469 0930

 Corporate Broker

 Duncan Vasey

 

 

 

 

 

"VVV Resources Limited

("VVV" or the "Company")

 

Underwritten subscriptions of £1,000,000 in aggregate, Board Changes,
Proposed Change of Name, Proposed Change of Investment Strategy

 

Highlights

 

Minimum underwritten £1 million subscription by Campana Investments Limited
("Campana"), a Guernsey based company ultimately controlled by David
Rowland.

 

-     Proceeds will be used to underpin strategic re-focus of the Company
towards the sports services sector.

-     Jonathan Rowland and Richard Morecroft joining the board with
immediate effect.

-     Subject to:

 

o  the resolutions to be proposed at the Company's forthcoming AGM being
passed; and

o  agreement being reached with the principal creditors of R8 Capital
Investments PLC ("R8") (a company closely associated with both David Rowland
and Jonathan Rowland),

the Company will assume circa £2.5 million of R8's outstanding debt in
exchange for the issue to those creditors of a corresponding number of shares
in the Company at a price of 1 pence per share ("Debt for Equity Swap").

-     VVV will also be issued with 2,619,782 ordinary shares in R8 as part
of the arrangements.

-     Proposed change of name to VVV Sports Limited.

Mahesh Pulandaran, Non-Executive Director of the Company comments: It is
pleasing to have Jonathan and Richard join the board and the cash injection
provided by Campana will underpin the future of the Company that we now expect
will move forward with its plans in the sports services sector."

 

The Subscription

 

VVV Resources Limited (AQUIS: VVV) announces a minimum underwritten
£1,000,000 subscription ("Subscription") by Campana as follows:

 

·    A £100,000 unconditional subscription for 10,000,000 new ordinary
shares of no par value in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 1
pence per share (the "Initial Subscription"; "Initial Subscription Shares").

 

·    A £900,000 conditional subscription for 90,000,000 new Ordinary
Shares at a price of 1 pence per share (the "Conditional Subscription"),
subject to (i) the passing of relevant resolutions at the Annual General
Meeting of the Company (the "AGM"); and (ii) completion of the Debt for Equity
Swap.

 

(together, "the Subscriptions")

 

In addition, Campana will receive one warrant for each Ordinary Share
subscribed, exercisable at a price of 1.2p and valid for 3 years from the date
of grant.

 

It is intended that the net proceeds from the Subscriptions will initially be
used for general working capital purposes, prior to being deployed in pursuit
of the Company's proposed new investment strategy, as set out below.

 

 

 

Background to the Subscription

 

Prior to this announcement of the Subscriptions, the Company had very limited
financial resources and material indebtedness relative to its scale and
operations.  The Company had, despite continuous efforts, been unable to
raise additional resources to alleviate its financial position and, but for
the Subscription, had been informed by our corporate advisor that allowing
trading to continue, should be monitored in respect of the Aquis Growth Market
Access Rulebook. Advice provided to the Company indicated that in the event of
suspending share trading, creditors would immediately seek to protect
themselves by demanding immediate repayment.  The Directors (excluding
Jonathan Rowland and Richard Morecroft) therefore believe that the
Subscriptions are in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders as
they will immediately allow the Company to pay down its outstanding creditors
thereby maintaining its solvency and, when the underwritten Conditional
Subscription is complete, importantly provide adequate working capital to fund
the implementation of the Company's proposed new strategy.

 

 

New Investment Strategy and New Name

 

The Company intends to invest in the sports and entertainment sectors and in
particular fast growing and widely adopted young sports such as Padel Tennis,
Pickleball and Beach Tennis.

 

Padel Tennis is currently the fastest growing sport in the world.  It has in
excess of 25m active players in over 110 countries globally, with a CAGR of
26% and has seen a 116% increase in the number of padel courts being built in
the UK alone in 2024.  With an increasing global footprint, growing
professional scene, Padel Tennis has the foundations to become the next major
racquet sport.

 

Padel Tennis' explosive growth is being led by Europe and South America
whereas Pickleball has been the fastest growing sport in the USA for the last
four years.  With over 13.5m active players in the USA alone, the sport was
worth $1.5B in 2023 and is expected to reach $4.4B by 2033 for an 11.3% CAGR.

 

To reflect the intended change of strategy the Company will change its name to
VVV Sports Limited.

 

Further details will be provided in the circular convening the AGM.

 

Board Appointments

 

Jonathan Rowland and Richard Morecroft will join the Company's Board with
immediate effect as Non-Executive Directors.

 

Jonathan Rowland

Jonathan Rowland is a successful entrepreneur and investor with dec-ades of
experience in finance. He founded and led a number of successful ventures
including Redwood Bank and Jellyworks PLC. Jonathan is currently Chair-man and
CEO of R8 Capital Investments Plc, a cash shell on the London Stock Exchange's
Main Market.

 

Richard Morecroft

Richard is an award-winning Board-level executive with over 25 years'
experience in leading innovation, growth and change in financial services,
telecoms and media in the UK, Europe and the Middle East. Having served 11
years in the British army and 20 years in business, Richard is a founding
director of R8 Capital Investments PLC, where he manages the company's
day-to-day operations.

 

 

Takeover Code Considerations

 

Following the Initial Subscription, Campana will be interested in
approximately 56.3% of the Company's enlarged issued share capital.

 

The City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (the "City Code"), which is issued and
administered by the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, applies to all takeover
and merger transactions, however effected, where the offeree company is, inter
alia, a company resident in the UK, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man,
the securities of which are admitted to trading on a regulated market or a
multilateral trading facility (such as the Aquis Growth Market) in the United
Kingdom or on any stock exchange in the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.

 

Ordinarily, under rule 9 of the City Code where (i) any person acquires an
interest in shares which, when taken together with shares in which persons
acting in concert with them are interested, carry 30 per cent or more of the
voting rights of a company subject to the City Code or (ii) any person who,
together with persons acting in concert with them, is interested in shares
which in aggregate carry not less than 30 per cent but not more than 50 per
cent of the voting rights of a company and such person, or persons acting in
concert with them, acquires an interest in any other shares which increases
the percentage of shares carrying voting rights in which they are interested,
that person is normally obliged to make a general offer to all shareholders to
purchase, in cash, that company's shares at the highest price paid by them, or
any person acting in concert with them, within the preceding 12 months.

 

However, as VVV is incorporated in the British Virgin Islands("BVI") and has
its registered office there, the City Code does not apply to the Company.
Notwithstanding this, when initially admitted to trading on the Aquis Growth
Market, the Company did choose to incorporate certain provisions in its
Articles of Association which sought to give shareholders similar protections
to those afforded by the City Code. In the context of the Subscription and for
the reasons set out in "Background to the Subscription" above, the Company's
existing Directors have chosen to remove those provisions with effect from 16
April 2025 (as permitted by BVI law), as given the financial state of the
Company, they believe that it is in the best interests of the Company and its
shareholders to proceed with the Initial Subscription without delay.

 

Annual General Meeting

 

A circular convening the AGM will be posted to shareholders shortly. At the
AGM, resolutions will be proposed to inter alia:

 

·    Change the investment strategy to the sports and entertainment
sector;

·    Change the Company name to VVV Sports Limited.

 

Admission and Total Voting Rights

 

Application will be made for the Initial Subscription Shares to be admitted to
trading on the Aquis Growth Market ("Admission"). It is expected that
Admission will become effective and that dealings in the Initial Subscription
Shares will commence at 8.00 a.m. on or around 25 April 2025.

 

The Directors of the Company accept responsibility for the contents of this
announcement.

 

For further information, please contact:

 VVV Resources Limited                       Tel: +44 (0) + 65 6438 8995

 Mahesh Pulandaran, Non-Executive Director

 Peterhouse Capital Limited                  Tel: +44 (0) 20 7220 9795

 Aquis Corporate Adviser

 

Director Disclosures

Save as set out below, there is no further information regarding Jonathan
David Rowland or Richard Morecroft that is required to be disclosed pursuant
to Rule 4.9 of the Aquis Growth Market Access Rulebook.

 

 Director                Current Directorships/ Partnerships  Past Directorships/Partnerships

 Jonathan David Rowland  R3 Sport Limited                     Mode Global Limited
                         R3 Venues Ltd
                         JR Spac 1 Ltd (Guernsey)
                         Padelaid Ltd
                         Fibermode Limited
                         JGOO Limited
                         PPAX Ltd
                         R8 Capital Investments Plc
                         Redwood Financial Partners Limited

 Richard Morecroft       Walker & Davies Limited              Mode Global Limited
                         One.IO UK Limited
                         Fibermode Limited
                         Greyfoxx Limited
                         Fibere Limited
                         JGOO Limited

 

Jonathan Rowland and Richard Morecroft do not hold any Ordinary Shares.

 

Jonathan Rowland and Richard Morecroft were directors of Mode Global Limited
when it entered into a company voluntary arrangement with its creditors from
April 2023 until May 2024.

 

Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) Disclosure

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to
constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulation
(EU) No. 596/2014. Upon the publication of this announcement via a Regulatory
Information Service, this inside information is now considered to be in the
public domain."

 

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