Placing & Issue of Equity

RNS Number : 9856J
Edenville Energy PLC
19 June 2014
 

 

19 June 2014

Edenville Energy plc

('Edenville' or 'the Company')

Placing & Issue of Equity

Edenville Energy plc (AIM:EDL), the African coal exploration and development company, today announces it has successfully completed a placing of 416,666,666 new ordinary shares (the "Placing Shares") at a price of 0.06p raising gross proceeds of GBP 0.25 million (the "Placing").

Application will be made for the Placing Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission").  It is expected that Admission will become effective on or around 23 June 2014. Following this issue of equity, the issued share capital of the Company will be 6,686,921,206. The Placing Shares will rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares.

In accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the Company hereby announces that it has 6,686,921,206 ordinary shares of 0.02p each in issue, each share carrying the right to one vote. The Company does not hold any ordinary shares in treasury.

The above figure of 6,686,921,206 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 to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Sally Schofield, Chairman of Edenville, said:

"This modest placing is demand-led following the recent expression of interest from a multi-national conglomerate company in our Rukwa Coal-to-Power Project in Tanzania. We are pleased that, despite challenging capital markets, there is support for the Company's projects. Furthermore, the competitive pricing of the Placing in the current price spread endorses the future prospects of the Company and its defined strategy."

Enquires

Edenville Energy plc                                                                               +44 (0)20 7653 9850

Sally Schofield - Chairman

Cantor Fitzgerald Europe (Nominated Adviser and Broker)

         +44 (0) 207 894 7000



Stewart Dickson / Jeremy Stephenson/Carrie Lun


Newgate Threadneedle (Financial PR)                                                     +44 (0) 207 653 9850

 

Graham Herring / Roddy Watt

 

http://www.edenville-energy.com 


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