7 Mar 2017 08:00
ANNOUNCEMENT TO BE MADE BY THE AIM APPLICANT PRIOR TO ADMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 2 OF THE AIM RULES FOR COMPANIES ("AIM RULES") | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
COMPANY NAME: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ATTRAQT GROUP PLC ("ATTRAQT", or the "Company") | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
COMPANY REGISTERED OFFICE ADDRESS AND IF DIFFERENT, COMPANY TRADING ADDRESS (INCLUDING POSTCODES) : | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 Waterhouse Square, 138 Holborn, London, EC1N 2SW
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COUNTRY OF INCORPORATION: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
England
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COMPANY WEBSITE ADDRESS CONTAINING ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED BY AIM RULE 26: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
www.attraqt.com
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COMPANY BUSINESS (INCLUDING MAIN COUNTRY OF OPERATION) OR, IN THE CASE OF AN INVESTING COMPANY, DETAILS OF ITS INVESTING POLICY). IF THE ADMISSION IS SOUGHT AS A RESULT OF A REVERSE TAKE-OVER UNDER RULE 14, THIS SHOULD BE STATED: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ATTRAQT is a leading provider of visual merchandising, e-commerce site search and personalisation recommendation technology. The Company is headquartered in England at 3 Waterhouse Square, 138 Holborn, London, EC1N 2SW.
The admission that the Company is seeking is the result of a reverse takeover following the completion of its acquisition of Fredhopper B.V. ("Fredhopper"). Fredhopper, which is currently a division of SDL plc, provides site search and merchandising software to online retailers primarily in the UK and Europe.
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DETAILS OF SECURITIES TO BE ADMITTED INCLUDING ANY RESTRICTIONS AS TO TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES (i.e. where known, number and type of shares, nominal value and issue price to which it seeks admission and the number and type to be held as treasury shares): | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Up to 108,507,933 ordinary shares of 1 pence each at an issue price of 35 pence per share comprised of 105,514,340 shares to be issued under a firm placing and up to 2,993,593 to be issued under an open offer.
No shares are held in treasury.
The shares are freely transferable and have no restrictions placed on them.
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CAPITAL TO BE RAISED ON ADMISSION (IF APPLICABLE) AND ANTICIPATED MARKET CAPITALISATION ON ADMISSION: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capital to be raised: £27.5 million plus up to £1 million pursuant to an open offer Anticipated market capitalisation : £37 million
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PERCENTAGE OF AIM SECURITIES NOT IN PUBLIC HANDS AT ADMISSION: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
59%
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DETAILS OF ANY OTHER EXCHANGE OR TRADING PLATFORM TO WHICH THE AIM COMPANY HAS APPLIED OR AGREED TO HAVE ANY OF ITS SECURITIES (INCLUDING ITS AIM SECURITIES) ADMITTED OR TRADED: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
None
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FULL NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTORS (underlining the first name by which each is known or including any other name by which each is known): | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nicholas (Nick) John Habgood (Chairman) Ivor Scott Dunbar (Independent Non-Executive Deputy Chairman) André Brown (Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer) Mark Alasdair Smith Johnson (Finance Director) Edward William Ewing (Independent Non-Executive Director) Robert Matthew Fenner (Non-Executive Director)
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FULL NAMES AND HOLDINGS OF SIGNIFICANT SHAREHOLDERS EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL, BEFORE AND AFTER ADMISSION (underlining the first name by which each is known or including any other name by which each is known): | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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NAMES OF ALL PERSONS TO BE DISCLOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SCHEDULE 2, PARAGRAPH (H) OF THE AIM RULES: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
None
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(i) ANTICIPATED ACCOUNTING REFERENCE DATE (ii) DATE TO WHICH THE MAIN FINANCIAL INFORMATION IN THE ADMISSION DOCUMENT HAS BEEN PREPARED (this may be represented by unaudited interim financial information) (iii) DATES BY WHICH IT MUST PUBLISH ITS FIRST THREE REPORTS PURSUANT TO AIM RULES 18 AND 19: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(i) 31 December (ii) 31 December 2016 (iii) 30 September 2017 30 June 2018 30 September 2018
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EXPECTED ADMISSION DATE: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 March 2017
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NAME AND ADDRESS OF NOMINATED ADVISER: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
N+1 Singer Advisory LLP One Bartholomew Lane London EC2N 2AX
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NAME AND ADDRESS OF BROKER: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
N+1 Singer Advisory LLP One Bartholomew Lane London EC2N 2AX
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OTHER THAN IN THE CASE OF A QUOTED APPLICANT, DETAILS OF WHERE (POSTAL OR INTERNET ADDRESS) THE ADMISSION DOCUMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM, WITH A STATEMENT THAT THIS WILL CONTAIN FULL DETAILS ABOUT THE APPLICANT AND THE ADMISSION OF ITS SECURITIES: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The admission document will contain full details about ATTRAQT GROUP plc. and the admission of its issued share capital to trading on AIM and will be available on the Company's website at www.attraqt.com.
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DATE OF NOTIFICATION: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 March 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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