update on placing3 Dec 2020 09:40
Westminster Group plc (AIM: WSG), a leading supplier of managed services and technology-based security solutions worldwide, is pleased to announce that, further to the announcement made earlier today, the Company has conditionally raised gross proceeds of £5.0 million by placing 125,000,000 Placing Shares, together with attached Placing Warrants, at a price of 4 pence per New Ordinary Share (the "Issue Price") with new institutional, other and existing investors.
The Placing is conditional, inter alia, upon the passing of the Resolutions at the General Meeting and upon Admission becoming effective.
Peter Fowler, Westminster's Chief Executive Officer, commented: "We have spent a number of years investing in our business, building our global presence and developing an impressive pipeline of large-scale opportunities, each of which, if secured, would lead to multi-million GBP step changes in growth. Accordingly, the Board and I believe we are now at an inflection point in our growth trajectory.
"This investment will assist us in delivering on this substantial growth potential and put the Company in a stronger position for the next stage of its development by providing working capital to support the growth and delivery of the pipeline of near-term potential major projects, together with recently secured contracts, whilst also strengthening its balance sheet by the removal of debt, saving some £0.3 million in annual interest and fees.
"It is encouraging to see a number of new and institutional investors supporting this placing and being supportive of our longer-term growth strategy, particularly as the placing was oversubscribed."
General Meeting and Admission
A Circular to Shareholders is expected to be posted shortly, including details of the General Meeting and the Resolutions and will be available on the Company's website, www.wsg-corporate.com/investor-relations/publications .
The General Meeting will be held at 8.00 a.m. on 21 December 2020 at Blacklocks Hill, Banbury Lane, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX17 2BS . In light of the current Covid-19 situation, the General Meeting will be held as a closed meeting.