Cityfibre Regulatory News (CITY)

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN OR INTO OR FROM AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH AFRICA, THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE IT WOULD BE UNLAWFUL TO DO SO.

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27 July 2017

CityFibre Infrastructure Holdings PLC

Results of the Capital Raising and General Meeting

Further to the announcement on 5 July 2017 regarding the Capital Raising by CityFibre Infrastructure Holdings PLC ("CityFibre" or the "Company"), the Company is pleased to announce that all Resolutions put to Shareholders at the General Meeting of the Company held earlier today were duly passed. The Resolutions were required to approve the allotment of New Ordinary Shares in connection with the Capital Raising, which comprises both the Placing and Offer for Subscription.

Defined terms used in this announcement shall have the meanings set out in the Prospectus dated 11 July 2017.

The Placing

As the Resolutions have been passed, admission to trading on AIM of the 363,636,364 Placing Shares in connection with the Placing, raising gross proceeds of £200 million, will take place at 8.00 a.m. on 28 July 2017. 

The Offer for Subscription

The Company also announced on 5 July 2017 its intention to make available a non-underwritten Offer for Subscription to raise further gross proceeds at the Offer Price of 55 pence per share. Cityfibre is pleased to announce it has received valid acceptances from qualifying participants in respect of 3,342,454 Offer for Subscription Shares. Admission to trading on AIM of 3,342,454 New Ordinary Shares in connection with the Offer for Subscription will also take place at 8.00 a.m. on 28 July 2017. 

Following Admission, the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue will be 632,651,462.

For further information, please contact:

CityFibre Infrastructure Holdings PLC +44 (0)845 293 0774

Greg Mesch, Chief Executive Officer

Terry Hart, Chief Financial Officer

James Enck and Morten Singleton, Investor Relations

Vigo Communications +44 (0)20 7830 9703Jeremy GarciaFiona Henson Natalie JonesCitigroup Global Markets Limited +44 (0)207 986 4000Sole Global Co-ordinator, Joint Bookrunner and Joint UnderwriterStuart FieldAlex CarterSumit Guha

finnCap Ltd +44 (0)207 220 0500Joint Bookrunner and Joint UnderwriterStuart AndrewsChristopher RaggettSimon JohnsonLiberum +44 (0)203 100 2000Joint Bookrunner and Joint UnderwriterSteve PearceRichard BootleCameron Duncan

Macquarie Capital +44 (0)203 037 2000Joint Bookrunner and Joint UnderwriterBen BaileyAlex Reynolds 

N M Rothschild & Sons Limited +44 (0)207 280 5000Financial AdvisorAnton BlackPeter NicklinNoel Monro 

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