Result of Placing

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Aurora Investment Trust PLC

25 August 2016

 

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This announcement is an advertisement and not a prospectus. This announcement does not constitute or form part of, and should not be construed as, any offer for sale or subscription of, or solicitation of any offer to buy or subscribe for, any securities in Aurora Investment Trust plc (the "Company") or securities in any other entity, in any jurisdiction, including the United States, nor shall it, or any part of it, or the fact of its distribution, form the basis of, or be relied on in connection with, any contract or investment decision whatsoever, in any jurisdiction. This announcement does not constitute a recommendation regarding any securities. Any investment decision must be made exclusively on the basis of the final prospectus published by the Company and any supplement thereto.

25 August 2016

Aurora Investment Trust plc

Results of Placing

Further to the announcement made by Aurora Investment Trust plc (the "Company") on 19 August 2016, the Board is pleased to announce that approximately £9.8 million of gross proceeds have been raised under the Placing. Accordingly, 5,965,750 new ordinary shares of 25 pence each (the "New Shares") will be issued at the placing price of 163.85 pence.

Application has been made for the New Shares to be admitted to the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's Main Market for listed securities ("Admission"). It is expected that Admission will become effective and dealings in the New Shares will commence on 1 September 2016.

Following Admission the Company will have 25,215,889 ordinary shares in issue, with no ordinary shares held in treasury. This 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 Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Lord Flight, Chairman of the Company, commented: "The outcome of the Placing has exceeded our initial expectations.  It shows a significant level of support from investors for the new investment strategy adopted when Phoenix Asset Management and Gary Channon took over management of the trust in January.  We aim to continue to grow the trust by attracting investors who understand and support the investment strategy."   

Enquiries:

Lord Flight
Chairman
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John Luetchford/Anthony Lee
PraxisIFM Fund Services (UK) Limited
Company Secretary to Aurora Investment Trust plc
Tel: [phone]

Tristan Chapple
Phoenix Asset Management Partners Limited
Tel: [phone]

Steve Pearce / Chris Clarke / Henry Freeman

Liberum Capital Limited

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William Clutterbuck

Maitland

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Important notices

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014). Upon the publication of this announcement via Regulatory Information Service this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.

Neither the NSM website nor the Company's website nor the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on those websites (or any other website) is (or is deemed to be) incorporated into, or forms (or is deemed to form) part of, this announcement.

Dickson Minto W..S. and Liberum Capital Limited are authorised and regulated in the UK by the Financial Conduct Authority, are acting exclusively  for the Company and for no-one else in connection with the contents of this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to their respective clients, or for affording advice in relation to the contents of this announcement or any matters referred to herein. 

No person has been authorised to give any information or to make any representations other than those contained in this announcement and, if given or made, such information or representations must not be relied on as having been authorised by the Company, Dickson Minto W..S., Liberum Capital Limited or any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents.  Subject to the Listing Rules and/or the Prospectus Rules and/or the Disclosure and Transparency Rules and/or the Takeover Code and/or FSMA, neither the delivery of this announcement nor any subscription or acquisition made under it shall, in any circumstances, create any implication that there has been no change in the affairs of the Company since the date of this announcement or that the information in it is correct as of any subsequent date.

This announcement is for information only and does not constitute or form part of any offer or invitation to issue, acquire or dispose of any securities or investment advice in any jurisdiction.

 

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