Fund Raising by the Company

Baydonhill PLC 08 May 2007 Baydonhill Plc Fund Raising by the Company The directors of Baydonhill Plc ('Baydonhill' or 'Company') ('Directors') are pleased to announce that the Company has raised £524,000 by way of a placing of 9,113,042 new ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') at 5.75 pence per share with Ekwienox FX Limited ('Ekwienox') and certain Directors ('Placing') pursuant to investment agreements ('Investment Agreements'). The Directors believe that the Placing and Convertible Loan, as described below, will provide additional working capital in order for the Company to trade until it becomes cash flow generative. The Company today signed a three year convertible loan facility agreement, making available a further £476,000 by way of a convertible loan ('Convertible Loan') advanced by Ekwienox ('Convertible Loan Agreement'). The Convertible Loan, or any amount outstanding under the Convertible Loan Agreement, is convertible into new Ordinary Shares in the Company at 5.75 pence per share at any time up to 30 April 2010. The Convertible Loan, or any amount outstanding under the Convertible Loan Agreement, will bear interest at 3.75% above LIBOR until conversion or repayment. The Company plans to use the funding capability to develop its Corporate Division in the UK market. The Company is expanding its business in the corporate sector, offering bespoke corporate F/X solutions to UK companies in the small and mid-market. Baydonhill's Corporate division will focus on delivering exceptionally high service levels to its clients, enabling effective currency risk management. Baydonhill has already established a highly experienced team - including a Corporate Sales Team - in order to drive the Company's growth in the market. The Corporate offering is underpinned by an innovative, secure e-commerce portal that will enable Baydonhill's corporate clients to view, manage and transact their currency requirements online. By offering its e-commerce portal as an F/X system with bespoke security and pricing options, and with straight through processing from customer contact through to payment, Baydonhill is confident that it will be able to deliver the most up-to-date F/X trading solution available in the United Kingdom today for corporate customers. Baydonhill's Corporate Division will complement its current reputation in the United Kingdom as a key provider of services to retail clients, encompassing the arrangement of international mortgages, foreign currency transfers, regular payment plans and international insurance Pursuant to an investment agreement between the Company and Ekwienox, the 5,552,295 warrants to subscribe for further Ordinary Shares held by Ekwienox will be re-priced at 6.5 pence per share, and will continue to be exercisable at any time until 31 March 2011. In addition, the 7,508,730 anti dilution warrants to subscribe for Ordinary Shares held by Ekwienox will also be re-priced at 6.5 pence per share. As part of Wayne Mitchell and Tania Brownhill's (General Manager, Corporate Division) employment contract, they will also be issued 772,268 new Ordinary Shares at par value ('Employment Shares'). Following the Placing and issue of Employment Shares, the interests in the Company of the Directors who participated in the Placing and Ekwienox are as follows: Current New Ordinary Employment Total holding % of enlarged Shareholding Shares issued Shares issued share capital pursuant to the in the Placing Company Wayne Mitchell - 260,869 672,268 933,137 3.83 Timothy Sullivan 48,330 86,956 - 135,286 0.55 Ian Collins 3,500 69,565 - 73,065 0.30 Ekwienox 7,480,855 8,695,652 - 16,176,507 66.34 Tania Brownhill - - 100,000 100,000 0.41 The Placing, Investment Agreements and Convertible Loan Agreement constitute related party transactions for the purposes of the AIM Rules. The Independent Directors, having consulted with Blue Oar Securities Plc, the Company's nominated adviser, consider that the terms of the Placing, Investment Agreements and Convertible Loan Agreement are fair and reasonable insofar as the Company's shareholders are concerned. Application has been made for the new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to AIM and dealings are expected to commence on 11 May 2007. Following the issue of new Ordinary Shares, the number of Ordinary Shares in issue will be 24,384,015. Enquiries: Wayne Mitchell Tel: +44(0) 207 594 0515 Baydonhill Plc Oliver Cairns / Romil Patel Tel: +44 (0) 207 448 4400 Blue Oar Securities Plc This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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