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AIM

14 April 2016

 
                  ANNOUNCEMENT TO BE MADE BY THE AIM APPLICANT 
                   PRIOR TO ADMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 2 
                   OF THE AIM RULES FOR COMPANIES ("AIM RULES") 
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 COMPANY NAME: 
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 Maintel Holdings plc ( "Maintel" or the "Company") 
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 COMPANY REGISTERED OFFICE ADDRESS AND IF DIFFERENT, 
  COMPANY TRADING ADDRESS (INCLUDING POSTCODES) 
  : 
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 160 Blackfriars Road 
  London 
  SE1 8EZ 
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 COUNTRY OF INCORPORATION: 
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 United Kingdom 
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 COMPANY WEBSITE ADDRESS CONTAINING ALL INFORMATION 
  REQUIRED BY AIM RULE 26: 
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 www.maintel.co.uk 
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 COMPANY BUSINESS (INCLUDING MAIN COUNTRY OF 
  OPERATION) OR, IN THE CASE OF AN INVESTING COMPANY, 
  DETAILS OF ITS INVESTING POLICY). IF THE ADMISSION 
  IS SOUGHT AS A RESULT OF A REVERSE TAKE-OVER 
  UNDER RULE 14, THIS SHOULD BE STATED: 
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 Maintel intends to acquire Warden Holdco Limited 
  and Warden Midco Limited being, respectively, 
  the holding company and intermediate holding 
  company of Azzurri Communications and its subsidiaries 
  ("Azzurri Communications") (the "Acquisition"). 
  Following completion of the Acquisition, the 
  business will be that of both Maintel and Azzurri 
  Communications (together, the "Enlarged Group"). 
 
  Maintel provides a comprehensive portfolio of 
  communication and technology services, delivered 
  on-premise or cloud based, encompassing unified 
  communications, contact centre, workforce optimisation, 
  networking and security, mobile and connectivity 
  services, to mid-market and enterprise customers 
  in both the private and public sector across 
  the UK and Continental Europe. 
 
  Azzurri Communications provides a variety of 
  communication services, including telephony, 
  mobile services, document solutions, workforce 
  optimisation, security, unified communications 
  and managed service products. 
 
  The Enlarged Group will provide an offering 
  with a broad suite of solutions and services 
  including a network services division, a mobile 
  division; managed services and technology and 
  professional services. 
 
  The Enlarged Group's main country of operation 
  is the United Kingdom. 
 
  The Acquisition constitutes a reverse takeover 
  under AIM Rule 14. The Acquisition is subject 
  to shareholder approval and certain other conditions 
  precedent, including the delivery of the holdco 
  dragged shares. In the unlikely event that admission 
  occurs and certain conditions precedent are 
  not satisfied or waived, the Acquisition will 
  not complete. In this scenario, the Directors 
  intend that the proceeds of the Placing be invested 
  elsewhere or returned to Shareholders in due 
  course, subject to legal or other restrictions 
  on so doing. 
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 DETAILS OF SECURITIES TO BE ADMITTED INCLUDING 
  ANY RESTRICTIONS AS TO TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES 
  (i.e. where known, number and type of shares, 
  nominal value and issue price to which it seeks 
  admission and the number and type to be held 
  as treasury shares): 
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 14,197,059 ordinary shares of 1 penny each ("Ordinary 
  Shares"). 
 
  No shares held in treasury. 
 
  No restrictions as to transfer of the securities. 
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 CAPITAL TO BE RAISED ON ADMISSION (IF APPLICABLE) 
  AND ANTICIPATED MARKET CAPITALISATION ON ADMISSION: 
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 GBP24.0 million to be raised on Admission. 
 
  Anticipated market capitalisation on Admission: 
  GBP99.4 million (based on the placing price 
  of 700 pence). 
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 PERCENTAGE OF AIM SECURITIES NOT IN PUBLIC HANDS 
  AT ADMISSION: 
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 71.5 per cent. 
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 DETAILS OF ANY OTHER EXCHANGE OR TRADING PLATFORM 
  TO WHICH THE AIM COMPANY HAS APPLIED OR AGREED 
  TO HAVE ANY OF ITS SECURITIES (INCLUDING ITS 
  AIM SECURITIES) ADMITTED OR TRADED: 
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 None 
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 FULL NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTORS AND PROPOSED 
  DIRECTORS (underlining the first name by which 
  each is known or including any other name by 
  which each is known): 
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 John David Sebastian Booth (Non-Executive Chairman) 
  Edward (Eddie) Buxton (Chief Executive Officer) 
  Angus John McCaffery (Executive Director) 
  Mark Vincent Townsend (Chief Financial Director) 
  Kevin Stevens (Group Operations Director) 
  Stuart David Legg (Group Sales and Marketing 
  Director) 
  Annette Patricia Nabavi (Non-Executive Director) 
  Nicholas (Nick) James Taylor (Non-Executive 
  Director) 
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 FULL NAMES AND HOLDINGS OF SIGNIFICANT SHAREHOLDERS 
  EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE ISSUED SHARE 
  CAPITAL, BEFORE AND AFTER ADMISSION (underlining 
  the first name by which each is known or including 
  any other name by which each is known): 
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                           Before Admission            Following Admission 
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    Name                      Number    % of the         Number         % of the 
                         of Existing    Existing    of Ordinary         Enlarged 
                            Ordinary    Ordinary         Shares    Share Capital 
                              Shares      Shares 
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    J D S Booth            2,760,495       25.6%      3,331,924            23.5% 
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    A J McCaffery          2,055,779       19.1%      2,198,636            15.5% 
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    J A Spens              1,731,171       16.1%      2,088,314            14.7% 
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    Hargreave 
     Hale Limited(1)       1,461,300       13.6%      2,462,340            17.3% 
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    Herald 
     Investment 
     Trust(2)                610,000        5.7%        804,217             5.7% 
   ------------------  -------------  ----------  -------------  --------------- 
 
 
   (1) 1,457,000 of these Ordinary Shares are held 
   for unit trusts operated by Malborough Fund 
   Managers Ltd, for whom Hargreave Hale Limited 
   manages the investments, on a discretionary 
   basis. 
   (2) John Booth is a shareholder of Herald Investment 
   Trust plc. 
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 NAMES OF ALL PERSONS TO BE DISCLOSED IN ACCORDANCE 
  WITH SCHEDULE 2, PARAGRAPH (H) OF THE AIM RULES: 
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 None other than disclosed in the admission document 
  dated 8 April 2016. 
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 (i) ANTICIPATED ACCOUNTING REFERENCE DATE 
  (ii) DATE TO WHICH THE MAIN FINANCIAL INFORMATION 
  IN THE ADMISSION DOCUMENT HAS BEEN PREPARED 
  (this may be represented by unaudited interim 
  financial information) 
  (iii) DATES BY WHICH IT MUST PUBLISH ITS FIRST 
  THREE REPORTS PURSUANT TO AIM RULES 18 AND 19: 
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      (i) 31 December 
       (ii) 31 December 2015 
       (iii) 30 September 2016 (six month unaudited 
       results to 30 June 2016); 30 June 2017 (12 month 
       audited full year accounts to 31 December 2016); 
       30 September 2017 (six month unaudited results 
       to 30 June 2017); 
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 EXPECTED ADMISSION DATE: 
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 28 April 2016 
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 NAME AND ADDRESS OF NOMINATED ADVISER: 
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 finnCap Ltd 
  60 New Broad Street 
  London 
  EC2M 1JJ 
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 NAME AND ADDRESS OF BROKER: 
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 finnCap Ltd 
  60 New Broad Street 
  London 
  EC2M 1JJ 
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 OTHER THAN IN THE CASE OF A QUOTED APPLICANT, 
  DETAILS OF WHERE (POSTAL OR INTERNET ADDRESS) 
  THE ADMISSION DOCUMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM, 

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  WITH A STATEMENT THAT THIS WILL CONTAIN FULL 
  DETAILS ABOUT THE APPLICANT AND THE ADMISSION 
  OF ITS SECURITIES: 
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 www.maintel.co.uk/investors 
 
  The Admission Document contains full details 
  about the Company and the admission of its securities. 
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 DATE OF NOTIFICATION: 
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 14 April 2016 
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