Admission to AIM

RNS Number : 5985J

Brown (N.) Group PLC

23 December 2020

 

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23 December 2020

N Brown Group plc
("N Brown" or the "Group" or the "Company")

Admission to AIM

Confirmation of Board appointment

N Brown is pleased to announce that admission of the Enlarged Share Capital to trading on AIM will take place at 8.00 a.m. today, when completion of the Capital Raising to raise gross proceeds of c.£100 million, the results of which were announced on 15 December 2020, will also occur. At the same time, the admission of the Existing Ordinary Shares to listing on the premium listing segment of the Official List and to trading on the Main Market will be cancelled. The Ordinary Shares will continue to trade under the TIDM "BWNG".

Total voting rights

The total number of Ordinary Shares with voting rights in the Company with effect from AIM Admission is 460,483,231 and each Ordinary Share entitles the holder to a single vote at general meetings of the Company. The Company holds no Ordinary Shares in treasury. The figure of 460,483,231 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change of their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

As a result of the Capital Raising, it is expected that the Substantial Shareholder will hold 184,196,762 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 40% of the Enlarged Share Capital.

As a result of the Capital Raising, it is expected that the Concert Party (defined as the Substantial Shareholder, Nigel Alliance, Joshua Alliance and other persons set out in paragraph 5(a) of Part 11 of the Prospectus) will hold 241,475,491 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 52% of the Enlarged Share Capital.

Confirmation of Board appointment

As set out in the Prospectus, the Company also confirms that the appointment of Joshua Alliance to the Board as a Non-Executive Director will take effect from admission to AIM at 8.00 a.m. today.

Capitalised terms not otherwise defined in the text of this announcement have the meanings given in the Company's announcement of 5 November 2020 entitled "Placing and Open Offer to raise c. £100 million" and the Prospectus.

 

For further information:

N Brown Group plc
Will Maclaren, Director of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications Joint Sponsor and Lead Financial Adviser to N Brown Rothschild & Co Andrew Thomas / Alistair Allen / Adam Young / Shannon Nicholls Global Co-ordinator, Joint Sponsor, Joint Financial Adviser and Joint Corporate Broker to N Brown Jefferies Philip Noblet / Lee Morton / Max Jones / Harry Le May Nominated Adviser and Joint Corporate Broker to N Brown Shore Capital Dru Danford / Stephane Auton / Daniel Bush / John More Financial PR Advisers	[phone] [phone] [phone] [phone] [phone]
MHP Communications
Andrew Jaques / Simon Hockridge / James Midmer	[phone] [e-mail]

IMPORTANT NOTICES

This announcement has been issued by and is the sole responsibility of the Company. No representation or warranty, express or implied, is or will be made as to, or in relation to, and no responsibility or liability is or will be accepted by any of the Banks or by any of their respective affiliates or agents or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, members, agents, advisers, representatives or shareholders as to, or in relation to, the accuracy or completeness of this announcement or any other written or oral information made available to any interested party or its advisers, and any liability therefore is expressly disclaimed.

Each of the Banks is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the FCA.  None of the Banks will regard any person (whether or not a recipient of this document) other than the Company as its customer in relation to the Capital Raising and/or any other matters referred to in this announcement and none of them will be responsible for providing the protections afforded to its customers to any other person or for providing advice to any other person in relation to the Capital Raising and/or any other matters referred to in this announcement.

 

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