Potential Migration to Trading on Premium Segment

RNS Number : 9876V

Digital 9 Infrastructure PLC

15 August 2022

 

15 August 2022

Digital 9 Infrastructure plc

("DGI9" or the "Company")

Potential Migration to Trading on the Premium Segment of the Main Market of the LSE

and to Listing on the Official List of the FCA

The Company is currently admitted to trading on the Specialist Fund Segment of the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (the " LSE ").

The Board announces it is seeking approval from the Financial Conduct Authority (the " FCA ") for admission of the Company's shares to a premium listing on the Official List and will apply to the LSE for the transfer of trading of the Company's shares to the Premium Segment of the Main Market of the LSE (together, the " Migration ").

As the Company grows, the Board believes that DGI9 will benefit over time from the Migration with an increase of its profile as an investment company, diversification of the Company's share register with access to blue chip UK and international investors as well as from potential FTSE index inclusion.

The Migration is subject to the Company meeting the relevant eligibility criteria under the Listing Rules and approval by the FCA. The Company will provide an update in due course.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Triple Point Investment Management LLP   Thor Johnsen / Andre Karihaloo	[phone]
J.P. Morgan Cazenove   William Simmonds / Jérémie Birnbaum   (Corporate Finance)   James Bouverat / Liam MacDonald-Raggett (Sales)	[phone]
Akur Capital    Tom Frost / Anthony Richardson / Siobhan Sergeant	[phone]
FTI Consulting LLP (Communications Adviser) Mitch Barltrop Gina Magnin [e-mail]	[phone] [phone]

LEI: 213800OQLX64UNS38U92

NOTES TO EDITORS:

Digital 9 Infrastructure plc (DGI9) is an investment trust listed on the London Stock Exchange with ticker DGI9. The Company invests in the infrastructure of the internet that underpins the world's digital economy: digital infrastructure.

The number 9 in Digital 9 Infrastructure comes from the UN Sustainable Development Goal 9, which focuses the fund on investments that increase connectivity globally and improve the sustainability of digital infrastructure. The assets DGI9 invest in typically comprise scalable platforms and technologies including (but not limited to) subsea fibre, data centres, terrestrial fibre, and wireless networks.

From its IPO in March 2021 and four subsequent placings, DGI9 has raised total equity of £905 million and a revolving credit facility of £375 million, and invested into the following data centres, subsea fibre and wireless networks:

· Aqua Comms , a leading owner and operator of 20,000km of the most modern subsea fibre systems - the backbone of the internet - with a customer base comprising global tech and global telecommunications carriers (April 2021);

· Verne Global , the leading Icelandic data centre platform, with 40MW of high intensity computing solutions in operation or development, powered by 100% baseload renewable power (September 2021);

·   EMIC-1 , a partnership with Meta on a 10,000km fibre system from Europe to India (July 2021);

·   SeaEdge UK1 , a data centre and landing station for the North Sea Connect subsea cable, part of the North Atlantic Loop subsea network, improving connectivity between the UK, Ireland, Scandinavia and North America (December 2021);

·   Host Ireland , a leading enterprise broadband provider that owns and operates Fixed Wireless Access networks (April 2022)

·   Volta , a  premier data centre based in central London, providing 6MW retail co-location services (April 2022);

· Ficolo , a leading Finnish data centre and cloud infrastructure platform, with c.23MW of data centre capacity, powered by 100% renewable power and distributing surplus heat to district heating networks (July 2022) ; and

·   A rqiva , the only national terrestrial television and radio broadcasting network in the United Kingdom - providing data, network and communications services, as well as a national IoT connectivity platform  (announced June 2022).

The Investment Manager is Triple Point Investment Management LLP (" Triple Point ") which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, with extensive experience in infrastructure, real estate and private credit, while keeping ESG principles central to its business mission. Triple Point's Digital Infrastructure team has over US$ 300 billion in digital infrastructure transaction experience and in-depth relationships across global tech and global telecoms companies. For more information, please visit   www.triplepoint.co.uk.

The Company's Ordinary Shares were admitted to trading on the Specialist Fund Segment of the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange on 31 March 2021.

For more information, please visit  www.d9infrastructure.com .

 

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