Honeycomb Investment Trust PLC Share Buy-Back Programme (6861V)
August 10 2020 - 9:23AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMHONY
RNS Number : 6861V
Honeycomb Investment Trust PLC
10 August 2020
10 August 2020
Honeycomb Investment Trust plc
("Honeycomb" or the "Company")
Share Buy-Back Programme
Honeycomb Investment Trust plc announces the implementation of a
share buyback programme, pursuant to the authority granted at the
Company's Annual General Meeting held on 26 June 2020, to purchase
the Company's ordinary shares of GBP0.01 each (the "Ordinary
Shares"), commencing on 10 August 2020 (the "Buyback Programme").
The Buyback Programme is expected to end no later than 31 August
2021. If the Buyback Programme is subsequently extended or
increased in scale, an announcement will be made at the relevant
time.
In accordance with the resolution passed at the Company's Annual
General Meeting held on 26 June 2020, purchases can be made
pursuant to the Buyback Programme provided, inter alia, that:
(A) the maximum number of Ordinary Shares that may be purchased
is 5,583,762 Ordinary Shares;
(B) the minimum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid
per Ordinary Share is GBP0.01; and
(C) the maximum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid
per Ordinary Share is the higher of (a) an amount equal to 105% of
the average of the mid-market values of the Ordinary Shares for the
five business days immediately preceding the day on which the
Company contracts to purchase the relevant Ordinary Shares; and (b)
an amount equal to the higher of the price of the last independent
trade of an Ordinary Share and the highest current independent
purchase bid at the time on the trading venue on which the purchase
is carried out.
The Company has 39,449,919 Ordinary Shares in issue, of which
2,935,000 Ordinary Shares are held in treasury. Ordinary Shares
purchased by the Company pursuant to the Buyback Programme will be
held in treasury.
The Board believes that implementation of an active share price
discount management strategy through this Buyback Programme works
in the best interest of the Company's shareholders and will be
value accretive to the Company.
Shareholders should be aware that a purchase of Ordinary Shares
by the Company on any trading day may represent a significant
proportion of the daily trading volume in the Ordinary Shares and
could exceed 25 per cent of the average daily trading volume of the
preceding 20 business days.
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes
of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 ("MAR"),
and is disclosed in accordance with the Company's obligations under
Article 17 of MAR.
The person responsible for releasing this announcement on behalf
of the Company is Robert Sharpe, Chairman.
Pollen Street Capital - Investment Manager
Chris Palmer / Matthew Potter: +44 (0)20 3728 6740
Liberum Capital Limited - Broker
Chris Clarke: +44 (0)20 3100 2000
Camarco - Investor Relations
Ed Gascoigne-Pees / Jennifer Renwick: +44 (0)20 3757 4994
Link Company Matters Limited - Corporate Secretary
Paul Johnston : +44 (0)20 7954 9552
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