Last checked at 25 Jun 2018 07:00
For immediate release 25 June 2018
The information communicated in this announcement is inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation 596/2014. Information in this announcement is also communicated pursuant to rule 2.9.
VIPERA PLC
("Vipera" or the "Group" or the "Company")
Exercise of warrants and total voting rights
Vipera, the specialist provider of mobile financial services, has been notified of the exercise of warrants to subscribe for 5,000,000 new ordinary shares in the Company (the "New Ordinary Shares") at an exercise price of 4p by Luciano Martucci, Chairman (the "Subscription").
Following the Subscription, Mr Martucci's holding in the enlarged share capital of the Company will be:
Ordinary shares:
| Number of Ordinary Shares prior to the exercise of warrants
| Percentage of Ordinary Shares held prior to the exercise of warrants (%) | Number of Ordinary Shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of warrants
| Number of Ordinary Shares held following the exercise of warrants
| Percentage of Ordinary Shares held following the exercise of warrants (%) |
Luciano Martucci | 890,000 | 0.28% | 5,000,000 | 5,890,000 | 1.81% |
The ISIN number of the ordinary shares is GB00B5M62J37.
Total Voting Rights
Application has been made for the 5,000,000 new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM. Admission is expected to occur at 8.00a.m. on 26 June 2018.
Following Admission, the Company will have 325,429,725 Ordinary Shares in issue, each with voting rights, which figure may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules. The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in Treasury.
There are now 12,000,000 warrants and 9,675,000 options outstanding, representing 6.66% of the issued capital.
Contact:
Vipera PLC Marco Casartelli (CEO) Martin Perrin (CFO)
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Tel: +39 02 8688 2037 Tel: +44 (0) 20 7193 0833
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finnCap Ltd (Nomad and Broker) Adrian Hargrave / Anthony Adams (Corporate Finance) Camille Gochez (Corporate Broking)
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IFC Advisory Ltd (Financial PR and IR) Tim Metcalfe Heather Armstrong Florence Chandler | Tel: +44 (0) 203 934 6630 |
About Vipera:
Vipera Plc (AIM:VIP) a cutting edge Mobile Financial Services and Digital Customer Engagement Solutions provider, serves financial institutions and retailers worldwide with differentiated mobile banking, card management and customer engagement capabilities based around its proprietary bank grade multi-purpose platform, Motif. Additionally, it provides consultancy and other services to banks and financial institutions. For further information, please visit www.vipera.com.
1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated |
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(a) | Name | Luciano Martucci | |||||
2. | Reason for the notification | ||||||
(b) | Position / status | Chairman | |||||
(c) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial notification | |||||
3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||||||
(a) | Name | Vipera plc | |||||
(b) | LEI | N/A | |||||
4. | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | ||||||
(a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code | Ordinary shares of 1 pence per share GB00B5M62J37 | |||||
(b) | Nature of the transaction | Exercise of warrants | |||||
(c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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(d) | Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price | Exercise of warrants to subscribe for 5,000,000 new ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 4 pence | |||||
(e) | Date of the transaction | 22 June 2018 | |||||
(f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | |||||