Touchstar Plc Regulatory News (TST)

10 Oct 2005 09:28

AIM10 October 2005 ANNOUNCEMENT TO BE MADE BY THE AIM APPLICANT PRIOR TO ADMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH AIM RULE 2 ALL APPLICANTS MUST COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: COMPANY NAME:Belgravium Technologies plc COMPANY ADDRESS:2 Campus Road, Listerhills Science Park, Bradford, West Yorkshire COMPANY POSTCODE:BD7 1HR COUNTRY OF INCORPORATION:England COMPANY BUSINESS OR, IN THE CASE OF AN INVESTING COMPANY, DETAILS OF ITS INVESTMENT STRATEGY TO BE DISCLOSED INACCORDANCE WITH SCHEDULE 2, PARAGRAPH (J) OF THE AIM RULES:Upon admission, Belgravium Technologies plc will have two trading subsidiaries: Belgravium is a computer design and manufacturing company, specialising in the mobile computing and radiofrequency data communications (RF/DC) market areas with a focus on real time data capture and rugged hand-heldmobile computing devices. It manufactures a comprehensive range of batch and radio data terminals with thenecessary software to cater for specific industry requirements. Key products, which operate on the CE.NEToperating system, include the Atlanta series and Vienna series of hand-held mobile computing devices. Touchstar is one of the UK's leading providers of hand-held battery powered mobile computing solutions to avariety of blue chip industrial and commercial end users. Its products incorporate both proprietary hardware andsoftware in Windows CE and DOS formats. It also offers a bespoke software development capability withcomprehensive support and maintenance services. Its core markets are fuel distribution and the airline industrywhere its key products are the CEagle, the Falcon and the Voyager II. DETAILS OF SECURITIES TO BE ADMITTED (i.e. where known, number of shares, nominal value and issue price to whichit seeks admission and the number and type to be held as treasury shares):33,600,000 ordinary shares of 5p each CAPITAL TO BE RAISED ON ADMISSION:£4.704 million FULL NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTORS AND PROPOSED DIRECTORS:John Philip Kembery - Executive Chairman Mark William Hardy - Group Managing Director (Proposed) Stephen John Day - Non-Executive Director Roderick Dugald McDougall - Non-Executive Director PERSON(S) INTERESTED IN 3% OR MORE OF THE ISSUER'S CAPITAL, EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE ISSUED SHARE CAPITALBEFORE AND AFTER ADMISSION:Before Admission: John Kembery 7.49% Lion Trust Asset Management 7.11% Rathbone Investment Management 4.04% Barclays Stockbrokers Limited 3.29% After Admission: Lion Trust Asset Management 6.19% John Kembery 5.50% Rensburg 4.59% Rathbone Investment Management 4.29% Marlborough Fund Managers 3.20% New Star Asset Management 3.09% Barclays Stockbrokers Limited 2.19% NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF ALL PERSONS TO BE DISCLOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SCHEDULE 2, PARAGRAPH (H) OF THE AIM RULES:n/a ANTICIPATED ACCOUNTING REFERENCE DATE:31 December EXPECTED ADMISSION DATE:24 October 2005 NAME AND ADDRESS OF NOMINATED ADVISER:KPMG Corporate Finance,1 The Embankment, Neville Street, Leeds, LS1 4DW NAME AND ADDRESS OF BROKER:Teather & Greenwood, Beaufort House, 15 St Botolph Street, London, EC3A 7QR DETAILS OF WHERE (POSTAL OR INTERNET ADDRESS) THE ADMISSION DOCUMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM, WITH A STATEMENTTHAT THIS WILL CONTAIN FULL DETAILS ABOUT THE APPLICANT AND THE ADMISSION OF ITS SECURITIES:KPMG Corporate Finance,1 The Embankment, Neville Street, Leeds, LS1 4DW DATE OF NOTIFICATION:10 October 2005 NEW/ UPDATE (see note):New This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange