Admission of Shares and Total Voting Rights

RNS Number : 5764Q

Myanmar Strategic Holdings Ltd

07 June 2018

 

   7 June 2018

Myanmar Strategic Holdings Ltd.

("MSH" or the "Company" or the "Group")

Admission of Shares and Total Voting Rights

Myanmar Strategic Holdings Ltd. (LSE: SHWE), the independent developer and operator of consumer businesses located in Myanmar, one of the fastest growing economies in the world, is pleased to announce that at 8:00 a.m. today, 160,908 new ordinary shares of no par value (the "New Ordinary Shares") were listed on the standard segment of the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities ("Admission").

The 160,908 New Ordinary Shares admitted to trading comprise of 153,500 New Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to the Company's previously announced subscription to raise US$3.07 million (the "Subscription Shares") and 7,408 New Ordinary Shares issued as part of the vendor consideration in relation to the Company's acquisition of EXERA (the "EXERA Consideration Shares"), details of which were announced by MSH on 29 May 2018.

In line with the previous announcements made the Company can confirm that the Subscription completed on 1 June 2018 and that the acquisition of EXERA completed on 29 May 2018.

Both the Subscription Shares and the EXERA Consideration Shares will rank, pari passu, in all respects with the existing ordinary shares of the Company, including the right to receive dividends and other distributions declared following their issue. The Subscription Shares represent 6.2% of the enlarged issued share capital of the Company and the EXERA Consideration Shares represent 0.3% of the enlarged issued share capital of the Company.

Total Voting Rights

Following Admission, the Company will have a total of 2,478,041 Ordinary Shares in issue. The above 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 change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Following the issue of the New Ordinary Shares, and to the best of the knowledge of the Company, the following notifiable positions of Ordinary Shares and holdings of Directors of the Company are as follows:

	Number of Ordinary Shares Held Before Admission	Percentage of Ordinary Shares Held Before Admission	Number of Ordinary Shares Held After Admission	Percentage of Ordinary Shares Held After Admission
MACAN Pte. Ltd*	860,000	37.11%	860,000	34.70%
Oneiros Investments S.A.	186,621	8.05%	211,621	8.54%
SOAI Ltd.	156,945	6.77%	156,945	6.33%
Jonathan Geoffrey Kolb	151,500	6.54%	151,500	6.11%
BF&F s.r.l.	100,000	4.32%	117,500	4.74%
SEVIAN s.r.l.**	100,000	4.32%	100,000	4.04%
Gaudenzio Roveda	100,000	4.32%	100,000	4.04%
NDC Advisors Limited	80,926	3.49%	92,926	3.75%
Giovanni Govi***	74,463	3.21%	74,463	3.00%
U Aung Myo Thein****	50,500	2.20%	50,500	2.00%
Richard Greer (Chairman)	7,700	0.33%	7,700	0.31%

*MACAN is a company in which Enrico Cesenni, CEO of the Company, holds 42.4 per cent. of the issued share capital of the company and the majority of the voting rights.

** SEVIAN s.r.l. also holds 49.7 per cent. of the current issued share capital of MACAN

*** Giovanni Govi also holds 7.9 per cent. of the current issued share capital of MACAN

**** U Aung Myo Thein is a member of senior management team of MSH

The Company can also confirm that, following Admission, Phidias s.r.l. no longer have a notifiable interest in the ordinary share capital of the Company.

For more information please visit www.ms-holdings.com or contact:

Myanmar Strategic Holdings Ltd. Enrico Cesenni, Founder and CEO	[e-mail]
Allenby Capital Limited (Broker) Nick Athanas Nick Naylor Nicholas Chambers	[phone]
Yellow Jersey PR (Financial PR) Georgia Colkin Joe Burgess Henry Wilkinson	[phone] [phone] [phone]

About Myanmar Strategic Holdings Ltd. 

Myanmar Strategic Holdings Ltd. is an independent developer and operator of consumer-focused businesses located in Myanmar, one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Initially concentrating on Hospitality and Education, the Company has recently expanded into Services with the acquisition of EXERA, focusing on the broader consumer sector in Myanmar as it grows.

The Company's earliest investments have been in the Hospitality sector - through its portfolio the Company currently manages over 470 beds across 4 boutique hostels in 3 core tourist locations across Myanmar, operating under the award winning Ostello Bello budget hospitality brand. MSH operates an asset light strategy, entering into long-term operating and management agreements with local hostel owners.

Within its Education division, the Company currently has exclusive development and franchising agreements with Wall Street English for ten English language centres across Myanmar over the course of the ten-year agreement. Two centres were opened in 2017, and, as of March 2018, they served over 1,000 students. A third centre is scheduled for opening in August 2018.

The Company has also signed a joint venture with Auston Institute of Management to develop and operate the Auston College Myanmar.  The private school opened in May 2018 and initially offers the following curriculum: (i) Diploma in Engineering Technology, (ii) Diploma in Construction Project Management and (iii) Diploma in Networking, Information Systems, and Security. English language learning will also be provided by the Company's nearby Wall Street English centre.

Finally, through its newly formed Services division with the acquisition of EXERA, the Company offers safety, security and cash in transit services. Founded in 2013, EXERA employs approx. 1,000 guards making it one of the largest safety and security operators in Myanmar.

Myanmar was one of the fastest growing economies in Asia in 2017 (Source: Asian Development Bank). In 2018, its annual GDP growth is expected to be about 8.0% (Source: Asian Development Bank), making it one of the fastest growing economies in the world.  

MSH is well positioned to provide investors early exposure to Myanmar's strong economic fundamentals enhanced by ASEAN's wider growth prospects.

 

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