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This announcement is an advertisement and not a prospectus. This announcement does not constitute or form part of, and should not be construed as, any offer for sale or subscription of, or solicitation of any offer to buy or subscribe for, any securities in Aurora Investment Trust plc (the "Company") or securities in any other entity, in any jurisdiction, including the United States, nor shall it, or any part of it, or the fact of its distribution, form the basis of, or be relied on in connection with, any contract or investment decision whatsoever, in any jurisdiction. This announcement does not constitute a recommendation regarding any securities. Any investment decision must be made exclusively on the basis of the final prospectus published by the Company and any supplement thereto.
27 September 2017
Aurora Investment Trust plc (the "Company")
Initial Issues Price of 201.94 pence
Further to the announcement on 5 September 2017, the Company announces that the issue price of the New Shares to be issued pursuant to the initial placing, offer for subscription and initial intermediaries offer is 201.94 pence per New Share (bring a premium of 1.25 per cent. to the Net Asset Value per Ordinary Share as at 26 September 2017).
The latest time and date for receipt of commitments and application forms under the Initial Issues is 3.00 p.m. on Thursday 28 September 2017. If applying to an Intermediary in the Intermediaries Offer, please consult the relevant Intermediary in relation to the deadline for your application. It is expected that a further announcement will be made on Thursday 28 September 2017 as to the aggregate number of New Shares to be issued pursuant to the Initial Issues.
The issue of the New Shares is conditional upon the approval of Shareholders at the general meeting to be held at 3.00 p.m. on Thursday, 28 September 2017 at 6 Barton Street, Westminster, London SW1P 3NG and admission of the New Shares to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange, expected to take place on 2 October 2017.
Capitalised terms used but not defined in this announcement have the same meanings as set out in the prospectus published on 5 September 2017.
Enquiries:
Tristan Chapple
Phoenix Asset Management Partners Limited
Tel: 020 8600 0100
Chris Clarke
Liberum Capital Limited
Tel: 020 3100 2000
William Clutterbuck
[email protected]
or
Jason Ochere
[email protected]
Maitland
Tel: 0207 379 5151
John Luetchford
PraxisIFM Fund Services (UK) Limited
Company Secretary to Aurora Investment Trust plc
Tel: 020 7653 9687
Intermediaries Offer
Nigel Morris
Solid Solutions Associates (UK) Ltd
[email protected]
Tel: 020 7549 1613
Important notices
Dickson Minto W.S. and Liberum Capital Limited are authorised and regulated in the UK by the Financial Conduct Authority, are acting exclusively for the Company and for no-one else in connection with the contents of this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to their respective clients, or for affording advice in relation to the contents of this announcement or any matters referred to herein.
No person has been authorised to give any information or to make any representations other than those contained in this announcement and, if given or made, such information or representations must not be relied on as having been authorised by the Company, Dickson Minto W.S., Liberum Capital Limited or any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents. Subject to the Listing Rules and/or the Prospectus Rules and/or the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules and/or the Takeover Code and/or FSMA, neither the delivery of this announcement nor any subscription or acquisition made under it shall, in any circumstances, create any implication that there has been no change in the affairs of the Company since the date of this announcement or that the information in it is correct as of any subsequent date.
This announcement is for information only and does not constitute or form part of any offer or invitation to issue, acquire or dispose of any securities or investment advice in any jurisdiction.
The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014. Upon the publication of this announcement via Regulatory Information Service this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.
