Acquisition of APP in Cyprus

RNS Number : 8251I

FRP Advisory Group PLC

07 December 2022

 

7 December 2022

FRP ADVISORY GROUP PLC

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

Acquisition of APP in Cyprus

FRP Advisory Group plc, a leading national specialist business advisory firm, is pleased to announce the acquisition of APP*; who are based in Limassol, Cyprus and provide advisory, tax and audit services.  The firm's Directors, Augoustinos Papathomas and Christina Papathomas will join FRP as Partners. The rest of the APP team will also join FRP, comprising fourteen colleagues and one consultant.

Geoff Rowley, CEO of FRP, said: "We have known and worked with the team at APP for many years. They share our values, are experts in their field and focus on providing the highest quality services to their clients. This combination lays strong foundations for future growth, and we're pleased to welcome Augoustinos, Christina and the team to FRP. I have no doubt they will make a significant contribution to the business and look forward to supporting them as they continue to grow. The acquisition further strengthens our international presence and supports our work with global advisory organisation Eight International, enabling us to better support our clients on international matters."

Augoustinos Papathomas, founder and Senior Director of APP, said: " We are thrilled to be joining FRP. We have worked with the team for the last few years, and this cements what has been a fantastic working relationship. We are excited by the new growth opportunities this represents, whilst enabling us to continue to provide our existing clients with an industry leading level of service and creating employment opportunities for exceptional talent across Cyprus and beyond."

321,226 new ordinary shares (the "Consideration Shares") are to be issued as part of the transaction with application to be made to trading on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange ("Admission"). The Consideration Shares will rank pari passu with the Company's existing Ordinary Shares. It is expected that Admission of the Consideration Shares will become effective and that dealings will commence at 8.00 a.m. on 16 December 2022. Following Admission, the Company will have 249,263,558 ordinary shares in issue with each ordinary share carrying the right to one vote.  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 a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

* APP consists of two entities: APP Advisory Ltd and APP Audit Co Ltd

Enquiries:

FRP Advisory Group plc  

Geoff Rowley, CEO

Jeremy French, COO

Gavin Jones, CFO

Enquiries via MHP

Cenkos Securities plc (Nominated Adviser and Sole Broker)

Katy Birkin/Max Gould (Corporate Finance)

Alex Pollen (Sales)

Tel: [phone]

MHP (Financial Public Relations)

Oliver Hughes

Charlie Barker

Pete Lambie

Tel: [phone]

[e-mail]

Notes to Editors

FRP is a professional services firm established in 2010 which offers a range of advisory services to companies, lenders, investors and other stakeholders, as well as individuals. These services include:

· Restructuring advisory: corporate financial advisory, formal insolvency appointments, informal restructuring advisory, personal insolvency and general advice to all stakeholders.

· Corporate finance: mergers & acquisitions (M&A), strategic advisory and valuations, financial due diligence, capital raising, special situations M&A and partial exits.

· Debt advisory: raising and refinancing debt, debt amendments and extensions, restructuring debt, asset based lending and corporate and leveraged debt advisory.

· Forensic services: forensic investigations, compliance and risk advisory, dispute services and forensic technology.

· Pensions advisory: pension scheme transaction advisory, pension scheme restructuring advisory, covenant advisory and corporate governance

 

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