FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 5.4.2011
MANX FINANCIAL GROUP PLC (the 'Company')
Issue of Equity
Manx Financial Group PLC announces that on 4 April 2011 a total of 1,383,399 new Ordinary Shares were issued to David Hathersich-Jones and Stephen Locking at a price of 12.65p. The new shares have been issued as part of the deferred consideration element of the Edgewater Associates Limited acquisition payable on the approval of the 31st December 2010 accounts. The Consideration Shares were issued on the basis of the mean average offer price of the Group's ordinary shares for the five business days immediately proceeding the date of the signing of the accounts.
This will take the total number of shares in issue to 89,570,252.
Application has been made for 1,383,399 new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM. It is expected that Admission will become effective on 8 April 2011. The New Ordinary Shares will, following allotment, rank pari passu in all respects with the existing issued Ordinary Shares.
Mr Hathersich-Jones received 1,118,577 new shares. As a result the total number of ordinary shares of the Company in which Mr Hathersich-Jones has a beneficial interest in is 4,154,291 (3,344,291 held in his own name and 810,000 in the Balley Chashtal SIPP) representing 4.64% of the ordinary share capital of the Company.
For further information, please contact:
Manx Financial Group PLC
Denham Eke
Tel 01624 694694
Beaumont Cornish Limited
Roland Cornish
Tel +44 (0) 20 7628 3396
Britton Financial PR
Tim Blackstone
Tel 07957 140416