02 March 2022
Marechale Capital
Plc
(“Marechale” or the “Company”)
Placing,
Subscription and Issue of Equity
Marechale Capital Plc (AIM: MAC), an established
City of London based corporate
finance house, with a long-term track record and a strong
reputation for advising and financing high growth consumer brands,
leisure, clean energy, mineral extraction and technology companies,
is pleased to announce that the Company has raised gross proceeds
of £207,500.01 through the issue of 6,916,667 new ordinary shares
(“New Ordinary Shares”) at a placing price of 3p per New Ordinary
Share (the “Placing Price”) (the “Fundraise). The Placing Price
represented a premium of 13.21 per cent. to the market value per
ordinary share as at close of business on 1
March 2022.
Marechale has had a number of successful realisations on
investments and has a number of high growth investments on its
balance sheet which could also have significant uplift across the
mineral extraction, hospitality, renewables and technology sectors.
The net proceeds of the Fundraise are intended to put the Company
in a better position to take shares, founder shares or long-term
warrants in lieu of or in addition to cash fees in connection with
its activity for corporate clients.
The investors in the Fundraise comprise a number of new
investors and existing shareholders, including the Company’s Chief
Executive, Patrick Booth-Clibborn,
and Luke Johnson, past Chairman of
Channel 4 Television and Pizza Express with current directorships
including Gail’s Artisan Bakery who acquired a stake in the Company
last September. Patrick
Booth-Clibborn has subscribed for 583,333 New Ordinary
Shares in the Fundraise totalling £17,499.99. Following Admission,
Patrick Booth-Clibborn will hold a
total of 9,660,198 ordinary shares representing 10.13 per cent. of
the Company’s enlarged issued share capital with Luke Johnson holding a total of 8,883,333
ordinary shares representing 9.26 per cent. of the Company’s
enlarged issued share capital.
The New Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the existing
ordinary shares. Application will be made for the New Ordinary
Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM with admission expected to
take place on, or around, 14 March
2022 (“Admission”). Completion of the Fundraise is
conditional on Admission.
Total Voting Rights
Following Admission, the Company’s enlarged share capital will
comprise 95,377,914 ordinary shares of 0.8
pence each. All of the ordinary shares carry voting rights
and the Company holds no shares in treasury. This figure may be
used by shareholders as the denominator for calculations by which
they will determine if they are required to notify their interest
in, or a change of their interest in, the Company under the
Financial Conduct Authority’s Disclosure Guidance and Transparency
Rules.
Related Party Transaction
The participation in the Fundraise by Patrick Booth-Clibborn is a related party
transaction pursuant to Rule 13 of the AIM Rules for Companies.
With the exception of Patrick
Booth-Clibborn, the directors consider, having consulted
with the Company's Nominated Adviser Cairn Financial Advisers LLP,
that the terms of the transaction are fair and reasonable insofar
as shareholders are concerned.
Patrick Booth-Clibborn, CEO of
Marechale Capital, said: “We are seeing significant potential
for growth within the hospitality and clean energy industries as
well as the technology sector as the economy recovers from the
current pandemic and this successful raise highlights the
confidence our shareholders have in the Company making the most of
these opportunities. This raise allows us to take advantage of our
ability to invest in founder equity in our pipeline of new
corporate finance projects as well as existing clients alongside
warrants and advisory fees. We will continue to keep the market
updated on further investments which provide our shareholders
exposure to equity in companies and projects we advise on.”
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This announcement contains inside information for the purposes
of Article 7 of EU Regulation 596/2014.
For further information please
contact:
Marechale Capital plc
Mark Warde-Norbury / Patrick Booth-Clibborn |
Tel: +44 (0)20 7628
5582 |
Cairn Financial Advisers LLP
(Nomad)
Jo Turner / Sandy Jamieson |
Tel: +44 (0)20 7213
0880 |
BlytheRay (Financial
PR)
Tim Blythe / Megan Ray / Alice McLaren |
Tel: +44
(0)78 7574 4070
marechalecapital@blytheray.com |
About Marechale Capital
Marechale is an established City of
London based corporate finance house, with a long-term track
record and a strong reputation in advising & financing high
growth consumer brands, leisure, clean energy, and technology
companies. The Company uses its balance sheet to co-invest in its
client companies, along with warrants and founder equity, in order
to create shareholder value.