15 Sep 2009 12:12
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IQ Holdings plcΒ ('IQ Holdings' or the 'Company')
(AIM: IQH)
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Issue of Convertible Loan Notes
The directors ofΒ IQ HoldingsΒ are pleased to announce that they have raised Β£150,000 for working capital purposes throughΒ the issue of convertible unsecured loan notes ("the Notes").
Interest will accrue from day to day at a rate of ten per cent. per annum, and shall be paidΒ quarterlyΒ in arrears, beginning on 31 December 2009.Β TheΒ NotesΒ areΒ unsecuredΒ with the final redemption dateΒ beingΒ Β 15Β SeptemberΒ 2014.
Unless previously redeemed, converted intoΒ shares or purchased by the Company, the Company shall redeem the Notes in full onΒ 15Β SeptemberΒ 2014Β at par together with accrued, but unpaid, interest up to and including that date.Β The Company has the option to redeem the Notes earlier at par together with the payment of a full years interest charge of ten per cent. on the original value of the Notes.Β
The NotesΒ have beenΒ subscribed for byΒ SFt1ps Smaller Companies GrowthΒ ("SFt1ps")Β and Lux Capital Management SA, to a value of Β£75,000 each.Β
Following the issue of these Notes, SFt1ps' interest in the share capital of the Company isΒ 140,000,000Β Ordinary SharesΒ (being 110,000,000 ordinary shares as a direct holder of shares, and an interest in 30,000,000 ordinary shares if the Notes were fully converted),Β whichΒ representsΒ 11.10% of the Company's share capital.Β
A Noteholder may at any time or timesΒ afterΒ 15Β SeptemberΒ 2010 and beforeΒ 15Β SeptemberΒ 2014Β serve aΒ conversionΒ notice requiring that the Company allot and issue Shares to the Noteholder in respect of the principal amount of the Notes specified in theΒ conversion notice (together with any accrued but unpaid interest) to be converted on theΒ conversion dateΒ atΒ 0.25p per share.Β
No application has been or shall be made for a listing or for permission to deal in the Notes on any stock exchange or other securities markets.
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For further information, please contact:
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IQ HoldingsΒ plc |
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Julian Green |
Tel: +44 (0)20 8099 0560 |
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Nominated Adviser: Grant ThorntonΒ UKΒ LLP |
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Gerry Beaney |
Tel: +44 (0)Β 20 7383 5100 |
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Broker: Rivington Street Corporate Finance Limited |
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Dru Edmonstone |
Tel: +44 (0)20 7562 3389 |
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Financial PR: Bishopsgate Communications |
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Gemma O'Hara |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7562 3355 |
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