African Eagle Resources plc : Notice of AGM and proposed Subdivision of share capital
AEA) announces that it has today posted to shareholders a circular containing
the Company's Notice of Annual General Meeting ("AGM") to be held at 9.30 a.m.
on Monday, 24 June 2013, together with a form of proxy.
At the AGM, shareholders are being asked to consider, inter alia, the following
item of substantive business:
* The proposed subdivision of each existing ordinary share of £0.01 ("Existing
Ordinary Share") into one new ordinary share of £0.001 ("New Ordinary
Share") and one deferred share of £0.009 ("Deferred Share") (collectively
the "Subdivision").
Subdivision
As at close of business on 29 May 2013 (the latest practical date prior to the
publication of the circular), the closing share price of the Existing Ordinary
Shares was £0.00825 per share, which is marginally lower than their nominal
value. Under the Companies Act 2006, it is not permissible for a company to
issue shares at a discount to their nominal value and the board of directors of
the African Eagle ("the Board") believes that, for so long as the share price
remains at this level, the Company would be unable to raise new share capital
without reducing the nominal value of the Existing Ordinary Shares.
As announced by the Company on 15 May 2013, the Directors are currently in
discussions, and intend to continue discussions, with major shareholders in
relation to the provision of funding for the Company and other potential
transactions. Accordingly, the Directors believe that it is important that they
have sufficient flexibility to continue discussing these funding options,
including providing the power for Directors to issue new ordinary shares in the
Company, including for cash if required, if they determine that it is in the
best interests of the Company and Shareholders as a whole to do so.
The effect of the Subdivision will be to decrease the nominal value per ordinary
share by a factor of ten to £0.001. The purpose of the issue of the Deferred
Shares is to ensure that the Subdivision does not result in a reduction of
capital of the Company.
Upon implementation of the Subdivision, Shareholders on the register of members
of the Company at the close of business on the Record Date will exchange each
Existing Ordinary Share for 1 New Ordinary Share and 1 Deferred Share. The
proportion of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company held by each
Shareholder following the Subdivision will be unchanged.
The New Ordinary Shares arising on implementation of the Subdivision will have
the same rights and benefits as the Existing Ordinary Shares, including voting,
dividend and other rights. Following the Subdivision, the number of New
Ordinary Shares held by each Shareholder will be the same as the number of
Existing Ordinary Shares held by them immediately before the Subdivision takes
effect. Whilst the nominal value of the New Ordinary Shares will be
approximately 10 times lower than that of the Existing Ordinary Shares following
the Subdivision, the overall market capitalisation of the Company is expected to
remain the same.
The Deferred Shares will not entitle holders to receive notice of or attend and
vote at any general meeting of the Company or to receive a dividend or other
distribution or to participate in any return on capital on a winding up other
than the nominal amount paid on such shares following a substantial distribution
to the holders of ordinary shares in the Company. Accordingly, the Deferred
Shares will, for all practical purposes, be valueless and it is the Board's
intention that, at an appropriate time, the Company may repurchase the Deferred
Shares, cancel or seek to the surrender of the Deferred Shares using such lawful
means as the Board may at such time determine.
Circular
The circular to shareholders in connection with the above proposal will be
posted to shareholders today and contains full details of the Subdivision,
together with details of the other resolutions to be proposed at the AGM. The
circular, containing the Notice of Annual General Meeting, is also available
from the Company's website at www.africaneagle.co.uk.
The AGM will be held at 9.30 a.m. on Monday, 24 June 2013 at the offices of
Mayer Brown International LLP, 201 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 3AF. A copy of the
2012 Annual Report is expected to be despatched to Shareholders on or around 12
June 2013.
Timetable for the AGM and the Subdivision:
Latest time and date for receipt of Forms 9.30 a.m. on 22 June 2013
of Proxy in the UK and in SA
Annual General Meeting 9.30 a.m. on 24 June 2013
Results of AGM and finalisation 24 June 2013
announcement released on RNS and SENS
Record Date for Subdivision on AIM Close of business on 24 June 2013
Last day to trade on the JSE for the Close of business on 24 June 2013
Subdivision
Admission and dealings in the New Ordinary 8.00 a.m. on 25 June 2013
Shares expected to commence on AIM and the
JSE
Expected date for New Ordinary Shares to 8.00 a.m. on 25 June 2013
be credited to CREST accounts (where
applicable)
Record Date for Subdivision on the JSE 1 July 2013
1. References to times and dates in this document are to times and dates in
London, United Kingdom. If any of the above times and/or dates change, the
revised time and/or date will be notified by announcement through a Regulatory
Information Service.
2. Share certificates may not be dematerialised or rematerialised between
Tuesday, 25 June 2013 and Monday, 1 July 2013, both days inclusive, and no
transfers between the AIM and the AltX register may take place between 24 June
2013 and 2 July 2013, both days inclusive.
3. Where Shareholders hold their Existing Ordinary Shares in certificated
format, new share certificates in respect of the New Ordinary Shares will not be
required and accordingly new share certificates will not be issued to
Shareholders.
Enquiries:
African Eagle Resources plc
Trevor Moss, CEO
+44 20 7248 6059
Strand Hanson Limited (NOMAD)
Stuart Faulkner
Angela Hallett
James Dance
+ 44 20 7409 3494
Ocean Equities Limited (Broker)
Guy Wilkes
+44 20 7786 4370
Russell & Associates, Johannesburg
Charmane Russell
Marion Brower
+27 11 880 3924
JSE Sponsor
Merchantec Capital
A copy of this announcement will be available on the Company's website at
www.africaneagle.co.uk as soon as possible. The content of the website referred
to in this announcement is not incorporated into and does not form part of this
announcement.
African Eagle AGM Notice 2013:
http://hugin.info/139385/R/1706374/564811.pdf
African Eagle AGM Proxy 2013:
http://hugin.info/139385/R/1706374/564812.pdf
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Unternehmen: African Eagle Resources PLC - ISIN: GB0003394813