8 Jun 2018 16:15
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8 June 2018
Xpediator Plc
("Xpediator" or the "Group")
Issue of Equity
Xpediator, (AIM: XPD) a leading provider of freight management services across the UK and Europe, announces that pursuant to the acquisition of Easy Managed Transport Limited ("EMT"), as described in the Group's admission document dated 8 August 2017, a deferred consideration payment of £1,074,626 million, based on the results of EMT for the twelve month period to 28 February 2018, has become payable to the vendors of EMT, Michael Mehmet and his wife, Paula Mehmet. The deferred consideration payment will be settled by the issue of 1,313,047 new ordinary shares in the Group to Michael Mehmet and the issue of 414,647 new ordinary shares in the Group to Paula Mehmet (the "Deferred Consideration Shares").
Details of the Deferred Consideration Shares
Application has been made for the Deferred Consideration Shares, which will rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the Group ("Ordinary Shares"), to be admitted to trading on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange ("Admission"). It is expected that Admission will occur at 8.00am on or around 13 June 2018.
Michael and Paula Mehmet have agreed not to dispose of the Deferred Consideration Shares for a period of twelve months from the date of issue without the prior consent of the Company's nominated adviser and joint broker, SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP, and the Company's joint broker, Cantor Fitzgerald Europe.
Total Voting Rights
Following Admission, the Group's issued ordinary share capital will comprise 119,158,838 Ordinary Shares and may be used by shareholders in the Group as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Group under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Xpediator plc | Tel: +44 (0)330 043 2395 |
Stephen Blyth, Chief Executive Officer | Email: info@xpediator.com |
Richard Myson, Chief Financial Officer | |
SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP (Nominated Advisor & Joint Broker) | Tel: +44 (0)20 3470 0470 |
Jeff Keating | |
Caroline Rowe | |
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Cantor Fitzgerald Europe (Joint Broker) | Tel: +44 (0)20 7894 7000 |
David Foreman, Michael Boot (Corporate Finance) | |
Caspar Shand Kydd, Alex Pollen (Sales) | |
Novella Communications (Financial Public Relations) | Tel: +44 (0)20 3151 7008 |
Tim Robertson | |
Toby Andrews |
About Xpediator:
Xpediator is a well-established international provider of freight management services. Established in 1988 by CEO Stephen Blyth, the Group's international network of offices provides road, sea and air freight services, together with logistics and warehousing in the UK and Romania. The business offers integrated freight management within the supply chain logistics and fulfilment sector, through its three main areas: freight forwarding, logistics & warehousing and transport services. With headquarters in Braintree, Essex and country offices in nine CEE countries across 31 sites, the Group currently employs 781 people and was successfully admitted to London's AIM market in August 2017.
For more information, please visit: www.xpediator.com
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NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM:
1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||||
a) | Name: | 1. Michael Mehmet 2. Paula Mehmet | ||||||
2. | Reason for the notification | |||||||
a) | Position/status: | 1. Founder of EMT and Xpediator operating board member 2. Wife of Michael Mehmet | ||||||
b) | Initial notification/Amendment: | Initial notification | ||||||
3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||
a) | Name: | Xpediator plc | ||||||
b) | LEI: | 213800XBOVDBT2HEC967 | ||||||
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 5 pence each
ISIN: GB00BF6P5V92 | ||||||
b) | Nature of the transaction: | Issue of deferred consideration shares | ||||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s): |
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d) | Aggregated information: Aggregated volume: Price: | Single transaction as in 4 c) above
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e) | Date of the transaction: | 8 June 2018 | ||||||
f) | Place of the transaction: | Off-market | ||||||