Board Changes & Subscription

RNS Number : 6472A

Athol Gold Limited

03 February 2011

 

Athol Gold Limited (AIM: AHG)

("AHG" or "the Company")

Board Changes

Subscription for Ordinary Shares

The Board of Athol Gold Limited, the gold and precious metals focused investment company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Jennifer Allsop as a Director with immediate effect.

Ms Allsop is ex head of Strategic Developments at YooMedia, Managing Director of Mc3 Global Ltd and then Chief Executive Director of Command Technology Group Plc.

Ms Allsop holds no shares in the Company.

Ms Allsop, aged 54, holds or has held the following directorships or partnerships within the past five years:

Current                                                                    Previous

MC3 Global Limited                                                Confabulate Ltd

Command Technology Group plc                             Command TV Ltd

Disruptive TV Limited            

The Company confirms there is no other information that falls to be disclosed under Schedule 2 paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules.

The Company has also been notified that Wassem Shiraz, Executive Director has resigned with immediate effect.

Alastair Ford, Director of the Company, said:

"I wish to thank Wassem for his contribution to the Company and wish him well for the future"

In addition, Company is pleased to announce that, on 2nd February 2011, following further demand from a single professional investor, the Company has raised an additional £16,000, before expenses, by way of a subscription for 1,927,711 new ordinary shares at a price of 0.83p pence per share, and £9,000 through the issuance of new convertible loan notes (the "Loan Notes"). The Loan Notes do not carry a coupon, are redeemable in December 2012 and are convertible at any time, at the discretion of the note holder, into new ordinary shares at 0.83p per share ("Conversion Price"). On full conversion of the Loan Notes, the note holder would receive 1,084,337 new ordinary shares of 0.25p in the Company.

Following admission of the new shares which is expected to take place on Wednesday 9 February 2011, the Company's enlarged issued share capital will comprise 519,281,854 ordinary shares with one voting right per share. The total number of voting rights in the Company is therefore 519,281,854.

This figure of 519,281,854 ordinary shares may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

For further information:

T1ps Investment Management (IoM) Ltd

Tom Winnifrith

Tel: [phone]

Libertas Capital Corporate Finance Limited

Sandy Jamieson

Tel: + 44 (0) 7569 9650

 

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