Result of Placing

RNS Number : 3682D

Ground Rents Income Fund PLC

28 January 2015

 

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28 January 2015

Ground Rents Income Fund plc

Result of Placing

Ground Rents Income Fund plc ("GRIF" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that, further to its announcement on 12 January 2015, it has successfully raised approximately £9 million (before costs) through a placing of 8,451,428 new ordinary shares of 50 pence each in the Company ("New Ordinary Shares") at an issue price of 107 pence (the "Placing").

The net proceeds of the Placing will, after deducting all expenses (being approximately £214,000), be used to enable GRIF to complete a pipeline of investments including a number of option agreements that have been arranged by Brooks Macdonald Funds Limited, as Investment Adviser, on behalf of the Company.  This would provide shareholders with further high-quality, income-producing assets.

The Placing is conditional on admission of the New Ordinary Shares to the Official List of the Channel Islands Securities Exchange Authority Limited (CISEA) and to trading on the SETSqx platform of the London Stock Exchange plc (LSE) (together, "Admission"). Application has been made to CISEA for all of the New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to the Official List and to the LSE for all the New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on the SETSqx platform. It is expected that Admission will become effective, and that dealings in the New Ordinary Shares will commence, on 30 January 2015.

The New Ordinary Shares were placed by N+1 Singer, the Company's financial adviser and corporate broker.

Malcolm Naish, Chairman of GRIF, commented:

"We are delighted with the strong level of support shown for this oversubscribed capital raise. It reflects the continued backing of the Company's strategy, which is to provide secure long-term performance through investment in long-dated UK ground rents. The ground rents sector continues to perform strongly and the Company's Investment Adviser has identified an exciting pipeline of suitable investment opportunities."

Total Voting Rights

Immediately following Admission, the Company's issued share capital will consist of 92,965,711 ordinary shares. This figure 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 share capital of the Company.

The New Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with, and will have the same rights as, the ordinary shares of the Company already in issue, and will rank equally for dividends with existing ordinary shares.

Expected Timetable

Admission and commencement of dealings in New Ordinary Shares on CISEA and SETSqx	8.00 a.m. on 30 January 2015
CREST accounts expected to be credited with New Ordinary Shares	30 January 2015

Contacts:

Brooks Macdonald Funds Limited Simon Wombwell / James Agar	020 7499 6424
N+1 Singer James Maxwell / Emily Watts - Corporate Finance Alan Geeves / Sam Greatrex - Sales	020 7496 3000
Appleby Securities (Channel Islands) Limited Kate Storey	01481 755 600
Tavistock Jeremy Carey / James Whitmore	020 7920 3150

Website: www.groundrentsincomefund.com

 

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