28 Apr 2017 07:00
28 April 2017
BNN Technology PLC
("BNN" or the "Company")
Notice of General Meeting
Further to the Company's announcement on 21 April 2017 regarding completion of the conditional placing to raise £25m, the Company provides an update to the anticipated date of the General Meeting ("GM") to approve, inter alia, the allotment of 15,625,000 new ordinary shares of £0.10 pence each in the Company ("Second Placing Shares").
The GM will be held on Monday 22 May 2017 at 3.00pm at the offices of Fieldfisher LLP, Riverbank House, 2 Swan Lane, London EC4R 3TT.
A circular including Notice of GM, and a form of proxy, will be sent to shareholders next week.
Assuming the necessary resolutions are passed, admission to trading on AIM of the Second Placing Shares is expected to occur on or around 8am on 23 May 2017.
For further information, please contact:
BNN Technology plc | +44 (0) 1565 872990 |
Darren Mercer, Chief Executive Scott Kennedy, Chief Financial Officer Stephen Benzikie, Communications
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Brunswick Group (Public Relations) | +44 (0) 20 7404 5959 |
Brian Buckley / Diana Vaughton | |
Strand Hanson Limited (Nominated & Financial Adviser) |
+44 (0) 20 7409 3494 |
Andrew Emmott / Ritchie Balmer
Mirabaud Securities LLP (Broker) Peter Krens
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+44 (0) 20 3167 7221 |
About the Group
BNN Technology plc is a Chinese technology, content and services company that builds long-term partnerships to deliver China's citizens with value-added services, content and evolving opportunities.
Listed on AIM since 2014, the Group principally engages in providing technology to partners to facilitate fulfilment of payments online and on mobile apps through partnerships or affiliate agreements with corporate and key government partners, and developing digital content, both online and mobile. Through NewNet and its partnership with Xinhuatong, BNN facilitates mobile payments, through its technology platform, on the Xinhua News mobile app in 12 provinces in China. The Chinese consumer shift to 'life on mobile' is only just beginning and BNN's platform technology enables urban and rural communities across China to access exclusive content and pay for more services online.
The Group employs nearly 300 professionals throughout China.