11 Apr 2011 07:00
ANNOUNCEMENT TO BE MADE BY THE AIM APPLICANT PRIOR TO ADMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 2 OF THE AIM RULES FOR COMPANIES ("AIM RULES") |
COMPANY NAME: |
JJB Sports plc
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COMPANY REGISTERED OFFICE ADDRESS AND IF DIFFERENT, COMPANY TRADING ADDRESS (INCLUDING POSTCODES) : |
Martland Park Challenge Way Wigan Lancashire WN5 0LD United Kingdom
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COUNTRY OF INCORPORATION: |
Incorporated and registered in England & Wales under the Companies Acts 1985 and 1989 with registered number 01024895.
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COMPANY WEBSITE ADDRESS CONTAINING ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED BY AIM RULE 26: |
www.jjbcorporate.co.uk
The company website under Rule 26 will be live from admission.
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COMPANY BUSINESS (INCLUDING MAIN COUNTRY OF OPERATION) OR, IN THE CASE OF AN INVESTING COMPANY, DETAILS OF ITS INVESTING POLICY). IF THE ADMISSION IS SOUGHT AS A RESULT OF A REVERSE TAKE-OVER UNDER RULE 14, THIS SHOULD BE STATED: |
JJB Sports plc ("JJB" or the "Company") is a UK sports retailer headquartered in Wigan. JJB's product offering includes sports clothing and footwear supplied by leading brands such as Nike and adidas as well as replica shirts, fitness equipment, accessories, cycling and golfing products. JJB's product offering is supplemented by its own label brands, including Champion, Patrick and Olympus.
The Company and its subsidiary undertakings (the "Group") currently trade from 244 JJB branded retail stores in the UK and Ireland and employs over 6,000 people. The majority of the Group's stores are based on the superstore concept, with an average of approximately 11,000 square feet of selling space and are generally out of town or larger high street stores.
The board of directors of the Company (the "Board") has recently finalised its revised business plan which aims to restore the viability of the Group's business model and return the business to profitability in the longer term.
As part of this revised business plan, the Company announced on 6 April 2011 a firm placing and placing and open offer to raise gross proceeds of £65 million (the "Capital Raising"). In connection with the Capital Raising, the Company published a document which comprises a prospectus for the purposes of the Prospectus Rules, a circular for the purposes of the Listing Rules and an admission document for the purposes of the AIM Rules for Companies. The Capital Raising is subject to shareholder approval at a general meeting to be held on 26 April 2011 and, if approved by shareholders, is scheduled to complete on 27 April 2011.
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DETAILS OF SECURITIES TO BE ADMITTED INCLUDING ANY RESTRICTIONS AS TO TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES (i.e. where known, number and type of shares, nominal value and issue price to which it seeks admission and the number and type to be held as treasury shares): |
293,312,703 ordinary shares of 1 pence each
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CAPITAL TO BE RAISED ON ADMISSION (IF APPLICABLE) AND ANTICIPATED MARKET CAPITALISATION ON ADMISSION: |
No capital is being raised on admission. The anticipated market capitalisation on admission will be approximately £100 million.
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PERCENTAGE OF AIM SECURITIES NOT IN PUBLIC HANDS AT ADMISSION: |
Approximately 72.5%
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DETAILS OF ANY OTHER EXCHANGE OR TRADING PLATFORM TO WHICH THE AIM COMPANY HAS APPLIED OR AGREED TO HAVE ANY OF ITS SECURITIES (INCLUDING ITS AIM SECURITIES) ADMITTED OR TRADED: |
N/A
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FULL NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTORS AND PROPOSED DIRECTORS (underlining the first name by which each is known or including any other name by which each is known): |
Robert Michael McTighe (Chairman)
Keith John Jones (Chief Executive Officer)
David Robert Williams (Chief Financial Officer)
Richard Denley John Manning (Legal and Operations Director)
David Alexander Robertson Adams (Senior Independent Non-executive Director)
Alan Athol Emslie Benzie (Independent Non-executive Director)
Sir Matthew Clive Pinsent CBE (Independent Non-executive Director)
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FULL NAMES AND HOLDINGS OF SIGNIFICANT SHAREHOLDERS EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL, BEFORE AND AFTER ADMISSION (underlining the first name by which each is known or including any other name by which each is known): |
Shareholder Current After admission (anticipated)
Harris Associates LP 27.9% 24.9%
Invesco Asset Management Limited 17.0% 47.5%
Crystal Amber Fund Limited 15.5% 7.1%
GoldenPeaks Capital 4.0% 1.8%
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Trust 5.0% 5.0%
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NAMES OF ALL PERSONS TO BE DISCLOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SCHEDULE 2, PARAGRAPH (H) OF THE AIM RULES: |
Crystal Amber Fund Limited Cenkos Securities plc Michael McTighe
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(i) ANTICIPATED ACCOUNTING REFERENCE DATE (ii) DATE TO WHICH THE MAIN FINANCIAL INFORMATION IN THE ADMISSION DOCUMENT HAS BEEN PREPARED (this may be represented by unaudited interim financial information) (iii) DATES BY WHICH IT MUST PUBLISH ITS FIRST THREE REPORTS PURSUANT TO AIM RULES 18 AND 19: |
(i) 31 January (ii) 31 July 2010 (iii) 29 July 2011, 30 October 2011, 28 July 2012
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EXPECTED ADMISSION DATE: |
28 April 2011
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NAME AND ADDRESS OF NOMINATED ADVISER: |
Numis Securities Limited The London Stock Exchange Building 10 Paternoster Square London EC4M 7LT United Kingdom
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NAME AND ADDRESS OF BROKER: |
Numis Securities Limited The London Stock Exchange Building 10 Paternoster Square London EC4M 7LT United Kingdom
Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited Moorgate Hall 155 Moorgate London EC2M 6XB United Kingdom
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OTHER THAN IN THE CASE OF A QUOTED APPLICANT, DETAILS OF WHERE (POSTAL OR INTERNET ADDRESS) THE ADMISSION DOCUMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM, WITH A STATEMENT THAT THIS WILL CONTAIN FULL DETAILS ABOUT THE APPLICANT AND THE ADMISSION OF ITS SECURITIES: |
The admission document will be available at the Company's registered office and at the offices of Herbert Smith, Exchange House, Primrose Street, London, EC2A 2HS and will contain full details about the applicant and the admission of its securities.
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DATE OF NOTIFICATION: |
11 April 2011
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NEW/ UPDATE: |
New
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