Ceps Regulatory News (CEPS)

6 Feb 2007 12:25

AIM06 February 2007 ANNOUNCEMENT TO BE MADE BY THE AIM APPLICANT PRIOR TO ADMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH AIM RULE 2 ALL APPLICANTS MUST COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: COMPANY NAME:CEPS PLC COMPANY ADDRESS:11 George Street, Bath COMPANY POSTCODE:BA1 2EH COUNTRY OF INCORPORATION:England and Wales COMPANY BUSINESS OR, IN THE CASE OF AN INVESTING COMPANY, DETAILS OF ITS INVESTMENT STRATEGY TO BEDISCLOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SCHEDULE 2, PARAGRAPH (J) OF THE AIM RULES: The Company (previously known as Dinkie Heel plc) was founded in the UK to manufacture footwearcomponents. Since April 2004 CEPS has adopted a strategy to invest and acquire majority shareholdingsin private industrial services companies with a history of profitability, cash generation and with anoverall value of up to £5 million. The first investment was Friedman's Limited which was completed inJanuary 2005. The existing Group comprises of Davies Odell Limited which designs, sells and distributes body armourproducts, matting products and a range of footwear repair products and Friedman's Limited, aspecialist textile importer, converter and distributor of plain and bespoke lycra based material,primarily to swimwear and dancewear manufacturers within the textile industry. The Company has conditionally agreed to acquire an 80 per cent. interest (through a holding company)in Sunline Direct Mail Limited, a supplier of poly wrapping and associated services to the direct mailmarket. DETAILS OF SECURITIES TO BE ADMITTED (i.e. where known, number of shares, nominal value and issueprice to which it seeks admission and the number and type to be held as treasury shares):8,313,828 ordinary shares of 5p each; and1,437,769 warrants CAPITAL TO BE RAISED ON ADMISSION:£2.375 million FULL NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTORS AND PROPOSED DIRECTORS: Richard Thomas Organ, Non-Executive ChairmanGeoffrey Charles Martin, Finance DirectorPeter George Cook, Non-Executive DirectorDavid Alistair Horner, Non-Executive Director PERSON(S) INTERESTED IN 3% OR MORE OF THE ISSUER'S CAPITAL, EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE ISSUEDSHARE CAPITAL BEFORE AND AFTER ADMISSION: Name Number of Percentage of Number of Percentage of Ordinary Shares Ordinary Shares Ordinary Shares Ordinary Shares Pre Admission Pre Admission on Admission on Admission Richard Thomas Organ 5,966,667 3.35 169,333 2.04Peter George Cook 8,333,333 4.68 366,666 4.41David Alistair Horner 21,355,556 11.98 1,287,110 15.48Chelverton Growth Trust plc 8,792,823 4.93 625,856 7.53Dartington Portfolio Nominees 8,583,144 4.82 171,662 2.06LimitedDavid Abell 11,050,000 6.20 407,000 4.90HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) 6,150,000 3.45 123,000 1.48LimitedPershing Keen Nominees Limited 7,003,999 3.93 140,079 1.68Smith & Williamson Nominees 7,000,000 3.93 140,000 1.68Limited NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF ALL PERSONS TO BE DISCLOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SCHEDULE 2, PARAGRAPH (H) OF THEAIM RULES:None ANTICIPATED ACCOUNTING REFERENCE DATE:31 December EXPECTED ADMISSION DATE:13 February 2007 NAME AND ADDRESS OF NOMINATED ADVISER:City Financial Associates LimitedPountney Hill House6 Laurence Pountney HillLondon EC4R 0BL NAME AND ADDRESS OF BROKER:City Financial Associates LimitedPountney Hill House6 Laurence Pountney HillLondon EC4R 0BL DETAILS OF WHERE (POSTAL OR INTERNET ADDRESS) THE ADMISSION DOCUMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM, WITH ASTATEMENT THAT THIS WILL CONTAIN FULL DETAILS ABOUT THE APPLICANT AND THE ADMISSION OF ITS SECURITIES:Copies of the admission document, which contains full details about CEPS PLC and the admission of itssecurities to AIM, will be available from the offices of City Financial Associates Limited, PountneyHill House, 6 Laurence Pountney Hill, London EC4R 0BL, and CFA's website at www.cityfin.co.uk untilone month after admission. DATE OF NOTIFICATION:5 February 2007 NEW / UPDATE (see note):UPDATE This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange