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Ince Group PLC (The)
15 January 2020
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15 January 2020
The Ince Group plc
("Ince" or the "Company" or the "Group")
Result of Placing
The Ince Group plc (AIM:INCE), the interna onal legal and professional services company, announces that, further to its announcement at 7.00 a.m. today, it has successfully completed the Bookbuild which is now closed.
The condi onal Placing has raised £12 million (before expenses) through the placing of 26,666,667 new Ordinary Shares with certain existing and new institutional shareholders at an Issue Price of 45 pence per share.
The Placing is conditional upon, inter alia, approval by Shareholders at the General Meeting and Admission.
It is expected that the Placing Shares will be admi ed to trading on AIM at 8.00 a.m. on or around 4 February 2020 (or such later date as may be agreed between the Company and Arden, but no later than 18 February 2020).
Adrian Biles, CEO of Ince, said:
"This marks the comple on of the Ince merger. The Ince transac on was in two parts: the UK business was acquired in December 2018; and the overseas offices joined the Group in April 2019. The closer overseas integra on has completed the establishment of the platform as an international brand, with a world class offering.
"The funds raised will ensure that the Group can con nue to capitalise on market opportuni es, including new lateral hires. The Group has recently been joined by a number of very high calibre partners and fee earners and we are on track to deliver outstanding growth.
"I am very pleased that so many of our exis ng investors and some new ins tu onal shareholders have supported this fundraise albeit at a significant discount to the market price of the Company's shares, which is an unfortunate feature of the current market conditions."
Director Participation
The following Directors of the Company participated in the Placing:
Name of Director | Number of Placing | Ordinary Shares | Total interest in the | |
Shares subscribed for | following the | enlarged issued share | ||
at the Placing Price | Placing | capital, assuming full | ||
subscription under | ||||
the Offers (%) | ||||
Adrian Biles, CEO | 3,333,333 | 10,943,997 | 15.0 | |
Anthony | Edwards, | 44,444 | 77,821 | 0.1 |
Non-Executive | ||||
Chairman | ||||
Christopher Yates, CFO | 111,111 | 687,208 | 0.9 |
General Meeting
- Circular explaining the background to and reasons for the Placing, Open Offer and Staff Offer and containing the No ce of General Mee ng which will take place at 11.00 a.m. on 3 February 2020 at the offices of Ince Gordon Dadds LLP at Aldgate Tower, 2 Leman Street, London E1 8QN, is expected to be posted to shareholders tomorrow. A copy of
the Circular and No ce of General Mee ng will therea er be made available on the Company's website: www.theincegroup.com.
The further terms and condi ons of the Placing, Open Offer and Staff Offer are set out in the Company's announcement at 7.00 a.m. today.
Admission
Comple on of the Placing, Open Offer and Staff Offer remains subject, inter alia, to the passing of the Resolu ons at the General Mee ng and to Admission of the New Ordinary Shares. It is expected that dealings in the New Ordinary Shares will commence on 4 February 2020 (or such me and/or date as the Company and Arden may agree, being not later than 18 February 2020).
The Company's total vo ng rights will be confirmed once the result of the Open Offer and Staff Offer has been confirmed but based on the issue of the Placing Shares only will upon Admission be no less than 63,993,397 Ordinary Shares.
Capitalised terms in this Announcement shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Company's announcement at 7.00 a.m. today.
For further information please contact: | |
The Ince Group plc | investorrelations@incegd.com |
Adrian Biles, Group Chief Executive | |
Christopher Yates, Chief Financial Officer | |
Arden Partners plc | |
Nominated Advisor and Broker to the Company | +44 (0) 20 7614 5900 |
John Llewellyn-Lloyd, Corporate Finance | |
Ciaran Walsh, Corporate Finance | |
Dan Gee-Summons, Corporate Finance | |
Fraser Marshall, Equity Sales | |
Portland Communications | +4 (0) 20 7554 1789 |
Steffan Williams | ince@portland-communications.com |
Simon Hamer | |
Charles Harbord |
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