BELLZONE MINING PLC 21 January 2016
Bellzone Mining plc ("Bellzone" or the "Company") (AIM: BZM) announces the successful completion of the placing announced on 15 January 2016 (the "Placing").
A total of 339,198,000 new ordinary shares of no par value (the "Placing Shares") have been placed with Hudson Global Group Limited ("Hudson") at a price of 0.398113 pence per share, raising net proceeds of approximately £1.35 million. As a result of completion of the Placing, Hudson now holds 910,222,179 of the Company's ordinary shares of no par value ("Ordinary Shares"), representing 62.4% of the voting rights in the Company.
The Placing Shares, which have now been issued, are fully paid and rank pari passu in all respects with the existing Ordinary Shares, including the right to receive all dividends and other distributions declared, made or paid after the date of issue. The Placing Shares have today been admitted to trading on the AIM Market.
Following completion of the Placing, the Company's issued share capital consists of 1,469,858,383 Ordinary Shares, of which 11,005,130 Ordinary Shares are held by the Company in treasury.
Therefore, as at 21 January 2016, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 1,458,778,253. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the Company under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the UK Financial Conduct Authority.
Bellzone Mining plc | |
Simon Edwards | +44 (0) 1534 513 500 |
WH Ireland Limited | |
Nominated Advisor | |
James Joyce / James Bavister | +44 (0) 20 7220 1666 |
HD Capital Partners Limited | |
Broker | |
Paul Dudley / Philip Haydn-Slater | +44 (0) 20 3551 4870 |
Bell Pottinger | |
Financial Public and Investor Relations | |
Daniel Thole | +44 (0) 20 3772 2500 |
This announcement has been issued by Bellzone and is the sole responsibility of Bellzone.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT BEING ISSUED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND MAY NOT BE DISTRIBUTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
WH Ireland which is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority ("PRA") and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority and the PRA, is a member of the London Stock Exchange. WH Ireland is acting exclusively for the Company in connection with the Placing and is not acting for any other person and will not be responsible to any person other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to their customers or for providing advice on the transactions or arrangements referred to in this announcement.
This announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute an offer or an invitation to acquire or dispose of any securities or investment advice in any jurisdiction.
In particular, this announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or issue or the solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for securities in any jurisdiction including, without limitation, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong or Japan. The securities referred to in this announcement have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the "U.S. Securities Act") and may not be offered, sold or transferred within the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act. No public offering of the Placing Shares will be made in the United States.
No statement in this announcement is intended to be a profit forecast and no statement in this announcement should be interpreted to mean that earnings per share of Bellzone for the current or future financial years would necessarily match or exceed the historical published earnings per share of Bellzone.
The Directors of Bellzone are:
Michael Farrow, Non-Executive Chairman Julian Cheong, CFO and Acting CEO Simon Brickles, Non-Executive director
Antony Gardner-Hillman, Non-Executive director
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