• 21 May 25
 

Trakm8 Holdings PLC - Publication and Posting of Scheme Document


Trakm8 Holdings PLC | TRAK | 8.8 0 0.0% | Mkt Cap: 4.37m



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Trakm8 Holdings PLC
21 May 2025
 

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OR REGULATONS OF THAT JURISDICTION

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

 

21 May 2025

 

RECOMMENDED CASH ACQUISITION OF

 

TRAKM8 HOLDINGS PLC

 

BY

 

BRILLIAN UK LIMITED

 

(a company within the Omegro portfolio and wholly-owned, indirectly, by Constellation Software Inc.)

 

to be effected by means of a scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006

 

Publication and Posting of Scheme Document

 

On 1 May 2025, the boards of directors of Brillian UK Limited ("Brillian UK") and Trakm8 Holdings plc ("Trakm8"), announced that they had reached an agreement on the terms and conditions of a recommended cash acquisition by Brillian UK for the entire issued, and to be issued, ordinary share capital of Trakm8 (the "Acquisition"). It is intended that the Acquisition will be effected by means of a court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Scheme").

 

Publication of the Scheme Document

 

The Trakm8 Directors are pleased to announce that a circular in relation to the Scheme (the "Scheme Document"), which includes, amongst other things, a letter from the Chairman of Trakm8, the full terms and conditions of the Scheme, a statutory explanatory statement pursuant to section 897 of the Companies Act 2006, an expected timetable of principal events, notices of the Court Meeting and the General Meeting and details of the actions to be taken by Trakm8 Shareholders, has been published today on Trakm8's website (subject to any restrictions relating to persons resident in Restricted Jurisdictions) at https://www.trakm8.com/investors/offer-documentation.

 

Hard copies of the Scheme Document and Forms of Proxy for the Court Meeting and the General Meeting are being sent today to Trakm8 Shareholders. Persons with information rights, holders of options and/or awards granted under the Trakm8 Share Plans and holders of the Trakm8 Convertible Loan Notes may request a hard copy of the Scheme Document, for information purposes only, by contacting Trakm8's registrars, Neville Registrars, between 9.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. (London time) Monday to Friday (except public holidays in England and Wales) on +44 121 585 1131 or by submitting a request in writing to Neville Registrars, Neville House, Steelpark Road, Halesowen, B62 8HD. Trakm8 Shareholders may also request a hard copy of the information incorporated into the Scheme Document by reference to another source, free of charge, by contacting Trakm8's Registrar, Neville Registrars, by telephone or in writing as set out above, stating their name and the address to which the hard copy should be sent.

 

A letter sent to holders of Trakm8 Convertible Loan Notes in accordance with Rule 15 of the Takeover Code as well as a letter to participants in the Trakm8 Share Plans has been made available today on Trakm8's  website at https://www.trakm8.com/investors/offer-documentation.

 

Capitalised terms used in this announcement (the "Announcement") shall, unless otherwise defined, have the same meanings as set out in the Scheme Document. All references to times in this Announcement are to London, United Kingdom times unless stated otherwise.

 

Action required and notices of the Court Meeting and the General Meeting

 

As further detailed in the Scheme Document, in order to become Effective, the Scheme will require, among other things: (i) approval of the Scheme at the Court Meeting (or any adjournment thereof) by a majority in number of Scheme Shareholders present and voting (and entitled to vote), in person or by proxy, representing 75 per cent. or more in value of the Scheme Shares held by those Scheme Shareholders; (ii) approval of the Resolutions at the General Meeting (or any adjournment thereof) by Trakm8 Shareholders, representing 75 per cent. or more in value of the votes cast at the General Meeting (in person or by proxy); (iii) the sanction of the Scheme by the Court (with or without modification but subject to any modification being on terms agreed by Trakm8 and Brillian UK); and (iv) the delivery of a copy of the Court Order to the Registrar of Companies. The Scheme is also subject to the satisfaction or (where applicable) waiver of the Conditions and further terms that are set out in the Scheme Document.

 

Notices convening the Court Meeting and the General Meeting, both of which will be held at 4 Roman Park Roman Way, Coleshill, Birmingham, West Midlands, B46 1HG on Thursday 19 June 2025, are set out in the Scheme Document. The Court Meeting will start at 10.00 a.m. on that date and the General Meeting at 10.15 a.m. or as soon thereafter as the Court Meeting concludes or is adjourned. Any changes to the arrangements for the Court Meeting and the General Meeting will be communicated to Scheme Shareholders and Trakm8 Shareholders before the relevant Meeting, through Trakm8's website at https://www.trakm8.com/investors/offer-documentation and by announcement through a Regulatory Information Service.

 

It is important that, for the Court Meeting in particular, as many votes as possible are cast so that the Court may be satisfied that there is a fair representation of opinion of Scheme Shareholders. Therefore, whether or not you intend to attend both or either of the Court Meeting or the General Meeting, Scheme Shareholders and Trakm8 Shareholders are strongly encouraged to: (i) sign and return their Forms of Proxy by post; or (ii) transmit a proxy appointment and voting instruction through the CREST electronic proxy appointment service or Neville Registrars' online voting facility as soon as possible in accordance with the instructions printed thereon, but in any event so as to be received by Trakm8's registrar, Neville Registrars, not later than 48 hours before the relevant Meeting (excluding any part of such 48 hour period falling on a day that is not a working day) or, in the case of any adjournment, not later than 48 hours before the time fixed for the adjourned Meeting (excluding any part of such 48 hour period falling on a day that is not a working day). Scheme Shareholders and Trakm8 Shareholders are also strongly encouraged to appoint "the Chairman of the meeting" as their proxy for the General Meeting and the Court Meeting.

 

Recommendation

 

The Trakm8 Directors, who have been so advised by Allenby Capital as to the financial terms of the Acquisition, consider the terms of the Acquisition to be fair and reasonable. In providing its advice to the Trakm8 Directors, Allenby Capital has taken into account the commercial assessments of the Trakm8 Directors. Allenby Capital is providing independent financial advice to the Trakm8 Directors for the purposes of Rule 3 of the Takeover Code.

 

Accordingly, the Trakm8 Directors recommend unanimously that Trakm8's Shareholders vote in favour of the Scheme at the Court Meeting and the Resolutions to be proposed at the General Meeting as the Trakm8 Directors have irrevocably undertaken to do in respect of their own beneficial holdings (and the beneficial holdings of their close relatives and related trusts), being, in aggregate, 11,549,793 Trakm8 Shares (representing approximately 23.11 per cent. of the existing issued ordinary share capital of Trakm8) as at 30 April 2025 (being the last Business Day prior to the date of the Company's announcement on 1 May 2025).

 

Trakm8 Shareholders should carefully read the Scheme Document in its entirety before making a decision with respect to the Scheme.

 

Timetable

 

The Scheme Document contains an expected timetable of principal events in relation to the Scheme, which is also set out in the Appendix to this Announcement. The Scheme remains conditional on the approval of the requisite majority of eligible Scheme Shareholders at the Court Meeting, the requisite majority of eligible Trakm8 Shareholders at the General Meeting, the satisfaction or (if capable of waiver) waiver of the other Conditions set out in the Scheme Document, and the sanction of the Court.

 

If the Scheme is sanctioned as outlined above, it is expected that the last day of dealings in, and registration of transfers of, Trakm8 Shares on AIM will be the Business Day immediately prior to the Effective Date, following which Trakm8 will make an application to the London Stock Exchange for suspension of dealings in Trakm8 Shares on AIM with effect by 7.30 a.m. on the Effective Date. It is intended that the cancellation of admission of the Trakm8 Shares to trading on AIM will take effect at 7.30 a.m. on the Business Day following the Effective Date. In addition, entitlements to Trakm8 Shares held within the CREST system will be cancelled and share certificates in respect of Scheme Shares will cease to be valid and should, if so requested by Trakm8, be sent to Trakm8 for cancellation.

 

Trakm8 will make further announcements through a Regulatory Information Service, with such announcements also being made available on Trakm8's website at  https://www.trakm8.com/investors/offer-documentation, in relation to the expected timetable set out in the Appendix to this Announcement. The dates and times given in the expected timetable are indicative only and are based on Trakm8's current expectations and may be subject to change (including as a result of changes to the regulatory timetable).

 

Information for Trakm8 Shareholders

 

If you have any questions about this Announcement, the Scheme Document, the Court Meeting or the General Meeting, or are in any doubt as to how to complete the Forms of Proxy or to submit your proxies electronically or online, please contact Trakm8's registrar, Neville Registrars, between 9.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. (London time) Monday to Friday (except public holidays in England and Wales) on +44 121 585 1131 or by submitting a request in writing to Neville Registrars, Neville House,
Steelpark Road, Halesowen, B62 8HD. Calls are charged at the standard geographical rate and will vary by provider. Calls outside the United Kingdom will be charged at the applicable international rate. Please note that Neville Registrars cannot provide any financial, legal or tax advice and calls may be recorded and monitored for security and training purposes.

 

Other

 

A copy of this announcement and the Scheme Document shall be made available, subject to certain restrictions relating to persons resident in Restricted Jurisdictions, on Trakm8's website at https://www.trakm8.com/investors/offer-documentation by no later than 12.00 noon on the Business Day following the date of publication of the Scheme Document. For the avoidance of doubt, the content of this website is not incorporated into and does not form part of this announcement.

 

The person responsible for arranging for the release of this Announcement on behalf of Trakm8 is John Watkins, Executive Chairman.   

 

Enquiries:


Trakm8 Holdings plc

 

John Watkins, Executive Chairman

Tel: 01675 434 200

Jon Edwards, Chief Financial Officer


Allenby Capital (Nominated Adviser, Financial Adviser and Broker to Trakm8)

Tel: 020 3328 5656

David Hart, Corporate Finance

www.allenbycapital.com

Vivek Bhardwaj, Corporate Finance


Brillian UK Limited


 Lynne Salmon, Chief Marketing Officer at Omegro

Tel: +61 432 421 408

 Ryan Hill, Vice President, Global Communications at Volaris Group Inc

Tel: +1 416-831-0305.

Herax Partners LLP (Financial adviser to Brillian UK)


Angus MacPherson, Corporate Finance

Tel: +44 7768 066 336

Pascal Wiese, Corporate Finance

Tel: 020 7399 1686

 

Fox Williams LLP is acting as legal adviser to Brillian UK in connection with the Acquisition.

 

Wansbroughs LLP is acting as legal adviser to Trakm8 in connection with the Acquisition.

 


APPENDIX

 

EXPECTED TIMETABLE OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS

 

The following indicative timetable is based on Trakm8's and Brillian UK's current expected dates for the implementation of the Scheme and is subject to change. If any of the dates and/or times in this expected timetable change, the revised dates and/or times will be notified to Trakm8 Shareholders by announcement through a Regulatory Information Service, with such announcement also being made available on Trakm8's and Herax Partners' (on behalf of Brillian UK) websites.

 

Event

Time and/or date (2025)(1)

Publication of the Scheme Document

21 May

Latest time for lodging Forms of Proxy for the:

Court Meeting (BLUE form)

10.00 a.m. on 17 June(2)

General Meeting (WHITE form)

10.15 a.m. on 17 June (3)

Scheme Voting Record Time

  6.00 p.m. on 17 June (4)

Court Meeting

                                   10.00 a.m. on 19 June

General Meeting

10.15 a.m. on 19 June(5)

The following dates and times are indicative only and are subject to change(1)

Court Sanction Hearing

A date ("D") expected to be in the second or third quarter of calendar year 2025, subject to regulatory clearances

Last day for dealings in, and for the registration of transfers of, and disablement in CREST of,

Trakm8 Shares

      D+1 Business Days

Scheme Record Time

6.00 p.m. on D+1 Business Days

Suspension of dealings in Trakm8 Shares

at 7.30 a.m. on D+2 Business Days

Effective Date of the Scheme

               D+2 Business Days

Cancellation of admission to trading of Trakm8

Shares on AIM

    at 7.00 a.m. on D+3 Business Days

Latest date for despatch of cheques and crediting of CREST accounts for cash consideration due under the Scheme     

14 days after the Effective Date

Long Stop Date(6)

31 December 2025

 

Notes:

(1)     The dates and times given are indicative only and are based on current expectations and are subject to change. The dates and times will depend, among other things, on the date upon which: (i) the Conditions are satisfied or (if capable of waiver) waived; (ii) the Court sanctions the Scheme; and (iii) a copy of the Court Order is delivered to the Registrar of Companies. Participants in the Trakm8 Share Plans and the holders of the Trakm8 Convertible Loan Notes will receive a separate communication to inform them of the effect of the Scheme on their rights under the Trakm8 Share Plans and the terms pursuant to which the Trakm8 Convertible Loan Notes were issued to them, including details of any appropriate proposals being made to them and dates and times relevant to them.

 

(2)     It is requested that BLUE Forms of Proxy for the Court Meeting be received at least 48 hours prior to the time appointed for the Court Meeting or, if the Court Meeting is adjourned, 48 hours prior to the time fixed for any adjourned Court Meeting (excluding, in each case, any part of such 48-hour period falling on a non-working day). If the BLUE Form of Proxy for the Court Meeting is not received by the deadline referred to above, it may be handed to the Chair of the Court Meeting or to the registrar, Neville Registrars, on behalf of the Chair of the Court Meeting before the start of the Court Meeting (or any adjournment of it).

(3)     In order to be valid, the WHITE Forms of Proxy for the General Meeting must be received no later than 48 hours prior to the time appointed for the General Meeting or, if the General Meeting is adjourned, at least 48 hours before the start of the adjourned General Meeting (in each case, excluding any part of such 48-hour period falling on a non-working day). The WHITE Forms of Proxy cannot be presented in person to the Neville Registrars representative at the General Meeting and will be invalid if submitted after the deadline referred to above.

(4)     If either the Court Meeting or the General Meeting is adjourned, the Scheme Voting Record Time for the relevant adjourned meeting will be 6.00 p.m. on the day which is two Business Days prior to the date of the adjourned Meeting.

(5)     To commence at 10.15 a.m. or as soon thereafter as the Court Meeting concludes or is adjourned.

(6)     This is the latest date by which the Scheme may become Effective. However, the Long Stop Date may be extended to such later date as Brillian UK and Trakm8 may, with the consent of the Panel, agree and (if required) the Court may allow.

 

Important notices relating to financial advisers and nominated adviser

 

Herax Partners LLP ("Herax Partners"), which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the United Kingdom, is acting exclusively for Brillian UK and for no-one else in connection with the Acquisition and will not regard any other person as its client in relation to the Acquisition and will not be responsible to anyone other than Brillian UK for providing the protections afforded to clients of Herax Partners, nor for providing advice in relation to any matter referred to in this Announcement. Neither Herax Partners nor any of its affiliates, respective directors, officers, employees and agents owes or accepts any duty, liability or responsibility whatsoever (whether direct or indirect, whether in contract, in tort, under statute or otherwise) to any person who is not a client of Herax Partners in connection with the matters referred to in this Announcement, or otherwise. No representation or warranty, express or implied, is made by Herax Partners as to the contents of this Announcement.

 

Further information

 

Overseas Shareholders

 

Notice to US investors in Trakm8

 

Cautionary note regarding forward-looking statements

 

Dealing and opening position disclosure requirements

 

Publication on a website

 

No profit forecasts, profit estimates or quantified benefits statements

 

Requesting hard copy documents

 

Electronic communications

 

Rounding

 

General

 

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