Proposed Placing

RNS Number : 8250S

CEPS PLC

27 June 2018

 

CEPS PLC

("CEPS" OR THE "COMPANY")

Proposed Placing to raise £1,330,021 before costs

Directors' Dealings

Related Party Transactions

Proposed placing

The Company is pleased to announce that it is proposing to raise gross proceeds of £1,330,021 by way of a placing of 3,800,060 new ordinary shares of 10 pence each ("Placing Shares") to certain existing investors, at a price of 35 pence per share ("Placing"). All of the placees are Related Parties as defined in the AIM Rules for Companies ("AIM Rules").

The Placing will be conducted by way of an accelerated book-build process which will be launched immediately following this announcement.

The net proceeds of the Placing of £1,325,931 will be used to repay the third party loan of £1,000,000 plus gross interest of £24,931.51 that was entered into on 25 April 2017, as set out in the Company's announcement dated 3 May 2017 and also for general working capital purposes. 

Directors' Dealings

David Horner, a director of the Company, is proposing to participate in the Placing, as set out in the table below.

Director	Shares in which David Horner is interested prior to the Placing	Number of Placing Shares subscribed for	Value of placing shares subscribed for	Shares in which David Horner is interested following the Placing	% of Enlarged Share Capital
David Horner	3,950,000	881,310	£308,458.50	4,831,310	28.42%

In addition, certain substantial shareholders (as defined in the AIM Rules) are proposing to subscribe for Placing Shares, as set out in the table below.

Substantial Shareholder	Shareholding prior to the Placing	Number of Placing Shares subscribed for	Value of placing shares subscribed for	Shareholding following the Placing	% of Enlarged Share Capital
Mark Thistlethwayte*	2,270,000	730,000	£255,500.00	3,000,000	17.65%
Chelverton Growth Trust plc	2,871,250	2,188,750	£766,062.50	5,060,000	29.76%

* Mark Thistlethwayte's existing shareholding is held through Charles Stanley & Co Ltd Rock (Nominees) Ltd. The additional shares subscribed for will be held through Charles Stanley & Co Ltd Rock (Nominees) Ltd

Related Party Transactions

The proposed subscriptions for Placing Shares by David Horner, Mark Thistlethwayte and Chelverton Growth Trust plc constitute related party transactions as defined by the AIM Rules. The Independent Directors of the Company in relation to these transactions are Vivien Langford, Geoff Martin and Mark Pollard. The Independent Directors of the Company consider, having consulted with Cairn Financial Advisers LLP, the Company's nominated adviser, that the terms of the transaction are fair and reasonable insofar as the Company's shareholders are concerned.

This notification contains Inside Information for the purposes of Article 7 of EU Regulation 596/2014. Upon publication of this notification, this information is now considered to be in the public domain.

Enquiries

CEPS PLC David Horner, Chairman	[phone]
Cairn Financial Advisers LLP Tony Rawlinson, James Caithie, Richard Nash	[phone]

 

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