Cancellation of Treasury Shares

Pollen Street PLC

11 December 2023

 

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

11 December 2023

POLLEN STREET PLC

CANCELLATION OF TREASURY SHARES

Pollen Street plc ("Pollen Street") announces the cancellation of 4,712,985 Pollen Street shares held in treasury in accordance with the provisions of section 729 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Cancellation").

The Cancellation is implemented in connection with the scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006 to insert Pollen Street Group Limited as the new holding company of Pollen Street.

In accordance with Listing Rule 12.6.4R, Pollen Street discloses the following information:

Date of cancellation	8 December 2023
Number of ordinary shares held in treasury cancelled	4,712,985
Total number of shares held in treasury following the cancellation	0
Total number of ordinary shares in issue following the cancellation	64,209,597

Enquiries:

For further information about this Announcement please contact:

Pollen Street

Shareholder Relations: [e-mail] / [phone]

Liberum Capital Limited - Sponsor

Chris Clarke / Edward Mansfield / Anake Singh: [phone]

About Pollen Street

Pollen Street is an alternative asset manager dedicated to investing with the financial and business services sectors across both private equity and private credit strategies. The business was founded in 2013 and has consistently delivered top tier returns alongside growing AuM.

The Pollen Street group benefits from a complementary set of asset management activities focused on managing third-party AuM (the "Asset Manager") together with on-balance sheet investments (the "Investment Company").

The Asset Manager raises capital from top tier investors and deploys it into its private equity and private credit strategies.

The Investment Company invests in strategies aligned with core strategies of the group and today the investment portfolio is aligned with the private credit strategy. The portfolio is a well-diversified pool of primarily senior credit assets to high quality borrowers generating strong returns together with capital preservation. The portfolio consists of both direct investments and investments in funds managed by Pollen Street.

Further information

This Announcement is for information purposes only and is not intended to and does not constitute or form part of any offer to sell or subscribe for or any invitation to purchase or subscribe for or otherwise acquire or dispose of any securities or the solicitation of any vote or approval in any jurisdiction, nor will there be any sale, issuance or transfer of securities in any jurisdiction in contravention of applicable law.

This Announcement does not constitute a prospectus or prospectus equivalent document.

 

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