16 Oct 2012 07:00
16 October 2012
Blue Star Capital plc
("Blue Star Capital" or the "Company")
Issue of Equity
Blue Star Capital announces that in accordance with regular share based payments which were previously notified on 29 June 2011, 25 July 2011, 25 November 2011, 20 January 2012, 18 April 2012, and 5 July 2012, the Chairman, Lord Dear and non executive directors Mr Anthony Fabrizi, Mr Noel Lyons, Mr Peter Varnish and General Sir Michael Wilkes were issued the following shares in the Company (the "New Shares") on 15 October 2012:
Name | Current Shares | New Shares | Total Holding | % Holding |
Lord Dear | 1,486,152 | 1,562,500 | 3,048,652 | 1.74% |
Mr Anthony Fabrizi | 882,453 | 2,343,750 | 3,226,203 | 1.84% |
Mr Noel Lyons | 882,453 | 1,171,875 | 2,054,328 | 1.17% |
Mr Peter Varnish | 741,605 | 1,171,875 | 1,913,480 | 1.09% |
General Sir Michael Wilkes | 1,238,949 | 1,171,875 | 2,410,824 | 1.37% |
The New Shares will rank pari passu with the ordinary shares already in issue. Application is being made for the admission to trading of a total of 7,421,875 ordinary shares of 0.1p each to be admitted to trading on AIM and dealings are expected to commence at 8.00am on 19 October 2012.
Following the issue of the New Shares, the Company's voting capital will consist of:
Ordinary Shares | Nominal Value (pence) | GBP | Ordinary Shares held in Treasury |
175,442,191 | 0.1 | 175,442 | - |
As the Company does not hold any ordinary shares in Treasury, its total number of voting rights equals its capital. The above figure may be used by shareholders 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 Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Contacts:
Blue Star Capital plc | 0777 178 2434 |
Anthony Fabrizi | |
Daniel Stewart & Company plc Nominated Adviser & Broker | 020 7776 6550 |
David Hart, Corporate Finance | |
Martin Lampshire, Corporate Broking |
Blue Star (BLU)