Result of Retail Offer

DP Poland PLC

16 April 2024

 

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS RESTRICTED AND IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN, INTO OR FROM THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND, THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION WOULD BE UNLAWFUL.

THE COMMUNICATION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS OR MATERIALS RELATING TO THE RETAIL OFFER AS A FINANCIAL PROMOTION IS ONLY BEING MADE TO, AND MAY ONLY BE ACTED UPON BY, THOSE PERSONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FALLING WITHIN ARTICLE 43 OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 (FINANCIAL PROMOTION) ORDER 2005, AS AMENDED (WHICH INCLUDES AN EXISTING MEMBER OF DP POLAND PLC).  ANY INVESTMENT OR INVESTMENT ACTIVITY TO WHICH THIS ANNOUNCEMENT RELATES IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO SUCH PERSONS AND WILL BE ENGAGED IN ONLY WITH SUCH PERSONS.

16 April 2024

DP Poland plc

("DP Poland", the "Group", or the "Company")

Result of Retail Offer

Further to the announcement made by the Company on 28 March 2024, DP Poland, the operator of pizza stores and restaurants across Poland and Croatia, is pleased to announce that it has raised gross proceeds of £1 million pursuant to the Retail Offer which was oversubscribed with the Company receiving orders of c.1.4 times the size of the Retail Offer. As a result, the Company has conditionally raised a total of approximately £20.5 million before expenses pursuant to the Subscription, Placing and Retail Offer (together, the "Fundraise").

The Subscription, Placing and Retail Offer remain subject to, inter alia, the passing of certain Resolutions at a General Meeting of the Company on 18 April 2024.

10,080,645 Ordinary Shares will be issued as a result of the Retail Offer. In total, 206,653,224 New Ordinary Shares will be issued pursuant to the Fundraise.

Application will be made for the Subscription Shares, Placing Shares and Retail Offer Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM and, subject to the passing of the Resolutions, it is expected that Admission will become effective and that dealings in the Subscription Shares, Placing Shares and Retail Offer Shares will commence at 8.00 a.m. on 19 April 2024.

Related Party Transactions

Jeremy Dibb, Non-Executive Director, has participated in the Retail Offer as shown below:

	Number of Existing Ordinary Shares	Percentage of existing issued share capital	Number of New Ordinary Shares subscribed for	Total number of Ordinary Shares held on Admission	Percentage of Enlarged Share Capital on Admission
Jeremy Dibb	752,295	0.11%	241,935	994,230	0.11%

The participation by Jeremy Dibb in the Placing constitutes a related party transaction pursuant to Rule 13 of the AIM Rules for Companies.

The directors (with the exception of Jeremy Dibb who is involved in the transaction as a related party) consider, having consulted with the Company's nominated adviser, Singer Capital Markets Advisory LLP, that the terms of the participation in the Retail Offer by Jeremy Dibb are fair and reasonable insofar as Shareholders are concerned.

Capitalised terms used in this announcement have the meanings given to them in the Circular posted to shareholders on 2 April 2024.

For further enquiries:

DP Poland plc Nils Gornall, Chief Executive Officer	Tel: [phone]
Singer Capital Markets (Nominated Adviser, Broker and Retail Offer Coordinator) Shaun Dobson / Jen Boorer / Oliver Platts	Tel: [phone]

About DP Poland plc

DP Poland has the exclusive right to develop, operate and sub-franchise Domino's Pizza stores in Poland and Croatia. The group operates 116 stores and restaurants throughout cities and towns in Poland and Croatia.

Important Notices

The content of this announcement has been prepared by, and is the sole responsibility of, the Company.

This announcement and the information contained herein is restricted and is not for publication, release or distribution, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, in or into or from the United States (including its territories and possessions, any state of the United States and the District of Columbia, Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, the Republic of South Africa or any other jurisdiction where to do so might constitute a violation of the relevant laws or regulations of such jurisdiction.

The distribution of this announcement may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions and persons into whose possession any document or other information referred to herein comes should inform themselves about and observe any such restriction. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

Singer Capital Markets Securities Limited ("Singer"), which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the FCA is acting exclusively for the Company and no-one else in connection with the transactions and arrangements described in this announcement and will not regard any other person (whether or not a recipient of this announcement) as a client in relation to the transactions and arrangements described in this announcement. Singer is not responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to clients of Singer or for providing advice in connection with the contents of this announcement, or the transactions and arrangements described in this announcement.

Singer Capital Markets Advisory LLP ("SCM Advisory"), which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the FCA, is acting as Nominated Adviser to the Company for the purposes of the AIM Rules and no-one else in connection with the arrangements described in this announcement and will not be responsible to any other person (whether or not a recipient of this announcement) as a client in relation to the transactions and arrangements described in this announcement. SCM Advisory is not responsible to anyone, other than the Company, for providing the protections afforded to clients of SCM Advisory or for providing advice in connection with the contents of this announcement or the transactions and arrangements described herein. SCM Advisory's responsibilities as the Company's Nominated Adviser under the AIM Rules for Nominated Advisers published by the London Stock Exchange plc are owed solely to the London Stock Exchange plc and are not owed to the Company or to any director or to any other person.

Neither the content of the Company's website (or any other website) nor the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other website) is incorporated into or forms part of this announcement. The Retail Offer Shares to be issued or sold pursuant to the Retail Offer will not be admitted to trading on any stock exchange other than AIM.

 

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