Admission of Consideration Shares

RNS Number : 9613G

Walker Crips Group plc

10 March 2015

 

10 March 2015

Walker Crips Group plc ("the Company")

Acquisition of Barker Poland Asset Management LLP ("BPAM")

Admission of Consideration Shares

Total Voting Rights

Further to the announcement of 9 March 2015, the Company has applied for the 440,771 new ordinary shares of 6 2/3 pence each in the Company and issued as part of the initial consideration at 45.375p per shares (the "Consideration Shares") to be admitted to the premium segment of the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities ("Admission").   The Consideration Shares will rank,  pari passu,  with all existing ordinary shares in the Company,  and it is expected that Admission will take place on or around 13 March 2015.

In accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the Company notifies the market that following Admission,  the Company's issued share capital will consist of  38,186,958 ordinary shares with a nominal value of 6 2/3 pence each ("Ordinary Shares) with each Ordinary Share carrying the right to one vote.  The Company holds 750,000 Ordinary Shares in Treasury.  Therefore, the Company has 37,436,958 Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and the total number of voting rights in the Company is 37,436,958.

The above figure of 37,436,958 may be used by shareholders 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, Walker Crips Group plc under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.  

For further information please contact:

Walker Crips Group plc

Rodney FitzGerald, CEO                                                                                 Tel: [phone]

Asgard Partners Limited (Financial adviser to Walker Crips)

Alexander Rix                                                                                                     Tel: [phone]

Broadgate Mainland (Public Relations adviser to Walker Crips)

Roddi Vaughan-Thomas                                                                                   Tel: [phone]

Cantor Fitzgerald Europe (Financial adviser to BPAM)

Rishi Zaveri                                                                                                            Tel: [phone]

 

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