27 Jul 2018 07:00
fastjet Plc("fastjet", the "Company" or the "Group")
27 July 2018
Result of Open Offer
fastjet, the low-cost African airline, announces the results of the recent Open Offer undertaken at a price of 8 pence per share, on the basis of one Open Offer Share for every 26 Existing Ordinary Shares.
The Open Offer closed for acceptances at 11:00 a.m. on 26 July 2018 and the Company announces that valid applications have been received from qualifying shareholders in respect of 2,824,504 new ordinary shares. fastjet has therefore raised £225,960.32 pursuant to the Open Offer. Qualifying Shareholders who have validly applied for Open Offer Shares will receive their full Open Offer application.
Application has been made for the 2,824,504 Open Offer Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission"). It is expected that Admission will occur at 8.00am on 30 July 2018.
Following the issue of the Open Offer Shares, the Company will have 620,652,894 ordinary shares of 1p each in issue and this figure may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the 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 FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules. The Company does not hold any shares in treasury.
Capitalised terms used in this announcement shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the circular that was sent to shareholders on 4 July 2018 unless the context otherwise requires.
This announcement contains inside information which is disclosed in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014.
ENDS
For more information, contact:
fastjet Plc | Tel: +27 (0) 10 070 5151 |
Nico Bezuidenhout, Chief Executive Officer Michael Muller, Chief Financial Officer | |
UK media - Citigate Dewe Rogerson | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7638 9571 |
Angharad Couch Eleni Menikou | |
Toby Moore Nick Hayns | |
South African media - Hein Kaiser | Tel: +27 (0) 82 520 0555 |
For investor enquiries please contact: | |
Liberum Capital Limited - Nominated Adviser and Broker | Tel: +44 (0) 20 3100 2222 |
Clayton Bush | |
Jill Li Neil Elliot Trystan Cullen
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NOTES TO EDITORS
About Fastjet Plc
fastjet is a multi-award winning low-cost African airline for everyone. It began flight operations in Tanzania in November 2012, flying passengers from Dar es Salaam to just two domestic destinations - Kilimanjaro and Mwanza. Today, fastjet's route network includes Tanzanian domestic routes from its Dar es Salaam base to Kilimanjaro, Mbeya, and Mwanza, and international routes from Tanzania to Lusaka in Zambia and Harare in Zimbabwe. fastjet also began flight operations from its Zimbabwe base in October 2015, and now flies domestically from Harare to Victoria Falls, Harare to Dar es Salaam and internationally from both Harare and Victoria Falls to Johannesburg in South Africa. fastjet launched flights in Mozambique in November 2017 through a brand license agreement with Solenta Aviation Mozambique and offers a 4-city network of services within the country. The airline has flown over 2.5 million passengers with an impressive aggregate 94% on-time performance, establishing itself as a punctual, reliable, and affordable low-cost carrier.