10 December 2021
East Imperial plc
("East Imperial" or the "Company")
Director Shareholding
East Imperial, the global purveyor of ultra-premium beverages, announces that, further to the announcement made on the 9th December 2021 regarding the exercise of options by Rabindra Lal Soni (Rob Soni), former Chairperson of the Company, and Andrew Robertson, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Company, application has now been made to the London Stock Exchange for the issue of a total of 6,781,509 ordinary shares of 1 pence per share in the capital of the Company (together, the "New Ordinary Shares"), and trading on the Main Market is expected to occur on or around the 16th December 2021 ("Admission"). The issued new Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing Ordinary Shares.
As stated previously, following admission of the New Ordinary Shares, the Company's issued ordinary share capital will comprise 305,772,114 ordinary shares, none of which are held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of ordinary shares with voting rights in East Imperial following admission will be 305,772,114.
The above figure of 305,772,114 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 Guidance and Transparency Rules.
The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information for the purposes of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended. Upon the publication of this announcement via a Regulatory Information Service, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain .
For more information on East Imperial, please visit https://investors.eastimperial.com .
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