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Result of Open Offer and General Meeting
Result of Open Offer and General Meeting.
About this update from Shearwater Group Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 4751E Shearwater Group PLC 08 May 2017 \n\n8 May 2017\n \nSHEARWATER GROUP PLC\n(\"Shearwater\" or the \"Company\")\n \nResult of Open Offer\nResult of General Meeting\nAdmission to trading on AIM\n \nShearwater Group plc (AIM: SWG), announces that at the General Meeting of the Company held today, all resolutions put to shareholders were duly passed. Accordingly, the acquisition of SecurEnvoy Limited, the Placing and the Open Offer, details of which were announced on 20 April 2017 are expected to complete, conditional on Admission, on 9 May 2017. \n \nThe Open Offer closed for applications at 11.00 a.m. on 5 May 2017 and the Company announces that the Open Offer was oversubscribed with valid applications under the Open Offer received from Qualifying Shareholders in excess of the 25,488,108 Open Offer Shares being offered. Accordingly, Qualifying Shareholders who have validly applied for Open Offer Shares will receive their full Open Offer Entitlement, however applications under the Excess Application Facility will be scaled back in accordance with the terms of the Open Offer. Following the scale back, the total funds raised under the open offer is approximately £1.0 million (before expenses). \n \nThe total amount raised by investors in the Placing and Open Offer is approximately £9.0 million (before expenses) by way of:\n \n· the Placing of 200,000,000 New Ordinary Shares at 4 pence per share raising £8 million (before expenses); and\n· a further issue of 25,488,108 New Ordinary Shares at 4 pence per share to Qualifying Shareholders pursuant to the Open Offer raising approximately £1.0 million (before expenses) \n \nTaken together, the Consideration Shares, Placing Shares and Open Offer Shares will result in the allotment of a total of 425,488,108 New Ordinary Shares.\n \nApplication for admission to trading on AIM of the 535,250,286 Existing Ordinary Shares and the 425,488,108 New Ordinary Shares being issued pursuant to the Acquisition, Placing and Open Offer has been made and Admission is expected to take place on 9 May 2017. The New Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares in issue.\n \nIn accordance with the provisions of the Disclosure Guidance and...