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("Amigo" "PLC" or the "Company")
Capital Raise
The Loan Notes are convertible at a price of 0.3p per Amigo new ordinary shares of 0.25p each fully paid ("Conversion Price") into a maximum of 500,000,000 Amigo new ordinary shares of 0.25p each fully paid ("Conversion Shares"). The Loan Notes are subject only to approval by shareholders at a General Meeting for the waiver of their pre-emption rights and the issue of new ordinary shares at a discount to the last closing mid-market price of more than 10%. Amigo will make announcements regarding the General Meeting in due course.
The Loan Notes are mandatorily convertible by Amigo in two tranches:
"First Tranche" - Amigo will convert up to
The maximum number of Conversion Shares issued on conversion of the First Tranche of the Loan Notes represent 65.7% of the current issued share capital of 570,352,960 ordinary shares (before issue of the Fee Shares (see below)) and 59.8% of the issued share capital of 627,388,256 ordinary share capital as enlarged by the issue of the Fee Shares.
"Second Tranche" - The balance of the Loan Notes which convert into a further 125,000,000 Conversion Shares will only be converted by Amigo and the Conversion Shares issued either on publication of a prospectus, most likely in respect of any Reverse Takeover ("RTO"), or as otherwise permitted subsequently under the POATRs.
Shareholders should note that there is no guarantee an RTO will be agreed. If an RTO is agreed, it would be conditional on, inter alia, Amigo shareholder approval and publication of a prospectus approved by the FCA and re-admission of the enlarged share capital to the Official List and to trading on the Main Market of the
Full conversion of the Loan Notes would result in the issue in aggregate of up to 500,000,000 Conversion Shares, representing 87.7% of the current issued share capital of 570,352,960 ordinary shares (before issue of the Fee Shares) and 79.7% of the issued share capital of 627,388,256 ordinary share capital as enlarged by the issue of the Fee Shares.
The Board is fully aware of the pre-emption rights of existing shareholders, but the disproportionate expense of issuing a prospectus (estimated at over
Issue of
As set out in the announcement on
Craig's consultancy fee of
The
Amigo will apply for the Fee Shares to be admitted to the Equity Shares (Commercial Companies) Category of the Official List and to be admitted to trading on the main market for listed securities of the
"This fund raising is testament to Craig's ability to attract new risk capital investors and is an important step in creating a future for Amigo and value for shareholders. While there's no certainty that a deal will happen, we believe Craig's experience significantly improves our chances of making it possible."
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