17 February 2015
Clear Leisure plc
("Clear Leisure" or "the Company)
Publication of Circular and Notice of General Meeting
Clear Leisure plc announces that it has today published a circular to
shareholders ("the Circular") to convene its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") at
which it will propose certain resolutions including a capital reorganisation of
the Company's share capital ("Capital Reorganisation") and the grant new
authorities to allot and issue ordinary shares, details of which follow.
The Company needs to raise further working capital in the short term to
alleviate a material constraint on working capital until such time as assets
are realised. The proposed resolutions are required, inter alia, to provide the
Company with the ability to issue new ordinary shares for cash.
Proposed Share Capital Reorganisation
The Company currently has in issue 199,409,377 ordinary shares of 2.5p each
("Existing Ordinary Shares") and, as at the close of business on 13 February
2015 (being the last practicable date prior to the date of this document), the
middle market price per Existing Ordinary Share was 0.8p. The Company is
prohibited by the Act from issuing ordinary shares at a price below the nominal
value of these shares. Consequently, a share capital reorganisation will be
necessary in order to allow any equity fundraise to occur.
The Company therefore proposes to reorganise its share capital by subdividing
each issued Existing Ordinary Share into one ordinary share of 0.25p and one
deferred share of 2.25p ("New Ordinary Shares"). This reorganisation will
maintain the number of Existing Ordinary Shares and create an equal number of
deferred shares with limited rights which are set out below. The share price of
the Company should be unchanged following the Capital Reorganisation.
The New Ordinary Shares will have the same rights as to voting, dividends and
return on capital as the Existing Ordinary Shares. The interests of the
Shareholders (both in terms of their economic interest and voting rights) will
not be diluted by the implementation of the Capital Reorganisation. As a
result, the Company does not currently intend to issue replacement share
certificates and, assuming the Capital Reorganisation is effected, references
in any share certificate to a nominal value of 2.5p will be deemed to be a
nominal value of 0.25p. The ISIN and SEDOL numbers for the New Ordinary Shares
will be the same as for the Existing Ordinary Shares being GB00B50P5B53 and
B50P5B5 respectively.
The deferred shares carry minimal rights thereby rendering them effectively
valueless. The rights attaching to the deferred shares can be summarised as
follows:
i. the holders thereof do not have any right to participate in the profits or
income or reserves of the Company;
ii. on a return of capital on a winding up the holders thereof will only be
entitled to an amount equal to the nominal value of the deferred shares but
only after the holders of Ordinary Shares have received £10,000,000 in
respect of each Ordinary Share;
iii. the holders thereof have no right to receive notice of or attend or vote
at any general meeting of the Company; and
iv. the Company may acquire the deferred shares for a nominal consideration at
any time.
The Capital Reorganisation is conditional upon Shareholder approval and, at the
Annual General Meeting, Shareholders will be asked to consider and, if thought
fit, approve the Capital Reorganisation. As the Capital Reorganisation will
change the nominal value of the Existing Ordinary Shares, a minor alteration to
the Articles will need to be made and approved by a special resolution at the
Annual General Meeting. Details of the Annual General Meeting are set out
below.
Notice of General Meeting
The Capital Reorganisation and the grant of new authorities are subject to the
approval of shareholders at the AGM which is being held at 10.00 a.m. on 11
March 2015 at the offices of Cairn Financial Advisers, 61 Cheapside, London
EC2V 6AX.
A copy of the Circular will shortly be available on the Company's website at
www.clearleisure.com.
For further information please contact:
Clear Leisure plc +39 02 4795 1642
Alfredo Villa, CEO
Cairn Financial Advisers LLP (Nominated Adviser) +44 (0) 20 7148 7900
Jo Turner / Liam Murray
Peterhouse Corporate Finance (Broker) +44 (0) 20 7469 0935
Lucy Williams / Heena Karani
About Clear Leisure Plc
Clear Leisure Plc (AIM: CLP) is an AIM listed investment Company pursuing a
dynamic strategy to create a comprehensive portfolio of companies primarily
encompassing the leisure and real estate sectors mainly in Italy but also other
European countries. The Company may be either a passive or active investor and
Clear Leisure's investment rationale ranges from acquiring minority positions
with strategic influence through to larger controlling positions. For further
information, please visit, www.clearleisure.com
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