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Ince Group PLC (The)
15 January 2020
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15 January 2020
The Ince Group plc
("Ince" or the "Company" or the "Group")
Result of Placing
The Ince Group plc (AIM:INCE), the international legal and
professional services company, announces that, further to its
announcement at 7.00 a.m. today, it has successfully completed the
Bookbuild which is now closed.
The conditional Placing has raised GBP12 million (before
expenses) through the placing of 26,666,667 new Ordinary Shares
with certain existing and new institutional shareholders at an
Issue Price of 45 pence per share.
The Placing is conditional upon, inter alia, approval by
Shareholders at the General Meeting and Admission.
It is expected that the Placing Shares will be admitted to
trading on AIM at 8.00 a.m. on or around 4 February 2020 (or such
later date as may be agreed between the Company and Arden, but no
later than 18 February 2020).
Adrian Biles, CEO of Ince, said:
"This marks the completion of the Ince merger. The Ince
transaction was in two parts: the UK business was acquired in
December 2018; and the overseas offices joined the Group in April
2019. The closer overseas integration has completed the
establishment of the platform as an international brand, with a
world class offering.
"The funds raised will ensure that the Group can continue to
capitalise on market opportunities, including new lateral hires.
The Group has recently been joined by a number of very high calibre
partners and fee earners and we are on track to deliver outstanding
growth.
"I am very pleased that so many of our existing investors and
some new institutional shareholders have supported this fundraise
albeit at a significant discount to the market price of the
Company's shares, which is an unfortunate feature of the current
market conditions."
Director Participation
The following Directors of the Company participated in the
Placing:
Name of Director Number of Placing Ordinary Shares Total interest
Shares subscribed following the in the enlarged
for at the Placing Placing issued share
Price capital, assuming
full subscription
under the Offers
(%)
Adrian Biles,
CEO 3,333,333 10,943,997 15.0
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Anthony Edwards,
Non-Executive
Chairman 44,444 77,821 0.1
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Christopher Yates,
CFO 111,111 687,208 0.9
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General Meeting
A Circular explaining the background to and reasons for the
Placing, Open Offer and Staff Offer and containing the Notice of
General Meeting which will take place at 11.00 a.m. on 3 February
2020 at the offices of Ince Gordon Dadds LLP at Aldgate Tower, 2
Leman Street, London E1 8QN, is expected to be posted to
shareholders tomorrow. A copy of the Circular and Notice of General
Meeting will thereafter be made available on the Company's website:
www.theincegroup.com.
The further terms and conditions of the Placing, Open Offer and
Staff Offer are set out in the Company's announcement at 7.00 a.m.
today.
Admission
Completion of the Placing, Open Offer and Staff Offer remains
subject, inter alia, to the passing of the Resolutions at the
General Meeting and to Admission of the New Ordinary Shares. It is
expected that dealings in the New Ordinary Shares will commence on
4 February 2020 (or such time and/or date as the Company and Arden
may agree, being not later than 18 February 2020).
The Company's total voting rights will be confirmed once the
result of the Open Offer and Staff Offer has been confirmed but
based on the issue of the Placing Shares only will upon Admission
be no less than 63,993,397 Ordinary Shares.
Capitalised terms in this Announcement shall have the meanings
given to such terms in the Company's announcement at 7.00 a.m.
today.
For further information please contact:
The Ince Group plc investorrelations@incegd.com
Adrian Biles, Group Chief Executive
Christopher Yates, Chief Financial Officer
Arden Partners plc
Nominated Advisor and Broker to the Company +44 (0) 20 7614 5900
John Llewellyn-Lloyd, Corporate Finance
Ciaran Walsh, Corporate Finance
Dan Gee-Summons, Corporate Finance
Fraser Marshall, Equity Sales
Portland Communications +4 (0) 20 7554 1789
Steffan Williams ince@portland-communications.com
Simon Hamer
Charles Harbord
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