Issue of Equity and Directorate Change

RNS Number : 0542D

Braveheart Investment Group plc

25 March 2014

 



25 March 2014

Braveheart Investment Group plc

('Braveheart', the 'Company' or the 'Group')

Appointment of Non-executive Director

Subscription raising £250,000

Braveheart Investment Group plc, the AIM-listed investment management group providing financing to SMEs, servicing the investment requirements of business angels, high net worth individuals, family offices and public sector organisations, and directly holding an investment portfolio of early-stage technology companies, is pleased to announce the appointment of Trevor Brown to the Board of the Company and a subscription by Mr Brown raising approximately £250,000.

Board Appointment

The Company is pleased to announce the appointment of Trevor Brown to the Board of the Company as a Non-executive Director with effect from 1 April 2014.   Mr Brown, aged 67, has been a strategic investor in equities and real estate for more than 30 years.  He is currently a Non-executive Director of Feedback plc and was until recently a director of Advanced Oncotherapy plc where he was involved in the strategy of transition to the provision of advanced cancer treatment services.

Subscription

The Company is also pleased to announce that it has raised approximately £250,000 through the issue of 2,283,855 new ordinary shares of 2p each in the capital of the Company at a subscription price of 10.9464p per share ("Subscription Shares") to Mr Brown.  The subscription price of 10.9464p per share is equal to the volume weighted average share price for the Company for the period 1 January 2014 to 28 February 2014.

Application will be made to the London Stock Exchange for the Subscription Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM and it is expected that admission will become effective and that dealings in the Subscription Shares will commence on 28 March 2014.  Following the issue of the Subscription Shares, the Company will have 25,870,491 ordinary voting shares in issue.

Mr Brown is currently beneficially interested in 250,000 ordinary shares of the Company, representing 1.06% of the current issued share capital.  Following admission of the Subscription Shares, Mr Brown will be beneficially interested in 2,533,855 ordinary shares of the Company, representing 9.79% of the issued share capital.

Geoffrey Thomson, Chief Executive of Braveheart, said:

"We are delighted to welcome Trevor to the Board and also with the support he has shown the Company through his subscription.

"His expertise will help unlock value in the business and the Board is now back to full strength following the retirement of Edward Cunningham late last year."

The following information is also required to be disclosed in accordance with Rule 17 and Schedule 2 paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

Mr Trevor Edward Brown, aged 67:

Current directorships:	Past directorships held in the past 5 years:
Free Association Books Limited	Advanced Oncotherapy plc
Free Publishing Limited
Feedback plc

Further information:

Braveheart Investment Group plc

Geoffrey Thomson, Chief Executive                                                                       Tel: [phone]

[e-mail]

Sanlam Securities UK Limited (Nominated Advisor and Broker to Braveheart)

Lindsay Mair                                                                                                                      Tel: [phone]

Catherine Miles

Media Enquiries (Braveheart):

Allerton Communications

Peter Curtain                                                                                                                     Tel: [phone]

[e-mail]

Notes to Editors

Braveheart Investment Group plc

Braveheart provides financing and associated advisory services for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) as follows:

For the company looking to raise money, we provide:

·     Equity Capital. This form of financing is typically long term and is usually appropriate for fast growing business or early stage companies. We will consider equity financings where our individual investment, or the investment we arrange, would normally be a maximum or £2m although we are happy to participate in larger financings as part of a syndicate;

·     Debt Finance. Short to medium term and for companies with cash flow to service the loan. Our unit size for this type of finance is up to £1m and we will usually provide junior debt which is unsecured but linked to an equity instrument;

The money we invest comes from a variety of sources (see below) and is sometimes linked to particular geographical locations.

To the investor, we provide a one-stop shop service to those in one of the following groups who are looking for exposure to SME investments:

·     High Net Worth (HNW) individuals looking to build tax efficient Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Seed EIS portfolios;

·     Family offices and private sector institutions;

·     The Public Sector.

Investors can choose between investment types ranging from self-build portfolios, to a full fund management service.

 

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