Result of Placing

DP Poland PLC

28 March 2024

 

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DP Poland PLC

("DP Poland", the "Company" or the "Group")

Result of Placing

DP Poland, the operator of pizza stores and restaurants across Poland and Croatia, is pleased to announce that, further to the close of Bookbuild announcement made earlier today (the "Close of Book Announcement"), the Placing was significantly oversubscribed with the Company receiving orders of c.2.5 times the size of the proposed Placing. Accordingly, the Company has sought to protect the interests of existing shareholders by honoring their soft pre-emption rights in connection with the Placing and Subscription. Subject to the passing of certain Resolutions at a General Meeting, the Company has raised gross proceeds of approximately £19.5 million through:

·    the Subscription by Domino's Pizza Group plc for 110,887,096 Subscription Shares, raising £11.0 million at the Placing Price; and

·    the Placing of 85,685,483 Placing Shares through an accelerated bookbuild process, raising £8.5 million at the Placing Price.

The Placing Price of 9.92p was set on an agreed 5.0% discount to the volume weighted average price over the 4 month period from 9 November 2023 to 13 March 2024.

As previously indicated, a Retail Offer will be launched today via the BookBuild platform to provide existing retail Shareholders with an opportunity to take part in the Fundraising at the same Placing Price as the Placing. Further details about the Retail Offer will be provided by the Company by a separate announcement in due course.

General Meeting

The issue of the Subscription Shares, Placing Shares and the Retail Offer Shares (and therefore completion of the Fundraising) is conditional upon the approval by Shareholders of the Resolutions to be proposed at the General Meeting of the Company to be held at the offices of PwC, 1 Embankment Place, London, WC2N 6RH at 12.00 p.m. on 18 April 2024. A Circular is expected to be posted to Shareholders on or around 2 April 2024 and the Circular, once published, will be available on the Company's website at www.dppoland.com. The same definitions apply throughout this announcement as are applied in the Circular.

Subject to Shareholders approving the Resolutions to be proposed at the General Meeting, it is expected that Admission of the Subscription Shares, Placing Shares and Retail Offer Shares will take place on or about 8.00 a.m. on 19 April 2024.

Nils Gornall, CEO of DP Poland, said:

"We are pleased to announce the completion of a significantly oversubscribed Fundraise which saw the Company upscaling the size of the Placing, subject to shareholder approval at the forthcoming general meeting. We are delighted with the overwhelming support we have received from our existing shareholders and new investors. This Fundraise will allow us to accelerate the Company's growth strategy and realise our ambitions to become the leading pizza brand in Poland and Croatia."

Enquiries:

DP Poland plc   

Nils Gornall, CEO

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Singer Capital Markets (Nominated Adviser and Broker)

Shaun Dobson / Jen Boorer / Oliver Platts

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Notes for editors

About DP Poland plc

DP Poland has the exclusive right to develop, operate and sub-franchise Domino's Pizza stores in Poland and Croatia. The group operates 116 stores and restaurants throughout cities and towns in Poland and Croatia.

 

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