RE: Snapshot for Supply@me Cap27 May 2020 11:46
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Formerly a subsidiary company of the AvantGarde Group S.p.A., Supply@ME was acquired by Abal Group PLC through a reverse takeover deal earlier this year for £227.5mln.
Abal, which was formerly an AIM-listed cash shell, listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange on March 23 following the acquisition and plans to change its name to Supply@ME Capital PLC, however, that has been delayed by Companies’ House due to the coronavirus pandemic.
On April 17, the company said it had been notified that “significant delays are currently being experienced in the processing of name change applications” and that the registrar “may not be able to process documents as quickly as has been done previously”.
At the time of the listing announcement, Abal said the acquisition presented “an attractive opportunity” and that an enlarged group will be able to “enhance Supply@ME’s competitive position and market share across multiple territories”.
The company raised £42.18mln through a share placing and a vendor placing with institutional and other investors ahead of the listing. The former, of around 331.6mln new shares at a price of 0.6756p each, raised £2.24mln, while the latter saw 5.9mln proposed consideration shares for the deal conditionally placed totalling £39.9mln.
The company said the £2.24mln from the share placing will be used to finance the development of Supply@ME and for working capital.
On April 20, Supply@ME revealed that it has signed an agreement with financial advisory firm StormHarbour Securities for the issue, distribution and placing of a series of asset-backed securities guaranteed against inventories purchased directly by the company’s special purpose vehicles.
The inventory monetisation firm said it was currently finalising the details of a securitisation programme which, within the next 12 months, is expected to cover the whole of its current portfolio of originated inventory contracts.
Supply@ME said it would make a further announcement on this following completion of its recent placing and initial issuance following the reverse takeover, including the amount raised and the sub-portfolio of inventories that the platform will commence monetising in favour of its clients.