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Schedule One - Unbound Group PLC

RNS Announcement

RNS Number : 5368Y

AIM

17 January 2022

ANNOUNCEMENT TO BE MADE BY THE AIM APPLICANT PRIOR TO ADMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 2 OF THE AIM RULES FOR COMPANIES ("AIM RULES")

COMPANY NAME:

Unbound Group PLC (currently called Electra Private Equity PLC)

COMPANY REGISTERED OFFICE ADDRESS AND IF DIFFERENT, COMPANY TRADING ADDRESS (INCLUDING POSTCODES) :

Registered address:

17 Old Park Lane

London

W1K 1QT

Trading address

2 Peel Road

West Pimbo

Skelmersdale

WN8 9PT

COUNTRY OF INCORPORATION:

England and Wales

COMPANY WEBSITE ADDRESS CONTAINING ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED BY AIM RULE 26:

https://unboundgroupplc.com/investors/

COMPANY BUSINESS (INCLUDING MAIN COUNTRY OF OPERATION) OR, IN THE CASE OF AN INVESTING COMPANY, DETAILS OF ITS INVESTING POLICY). IF THE ADMISSION IS SOUGHT AS A RESULT OF A REVERSE TAKE-OVER UNDER RULE 14, THIS SHOULD BE STATED:

Unbound Group PLC ("Unbound" or the "Company") will be the parent company for a range of brands focused on the 55 plus demographic. Initially focused on Hotter Shoes, Unbound's curated, multi-brand retail platform will offer additional products and services that will enhance the enjoyment and wellbeing of its targeted customer community. This online platform will be based on the foundations of Hotter Shoes as a trusted brand, cloud-based digital infrastructure, and strong customer personalisation through data insight. Unbound's expanded offering beyond footwear will feature apparel and wellness products and services, with third-party complementary brands featuring alongside new Unbound brands, as well as Hotter Shoes.

Hotter Shoes has been transformed from a retail to a multi-channel business with a strong and growing digital focus over the last 2 years, and is now a fast-growing, profitable and cash-generative e-commerce focused footwear brand. Hotter Shoes provides footwear with uncompromising focus on comfort and fit through the use of differentiating technology, to a targeted demographic that values its brand and products. Hotter Shoes' direct-to-consumer channels now reach 29% of the female population in the UK over the age of 55, providing them with footwear that allows them to do more of what they love. Cultural and demographic shifts now provide an opportunity to further monetise the existing Hotter Shoes customer database and grow it through the addition of similarly themed products beyond footwear.

The Company currently generates revenue globally. The main country of operation is the UK

DETAILS OF SECURITIES TO BE ADMITTED INCLUDING ANY RESTRICTIONS AS TO TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES (i.e. where known, number and type of shares, nominal value and issue price to which it seeks admission and the number and type to be held as treasury shares):

42,258,128 ordinary shares of 25 pence each (including the 3,284,799 shares that will be issued prior to Admission pursuant to the Hotter MIP, as disclosed in the shareholder circular dated 9 December 2021)

No restrictions on the transfer of shares

The Company holds no ordinary shares in treasury

CAPITAL TO BE RAISED ON ADMISSION (AND/OR SECONDARY OFFERING) AND ANTICIPATED MARKET CAPITALISATION ON ADMISSION:

No capital being raised on Admission. Anticipated market cap c.£30m

PERCENTAGE OF AIM SECURITIES NOT IN PUBLIC HANDS AT ADMISSION:

Approximately 42%

DETAILS OF ANY OTHER EXCHANGE OR TRADING PLATFORM TO WHICH THE AIM SECURITIES (OR OTHER SECURITIES OF THE COMPANY) ARE OR WILL BE ADMITTED OR TRADED:

None

FULL NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTORS AND PROPOSED DIRECTORS (underlining the first name by which each is known or including any other name by which each is known):

Neil Anthony Johnson - proposed non executive chairman

Ian Andrew Watson - proposed chief executive officer

Daniel (Dan) Malachy Lampard - proposed chief financial officer

Gavin Maxwell Manson - proposed non-executive director

Paul Andrew Goodson - independent non executive director

Linda Wilding - independent non executive director

Suzanne (Suki) Frances Allison Thompson - independent non executive director

Baroness Kate Rock - independent non executive director

FULL NAMES AND HOLDINGS OF SIGNIFICANT SHAREHOLDERS EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL, BEFORE AND AFTER ADMISSION (underlining the first name by which each is known or including any other name by which each is known):

	% of ISC pre admission	% of ISC post admission
Witan Investment Trust plc	13.1%	13.1%
Fidelity International	11.0%	11.0%
Stephen Welker	5.6%	5.6%
Ian Watson	5.0%	5.0%
Aviva plc	4.7%	4.7%
Crown Sigma UCITS plc	3.6%	3.6%
Columbia Threadneedle	3.4%	3.4%

Both the pre and post admission columns include the 3,284,799 shares that will be issued prior to Admission pursuant to the Hotter MIP, as disclosed in the shareholder circular dated 9 December 2021

NAMES OF ALL PERSONS TO BE DISCLOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SCHEDULE 2, PARAGRAPH (H) OF THE AIM RULES:

· Hypnotion Limited

· One Advisory

· KPMG

· BDO

· Alvarez & Marsal

· Interpath Advisory

· Vico Partners

(i) ANTICIPATED ACCOUNTING REFERENCE DATE

(ii) DATE TO WHICH THE MAIN FINANCIAL INFORMATION IN THE ADMISSION DOCUMENT HAS BEEN PREPARED (this may be represented by unaudited interim financial information)

(iii) DATES BY WHICH IT MUST PUBLISH ITS FIRST THREE REPORTS PURSUANT TO AIM RULES 18 AND 19:

(i) 30 January

(ii) 1 August 2021 (audited interim financial information)

(iii) 30 July 2022 (audited accounts for the 16 months to 30 January 2022);

31 October 2022 (unaudited interims for the 6 months to 31 July 2022;

5 August 2023 (audited accounts for the 12 months to 5 February 2023)

EXPECTED ADMISSION DATE:

31 January 2022

NAME AND ADDRESS OF NOMINATED ADVISER:

Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited

150 Cheapside

London

EC2V 6ET

NAME AND ADDRESS OF BROKER:

Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited

150 Cheapside

London

EC2V 6ET

OTHER THAN IN THE CASE OF A QUOTED APPLICANT, DETAILS OF WHERE (POSTAL OR INTERNET ADDRESS) THE ADMISSION DOCUMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM, WITH A STATEMENT THAT THIS WILL CONTAIN FULL DETAILS ABOUT THE APPLICANT AND THE ADMISSION OF ITS SECURITIES:

The admission document, which will contain full details of the applicant and its securities, will be available from https://unboundgroupplc.com/investors/

THE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CODE THE APPLICANT HAS DECIDED TO APPLY

The QCA Corporate Governance Code

DATE OF NOTIFICATION:

17 January 2022

NEW/ UPDATE:

NEW

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RNS metadata

Title: Schedule One - Unbound Group PLC
Time: 08:00:01
Date: 17 Jan 2022
Category: Capital structure
ID: 5368Y