Total Voting Rights and Director Interests

RNS Number : 4739R

Audioboom Group PLC

28 February 2019

 

28 February 2019

Audioboom Group plc

("Audioboom" or the "Company")

Total Voting Rights and Director Interests

Further to the Company's announcement on 25 February 2019, Audioboom (AIM:BOOM) announces that the admission of 115,384,670 new ordinary shares of no par value in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") to trading on AIM became effective at 8.00 a.m. this morning ("Admission"). These Ordinary Shares were issued pursuant to a subscription to raise c. £1.5 million ("Subscription"). 

Following Admission, the issued ordinary share capital of the Company now comprises 1,288,675,619 Ordinary Shares with one voting right per share. The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in treasury. Therefore, the total number of Ordinary Shares and voting rights in the Company is 1,288,675,619.

The above figure 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, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Michael Tobin, Non-Executive Chairman, and Roger Maddock, a Non-Executive Director of the Company, subscribed for 3,846,160 Ordinary Shares each in the Subscription. Following Admission, Roger Maddock now holds 26,846,160 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 2.08 per cent. of the Company's issued ordinary share capital. Following Admission, Michael Tobin now holds 9,754,388 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.76 per cent. of the Company's issued ordinary share capital.

Enquiries

Audioboom Group plc
Rob Proctor, Chief Executive Officer	Tel: [phone]
Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated adviser and Joint Broker)	Tel: [phone]
David Hart /Alex Brearley/Asha Chotai
Novum Securities (Joint Broker)	Tel: [phone]
Colin Rowbury/Jon Belliss
Walbrook PR Limited (PR & IR Advisers)	Tel: [phone]
Paul Cornelius / Sam Allen	or [e-mail]

About Audioboom

Audioboom is the leading global podcast company, consolidating the business of on-demand audio, making content accessible, wide-reaching and profitable for podcasters, advertisers and brands. Audioboom operates internationally, with operations and global partnerships across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, and addresses the issue of disparate podcast services by putting all of the pieces of the puzzle together under one umbrella, creating a user-friendly, economical experience.

Audioboom hosts over 13,000 content channels, with key partners including A+E Networks (US), Associated Press (US), 'Astonishing Legends' (US), 'Casefile True Crime' (AUS), Edith Bowman (UK), 'Felon True Crime Podcast' (AUS), Jonathan Ross (UK), 'Moneycontrol Podcast' (India), 'No Such Thing As A Fish' (UK), Red FM (India), Starburns Audio (US), 'The Cycling Podcast' (UK), 'The Totally Football Show' (UK), 'The True Geordie Podcast' (UK) and 'Undisclosed' (US).

Original content produced by Audioboom includes 'The 45th' (US), 'Covert' (US), 'I Almost Knew That' (India), 'The Psychology Behind with Dr Linda Papadopoulos' (UK), 'Ctrl Alt Win Podcast' (India), 'Deliberations' (US), 'It's Happening with Snooki & Joey' (US), 'Mafia' (US), 'Mission To Zyxx' (US),' Night Call' (US) and 'The Russell Brand Podcast' (UK).

The platform receives over 60 million listens per month and allows partners to share their content via Apple Podcasts, BookMyShow, Deezer, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, RadioPublic, Saavn, Spotify, Stitcher, Facebook and Twitter as well as their own websites and mobile apps.

For more information, visit audioboom.com.

 

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