Anglo African Agriculture plc
(“AAAP” or the “Company”)
Publication of Prospectus
Anglo African Agriculture plc (LSE: AAAP), the London Main board listed food manufacturing and distribution company, is pleased to announce that the Prospectus dated 22 March 2017 (the “Prospectus”) relating to the issue by the Company of 93,587,829 Ordinary Shares (the “Issue”) has been approved by the UK Listing Authority. The Issue relates to the Ordinary Shares that were allotted by the Company through the following transactions:
| Date |
Transaction |
Ordinary Shares Issued |
| April 2016 |
Share Subscription (the “April Subscription”) |
15,000,000 |
| September 2016 |
Share Subscription (the “September Subscription”) |
70,895,521 |
| March 2017 |
Acquisition of interest in DIA |
7,692,308 |
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Total |
93,587,829 |
The Ordinary Shares that form part of the Issue will be admitted to the Standard Listing segment of the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange Main Market for listed securities. Admission will become effective and dealings will commence at 8 a.m on 27 March 2017.
Once admitted, the Ordinary Shares will, rank pari passu in all respects with the existing ordinary shares of 0.1p each in the Company.
The Company's enlarged issued ordinary share capital is comprised of 188,483,954 Ordinary Shares. This figure of 188,483,954 Ordinary Shares may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Availability of the Prospectus
Full details of the Issue are contained in the Prospectus which has been published by the Company today. The Prospectus has also been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority and copies of the Prospectus will shortly be available for download from the Company’s website (www.aaaplc.com) and from the National Storage Mechanism (www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM).
For further information, please contact:
| Anglo African Agriculture plc |
+44 (0) 20 7440 0640 |
David Lenigas, Non-Executive Chairman
Rob Scott, Non-Executive Director |
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| VSA Capital Limited (Financial Adviser and Broker) |
+44 (0) 20 3005 5000 |
| Andrew Raca / James Asensio |
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