DP Poland plc
("DP Poland" ,"DPP", "the Company" or "the Group")
Result of General Meeting
DP Poland plc, the Company which holds the exclusive rights to develop and operate Domino's Pizza stores in Poland, through its wholly owned subsidiary DP Polska SA, is pleased to announce that all resolutions were duly passed at a General Meeting of the Company held earlier today.
The Company has raised £2,750,000 through a placing of 4,583,334 Ordinary Shares at a price of 60p per share.
Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for the admission of 3,768,334 Ordinary Shares which are expected to be admitted to trading on AIM in two tranches (the balance having already been admitted to trading); 1,542,000 Ordinary Shares on 20 January 2012 and a further 2,226,334 Ordinary Shares on 23 January 2012. Following the admissions the Company will have a total of 24,361,906 Ordinay Shares in issue.
The Open Offer
The Open Offer to all qualifying shareholders to raise a maximum of £1 million is open with:
- 1 Open Offer Share for every 11.86714 Ordinary Shares held on the record date of 13 January 2012
- excess applications possible to extent not otherwise taken up
- trading in Open Offer shares anticipated to commence 7 February 2012
Further details of the Open Offer can be found in the Circular sent to shareholders on 23 December 2011, available on the Company's website at www.dppoland.com
Peter Shaw, Chief Executive, said:
"I am delighted that we have secured this funding for our continued expansion in Poland. We will continue to expand our estate in Warsaw increasing market penetration and building awareness of our brand and the quality of our offer to drive sales.
Our Open Offer is available to qualifying shareholders until 6 February at a discount of approaching 10% to closing middle market price on 22 December 2011 before EIS (income tax and CGT) tax relief for which the shares are eligible. "
19 January 2012
Enquiries:
DP Poland plc |
Today c/o College Hill: 07831 379 122 |
Peter Shaw, Chief Executive |
Thereafter: 020 3393 6854 |
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College Hill |
07831 379 122 |
Matthew Smallwood |
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Seymour Pierce |
020 7107 8000 |
Guy Peters/Catherine Leftley - Corporate Finance |
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David Banks/Jacqui Briscoe - Corporate Broking |