1 Mar 2017 10:58
1 March 2017
TERRA CAPITAL PLC ("the Company")
Results of Tender Offer
Terra Capital plc (AIM:TCA) announces that further to the announcement of the Tender Offer on 3 February 2016 and the results of the EGM held on 27 February 2017, the Tender Offer for the purchase of up to 6,829,924 Ordinary Shares (representing 10.0 per cent. of the Ordinary Shares in issue as at 30 December 2016 excluding Ordinary Shares held in treasury) closed at 1.00 p.m. on 28 February 2016.
A total of 6,213,031 Ordinary Shares were validly tendered under the Basic Entitlement of the Tender Offer. This equates to approximately 9.1 per cent. of the Ordinary Shares in issue as at 30 December 2016 (excluding Ordinary Shares held in treasury), and approximately 91 per cent. of the Ordinary Shares in respect of which the Tender Offer was made. Excess tenders will be satisfied to the extent of a further 616,893 Ordinary Shares, representing 1.47 per cent. of the excess Ordinary Shares tendered.
In total, 6,829,924 Ordinary Shares were validly tendered under the Tender Offer, representing 10.0 per cent. of the Ordinary Shares in issue as at 30 December 2016 (excluding Ordinary Shares held on Treasury), all of which will be repurchased by the Company and placed in treasury. The existing Ordinary Shares held in treasury prior to the Tender Offer will be cancelled (8,956,423 Ordinary Shares).
Creation of assured payment obligations for the proceeds of the Tender Offer in respect of Ordinary Shares in uncertificated form will take place on 3 March 2017 and the dispatch of cheques for the proceeds of the Tender Offer for Ordinary Shares in certificated form will take place in the week commencing 6 March 2017.
Capitalised terms and expressions have the same meanings as those attributed to them in the Company's Circular dated 3 February 2017.
For more information, please visit www.terracapitalplc.com or contact:
Galileo Fund Services Limited (Administrator)
Frazer Pickering
+44 1624 692600
Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited (Nominated adviser and corporate broker)
Paul Fincham or Jonathan Becher
+44 20 7886 2500
Terra Capital plc.
Ian Dungate, Director
+44 1624 692600
NOTES:
Terra Capital plc is an AIM quoted investment company focussed on generating high absolute returns while attempting to keep volatility to a minimum. The Fund predominantly invests in under-researched and under-valued companies listed on Frontier Market stock exchanges. The Fund Manager targets for investment companies that it believes are trading for less than their intrinsic worth and so, aside from any potential growth prospects, provide scope for capital appreciation as a result of a reversion towards their underlying value. Investments are also made in companies which are viewed as trading at fair value but which offer opportunities for growth at a reasonable price. The Investment Manager believes many such 'value' opportunities can be found in Frontier Markets due to inherent market inefficiencies in such markets. The Manager utilises in-house teams of its own analysts, resident on the ground in areas of interest to investigate suitable opportunities rather than rely on third party research.
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