11 Oct 2016 07:00
For Immediate Release 11 October 2016
EVR Holdings plc
('EVR' or the 'Company')
Admission of Shares and Director/PDMR Dealings
EVR Holdings plc (AIM: EVRH), one of the leading creators of virtual reality content, announces the following.
Allotment of Shares and Warrants
Following the passing of the resolutions at the general meeting held yesterday, the Company has allotted 200,000,005 Placing Shares and 5,232,805 Adviser Shares. The New Ordinary Shares were admitted to trading on AIM today.
Pursuant to the Placing the Company yesterday issued a total of 33,333,324 Warrants exercisable at 1.85p per share at any time on or before 16 October 2019.
Total Voting Rights
Following the admission to trading of the New Ordinary Shares, EVR has 925,678,320 ordinary shares in issue. The Company holds no shares in treasury. The total number of voting rights that may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules will therefore be 925,678,320. The New Ordinary Shares rank pari passu in all respects with the Company's existing ordinary shares.
Directors' shareholding
As announced on 20 September 2016, Steven Hancock and Sean Nicolson subscribed for 882,352 and 882,353 Placing Shares respectively pursuant to the Placing, and Peter Read's QNUP pension trustee subscribed for 1,470,588 Placing Shares pursuant to the Placing, in each case at the issue price of 1.7p. In addition, Warrants with an exercise price of 1.85p have been issued in the proportion of one warrant for every six shares subscribed in the Placing.
The resultant holdings of shares and warrants of those directors are as follows:
Director | Shares | % of share capital1 | Warrants |
S Nicolson2 | 6,587,561 | 0.62% | 9,793,905 |
S Hancock | 177,759,136 | 19.20% | 11,684,783 |
P Read3 | 3,137,254 | 0.34% | 9,891,944 |
1. Based on the enlarged share capital following the allotment of the New Ordinary Shares.
2. 833,333 of these shares are held by Mr Nicolson's wife. 281,862 of these warrants are also held by his wife.
3. All of Mr Read's shares are held by his pension fund, Agility QNUPS BBRQN20382 (a trust of which Mr Read is settlor). 661,764 of Mr Read's warrants are also held by his pension fund.
Words and expressions defined in the Company's announcement of 20 September 2016 have the same meanings in this announcement.
Further detail is provided below in accordance with Article 19.3 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.
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- Ends -
For further information:
EVR Holdings plc |
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Sean Nicolson, Chairman | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000 | ||
Anthony Matchett, Chief Executive Officer | www.evrholdings.com | ||
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SPARK Advisory Partners Limited (Nominated Adviser) |
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Neil Baldwin / Sean Wyndham-Quin | Tel: +44 (0) 203 368 3550 | ||
| www.sparkadvisorypartners.com | ||
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Peterhouse Corporate Finance Limited (Broker) | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7469 0930 | ||
Eran Zucker / Lucy Williams | www.pcorpfin.com | ||
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Media enquiries:
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Henry Harrison-Topham / Jamie Hooper Stephanie Watson / Catriona Flint | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000 |
EVR@buchanan.uk.com | www.buchanan.uk.com |
Notes to Editors:
MelodyVR
MelodyVR is a wholly owned subsidiary of EVR Holdings plc ('EVR'), a company that is listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker EVRH.L. EVR, a creator of virtual reality content, joined AIM on 16 May 2016 following a reverse takeover of Armstrong Ventures plc. Further information can be viewed at www.evrholdings.com
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