Starvest PLC Issue of Equity, TVR and Directors' Holdings (4777T)
January 05 2017 - 11:17AM
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RNS Number : 4777T
Starvest PLC
05 January 2017
Thursday 5 January 2017
Starvest Plc ("Starvest" or "the Company")
Issue of Equity, Total Voting Rights and Directors' Holdings
The Company is pleased to announce that it has resolved to issue
a total of 3,300,000 new Ordinary shares of GBP0.01 in the Company
("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 2.00p per Ordinary Share as
follows:
-- To Mr Ronald Bruce Rowan in part settlement of a loan granted
to the Company in September 2015 (the "Loan"), 2,500,000 Ordinary
shares ("Part Settlement"). Following the Part Settlement, the Loan
will be reduced from GBP100,000 to GBP50,000; and
-- To its directors in lieu of a proportion of fees for the
three months ended 31 December 2016. The issue of new Ordinary
Shares to directors is in accordance with the Company's enhanced
focus on limiting the outflow of cash from the business at this
time, thereby preserving cash for investment opportunities as they
present themselves.
The following table shows the number of new Ordinary Shares
issued and their resultant total holdings:
Shareholder/Director Number of Interest % of enlarged
name ordinary in enlarged share capital
shares issued issued share
capital
Ronald Bruce
Rowan 2,500,000 12,670,000 29.03%
Callum N
Baxter 500,000 2,515,872 5.76%
Gemma Cryan 75,000 75,000 0.17%
John Watkins
Note 1 225,000 2,367,142 5.42%
Note 1: Includes 1,200,000 ordinary shares held by his wife, Mrs
Diane Mary Watkins.
Related Party Transaction
Mr Rowan currently holds approximately 25.2% of Starvest's
issued ordinary share capital and as such is considered to be a
related party of the Company as defined by the AIM Rules. The Part
Settlement therefore constitutes a related party transaction
pursuant to AIM Rule 13.
The independent directors, having consulted with Grant Thornton
UK LLP (the Company's nominated adviser), confirm that they are
satisfied that the terms of the Part Settlement are fair and
reasonable insofar as the Company's shareholders are concerned.
Application will be made for the new shares to be admitted to
trading on AIM with admission expected to take place on or around
12 January 2017.
Following admission, the Company's enlarged share capital will
comprise 43,643,446 Ordinary Shares. Therefore the total number of
Ordinary Shares with voting rights is 43,643,446. This figure may
be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by
which they will determine if they are required to notify their
interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under
the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and
Transparency Rules.
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes
of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014.
Callum N Baxter
Chairman & Chief Executive
5 January 2017
Enquiries to:
Callum Baxter, Chairman cbaxter@starvest.co.uk or John Watkins,
Finance Director 07768 512 404; jwatkins@starvest.co.uk
Colin Aaronson or Harrison Clarke - Grant Thornton UK LLP 02073
835 100
Nick Emerson or Andy Thacker - SI Capital Limited 01483 413
500
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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