20 September 2016
Myanmar Investments International Limited
("MIL" or the "Company")
Successful completion of subscription
Myanmar Investments International Limited (AIM: MIL), the AIM-quoted Myanmar focused investment company, confirms that following its announcement on 13 September 2016 regarding its US$4,219,081 (before costs) fund raising (the "Fund Raising"), that the 3,245,447 new ordinary shares of nil par value each ("Ordinary Shares") and 811,368 new warrants ("Warrants") were admitted to trading on AIM on 16 September 2016. The Company's Ordinary Shares trade under the "MIL" ticker and the Warrants trade under the "MILW" ticker.
The proceeds of the Fund Raising will be used to fund the Company's investment pipeline, in order to take advantage of a number of live investment opportunities. It is expected that, subject to market conditions, the proceeds will be deployed within six months.
Following the Fund Raising, the Company's unaudited consolidated balance sheet as at 16 September 2016 is as follows:
|
|
US$ |
|
|
Unaudited |
ASSETS |
|
|
Non-current assets |
|
|
Investment in Apollo 1, 2 |
|
20,808,531 |
Investment in joint venture 1 |
|
2,146,080 |
Plant & equipment |
|
10,957 |
|
|
22,965,568 |
Current assets |
|
|
Other receivables |
|
129,129 |
Cash and bank balances |
|
4,852,179 |
|
|
4,981,308 |
TOTAL ASSETS |
|
27,946,876 |
|
|
|
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES |
|
|
Equity |
|
|
Share Capital |
|
32,890,397 |
Share option reserve |
|
432,561 |
Accumulated losses |
|
(5,932,962) |
Total Equity |
|
27,389,996 |
|
|
|
Liabilities |
|
|
Current liabilities |
|
|
Other payables |
|
547,353 |
Income tax payable |
|
9,527 |
|
|
556,880 |
TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES |
27,946,876 |
|
NET ASSETS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY |
27,389,996 |
Notes:
1. Directors' valuation
2. Net of non-controlling interests
The issued share capital of the Company following the Fund Raising is 30,553,627 Ordinary Shares, with voting rights. The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in treasury. In addition, following the Fund Raising the Company has 16,044,048 Warrants in issue.
The information contained within this announcement is considered to be inside information as defined in Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation No. 596/2014 prior to its release.
For further information please contact:
Aung Htun Managing Director Myanmar Investments International Ltd +66 81 836 5104 +95 94 0160 0501 aunghtun@myanmarinvestments.com |
Michael Dean Finance Director Myanmar Investments International Ltd +65 82 99 98 98 +95 94 2006 4957 mikedean@myanmarinvestments.com |
Nominated Adviser Philip Secrett / Jamie Barklem/ Carolyn Sansom Grant Thornton UK LLP +44 20 7383 5100 |
Broker Andrew Pinder / David Herring Alistair Roberts (Hong Kong) Investec Bank plc +44 (0) 20 7597 4000 |
Notes to Editors:
Myanmar Investments International Limited ("MIL") is the first Myanmar-focused investment company to be admitted to trading on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange. It was established in 2013 to act as a conduit for overseas investors to invest in businesses led by dynamic and visionary Myanmar entrepreneurs and foreign companies investing in the country. MIL is led by co-founders Aung Htun and Mike Dean, private equity professionals and entrepreneurs with a strong regional track record of investment and profitable exits in SE Asia.
MIL aims to identify investments with strong growth which if necessary can be "de-risked" through the introduction of experienced senior line-management, mentors and/or strategic partners sourced by its Founders. Key sectors are those experiencing acute supply vs. demand imbalances, such as consumer and other capacity-constrained sectors.
To date, MIL has invested in Apollo Towers, a top 3 telecom towers company with 1,800 towers, and MFIL, a top 10 microfinance company whose loan book has grown over 400% since investment. With its strong proprietary investment pipeline of deals, MIL provides investors with a highly disciplined and conservative investment process into one of the most promising growth opportunities of this era.
Myanmar, a country of approximately 51.4 million people and roughly the size of France, has been isolated for much of the last 50 years. Once one of the more prosperous countries in Southeast Asia as it has an abundance of natural resources (oil, natural gas, arable land, tourist attractions and a long coastline), it is now one of the least developed countries in the world.
Following the general elections in Myanmar in November 2015 the National League for Democracy, led by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, won an overwhelming majority of the seats and the new administration took power on 1 April 2016.
In September 2016 President Obama announced it is the intention of the United States government to lift all remaining sanctions against Myanmar and re-admit the country into its preferred tariff system.
For more information about MIL, please visit www.myanmarinvestments.com