RNS7 Mar 2018 07:17
Water Intelligence" or the "Company")
Proposed Fundraising and Acquisition
Expanded Debt facilities
PDMR Dealing
Board Changes
Water Intelligence, a leading provider of non-invasive leak detection and remediation services, today announces that it proposes to raise approximately �4.2 million in an oversubscribed placing and subscription through the issue of an aggregate of 2,171,320 new ordinary shares of one penny each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") (including the issue out of treasury of 151,184 Ordinary Shares) at a price of 195 pence per Ordinary Share (the "Issue Price"). The use of proceeds advances the Company's growth plan and builds upon the strong 2017 revenue and profits as disclosed in the Q4 Market Update announced 14 February 2018. As part of this announcement, capital formation includes non-dilutive capital for the growth plan added from an expansion of the debt facilities and positive effect of the Trump tax changes.
The proposed fundraising (the "Fundraising") comprises a placing (the "Placing") of 1,846,154 new Ordinary Shares ("Placing Shares") to raise �3.6 million and a subscription (the "Subscription") of 325,166 Ordinary Shares (including the issue of 151,184 Ordinary Shares out of treasury) ("Subscription Shares") to raise a total of �0.6 million. In addition, Patrick DeSouza, executive chairman of the Company, intends to exercise 300,000 options over Ordinary Shares ("Exercise Shares") and sell these at the Issue Price to meet demand from investors (the Placing Shares, Subscription Shares and Exercise Shares, together the "New Ordinary Shares") (the "Share Transaction"). Michael Reisman, a director of the Company and Laura Hills, a newly appointed director of the Company intend to purchase newly issued Ordinary Shares through the Subscription. David Silverstone, a director intends to sell 38,500 Ordinary Shares to incoming investors at the Issue Price for tax purposes. In addition, Mr. Silverstone shall be moving to a non-executive director status and John Weigold shall be moving to an executive director status. Further to the announcement of 14 February 2018, the Company now confirms the appointment of Ms. Hills as a non-executive director and a change in Robert Mitchell's role from non-executive director to an executive role as Chief Strategy Officer of the Company's new renewables subsidiary.
The Company has also entered into an agreement to purchase the American Leak Detection franchise based in Louisville, Kentucky; further details of which are below, and has increased its committed working capital debt facilities from People's United Bank, N.A. ("People's") to a total of $2.0 million of which $1.75 million is currently available. This debt facility is being guaranteed by the Company's executive chairman, Patrick DeSouz