MediaZest Plc Posting of Circular and Notice of General Meeting
28 Octubre 2019 - 08:00AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMMDZ
28 October 2019
MediaZest plc
("MediaZest", the "Company" or "Group", AIM:MDZ)
Posting of Circular and Notice of General Meeting
MediaZest, the AIM quoted creative audio-visual company, announces that a
Circular (the "Circular") incorporating a formal Notice of General Meeting ("
General Meeting") and the associated form of proxy are being posted to
Shareholders today, and will be available to download from the Company's
website at www.mediazest.com.
NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING
A General Meeting of the Company to consider, and if thought fit, approve a
Share Capital Reorganisation and to comply with section 656 of the Companies
Act, will be held at the registered office address of the Company at Unit 9,
Woking Business Park, Albert Drive, Woking, Surrey, England, GU21 5JY at 10:30
a.m. on 13 November 2019. Key extracts from the Circular are summarised below.
BACKGROUND
The Board wishes to retain flexibility in seeking alternative sources of
additional working capital and cash resources to enable the Company to maintain
and enhance its business activities, including by way of issuing further
shares.
As a result of challenging market conditions, the existing ordinary shares of
0.1p each in the capital of the Company (the "Existing Ordinary Shares") have,
at times, traded on AIM at a price less than the nominal value of such shares.
The issue of new shares at a price which is less than the current nominal value
of the Existing Ordinary Shares is prohibited by the Companies Act. The Board,
therefore, considers it prudent to implement the proposed share capital
reorganisation (the "Share Capital Reorganisation") in order that the market
price of the ordinary shares to be created pursuant to the Share Capital
Reorganisation (the "New Ordinary Shares") becomes higher than the nominal
value of the same therefore allowing the Company to raise funds by issuing
further shares, should the Directors elect to do so.
Share Capital Reorganisation
Accordingly, it is proposed to sub-divide and effectively convert each issued
and unissued Existing Ordinary Share into one New Ordinary Share and one
deferred share (the "New A Deferred Shares"). The purpose of the Circular is
to explain and seek Shareholder approval for the Share Capital Reorganisation.
The Share Capital Reorganisation is similar to the one implemented in 2009 when
the existing deferred shares in the capital of the Company (the "Existing
Deferred Shares") were created.
The New Ordinary Shares will have the same rights (including rights as to
voting, dividends and return of capital) as the Existing Ordinary Shares. New
Ordinary Shares will be traded on AIM in the same way as the Existing Ordinary
Shares, with the exception of the difference in nominal value.
The rights attaching to the New A Deferred Shares are set out in Resolution 2
in the Notice of General Meeting in the Circular. The New A Deferred Shares
will be effectively valueless as they will not carry any rights to vote or
dividend rights. In addition, holders of New A Deferred Shares will only be
entitled to a payment on a return of capital or on a winding up of the Company
after each of the holders of New Ordinary Shares have received a payment of GBP
1,000,000 on each such share, and after the holders of the Existing Deferred
Shares have been repaid the amounts paid up on the Existing Deferred Shares.
The New A Deferred Shares will not be listed or traded on AIM and will not be
transferable without the prior written consent of the Company. No share
certificates will be issued in respect of the New A Deferred Shares. The Board
may further appoint any person to act on behalf of all the holders of the New A
Deferred Shares to transfer all such shares to the Company in the terms of the
Companies Act.
It is not intended to issue new share certificate(s) to the holders of the New
Ordinary Shares following the Share Capital Reorganisation. Pending the issue
of a new share certificate Shareholder's existing share certificate(s) will
remain valid for the same number of shares but with a different par value of
0.01p per share. Following the Share Capital Reorganisation should
Shareholders wish to receive an updated share certificate they should please
contact the Company's Registrars at the address set out in this the Circular.
The CREST accounts of Shareholders who hold their Existing Ordinary Shares in
CREST will be credited with New Ordinary Shares at approximately 8:00 a.m. on
14 November 2019.
The Share Capital Reorganisation will not of itself affect the value of
Shareholder's holdings, as can be seen from the worked example (which assumes a
market price per share of 0.07p) below:
Example
Existing Ordinary Shares held prior to the Share Capital 100,000
Reorganisation
Current market price per Existing Ordinary Share 0.07p
Current aggregate market value of shareholding GBP70
Number of New Ordinary Shares held immediately following Share 100,000
Capital Reorganisation
Market price per New Ordinary Share immediately following Share 0.07p
Capital Reorganisation
Aggregate market value of New Ordinary shareholding immediately GBP70
following Share Capital Reorganisation
Number of New A Deferred Shares held immediately following Share 100,000
Capital Reorganisation
Value of New A Deferred shareholding immediately following Share GBPNil
Capital Reorganisation (effectively)
By effecting the Share Capital Reorganisation in this way, the Company's issued
share capital remains the same. Similarly, the nominal value of Shareholder's
holdings will remain unchanged. In the example above, the 100,000 Existing
Ordinary Shares held today each have a nominal value of 0.1p giving a total
nominal value for the holding of GBP100. The New Ordinary Shares will have a
nominal value of 0.01p (GBP10 in aggregate nominal value) which when added to the
aggregate nominal value of the New A Deferred Shares (GBP90) means that the
nominal value of the holding remains at GBP100.
Amendments to the Articles of Association
Certain amendments to the Company's Articles of Association are required to
implement the Share Capital Reorganisation and require approval at the General
Meeting. The proposed amendments relate to the recategorisation of the
Existing Ordinary Shares as New Ordinary Shares and New A Deferred Shares and
certain consequential amendments. The changes are set out in Part 2 of the
Circular.
Section 656 of the Companies Act 2006
It has recently come to the attention of the Board that the value of the
Company's net assets has become less than half of its called-up share capital.
It is a requirement of section 656 of the Companies Act that, where the net
assets of a public company are half or less of its called-up share capital, the
directors must call a general meeting of the company to consider whether any,
and if so what, steps should be taken to deal with the situation. This is
termed a serious loss of capital.
Accordingly, the business to be conducted at the General Meeting will also
include consideration of what, if any, such steps should be taken. The Board is
of the view that the serious loss of capital does not pose any risk to the
solvency of the Company, therefore no specific measures are proposed to deal
with the serious loss of capital. Notwithstanding, the Board recognises this
technical requirement and invites Shareholders to discuss accordingly.
Resolutions
A notice convening the General Meeting, which is to be held at the registered
office address of the Company at Unit 9, Woking Business Park, Albert Drive,
Woking, Surrey, England, GU21 5JY at 10:30 a.m. on 13 November 2019, is set out
within the Circular. At the General Meeting, in addition to considering the
serious loss of capital, the following Resolutions will be proposed:
1. an ordinary resolution to effect the Share Capital
Reorganisation; and
2. a special resolution to alter the Articles of Association to
reflect the capital structure changes made pursuant to the Share Capital
Reorganisation, incorporating provisions relating to the New A Deferred Shares
and the Existing Deferred Shares.
Action to be taken
A Form of Proxy will be posted with the Circular for use at the General Meeting
and available at the Company's website. Whether or not Shareholders intend to
be present at the General Meeting they are requested to complete, sign and
return the Form of Proxy to the Company's Registrars as soon as possible, but
in any event so as to arrive not later than 10:30 a.m. on 11 November 2019 in
accordance with the notes to the Form of Proxy. The completion and return of a
Form of Proxy will not preclude Shareholders from attending the meeting and
voting in person should they subsequently wish to do so.
RECOMMATION
The Board believes that the Resolutions are in the best interests of the
Company and Shareholders, taken as a whole. The Board unanimously recommends
the Shareholders to vote in favour of the Resolutions, as the Directors intend
to do so in respect of their own beneficial holdings amounting in aggregate to
88,160,365 Existing Ordinary Shares representing approximately 6.31 per cent of
the Existing Ordinary Shares.
Unless otherwise indicated, all defined terms in this announcement shall have
the same meaning as described in the Circular.
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of
Regulation (EU) 596/2014.
Enquiries:
Geoff Robertson 0845 207 9378
Chief Executive Officer
MediaZest Plc
David Hignell/Stephen Wong 020 3470 0470
Nominated Adviser
SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP
Claire Noyce 020 3764 2341
Broker
Hybridan LLP
Notes to Editors:
About MediaZest
MediaZest is a creative audio-visual systems integrator that specialises in
providing innovative marketing solutions to leading retailers, brand owners and
corporations, but also works in the public sector in both the NHS and Education
markets. The Group supplies an integrated service from content creation and
system design to installation, technical support, and maintenance. MediaZest
was admitted to the London Stock Exchange's AIM market in February 2005. For
more information, please visit www.mediazest.com .
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