Ms Intl. Regulatory News (MSI)

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:

MS INTERNATIONAL plc

COMPANY REGISTERED OFFICE ADDRESS AND IF DIFFERENT, COMPANY TRADING ADDRESS (INCLUDING POSTCODES) :

Balby Carr Bank

Doncaster

DN4 8DH

United Kingdom

COUNTRY OF INCORPORATION:

England and Wales

COMPANY WEBSITE ADDRESS CONTAINING ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED BY AIM RULE 26:

www.msiplc.com (to be available before Admission)

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:

The Group engages in the design and manufacture of speciality engineering products and the provision of related services. Its operating divisions include: the defence division, the forgings division and petrol station forecourt superstructures. The Company's main country of operation is the United Kingdom

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):

18,396,073 ordinary shares of 10 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") of which 245,048 Ordinary Shares are held in treasury

CAPITAL TO BE RAISED ON ADMISSION (IF APPLICABLE) AND ANTICIPATED MARKET CAPITALISATION ON ADMISSION:

No capital to be raised on admission.

Anticipated market capitalisation on admission: c.£33.0 Million

PERCENTAGE OF AIM SECURITIES NOT IN PUBLIC HANDS AT ADMISSION:

67.6 %

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

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):

Michael James Bell (Executive Chairman)

Michael Patrick Andrew O'Connell (Finance Director)

Nicholas Michael Arthur James Bell (Executive Director)

Roger Lane-Smith (Non-Executive Director)

David Pyle (Non-Executive Director)

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):

Before and after admission:

Michael James Bell (Executive Chairman) - 26.28%

Cavendish Asset Management - 14.01%

David Pyle (Non Executive Director) - 10.00%

Michael Patrick Andrew O'Connell (Executive Director) - 8.17%

The Trustees of the Group Pension Scheme - 7.01%

Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited - 6.93%

Mrs Patricia Snipe - 4.41%

Should any of these holdings change prior to admission, an updated schedule 1 will be released

NAMES OF ALL PERSONS TO BE DISCLOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SCHEDULE 2, PARAGRAPH (H) OF THE AIM RULES:

Not applicable

(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) 30 April

(ii) Not applicable - existing issuer moving from the Official List

(iii) Half Yearly report to 2 November 2013 - notified by 2 February 2014

(iv) Annual report to 3 May 2014 - published by 3 November 2014

(v) Half year report to 1 November 2014 - notified by 1 February 2015

EXPECTED ADMISSION DATE:

22 November 2013

NAME AND ADDRESS OF NOMINATED ADVISER:

Shore Capital and Corporate Limited

Bond Street House

14 Clifford Street

London W1S 4JU

NAME AND ADDRESS OF BROKER:

Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited

Bond Street House

14 Clifford Street

London W1S 4JU

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:

N/A - Quoted applicant

DATE OF NOTIFICATION:

19 November 2013

NEW/ UPDATE:

Update

QUOTED APPLICANTS MUST ALSO COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:

THE NAME OF THE AIM DESIGNATED MARKET UPON WHICH THE APPLICANT'S SECURITIES HAVE BEEN TRADED:

Have been admitted to premium segment of the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities

THE DATE FROM WHICH THE APPLICANT'S SECURITIES HAVE BEEN SO TRADED:

1965

CONFIRMATION THAT, FOLLOWING DUE AND CAREFUL ENQUIRY, THE APPLICANT HAS ADHERED TO ANY LEGAL AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS INVOLVED IN HAVING ITS SECURITIES TRADED UPON SUCH A MARKET OR DETAILS OF WHERE THERE HAS BEEN ANY BREACH:

Confirmed

AN ADDRESS OR WEB-SITE ADDRESS WHERE ANY DOCUMENTS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS WHICH THE APPLICANT HAS MADE PUBLIC OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS (IN CONSEQUENCE OF HAVING ITS SECURITIES SO TRADED) ARE AVAILABLE:

MS INTERNATIONAL plc

Balby Carr Bank

Doncaster

DN4 8DH

United Kingdom

DETAILS OF THE APPLICANT'S STRATEGY FOLLOWING ADMISSION INCLUDING, IN THE CASE OF AN INVESTING COMPANY, DETAILS OF ITS INVESTING STRATEGY:

The Board's strategy is to continue to develop the Group's three main operating divisions being: the defence division, the forgings division and petrol station forecourt superstructures. The Board will consider further expansion of these divisions if it is deemed appropriate and in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders.

A DESCRIPTION OF ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN FINANCIAL OR TRADING POSITION OF THE APPLICANT, WHICH HAS OCCURRED SINCE THE END OF THE LAST FINANCIAL PERIOD FOR WHICH AUDITED STATEMENTS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED:

Save as announced by the Company in announcements made in accordance with the DTRs and the Listing Rules, there has been no significant change in the financial or trading position of the Company since 27 April 2013, being the end of the last financial period for which audited statements have been published

A STATEMENT THAT THE DIRECTORS OF THE APPLICANT HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE WORKING CAPITAL AVAILABLE TO IT OR ITS GROUP WILL BE INSUFFICIENT FOR AT LEAST TWELVE MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF ITS ADMISSION:

The Directors have no reason to believe that the working capital available to the Company will be insufficient for at least 12 months from the date of its Admission

DETAILS OF ANY LOCK-IN ARRANGEMENTS PURSUANT TO RULE 7 OF THE AIM RULES:

Not applicable

A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR SETTLING THE APPLICANT'S SECURITIES:

Crest

A WEBSITE ADDRESS DETAILING THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THE APPLICANT'S SECURITIES:

www.msiplc.com (to be available before Admission)

INFORMATION EQUIVALENT TO THAT REQUIRED FOR AN ADMISSION DOCUMENT WHICH IS NOT CURRENTLY PUBLIC:

Not applicable

A WEBSITE ADDRESS OF A PAGE CONTAINING THE APPLICANT'S LATEST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS WHICH MUST HAVE A FINANCIAL YEAR END NOT MORE THEN NINE MONTHS PRIOR TO ADMISSION AND INTERIM RESULTS WHERE APPLICABLE. THE ACCOUNTS MUST BE PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACCOUNTING STANDARDS PERMISSIBLE UNDER AIM RULE 19:

www.msiplc.com (to be available before Admission)

THE NUMBER OF EACH CLASS OF SECURITIES HELD IN TREASURY:

245,048 Ordinary Shares held in treasury