Issue of Equity
December 23 2009 - 9:46AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMCGA
RNS Number : 6578E
China Gateway International PLC
23 December 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 23 December 2009
China Gateway International PLC
("China Gateway", "CGI" or "the Company")
Issue of Equity
China Gateway is pleased to announce that pursuant to a subscription agreement
dated 30 October 2009 ("the Agreement"), the Company have issued 1,570,283 new
ordinary shares ("the Shares") to certain
existing shareholders at a price of
9.45p per Share, that price being a 10% discount to the mid-market price at the
close of business on 29 October 2009. The subscription will raise, net of
expenses, GBP148,391.74 in cash and the monies will be used for general working
capital purposes.
The subscription will include the following "related party" transactions under
the AIM Rules.
+------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------+
| Name | Related Party | Participation | Resulting |
| | | | holding |
+------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------+
| Laxey Partners | Substantial | 355,891 | 5,173,234 |
| | shareholder | | (22.92%) |
+------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------+
| Brian Moritz | Director | 211,640 | 211,640 (0.93%) |
+------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------+
| Omega Properties | Directors' | 308,254 | 6,369,293 |
| Limited * | interests | | (28.21%) |
+------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------+
| Blenheim Limited | Directors' | 308,254 | 6,369,293 |
| ** | interests | | (28.21%) |
+------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------+
| Heritage | Directors' | 142,222 | 1,692,945 (7.5%) |
| Building Limited | interests | | |
| ** | | | |
+------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------+
| Robin Bolton *** | Director | 105,820 | 105,820 (0.46%) |
+------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------+
* The shares in Omega Properties Limited are registered in the name of F&A
Services Limited, a company incorporated in Malta, which holds them on
discretionary trust for a class of beneficiaries which includes Ken Wills,
Director and CEO of CGI Plc.
** The shares in Blenheim Limited and Heritage Building Limited are registered
in the name of F&A Services Limited, a company incorporated in Malta, which
holds them on discretionary trust for a class of beneficiaries which includes
Chris Seymour-Prosser, the Managing Director of CGI Plc.
*** Robin Bolton's shares will be held in the name of Adam Nominees. Robin
Bolton is the Non-Executive Chairman of CGI Plc.
Following the issue of Shares, Ken Wills will hold 6,369,293 shares or 28.28%
of the share capital in the Company, and Chris Seymour-Prosser will hold
8,062,237 shares, or 35.80% of the share capital in the Company.
The Board of Directors, with the exception of those Directors who are involved
as participants in the placing as set out in the table above, considers, having
consulted with the Company's nominated adviser, that the terms of the
transactions are fair and reasonable insofar as its shareholders are concerned.
Application will be made for the new ordinary shares, which will rank, pari
passu with all existing ordinary shares, to be admitted to trading on AIM.
Trading is expected to commence on or around 31 December 2009.
Ends
For further information, please contact:
+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| China Gateway International PLC | +44 (0) 1843 822444 |
| Ken Wills | |
+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| | |
+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| Beaumont Cornish Limited | +44 (0) 20 7628 3396 |
| Roland Cornish | |
+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| | |
+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| David Bick/Mark Longson | +44 (0) 20 7929 5599 |
+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| | |
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This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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