Share Issue/Capital Change • Jul 7, 2009
Share Issue/Capital Change
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07 July 2009
BIGBEN INTERACTIVE reports the successful increase of its share capital through the exercise of BSA equity warrants (Bons de souscription d'actions) issued on 29 December 2006 within the debt restructuring scheme and the revamped capital structure granted by a consortium led by DEUTSCHE BANK and COMPAGNIE MI29 at the beginning of 2006.
The issue of 1,609,362 new ordinary shares through the exercise of the aforementioned 2006 equity warrants allows the parent company to cash in 5.2 €m and to raise its shareholders' funds to 28.7 €m while consolidated shareholders' funds reach 34.9 €m.
The share capital now totals 11,399,535 ordinary shares representing 11,416,908 voting rights.
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This offer was widely followed with subscriptions of warrant holders totalling nearly 98.6 % of available shares (99.0 % after deducting shares owned by the company).
The equity raised by the company will fund its technical developments and its organic growth.
"We would like to convey our thanks to existing and new shareholders for showing their trust through their massive participation in this offer. Their support will enable us to pursue the development of BIGBEN INTERACTIVE by strengthening our position on export markets and using our know-how for a new range of accessories dedicated to new generation smartphones», declared Alain FALC, chairman of BIGBEN INTERACTIVE.
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The new ordinary shares issued are traded on the Eurolist of Euronext Paris (C market segment) under the same ISIN FR0000074072- BIG code as existing stock.
As a matter of record, these BSA equity warrants (expiry date on 30 June 2009) were listed on 02 January 2007 on the Eurolist of Euronext (C market segment) under ISIN FR0010412189- BIGBS. These equity warrants were initially to be exercised from 01 April 2007 until 31 December 2008, however the expiry date of the exercise period was postponed to 30 June 2009 as a response to the financial crisis prevailing end of last year.
BIGBEN INTERACTIVE was advised by ODDO CORPORATE FINANCE for its debt restructuring and the search for new financial partners.
BIGBEN INTERACTIVE Euronext : Eurolist of Euronext Paris, C market segment; FTSE ; Index : Midcac Euroclear: 7407; Reuters: BGBN.PA ; Bloomberg: BIG FP Investors relations : François Bozon, phone : +33 (0)3.20.90.72.53 E-mail : [email protected] - Website : http://www.bigben.fr
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