Result of Placing and WRAP Retail Offer

JPMorgan Global Growth & Income PLC

21 February 2024

 

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21 February 2024

JPMorgan Global Growth & Income plc

Result of Placing and WRAP Retail Offer

The Board of JPMorgan Global Growth & Income plc ("JGGI" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the successful completion of the placing (the "Placing") and the WRAP retail offer (the "WRAP Retail Offer") (the Placing and WRAP Retail Offer together, the "Fundraising"), raising gross proceeds of £34.5 million.

The WRAP Retail Offer has been materially oversubscribed, with orders received exceeding the €8m limit and being subject to scale back in accordance with the terms of the Fundraising.

The Company will issue, subject to Admission (defined below), a total of 6,472,847 new ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the capital of the Company ("Shares") (the "New Shares") at a price of 533.75 pence per New Share (the "Issue Price"), representing a 0.60% premium to the cum-income NAV per Share as at 19 February 2024, being the last published NAV per Share prior to the close of the Fundraising, as announced earlier today.

5,198,847 New Shares will be issued pursuant to the Placing and 1,274,000 New Shares will be issued pursuant to the WRAP Retail Offer.

Admission and Settlement

Applications have been made to the Financial Conduct Authority for admission of the New Shares to the premium segment of the Official List and to the London Stock Exchange for admission to trading of the New Shares on its main market for listed securities ("Admission").  It is expected that Admission will become effective at or around 8.00 a.m. on 23 February 2024 and that dealings in the New Shares will commence at that time.

The New Shares will, when issued, be credited as fully paid and rank pari passu with the existing Shares, including the right to receive all future dividends and distributions declared, made or paid, with a record date on or after the date of Admission.

Immediately following Admission, the Company's issued share capital will consist of 438,981,016 Shares with voting rights. This figure may be used by shareholders in determining the denominator for the calculation by which they will establish 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 Placing and the WRAP Retail Offer are conditional on Admission becoming effective. 

Tristan Hillgarth, Chairman of JGGI, commented:

"The level of demand for the Company's shares has been encouraging, in particular, the interest from a new large UK wealth manager alongside other new investors and existing shareholders. The Company has grown significantly in recent years via corporate actions, ongoing share issuance and most importantly, strong performance. This has enabled the Company to deliver scale, with net assets now well in excess of £2bn, and a material increase in the liquidity. The Company's tiered management fee structure ensures that shareholders benefit directly from this increased scale with an ongoing cost figure below 50bps, placing JGGI in a competitive position relative to comparable vehicles."

For further information please contact:

JPMorgan Global Growth & Income plc Tristan Hillgarth	Contact via Company Secretary
JPMorgan Funds Limited	[phone]
Simon Crinage Fin Bodman
JPMorgan Funds Limited (Company Secretary) Divya Amin	[phone]
Winterflood Securities (Broker to the Company) Neil Langford Haris Khawaja	[phone]
Winterflood Retail Access Platform Andrew Stancliffe Phoebe Pankhurst	[e-mail] [phone]

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