Results of Open Offer

RNS Number : 9102F

Anglo Pacific Group PLC

26 February 2015

 

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN ARE NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN, JERSEY, SOUTH AFRICA, NEW ZEALAND OR ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE SAME WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT AN OFFER OF SECURITIES IN THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN, JERSEY OR ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE SAME WOULD BE UNLAWFUL.

 

This Announcement is an advertisement and not a prospectus or a prospectus equivalent document and does not constitute or form part of, and should not be construed as, any offer for sale or subscription of, or solicitation of any offer to buy or subscribe for, any shares in Anglo Pacific Group PLC or securities in any other entity, in any jurisdiction, including the United States, nor shall it, or any part of it, or the fact of its distribution, form the basis of, or be relied on in connection with, any contract or investment decision whatsoever, in any jurisdiction. This Announcement is for information only and does not constitute a recommendation regarding any securities. Any investment decision must be made exclusively on the basis of the final prospectus published by the Company (incorporating a circular for the purposes of the Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority) (the "Prospectus") and any supplement thereto in connection with the admission of New Ordinary Shares of the Company to the premium segment of the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities. Copies of the Prospectus are available from the Company's registered office.

News Release

February 26, 2015

Anglo Pacific Group PLC

Results of Open Offer

Further to the announcement by Anglo Pacific Group PLC ("Anglo Pacific", the "Company") (LSE: APF, TSX: APY) on February 6, 2015, Anglo Pacific is pleased to announce that it has received valid acceptances in respect of 15,460,557 New Ordinary Shares from existing Qualifying Shareholders raising gross proceeds of approximately £12.4 million. This represents approximately 68 per cent of the maximum New Ordinary Shares available under the Open Offer. Qualifying Shareholders who have validly applied for New Ordinary Shares will receive their full Open Offer entitlement.

The 7,164,443 Open Offer Shares not applied for by Qualifying Shareholders under the Open Offer will be taken up by Placees under the terms of the Placing.

The Placing and Open Offer, together with the Firm Placing and Acquisition, remain conditional upon the passing of the Resolutions at the General Meeting of the Company to be held at 10:30 a.m. on February 26, 2015.

Application has been made for the 49,375,000 New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to the premium segment of the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities and to be listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. It is expected that Admission will become effective at 8:00 a.m. on February 27, 2015 on the London Stock Exchange's main market for Listed Securities and at market open on February 27, 2015 on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

The New Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to the Firm Placing and Placing and Open Offer will, following Admission, rank pari passu in all respects with the Existing Ordinary Shares and will carry the right to receive all dividends and distributions declared, made or paid on or in respect of the Ordinary Shares after Admission.

The expected date of completion of the Acquisition is March 5, 2015. Application will made for the 4,135,238 Acquisition Shares to be admitted to the premium segment of the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities and to be listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, such admission being expected at 8:00 a.m. on March 6, 2015 on the London Stock Exchange's main market for Listed Securities and at market open on March 6, 2015 on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The Acquisition Shares, when issued and fully paid, will rank pari passu in all respects with the Existing Ordinary Shares.

Upon admission of the New Ordinary Shares and following admission of the Acquisition Shares and assuming no further exercise of options under the Share Schemes, the total issued share capital is expected to be 169,942,034 Ordinary Shares and this figure may be used by Shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to, their interest in the Company under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority.

Capitalised terms used, but not defined, in this announcement, have the same meanings as set out in the announcement released by the Company on February 4, 2015 in relation to the Firm Placing, Placing and Open Offer.

BMO Capital Markets Limited and Macquarie Capital (Europe) Limited are acting as joint bookrunners in connection with the Firm Placing, Placing and Open Offer and Shard Capital Partners LLP is acting as Co-Manager.

For further information:

Anglo Pacific Group PLC	[phone]
Julian Treger - Chief Executive Officer Mark Potter - Chief Investment Officer
Website:	www.anglopacificgroup.com
BMO Capital Markets Limited - Sponsor and Joint Bookrunner	[phone]
Jeffrey Couch / Neil Haycock / Tom Rider / Jenny Wyllie
Macquarie Capital (Europe) Limited - Joint Bookrunner	[phone]
Raj Khatri / Ken Fleming / Fergus Marcroft / Nicholas Harland  / Ariel Tepperman
Shard Capital Partners LLP - Co-Manager	[phone]
Katrina Damouni / Damon Heath / Gareth Burchell
Bell Pottinger	[phone]
Nick Lambert / Lorna Cobbett

About the Company

Anglo Pacific is a global natural resources royalty company. The Company's strategy is to develop a leading international diversified royalty company with a portfolio centred on base metals and bulk materials, focusing on accelerating income growth through acquiring royalties on projects that are currently cash flow generating or are expected to be within the next 24 months. It is a continuing policy of the Company to pay a substantial portion of these royalties to shareholders as dividends.

Disclaimer

This Announcement is for information only and is not for release, publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States, Australia, Japan, Jersey, South Africa, New Zealand or any jurisdiction in or into which the same would be unlawful. This Announcement is not an offer of securities in any jurisdiction, including the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, Jersey or South Africa or any jurisdiction in which the same would be unlawful. Any failure to comply with this restriction may constitute a violation of the securities laws of such jurisdiction. Persons needing advice should consult an independent financial adviser.

This Announcement has been issued by and is the sole responsibility of the Company. Save for the responsibilities and liabilities, if any, of any of the Banks under FSMA or the regulatory regime established thereunder, none of the Banks assumes any responsibility whatsoever and the Banks make no representations or warranties, express or implied, in relation to the contents of this Announcement, including its accuracy, completeness or verification or for any other statement made or purported to be made by the Company, or on the Company's behalf, or by any of the Banks, or on their behalf, and nothing contained in this Announcement is, or shall be, relied on as a promise or representation in this respect, whether as to the past or the future, in connection with the Company, the Firm Placing, Placing, Open Offer or the Acquisition. The Banks disclaim to the fullest extent permitted by law all and any responsibility and liability whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise which they might otherwise be found to have in respect of this Announcement or any such statement.

BMO, Macquarie Capital and Shard Capital, each of which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority, are acting exclusively for the Company and no-one else in connection with the Firm Placing, Placing and Open Offer and they will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to their respective clients or in relation to the contents of this Announcement or any transaction or any other matters referred to herein nor for providing advice in relation to the Firm Placing, Placing and Open Offer.

The distribution of this Announcement and the proposed issue and placing of the New Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Firm Placing, Placing and Open Offer as set out in this Announcement in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. No action has been taken by the Company or the Banks that would permit an offering of such shares or possession or distribution of this Announcement or any other offering or publicity material relating to such shares in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of such jurisdiction. Persons into whose possession this Announcement comes are required by the Company and the Banks to inform themselves about, and to observe, such restrictions.

This Announcement is not being distributed by, nor has it been approved for the purposes of section 21 FSMA by, a person authorised under FSMA. This Announcement is being distributed and communicated to persons in the UK only in circumstances in which section 21(1) of FSMA does not apply.

The New Ordinary Shares have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") or under any securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States. The New Ordinary Shares may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in compliance with any applicable state securities laws. There will be no public offer of securities in the United States.

This Announcement may not be and must not be acted on or relied on by a Canadian purchaser and this Announcement does not itself constitute an offer to sell any New Ordinary Shares in, or to any person subject to, the laws of Canada. This Announcement is being sent into Canada only for information and does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, New Ordinary Shares to or from a person in Canada. 

Neither the content of the Company's website nor any website accessible by hyperlinks on the Company's website is incorporated in, or forms part of, this Announcement.

 

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