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09/08/2023 07:00

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RNS Number : 7140I  Warpaint London PLC  09 August 2023

9 August 2023

 

Warpaint London PLC

 

("Warpaint", the "Company" or the "Group")

 

Leases of premises at The Ridgeway Trading Estate, Iver

 

 

Warpaint London plc (AIM: W7L), the specialist supplier of colour cosmetics
and owner of the W7 and Technic brands, announces that it has entered into two
new leases relating to the premises at Units A and E, at The Ridgeway Trading
Estate, Iver, Buckinghamshire through to August 2026. The Iver site is the
location of the Group's head office and principal southern hub for the Group's
W7 business, and comprises office, showroom and warehouse space.

 

Terms of the lease agreements for Units A and E

 

Two new lease agreements have been entered into between Warpaint Cosmetics
Limited (a private company, which is not part of the Group, being the owner
and landlord) and Warpaint Cosmetics (2014) Limited (a subsidiary of the
Company and part of the Group, being the lessee) in relation to the two Units
A and E (the "Iver Lease Agreements"). The annual rent for Unit A is £138,000
and for Unit E, £110,250, in each case plus property and rent insurance
expenses. The expiry date for both new leases is 2 August 2026, making these
coterminous with the existing leases of the other Units (B, C and D) currently
occupied by the Group at The Ridgeway Trading Estate, Iver.

The Iver Lease Agreement for Unit A commences on 8 August 2023. Unit A
comprises 11,184 sq ft of warehouse and office space and the entry into this
lease allows the majority of the W7 warehouse, office and showroom operations
to be consolidated onto one site. The Group has been in occupation of Unit E
since September 2020, initially under an informal arrangement with Warpaint
Cosmetics Limited, with the Iver Lease Agreement of Unit E commencing with
effect from 6 October 2021. The Group has been accruing assumed rent for Unit
E since 1 September 2020 at a level consistent with the terms of the lease
that has now been agreed. Unit E comprises 9,000 sq ft of office space.

The new leases mean that the Group now occupies the entirety of units A to E
at The Ridgeway Trading Estate, enabling its head office, southern operations
and the majority of the W7 warehousing to be housed in one location,
considerably improving the Group's logistics.

Related Party Transaction

The entering into the Iver Lease Agreements and the above arrangements with
Warpaint Cosmetics Limited are related party transactions pursuant to AIM Rule
13 , as the directors and beneficial owners of Warpaint Cosmetics Limited are
Samuel Bazini, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Eoin Macleod,
Managing Director of the Company. The Company's independent directors, being
Clive Garston, Neil Rodol, Sally Craig, Paul Hagon and Keith Sadler consider,
having consulted with the Company's nominated adviser, Shore Capital and
Corporate Limited, that the terms of the Iver Lease Agreements and the above
arrangements are fair and reasonable insofar as the Company's shareholders are
concerned.

Enquiries:

 

 Warpaint London                                      c/o IFC

 Clive Garston - Chairman

 Neil Rodol - Chief Financial Officer

 Shore Capital (Nominated Adviser and Broker)         020 7408 4090

 Patrick Castle, Daniel Bush - Corporate Advisory

 Fiona Conroy - Corporate Broking

 IFC Advisory (Financial PR & IR)                     020 3934 6630

 Tim Metcalfe, Graham Herring, Florence Chandler

 

Warpaint London plc

 

Warpaint sells branded cosmetics under the lead brand names of W7 and Technic.
W7 is sold in the UK primarily to retailers and internationally to local
distributors or retail chains. The Technic brand is sold in the UK and
continental Europe with a significant focus on the gifting market, principally
for high street retailers and supermarkets. In addition, Warpaint supplies own
brand white label cosmetics produced for several major high street retailers.
The Group also sells cosmetics using its other brand names of Man'stuff, Body
Collection and Chit Chat.

 

 

 

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