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Posting of Admission Document

15 Feb 2017 07:00

RNS Number : 8938W
ATTRAQT Group PLC
15 February 2017
 

15 February 2017

 

ATTRAQT Group plc

("ATTRAQT", the "Group" or the "Company")

 

Posting of Admission Document

 

Open Offer to raise up to £1.0 million

 

and

 

Notice of General Meeting

 

ATTRAQT Group plc (AIM: ATQT), a leading provider of online visual merchandising, site search and personalised recommendation technology, is pleased to announce that it will today post an admission document (the "Admission Document") relating to its conditional acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Fredhopper BV ("Fredhopper") (the "Acquisition"). The Admission Document also sets out details of the conditional Firm Placing and Open Offer to raise up to £28.5 million and the notice of General Meeting.

 

The Company announced on 30 January 2017 that it has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire the whole of the issued share capital of Fredhopper, for an aggregate cash consideration of £25 million, subject to various adjustments by reference to the net assets at completion, under the Share Purchase Agreement.

 

Fredhopper, which is currently a division of SDL plc, provides visual merchandising, site search and recommendation software to online retailers primarily in the UK and Europe.

 

The Board believes that the Acquisition represents a significant opportunity for the Company as it will bring together the only two companies which currently offer all three e-commerce enhancing technologies, namely, site search and navigation, visual merchandising and product recommendations. In doing so the Acquisition will create the 'go to' provider of online visual merchandising for retailers. The Acquisition will more than double the Company's existing client base to approximately 250 and will create a business with a strong presence in the US, UK and Continental European markets from which the Enlarged Group will be able to target the large addressable market, estimated by the Directors at approximately 50,000 companies.

 

The Acquisition constitutes a reverse takeover under the AIM Rules for Companies and as such is conditional, amongst other things, on approval by Shareholders which will be sought at a general meeting of the Company to be held at 10:00am on 6 March 2017 at the offices of N+1 Singer, One Bartholomew Lane London EC2N 2AX, a notice of which is set out at the end of the Admission Document.

 

The Directors and certain Shareholders of the Company have given irrevocable undertakings to the Company to vote in favour of the Resolutions (and to procure that such action is taken by the relevant registered holders) in respect of their beneficial holdings totalling 21,033,023 Existing Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 78.07 per cent. of the Existing Share Capital.

 

Pursuant to the AIM Rules for Companies, and as a result of the Acquisition constituting a reverse takeover, trading in the Ordinary Shares of the Company was suspended with effect from 30 January

2017. The lifting of the suspension will take place following the publication of a Supplementary Admission Document. The Admission Document being posted today does not contain audited financial statements for Fredhopper for the three financial years ending 31 December 2016. Accordingly, the Supplementary Admission Document will be published and will contain audited financial statements on Fredhopper for the three financial years ended 31 December 2016. It is currently envisaged that the Supplementary Admission Document will be published on or around 6 March 2017 following which an application will be made for trading in the Enlarged Share Capital to resume with effect from 8:00 am on 7 March 2017.

 

The Board believes the Acquisition, the Placing and the Open Offer to be in the best interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole. Accordingly, the Directors unanimously recommend you to vote in favour of the Resolutions to be proposed at the 30 General Meeting as they intend to do in respect of their holdings, amounting, in aggregate, to 3,828,077 Existing Ordinary Shares, representing 14.2 per cent. of the Existing Share Capital.

 

The Admission Document (including the notice of GM), proxy card and Application Form will shortly be available for download from http://attraqt.com/ in accordance with AIM Rule 20.

 

For further information, please contact:

 

ATTRAQT Group plc

via Newgate

André Brown, CEO

Mark Johnson, CFO

Gemma Owen-Smith, Head of Marketing and Communications

N+1 Singer

Tel: 020 7496 3000

Shaun Dobson, Lauren Kettle, Alex Price

Newgate

Tel: 020 7680 6500

Adam Lloyd, Charlotte Coulson, Sophie O'Donoghue

 

About ATTRAQT

ATTRAQT launched its online merchandising platform Freestyle Merchandising in 2009 which includes product recommendations, site search and visual merchandising. The client base has now grown to over 120 clients, including Tesco Clothing (part of Tesco Plc (LSE: TSCO)), boohoo.com (LSE: BOO) and Superdry (LSE: SGP). The Company has market presence in Western Europe and the US with offices in London and Chicago. For more information please visit: http://attraqt.com/ 

 

Expected Timetable of Principal Events

 

Announcement of the Acquisition and Placing

 

30 January 2017

Date on which trading in the Ordinary Shares was suspended

 

30 January 2017

Record Date for Open Offer Entitlements

6.00 p.m. on 13 February 2017

 

Announcement of the Open Offer and Existing Ordinary Shares marked 'ex' by the London Stock Exchange

 

7.00 a.m. on 15 February 2017

Publication of the Admission Document and notice of General Meeting, Application Form and Form of Proxy

 

15 February 2017

Open Offer Entitlements credited to stock accounts in CREST of Qualifying CREST Shareholders

 

From 8.00 a.m. on 16 February 2017

Recommended latest time and date for requesting withdrawal of Open Offer Entitlements from CREST

 

4.30 p.m. on 27 February 2017

Latest time and date for depositing Open Offer Entitlements into CREST

 

3.00 p.m. on 28 February 2017

Latest time and date for splitting of Application Forms (to satisfy bona fide market claims only)

 

3.00 p.m. on 1 March 2017

Latest time and date for receipt of Forms of Proxy

 

10.00 a.m. on 2 March 2017

Latest time and date for receipt of completed Application Forms and payment in full under the Open Offer and settlement of relevant CREST instructions (as appropriate)

 

11.00 a.m. on 3 March 2017

Announcement of result of Open Offer

 

6 March 2017

Publication of the Supplementary Admission Document

 

6 March 2017

General Meeting

 

10.00 a.m. on 6 March 2017

Admission effective and dealings in the Enlarged Share Capital commence on AIM

 

8.00 a.m. on 7 March 2017

Completion of the Acquisition

 

7 March 2017

CREST accounts credited in respect of the Placing Shares and Open Offer Shares

 

7 March 2017

Despatch of definitive share certificates for the Placing Shares and the Open Offer Shares (where applicable)

 

By no later than 14 March 2017

 

All future times and/or dates referred to in the announcement are subject to change at the discretion of the Company and N+1 Singer and if any of the above times or dates should change, the revised times and/or dates will be notified by an announcement on a Regulatory Information Service. All times are UK times unless otherwise specified.

 

Admission and Placing Statistics

 

Issue Price per Placing Share and Open Offer Share

 

35 pence

Number of Ordinary Shares in issue at the date of the Admission Document

 

26,942,340

Number of Placing Shares being issued by the Company

pursuant to the Placing*

 

78,572,000

Open Offer Entitlement under the Open Offer

1 Open Offer Share for every 9 Existing Ordinary Shares

 

Maximum number of Open Offer Shares to be offered by the Company

 

up to 2,993,593

Enlarged share capital following admission of the Placing Shares

 

105,514,340

Enlarged share capital following admission of the Open Offer Shares**

 

up to 108,507,933

Percentage of Enlarged Share Capital represented by the Placing Shares***

 

up to 74.5%

Anticipated market capitalisation upon Admission at the Issue Price**

 

£38.0m

Gross proceeds of the Placing receivable by the Company*

 

£27.5m

Estimated gross proceeds of the Open Offer receivable by the Company**

 

up to £1.0m

ISIN for Ordinary Shares

 

GB00BMJJFZ18

ISIN for Open Offer Entitlements

 

GB00BYM41825

SEDOL

 

BMJJFZ1

TIDM

 

ATQT

Website

 

www.attraqt.com

 

* Assuming Placing is fully subscribed

** Assuming maximum take up under the Open Offer

*** Assuming no take up under the Open Offer

 

Information on the Open Offer

 

The Directors recognise the importance of shareholder preemption rights and consequently the Company is proposing to raise up to approximately £1 million (before expenses) pursuant to the Open Offer. The proposed Issue Price of 35 pence per Open Offer Share is the same price as the price at which the Placing Shares are being issued.

 

The Open Offer is not being underwritten. The Placing is not conditional upon the level of applications made to subscribe for Open Offer Shares under the Open Offer. Accordingly, if no applications to subscribe under the Open Offer are received, the total amount that the Company would raise via the Placing would be £27.5 million (before expenses).

 

A total of 2,993,593 Open Offer Shares will be available to Qualifying Shareholders pursuant to the Open Offer at the Issue Price, payable in full on acceptance. The Open Offer Shares will not be available to Placees under the Placing. The aggregate number of Open Offer Shares available for subscription pursuant to the Open Offer will not exceed 2,993,593 Ordinary Shares.

 

The Open Offer provides Qualifying Shareholders with the opportunity to apply to acquire Open Offer Shares at the Issue Price pro rata to their holdings of Existing Ordinary Shares as at the Record Date on the following basis:

 

1 Open Offer Share for every 9 Existing Ordinary Shares held

 

Entitlements to apply to acquire Open Offer Shares will be rounded down to the nearest whole number and any fractional entitlement to Open Offer Shares will be disregarded in calculating the Qualifying Shareholder's Open Offer Entitlement.

 

The Issue Price of 35 pence per Offer Share represents discount of 27.8 per cent. to the closing middle-market price quotation as derived from the Daily Official List of the London Stock Exchange of 48.5 pence per share on 27 January 2017 (being the date prior to the date of the announcement of the Acquisition).

 

The Open Offer is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions on or before 7 March 2017 (or such later date being not later than 8.00 a.m. on 31 March 2017, as the Company may decide):

 

(i) the Placing being unconditional in all respects;

(ii) Resolution 2 and Resolution 3 (as set out in the Notice of General Meeting) being passed at the General Meeting; and

(iii) Admission becoming effective by 8.00 a.m. on 7 March 2017, (or such later time or date not being later than 8.00 a.m. on 31 March 2017 as the Company may decide).

 

In the event that the conditions of the Open Offer are not satisfied or waived, the Open Offer will not proceed and the Open Offer Shares will not be issued and all the monies received by the Receiving Agent will be returned to the applicants (without interest) as soon as possible thereafter.

 

The Open Offer will commence on 16 February 2017 and applications will be received until 11.00 a.m. on 3 March 2017. The Open Offer will close at 11.00 a.m. on 3 March 2017. An application will be made for the Open Offer Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM and it is currently anticipated that this will take place on or around 7 March 2017.

 

Qualifying Shareholders should note that the Open Offer is not a rights issue. Qualifying non-CREST Shareholders should be aware that the Application Form is not a negotiable document and cannot be traded. Qualifying Shareholders should also be aware that in the Open Offer, unlike in a rights issue, any Open Offer Shares not applied for will not be sold in the market nor will they be placed for the benefit of Qualifying Shareholders who do not apply under the Open Offer.

 

Overseas Shareholders

The attention of Qualifying Shareholders who have registered addresses outside the United Kingdom, or who are citizens or residents of countries other than the United Kingdom, or who are holding Existing Ordinary Shares for the benefit of such persons, (including, without limitation, custodians, nominees, trustees and agents) or who have a contractual or other legal obligation to forward the Admission Document or the Application Form to such persons, is drawn to the information which appears in paragraph 6 of Part 8 of the Admission Document.

 

In particular, Qualifying Shareholders who have registered addresses in or who are resident in, or who are citizens of, countries other than the UK (including without limitation the United States of America), should consult their professional advisers as to whether they require any governmental or other consents or need to observe any other formalities to enable them to take up their entitlements under the Open Offer.

 

CREST Instructions

An application will be made for the Open Offer Entitlements of Qualifying CREST Shareholders to be admitted to CREST. It is expected that the Open Offer Entitlements will be admitted to CREST on 16 February 2017. Applications through the CREST system will only be made by the Qualifying Shareholder originally entitled or by a person entitled by virtue of a bona fide market claim.

 

If you are a Qualifying non-CREST Shareholder you will receive a personalised Application Form which gives details of your Open Offer Entitlement under the Open Offer (as shown by the number of the Open Offer Entitlements allocated to you). If you wish to apply for Open Offer Shares under the Open Offer, you should complete the personalised Application Form accompanying the Admission Document in accordance with the procedure for application set out in paragraph 3.1 of Part 8 of the Admission Document and on the Application Form itself. The completed Application Form, accompanied by full payment, should be returned by post or by hand (during normal business hours only) to Capita Asset Services; Corporate Actions, The Registry, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 4TU so as to arrive as soon as possible and in any event no later than 11.00 a.m. on 3 March 2017.

 

If you are a Qualifying CREST Shareholder, no Application Form will be enclosed with the Admission Document but you will receive a credit to your appropriate stock account in CREST in respect of your Open Offer Entitlement. You should refer to the procedure for application set out in paragraph 3.2 of Part 8 of the Admission Document. The relevant CREST instruction must have settled by no later than 11.00 a.m. on 3 March 2017.

 

The latest time for applications under the Open Offer to be received is 11.00 a.m. on 3 March 2017. The procedure for application and payment depends on whether, at the time at which application and payment is made, you have an Application Form in respect of your entitlement under the Open Offer or have an Open Offer Entitlement credited to your stock account in CREST in respect of such entitlement. If you have any questions relating to the Admission Document, and the completion and return of the Application Form, please contact Capita Asset Services on 0371 664 0321. Calls are charged at the standard geographic rate and will vary by provider. Calls outside the United Kingdom will be charged at the applicable international rate. The helpline is open between 9.00 a.m. - 5.30 p.m., Monday to Friday excluding public holidays in England and Wales. Different charges may apply to calls from mobile telephones and calls may be recorded and randomly monitored for security and training purposes. The helpline cannot provide advice on the merits of the proposals nor give any financial, legal or tax advice.

 

If you are in any doubt as to what action you should take, you should immediately seek your own personal financial advice from your stockbroker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant or other independent professional adviser duly authorised under the FSMA if you are resident in the United Kingdom or, if not, from another appropriate authorised independent financial adviser.

 

Settlement and dealings

 

Application will be made to the London Stock Exchange for the Enlarged Share Capital to be admitted to trading on AIM. It is expected that Admission will occur and that dealings will commence at 8.00 a.m. on 7 March 2017 on which date it is also expected that the Placing Shares and Open Offer Shares will be enabled for settlement in CREST.

 

The Placing Shares and Open Offer Shares, when issued, will rank pari passu in all respects with the Existing Ordinary Shares.

 

Definitions

 

The following definitions apply throughout this announcement, unless the context otherwise requires:

 

"£", "pounds" and "pence"

the legal currency for the time being of the United Kingdom;

 

"Admission"

the admission of the Enlarged Share Capital to trading on AIM becoming effective in accordance with the AIM Rules for Companies;

 

"Admission Document"

the Admission Document published in connection with the Acquisition and Admission of the Enlarged Group;

 

"AIM"

the market of that name operated and regulated by the London Stock Exchange;

 

"AIM Rules for Companies"

the AIM Rules for Companies published by the London Stock Exchange, as amended from time to time, which set out the rules, responsibilities and guidance notes in relation to companies whose shares are admitted to trading on AIM;

 

"Application Form"

the personalised application form to be sent out with the Supplemental Admission Document on which Qualifying non-CREST Shareholders may apply for Open Offer Shares under the Open Offer;

 

"Company"

ATTRAQT Group plc (incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 08904529);

 

"CREST"

the electronic system for the holding and transferring of shares and other securities in paperless form operated by Euroclear UK & Ireland Limited;

 

"CREST Regulations"

the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001 (SI 2001 No. 3755) (as amended);

 

"Dealing Day"

a day on which the London Stock Exchange is open for business in London;

 

"Directors" or "Board"

the directors of the Company (as the context requires), whose names appear on page 7 of the Admission Document;

 

"Enlarged Group"

the enlarged group immediately following the acquisition of Fredhopper by the Company;

 

"Enlarged Share Capital"

the issued Ordinary Shares following the Placing comprising the Existing Ordinary Shares and the Placing Shares;

 

"Euroclear"

Euroclear UK & Ireland, the Operator (as defined in the CREST Regulations) of CREST;

 

"Existing Group"

the Company and its subsidiaries at the date of the Admission Document;

 

"Existing Ordinary Shares"

the Ordinary Shares in issue as at the date of the Admission Document;

 

"Form of Proxy"

the form of proxy for use by Shareholders in connection with the General Meeting;

 

"Fredhopper"

Fredhopper B.V., a company incorporated and registered in the Netherlands with commercial register number 34119121 which has its registered office at Hoogoorddreef 60, 1101 BE Amsterdam, Netherlands, and its subsidiaries, details of which are set out in schedule 1 part 2 of the Share Purchase Agreement;

 

"FSMA"

the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (as

amended);

 

"General Meeting" or "GM"

the general meeting of the Company to be held at the offices of N+1 Singer, One Bartholomew Lane, London, EC2N 2AX at 10.00 a.m. on 6 March 2017, notice of which is set out at the end of the Admission Document;

 

"Group"

 

the Existing Group;

"Issue Price"

 

35 pence per Placing Share and Open Offer Share;

 

"London Stock Exchange"

 

London Stock Exchange plc;

"N+1 Singer"

N+1 Singer Advisory LLP (incorporated and registered in England and Wales with registered number OC364131), the Company's nominated adviser and broker;

 

"Open Offer"

the conditional offer, which is not being underwritten, made by the Company to Qualifying Shareholders inviting them to subscribe for the Open Offer Shares at the Issue Price on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in Part 8 of the Admission Document and, in the case of Qualifying non-CREST Shareholders, in the Application Form;

 

"Open Offer Entitlement"

an entitlement of a Qualifying Shareholder, pursuant to the Open Offer, to apply for 1 Open Offer Share for every 9 Existing Ordinary Shares held by the Qualifying Shareholder at the Record Date;

 

"Open Offer Shares"

up to 2,993,593 new Ordinary Shares which are the subject of the Open Offer;

 

"Ordinary Shares"

ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the capital of the

Company;

 

"Overseas Shareholders"

an Existing Shareholder with a registered address outside the UK;

 

"Placees"

 

subscribers for Placing Shares pursuant to the Placing;

 

"Placing"

the conditional placing of the Placing Shares at the Issue Price pursuant to the Placing Agreement;

 

"Placing Agreement"

the conditional agreement dated 30 January 2017 between N+1 Singer and the Company relating to the Placing, details of which are set out in Part 10 of the Admission Document;

 

"Placing Shares"

the 78,572,000 new Ordinary Shares to be issued by the Company pursuant to the Placing;

 

"Qualifying CREST Shareholders"

Qualifying Shareholders whose Existing Ordinary Shares are held in uncertificated form;

 

"Qualifying non-CREST Shareholders"

Qualifying Shareholders whose Existing Ordinary Shares are held in certificated form;

 

"Qualifying Shareholders"

Existing Shareholders (excluding any Placees) whose Existing Ordinary Shares are on the register of members of the Company on the Record Date with the exclusion of (subject to exceptions) persons with a registered address located or resident in the Restricted Jurisdictions;

 

"Record Date"

 

6.00 p.m. on 13 February 2017;

"Registrar" or "Receiving Agent"

 

Capita Asset Services;

"Regulation D"

 

Regulation D of the Securities Act;

"Regulation S"

 

Regulation S of the Securities Act;

"Regulatory Information Service"

one of the regulatory information services authorised by the London Stock Exchange to receive process and disseminate regulatory information in respect of AIM listed companies;

 

"Restricted Jurisdiction"

each and any of Australia, Canada, Japan, the Republic of South Africa, Republic of Ireland, New Zealand and the United States;

 

"Securities Act"

 

U.S. Securities Act of 1993, as amended;

"Seller"

SDL Holdings BV, a company incorporated in Netherlands with RSI 8158081 and commercial register number 34119121 which has its registered office at Hoogoorddreef 60, 1101 BE Amsterdam, Netherlands;

 

"Seller Guarantor"

SDL plc, a company incorporated and registered in England and Wales with registration number 02675207 which has its registered office at Globe House, Clivemont Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 7DY;

 

"Share Purchase Agreement"

the share purchase agreement dated 30 January 2017 and entered into between (1) the Seller as seller, (2) the Company as buyer and (3) the Seller Guarantor as guarantor of the Seller's obligations in respect of the Acquisition;

 

"Shareholder"

 

a holder of an Ordinary Share;

"Supplementary Admission Document"

the supplementary admission document (supplementary to the Admission Document) anticipated to be published on 6 March 2017 in connection with Admission;

 

"UK" or "United Kingdom"

the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;

 

"uncertificated" or "in uncertificated

form"

recorded on a register of securities maintained by

Euroclear UK & Ireland Limited in accordance with the CREST Regulations as being in uncertificated form in CREST and title to which, by virtue of the CREST Regulations, may be transferred by means of CREST;

 

"US" or "United States"

the United States of America, its territories and

possessions, any state of the United States of America and the District of Columbia; and

 

"US Person"

has the meaning set out in Regulations S of the Securities Act.

 

 

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