Issue of equity and total voting rights

RNS Number : 8419K

Guild Esports PLC

07 January 2021

 

Press release

07 January 2021

Guild Esports PLC

("Guild Esports" or "the Company") 

Exercise of Warrants

Issue of equity and total voting rights

Further to the announcement made on 23 December 2020, the Company is pleased to announce that the 1,500,000 new ordinary shares issued to Andrew Drake, a non-executive director of the Company, have been admitted to the standard segment of the Official List and to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange.

These shares will be subject to a 24-month lock-in period from the date of admission, as set out in the Company's prospectus dated 29 September 2020.

Furthermore the 1,000,000 new ordinary shares, made up of 333,333 new ordinary shares to each of VNZ Holding A/S and Nebbegård Invest A/S respectively and 333,334 new ordinary shares to Jaksland Capital & More ApS, have also been admitted to the standard segment of the Official List and to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange.

Following the exercise of warrants and issue of the new ordinary shares, the Company's issued share capital will comprise of 518,617,362 ordinary shares, which 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 in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Andrew Drake
2.	Reason for the Notification
a)	Position/status	Non-executive director
b)	Initial notification / Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Guild Esports plc
b)	LEI	213800IE96YMHXDJ7H92
4.	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the Financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary shares
	Identification Code	GB00BMWVF760
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s)  one pence  1,500,000
d)	Aggregated information: ·Aggregated volume ·Price	1,500,000 Ordinary Shares One pence per Ordinary Share
e)	Date of the transaction	22 December 2020
f)	Place of the Transaction	Outside a trading venue

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

Guild Esports
Carleton Curtis Executive Chairman Kal Hourd Chief Executive Neil Thapar Investor Relations	via Tancredi [phone] [phone]
Tennyson Securities
Corporate Broker Peter Krens	[phone]
Zeus Capital
Corporate Broker John Goold Benjamin Robertson	[phone]
Tancredi Intelligent Communication Media Relations
Salamander Davoudi [e-mail] Emma Valgimigli [e-mail] Helen Humphrey [e-mail]	[phone] [phone] [phone]

About Guild Esports:

Guild Esports PLC is a global fan-focussed team organisation and lifestyle brand that fields professional players in gaming competitions under the Guild banner. Our in-house training academy aims to attract and nurture the best esports talent, and our goal is to provide the ultimate entertainment experience alongside a distinctive lifestyle brand authentic to the esports community worldwide. Guild is led by an experienced management team of esports veterans and co-owned by David Beckham. The Company is headquartered in the UK and its shares are listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange. Please visit www.guildesports.com

 

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