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Investment in Frontier Smart Technologies Grp Ltd
Investment in Frontier Smart Technologies Grp Ltd.
About this update from Science Group Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 1007K Science Group PLC 23 August 2019 \n\n \n23 August 2019 \nScience Group plc\n(the \"Company\" or \"Science Group\")\n \nInvestment in Frontier Smart Technologies Group Limited (\"Frontier\")\n \nFurther to the announcement by Frontier on 21 August 2019, the Company confirms that it has now entered into the Subscription Agreement and the Standby Facility referred to in that announcement.\n \nUnder the Subscription Agreement Science Group has conditionally subscribed £1 million for 4 million new Frontier ordinary shares. Following Admission, Science Group's shareholding in Frontier will be 23,447,431 ordinary shares, equivalent to 52.3% of the voting share capital.\n \nFrontier's net assets will be consolidated into the accounts of Science Group. In the year ended 31 December 2018 Frontier made a loss before taxation of $3.3 million and had gross assets at 31 December 2018 of $33.9 million. Following Admission, the total consideration paid by Science Group for 23,447,431 ordinary shares in Frontier is £6.9 million. \n \nThe Standby Facility will expire on 30 April 2022 and will be on broadly the same terms and conditions as the Bank facility, save that, reflecting the current circumstances of Frontier:\n \n(i) it is structured as a term loan rather than revolving credit facility;\n(ii) the interest rate on drawn amounts will be 12% above 3 month LIBOR;\n(iii) Science Group has agreed that the first covenant test date will be March 2020; and\n(iv) any amount drawn will be convertible, at Science Group's sole discretion, into new Frontier shares at 25 pence per share at any time on or after 1 January 2020.\n \nIf not drawn, either fully or in part, by 30 April 2021, the Standby Facility will be withdrawn.\n \n \n- Ends -\n \nFor further information:\n\n\n\nScience Group\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMartyn Ratcliffe\nRebecca Archer\nSarah Cole\n \n\n\n \nTel: +44 (0) 1223 875 200\n\n\n\n\nPanmure Gordon (Financial Adviser, Nominated Adviser and Broker to Science Group)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDominic Morley / Alina Vaskina (Corporate Finance)\nErik Anderson (Corporate Broking)\n \n\n\n \nTel: +44 (0) 20 7886 2500\n\n\n\n \nThe information contained within this announcement is considered by the Company to cons...