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VSA Capital Group PLC
09 September 2021
DATE: 9 September 2021
VSA Capital Group plc
("VSA", the "Company" or together with its subsidiaries the
"Group")
Admission to Trading on the AQSE Growth Market
VSA Capital Group plc, an international investment banking and
broking firm, with offices in London and Shanghai, is pleased to
announce that its entire issued share capital of 19,428,966
ordinary shares of 1p ("Ordinary Shares") will commence trading on
the Access segment of the Aquis Stock Exchange Growth Market ("AQSE
Growth Market") at 8 am (UK time) today ("Admission"). The Ordinary
Shares will trade under the ticker VSA and ISIN number
GB00BMXR4K91.
Alfred Henry Corporate Finance Limited is acting as the Aquis
Stock Exchange Corporate Adviser to the Company.
Subscription
Subject to Admission, the Company has raised gross proceeds of
GBP252,560 (the "Subscription") through the issue of 1,202,666
Ordinary Shares ("Subscription Shares") to a limited number of
qualifying investors, at a price of 21p per share (the
"Subscription Price").
Andrew Monk, CEO of VSA, said: "It is an exciting day for any
company to start trading on a London stock market and at VSA we are
delighted to be listing on Aquis, the growth market for companies
listing in London. We hope many of our future clients follow our
path and enjoy the same success. VSA is listing as it is now in a
position to take the next steps in its growth trajectory and become
a much more significant player in the capital markets."
Company Information
VSA is an international investment banking and broking firm,
with offices in London and Shanghai, providing corporate finance,
advisory and capital markets services to private and public
companies. VSA's focus is on providing an independent,
solutions-driven service to clients across multiple sectors with a
particular focus on natural resources, transitional energy,
alternative energy, technology, media and telecoms (TMT) and the
consumer and leisure sectors.
VSA acts as retained adviser or broker to listed or quoted
companies on various exchanges, and many of its clients are
capitalised at over GBP100m.
VSA's longstanding focus on the natural resources sector has
resulted in long-lasting and deep relationships across the world
particularly in Asia and Africa as well as a strong understanding
of the cultural nuances associated with doing business in each.
This sector focus has meant that VSA has been an early mover in the
transitional energy space and has leading expertise in executing
capital markets strategies across the full battery storage supply
chain.
VSA also owns minority stakes in Benjiami Limited ("Benjiami") a
cryptocurrency and blockchain focused investment house, Pure
Reports Limited ("Pure Reports") a research, consulting, and
advisory business to companies engaged in blockchain activities and
Shanghai Mining Club Limited ("Shanghai Mining Club") a forum to
connect western mining companies with the broader Chinese
investment community.
As well as VSA's permanent presence in Shanghai it has joint
venture partnerships with Faida Investment Bank Limited ("Faida") a
leading investment bank regulated by the Capital Markets Authority
in Kenya and with Moshe Capital Pty Ltd ("Moshe Capital") an
advisory and investment firm, regulated by the Financial Services
Board in South Africa, that advises and invests in African
companies.
Details of Directors
The full names of the Directors of the Company and positions are
as follows:
Andrew Anthony Monk, Executive Director and Chief Executive
Officer
Andrew's stockbroking career spans over 36 years. In that time,
he has built up strong relationships with many major global
institutions and has a conducted a wealth of financial transactions
in a wide range of sectors.
He is the current Chief Executive Officer of VSA Capital
Limited. He began his career at Stock Beech in Bristol in 1984,
moving to Scott Goff Layton (which became Smith New Court, Merrill
Lynch and now Bank of America). He subsequently joined Schroder
Securities and then ABN AMRO Hoare Govett for 11 years before
founding Oriel Securities as Joint Chief Executive Officer and is a
former Chief Executive Officer of Blue Oar Securities plc.
His current directorships include non-executive director of
Anglo African Agriculture plc, an African producer and supplier of
agricultural products, executive director of Benjiami, a crypto
investment bank and executive chairman of Shanghai Mining Club
Limited. Andrew graduated with a degree in Chemistry from Oriel
College, Oxford. He holds the FCA Controlled Functions SMF1 and
SMF3.
Andrew Joseph Raca, Executive Director and Head of Corporate
Finance
Andrew has over 30 years' experience in a broad range of
corporate finance advisory, fundraising and equity capital markets
activities. He joined Andrew Monk at VSA Capital Limited in 2011,
having worked previously together when he was Head of Corporate
Finance at Blue Oar Securities plc.
He started his career in corporate finance and banking at
Barclays de Zoete Wedd and then worked in his family's
manufacturing and logistics businesses with operations in Central
and Eastern Europe. Subsequently he went on to hold senior
positions in Corporate Finance at Albert E Sharp Securities, Arthur
Andersen, Ernst & Young (where he became Head of the regional
Capital Markets Advisory practice), Arden Partners, Libertas
Capital, Blue Oar Securities and Shore Capital. Andrew is a
director of Shanghai Mining Club Limited. Andrew graduated with a
degree in Politics from the University of Bristol. He holds the FCA
Controlled Function SMF3.
Marcia Manarin, Executive Director, Company Secretary and
Finance Director
Marcia started her career in the financial industry working for
Bradesco in Sao Paulo, Brazil and relocated to London in 2001.
Since arriving in the United Kingdom, Marcia qualified as a
chartered accountant in 2008 (CIMA) and has worked in senior roles
in both Finance and Operations within both energy and financial
services sectors, including Tristone Capital (Macquarie Group) and
FirstEnergy/GMP Capital (acquired by Stifel in Dec/2019).
Marcia graduated with a degree from Faculdades Integradas
Alcântara Machado - Faculdades de Artes Alcântara Machado. Marcia
holds the FCA Controlled Functions SMF3, SMF16 and SMF17.
Mark David Crawford Steeves, Independent Non-Executive
Chairman
Mark began his business career as a shipbroker, before becoming
joint owner of a marine consultancy and ship management company,
which was sold to Aminex plc. Following the sale, he ran Aminex's
procurement and oil eld service business, Amossco Ltd. In 2002, he
joined HSBC Insurance Brokers as a Business Development Director,
eventually becoming Head of Energy, then, Head of Africa, before
HSBC sold its insurance subsidiary in March 2010.
Mark then established Samphire & Associates Ltd, a
consultancy and advisory services business focused on African
related businesses. He served on the board Britain Nigeria Business
Council (2007 to 2009), the Business Council for Africa (2009 to
2015), Resolution Insurance (2014 to 2015), Phoenix Africa
Development Co Ltd (2010 to 2019) and Leon Africa (2012 to 2016).
Mark has also been a mentor for the Women-Led Business Programme
run by Femmes Africa Solidarité and, until 2020, served on the
advisory board of Moshe Capital, a South African Broad-Based Black
Economic Empowerment woman owned advisory and investment firm. Mark
holds the FCA Controlled Function SMF9.
Ruiwen (Andy) Chen, Independent Non-Executive Director
Andy has over 10 years' experience as a project consultant to
small and growing public companies. He has considerable experience
in a number of sectors, and advising on corporate governance for
quoted companies. In 2018, Andy founded VFund (Jersey), an
alternative investment fund specializing in Scotch whisky
investment. VFund is regulated by the Jersey Financial Services
Commission (JFSC). In addition, VFund has set up a private whisky
experience centre in London. Over the years, Andy has introduced a
number of cross-border investments from Asia to the UK. He worked
as a financial analyst for IBM UK in his early career and is
currently a director of several companies. Andy gained a master's
degree in Management with Marketing from the University of
Bath.
Sector Classification:
The Company will be classified as a financial services company
on the Aquis Exchange Growth Market.
Registered office and principal place of business:
The Company's head office and primary place of business is
located at New Liverpool House, 15-17 Eldon Street, London EC2M
7LD.
Company website:
www.vsacapital.com
Admission Document
The Company's admission document is available to view on its
website www.vsacapital.com
This announcement, together with any documents incorporated by
reference, shall be deemed to constitute an admission document for
the purposes of the AQSE Growth Market Rules for Issuers - Access.
It has not been approved or reviewed by the Aquis Stock Exchange or
the Financial Conduct Authority.
For more information, please contact:
VSA Capital +44(0)20 3005 5000
Andrew Monk, CEO
Andrew Raca, Head of Corporate Finance
Marcia Manarin, Finance Director
+44 (0)20 3772
Alfred Henry - AQSE Corporate Adviser 0021
Jon Issacs www.alfredhenry.com
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