Conversion of Loan Notes and reduction of debt

RNS Number : 6351R

Westminster Group PLC

29 October 2013

 



29 October 2013

Westminster Group Plc:

Conversion of Loan Note and Reduction in Debt

Westminster Group Plc ('Westminster', 'the Group' or 'the Company'), the AIM listed supplier of advanced security and defence equipment, services and solutions worldwide, is pleased to announce a further reduction in its debt position and reduction in financing costs.

The Company has received notices from holders of the 10% secured Convertible Loan Note ("CLN") which was issued on 19 June 2013, that they intend to convert £125,000 of the CLN into new ordinary share of 10 pence each. The conversion rate is 35 pence of CLN converts into 1 ordinary share of 10 pence nominal value. Therefore the Group will be issuing 357,143 new ordinary shares. This will reduce the Group's annual interest cost by a further £12,500.  This means that following conversion the Group will have outstanding debt of £0.83m which marks a reduction of 75% since June 2013.

Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for the 357,143 ordinary shares ('New Shares') to be admitted to trading on AIM. It is expected that the admission will become effective and that trading in the New Shares will commence on or around 4 November 2013 ("Admission").

Total Voting Rights

Following Admission of the 357,143 New Shares, the Company's enlarged issued share capital will comprise of 45,985,248 ordinary shares with voting rights. The figure of 45,985,248 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 FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

For further information please contact:

Westminster Group plc	Tel: [phone]
Peter Fowler (Chief Executive)
Ian Selby (Chief Financial Officer)
S. P. Angel Corporate Finance LLP (NOMAD + Broker)	Tel: [phone]
Stuart Gledhill/Katy Birkin
Winningtons Financial (Financial PR)	Tel: [phone]
Tom Cooper/Paul Vann	0797 122 1972

Notes:

Westminster Group plc is a leader in the supply of system solutions and products to the security, defence and safety markets worldwide.

Westminster's principal activity is the design, supply and ongoing support of advanced technology security solutions, encompassing a wide range of surveillance, detection, tracking and interception technologies and the provision of long term managed services contracts such as the management and running of complete security services and solutions in airports, ports and other such facilities together with the provision of manned services, consultancy and training services. The majority of its customer base, by value, comprises governments and government agencies, non-governmental organisations (NGO's) and blue chip commercial organisations.  For further information please visit www.wi-ltd.com 

 

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