Schedule 1 - CODA plc

12 Sep 2006 07:00

AIM12 September 2006 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:CODA plc COMPANY ADDRESS:Methuen Park Chippenham Wiltshire COMPANY POSTCODE:SN14 0GB COUNTRY OF INCORPORATION:England and Wales 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:CODA plc is one of the UK's leading providers of international financial software systems for medium to largeenterprises. It is a company with a tradition of offering high quality software supported by an experienced consultingservices team. It focuses on helping an organisation's chief financial officer address the wide range of challengesfaced by this role today. This includes the production of accounts, the provision of management information andincreasingly, the issues surrounding corporate governance. DETAILS OF SECURITIES TO BE ADMITTED (i.e. where known, number of shares, nominal value and issue price to which itseeks admission and the number and type to be held as treasury shares):Securities to be admitted: Ordinary shares of 25p each Number of securities to be admitted: 76,973,727 CAPITAL TO BE RAISED ON ADMISSION:N/a FULL NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTORS AND PROPOSED DIRECTORS:Graham Lawrence Steinsberg - Executive ChairmanJeremy Byron Roche - Chief Executive OfficerBryan Herbert Hucker - Chief Financial OfficerClifford Stanley Frank Preddy - Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Non-Executive DirectorMark Benjamin Wells - Non-Executive DirectorMichael David Greig - 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:A new holding company, CODA plc, has been set up for the purpose of the demerger. Pre the demerger, the currentshareholders of CODA plc are two Directors of CODASciSys plc, Graham Steinsberg and Bryan Hucker, who each hold 50% ofCODA plc. Immediately following the demerger, the percentage shareholdings of CODA plc will be the same as those of CODASciSysplc immediately prior to the demerger. As at the date of this Schedule 1, holders of CODASciSys plc ordinary shares of 25p each with interests of greater than3% are as follows: Artemis Investment Management Limited 17.0%Insight Investment Management 9.0%Mike Love 8.9%Employee share trusts ** 7.0%AXA Framlington Investment Management 5.6%Credit Suisse Asset Management 4.3%Graham Steinsberg 3.3%Henderson Global Investors 3.2% ** This includes 650,000 and 22,500 shares in which Graham Steinsberg and Mike Love respectively have an interest underthe terms of the CODASciSys Executive Share Ownership Plan and which are not included in the shareholdings set outopposite their respective names above NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF ALL PERSONS TO BE DISCLOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SCHEDULE 2, PARAGRAPH (H) OF THE AIM RULES:None ANTICIPATED ACCOUNTING REFERENCE DATE:31 December EXPECTED ADMISSION DATE:26 September 2006 NAME AND ADDRESS OF NOMINATED ADVISER:Bridgewell LimitedOld Change House128 Queen Victoria StreetLondonEC4V 4BJ NAME AND ADDRESS OF BROKER:Bridgewell LimitedOld Change House128 Queen Victoria StreetLondonEC4V 4BJ DETAILS OF WHERE (POSTAL OR INTERNET ADDRESS) THE ADMISSION DOCUMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM, WITH A STATEMENT THAT THISWILL CONTAIN FULL DETAILS ABOUT THE APPLICANT AND THE ADMISSION OF ITS SECURITIES:Bridgewell LimitedOld Change House128 Queen Victoria StreetLondonEC4V 4BJ The Admission Document will contain full details on the applicant and the Admission of its securities to AIM. DATE OF NOTIFICATION:12 September 2006 NEW/ UPDATE (see note):NEW This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange