AFH Financial Group Plc Placing to raise £750,000 and acquisition update (4749O)
2015年5月28日 - 4:45PM
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AFH Financial Group Plc
28 May 2015
28 May 2015
AFH FINANCIAL GROUP PLC
("AFH" or the "Company")
Placing to raise GBP750,000 and acquisition update
Placing
The Board of AFH, a leading financial planning led investment
management firm, is pleased to announce that it has raised
GBP750,000, before expenses, through the placing of 535,716 new
ordinary shares of 10 pence each (the "Placing Shares") at 140
pence per share (the "Placing"). The net proceeds of the Placing
will be used by the Company to continue its acquisition-led growth
strategy and for general working capital purposes.
The price of the Placing represents a discount of approximately
3.4 per cent. to the closing mid-market price on AIM of AFH's
shares of 145 pence on 27 May 2015, being the latest practicable
date prior to this announcement. The Placing Shares will represent
approximately 2.7 per cent. of the Company's enlarged ordinary
share capital immediately following Admission.
Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for the
Placing Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission"). It
is expected that Admission will become effective and dealings in
the Placing Shares will commence at 8:00 a.m. on 3 June 2015.
The Placing Shares will be issued credited as fully paid and
will rank in full for all dividends and other distributions
declared, made or paid in respect of the Company's ordinary shares
of 10 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") after the date of Admission
and will otherwise rank pari passu in all respects with the
Company's existing Ordinary Shares.
Acquisition update
The Placing follows on from the Company's acquisition of
Independent Financial Services (U.K.) Limited ("IFS"), which
completed on 30 April 2015 (the "Acquisition"). IFS is a national
firm of IFAs based in Stroud, Gloucestershire and is the largest
acquisition made by the Company to date. The acquisition of IFS
brings an additional 35 independent financial advisers to the AFH
group, as well as numerous national affinity Group relationships.
Following the Acquisition the Company's total funds under
management is approximately GBP1.7 billion.
As a result of the size of the Acquisition and regulatory
requirements, IFS is not being immediately integrated into AFH's
existing infrastructure and will be operated as a separate entity
for the remainder of the financial year ending 31 October 2015. AFH
will therefore incur the existing cost base of IFS during the
remainder of the current financial year. The board of AFH is also
expecting, as announced on 1 May 2015, to incur in the current
financial year one-off restructuring and integration costs of circa
GBP0.5 million in relation to the Acquisition. Revenue for the
current financial year is expected to be in line with the board's
expectations. The Company remains cash generative at the operating
level and will have GBP4.75 million of cash following the
Placing.
The Company is currently undertaking due diligence on several
acquisitions which it expects to conclude in the coming months. For
the remainder of the current financial year the Company will be
focusing on its core business, integrating IFS and other
acquisitions, and implementing operational improvements to ensure
that the business can accommodate future growth.
Total voting rights
The enlarged issued share capital of the Company following the
issue of the Placing Shares will be 20,033,904 Ordinary Shares with
voting rights. The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in
treasury. Following Admission the above figure of 20,033,904
Ordinary Shares 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 change to their
interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Disclosure
and Transparency Rules.
Commenting, Alan Hudson, Chief Executive of AFH, said:
"We are delighted to be able to place these shares and to also
satisfy demand from certain existing shareholders who wish to
increase their investment in AFH. These funds will assist us in
executing our growth strategy. Our cost base has increased in the
current financial year as a result of the IFS acquisition but our
shareholders will see the rewards of our investment in acquisitions
in the following financial years."
Enquiries:
AFH Financial Group PLC 01527 577 775
Alan Hudson, Chief Executive Officer
Paul Wright, Chief Financial Officer
www.afhfinancialgroup.com
Allenby Capital Limited 020 3328 5656
(Nominated Adviser and Broker)
Nick Naylor
Chris Crawford
Nick Athanas
Yellow Jersey PR Limited 07768 537 739
Dominic Barretto
Kelsey Traynor
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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