Share Issue/Capital Change • Jun 23, 2025
Share Issue/Capital Change
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20 June 2025
THE LONDON TUNNELS ANNOUNCES PLACEMENT OF NEW SHARES, CLOSING OF INITIAL PLACING AND LAUNCH OF NEW PLACING FOR NEXT STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT
The London Tunnels PLC (the "Company") announces it has received subscriptions for 74,965 new ordinary shares in the capital of the Company (the "Ordinary Shares") at an issue price of £2.00 per share. In addition, the Company announces the closing of the initial placing and a new placing for the next step in its development. The Company also received updated legally binding commitments of £24.6 million, subject to resolving various settlement procedures.
The new Ordinary Shares will be issued and admitted to listing and trading on Tuesday 24 June 2025. Following the issue, the Company will have issued 4,972,558 new Ordinary Shares since its listing on Euronext Amsterdam on 27 June 2024 and the total number of issued Ordinary Shares will be 70,473,480.
The capital raised in the initial placing, combined with proceeds from the issue of convertible bonds and loan notes, has enabled the Company to acquire the leasehold title, receive planning permission, advance planning and design activities, and fund the next step in its development.
The Company now announces a new placing for the next stage of its development.
The Company plans to restore, renovate and develop the Kingsway Exchange Tunnels (the "Tunnels") to create a major tourist attraction. Since obtaining the listing on Euronext Amsterdam on 27 June 2024 (the "Listing Date"), the Company has reached several major milestones in its development.
In addition to the permanent exhibition of the Museum of Military Intelligence, the Company is actively seeking partnerships with strategic organisations that attract a wide and diverse audience and bring the unique history to life.
The Company intends to undertake a placing of new Ordinary Shares in the capital of the Company (the "Placing Shares") to institutional investors and other investors (the "New Placing") at a price of £2.00 per Placing Share for up to 180 days as of 25 June 2025 (the "Placing Period"). The total number of Placing Shares to be issued pursuant to the New Placing will not exceed 30% of the Company's existing issued share capital. This amount will be used for the development of the project over the next 1-2 years. The Placing Shares will be offered on the basis that no prospectus will have to be published or any filing will be required in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or any other jurisdiction for offers of Placing Shares.
In May 2025, the Company received updated irrevocable commitments for £24,600,000, subject for the Ordinary Shares to be acceptable for investment by recognised investment platforms and tradable via electronic trading platforms that require settlement via Euroclear rather than Euroclear Bank, and without stamp duty reserve tax being applied. It is the Company's aim to continue to aim to resolve these settlement matters.
Prospective institutional investors and other investors may subscribe for Placing Shares during the Placing Period. Placing Shares will be allocated to eligible investors on a 'first come first served' basis. In the event the New Placing is over-subscribed, the New Placing will be closed and subscription for Placing Shares will no longer be possible. In such case, the Company will issue a press release with respect to the end of the New Placing, which will also be posted on the Company's website (www.thelondontunnels.com).
Delivery of the Placing Shares will take place on a rolling basis. Every Tuesday during the Placing Period, ending on the Tuesday following the end of the Placing Period, all Placing Shares subscribed for during the previous week will be delivered.
In order to maintain market stability during the Placing Period, the liquidity pool, as set out in the prospectus published by the Company on 24 June 2024, will continue to remain in place.
In addition, in order to maintain market stability during the New Placing, the lock-up provisions agreed with all shareholders holding Ordinary Shares on Listing Date will also be extended with a period of 180 days, as a result of which the lock-up restrictions shall terminate in relation to Cupcake Partners Limited 810 days following the Listing Date and for each other shareholder: (a) 540 days following the Listing Date for 25% of the Ordinary Shares held by the shareholder on the Listing Date; (b) 630 days following the Listing Date for 50% of the Ordinary Shares held by the shareholder on the Listing Date; (c) 720 days following the Listing Date for 75% of the Ordinary Shares held by the shareholder on the Listing Date; and (d) 810 days following the Listing Date for 100% of the Ordinary Shares held by the shareholder on the Listing Date.
The Company was founded to preserve and transform the Tunnels, built as part of the United Kingdom Government's strategy to protect its citizens from bombing during what became known as the London Blitz, into a major tourist attraction targeting up to 3 million visitors per year. The mile-long series of tunnels have been kept secret for nearly 70 years. Right in the centre of London, one of the most visited cities in the world, the tunnels are envisaged to become the capital's most spectacular underground tourist attraction, offering a combination of historical heritage experiences and a cultural, multi-sensory, digital experience. For more information, please see: www.thelondontunnels.com.
CFF Communications Tavistock (UK enquiries) Uneke Dekkers Jos Simson / Rebecca Hislaire [email protected] [email protected] +31(0)650261626 +44 (0) 20 7920 3150
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