RE: GMS results7 May 2025 11:18
From the annual report - not sure what the issue is and the overhang of the final tranche of 23.5m shares all done by end of June!
The Directors were authorised at the Company’s last Annual General Meeting, held on 5 June 2024, to make market purchases of ordinary shares
representing up to 10% of its share capital at that time and to allot shares within certain limits permitted by shareholders and the Companies Act. The
Directors intend to renew this authority annually and will continue to exercise this power only when, in light of market conditions prevailing at the time,
they believe that the effect of such purchases will be to increase earnings per share and will likely promote the success of the Company for the benefit
of its members as a whole.
In accordance with the Group’s previous debt agreement, the Company issued warrants to its lenders on 2 January 2023, giving them the right to
137,075,773 million shares at a strike price of 5.75 pence per share. During the year, 34,218,700 warrants were exercised by the holders resulting
in issuance of 53,531,734 new ordinary shares. Since year-end, a further 38,353,361 warrants have been exercised by the holders resulting in the
issuance of 59,999,998 new ordinary shares. The outstanding warrants if fully exercised, would entitle the holders to subscribe for 23,544,041
ordinary shares of 2 pence each in the capital of the Company at an exercise price of 5.75 pence per share. The warrants are exercisable by the
holders at any time until 30 June 2025.
Substantial Shareholders
As at 31 December and as at the date of this report, the Company has been notified, in accordance with Chapter 5 of the Disclosure and
Transparency Rules, of voting rights of shareholders of the Company as shown below:
As at 31 December 2024
Number of Shares
As at 31 December 2024
% of Share Capital
As at 08 Apr 2025
Number of Shares
As at 08 Apr 2025
% of Share Capital
MZI Holding Limited 261,680,095 24.46% 261,680,095 23.16%
Merrill Lynch International – – 83,585,501 7.40%
Seafox International Limited 83,339,147 7.78% 53,297,645 4.72%
Imperial Financial Holdings Limited 54,066,463 5.05% 54,066,463 4.78%
Fiera Capital (UK) Limited 37,164,522 3.47% 37,164,522 3.29%
Castro Investments Ltd 34,378,680 3.21% 34,378,680 3.04%