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DXN LIMITED — Capital/Financing Update 2020
Mar 18, 2020
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Capital/Financing Update
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19 March 2020
ASX Announcement
Capital Raising and Board Update
Highlights:
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Previous Entitlement Offer withdrawn, funds will be returned to applicants.
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New Offer proposed to be launched: Entitlement issue on the basis of 2 New Shares for every 3 Shares held at Issue Price of $0.02 per Share with 1:1 free attaching 3-year option exercisable at $0.04 per Share.
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The commercial appeal of the acquisition of Data Centre 3 Pty Ltd in Hobart, Tasmania, remains unchanged and the Company is committed to Acquisition.
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Board reduced to 3 Directors, significantly reducing Board fees.
Capital Raising
Pre-fabricated modular data centre specialist, DXN Limited (ASX:DXN) ( Company or DXN ) advises shareholders that, further to the announcement of 12 February 2020, Prospectus dated 14 February 2020 and ASX announcement of 10 March 2020, due to the recent market volatility the Board has resolved to withdraw the Entitlement Issue which was proposed to be undertaken on the basis of one (1) new share ( New Share ) for every three (3) shares held by eligible shareholders on the record date at an issue price of $0.04 per New Share to raise up to approximately $6.0 million ( Former Offer ). A supplementary prospectus withdrawing the Former Offer has been lodged with ASIC. Pinnacle Corporate Finance Pty Ltd ( Pinnacle ), the Lead Manager and Underwriter to the Former Offer has consented to the withdrawal of the Former Offer and has agreed to the mutual termination of the underwriting agreement in relation to the Former Offer.
In order to raise sufficient funds to purchase the assets and revenues of Data Centre 3 Pty Ltd ( DC3 ) (refer to announcement dated 12 February 2020 for further information on the DC3 acquisition) and for other activities including product manufacturing, working capital and data centre marketing, the Company proposes to launch a new Entitlement Issue on the basis of two (2) New Shares for every three (3) shares held by eligible shareholders on the record date at a new issue price ( New Issue Price ) of $0.02 per New Share to raise up to approximately $6.0 million ( New Offer ). The New Issue Price is a ~26% discount to the last traded price of $0.027. Given the New Offer and revised timetable set out below, the Company will need to seek an extension to the current settlement sunset date for the DC3 acquisition from the vendor, TasmaNet Pty Ltd.
Subscribers in the New Offer will receive one (1) free-attaching option ( New Option ) for every one (1) New Share subscribed for and issued, exercisable at $0.04 per Option on or before the date which is three years from the date of issue. Subject to meeting the requirements of the ASX Listing Rules, the Company intends to apply for quotation of the New Options.
DXN Limited ABN: 46 620 888 548
9 Mumford Place, Balcatta, Perth, Western Australia, 6021 W: dxn.solutions | T: 1300 328 239 | E: [email protected]
CEO Mathew Madden said:
“In light of the recent market volatility it has become necessary to re-price the capital raising, due to events completely outside of the Company’s control. We will continue our aggressive push to secure our market leading position in the modular market in Australasia and continue building our position in the colocation market.
Further, our plan to continue to expand our carrier neutral Edge data centre footprint in Australia and New Zealand has not changed. This target will be achieved by developing new greenfield modular data centres, such as our new Sydney DC and / or acquiring existing operating data centres such as DC3.”
The New Offer will result in approximately 303,681,857 New Shares and 303,681,857 New Options being issued.
The funds raised from the New Offer are intended to be applied towards:
| Uses | $ |
|---|---|
| Purchase price – DC3 acquisition1 | 2,430,000 |
| costs associated with DC3 acquisition2 | 100,000 |
| Product Manufacturing3 | 2,000,000 |
| Working capital4 | 1,028,637 |
| Offer costs5 | 425,000 |
| Data centre marketing 6 | 90,000 |
| Total Funds raised in Offer | 6,073,637 |
Notes
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Balance of purchase price of the DC3 assets and revenues from TasmaNet.
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Funds to be applied to costs to obtain planning approval to expand the capacity of DC3 and advisory costs associated with the acquisition.
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Funds to be applied towards DXN Modules product manufacturing.
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Funds to be applied as working capital for the DXN business.
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Funds to be applied towards the estimated expenses of the New Offer, which assumes the New Offer is fully subscribed.
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Funds to be applied to Sydney data centre marketing strategies.
Pinnacle has been engaged as Lead Manager to the New Offer and will partially underwrite part or all of the New Offer, subject to execution of a formal underwriting agreement with the Company and any conditions contained therein. Further details will be provided in due course if an agreement is reached.
Further information with respect to the New Offer will be disclosed in a Prospectus, intended to be lodged with the ASIC on or about Friday, 27 March 2020 and mailed to eligible shareholders shortly after the record date. Shareholders may view the Company’s ASX announcements, including those relating to the New Offer, on the ASX website under the ASX code DXN.
DXN Limited ABN: 46 620 888 548
9 Mumford Place, Balcatta, Perth, Western Australia, 6021 W: dxn.solutions | T: 1300 328 239 | E: [email protected]
Persons should consider the Prospectus before deciding whether to acquire securities and eligible shareholders will need to complete the personalised entitlement and acceptance form that will accompany the Prospectus in order to apply for New Shares and attaching New Options under the New Offer.
| New Offer. | |
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| Keydates for the New Offer Event | Proposed Date |
| CompanyAnnounces New Offer and lodges Appendix 3B with ASX | Thursday,19 March 2020 |
| Lodgement of Prospectus with ASIC and ASX | Friday,27 March 2020 |
| “Ex” date | Tuesday,31 March 2020 |
| Record Date | Wednesday,1 April 2020 |
| Dispatch of Prospectus to eligible Shareholders & Company | Monday, 6 April 2020 |
| announces this has been completed | |
| OpeningDate | Monday,6 April 2020 |
| Last dayto extend the ClosingDate of the New Offer | Tuesday,28 April 2020 |
| ClosingDate | Friday,1 May2020 |
| Shares and Options quoted on a deferred settlement basis | Monday, 4 May 2020 |
| Announcement of results of the New Offer | Wednesday, 6 May 2020 |
| Issue date / Securities entered into Shareholders’ security holdings / | Friday, 8 May 2020 |
| Lodgement of Appendix 2A with ASX | |
| Quotation of Shares and Options issued under the New Offer | Monday,11 May2020 |
Board Changes
DXN has accepted the resignations of three existing Company Directors, Douglas Loh, Timothy Desmond and Terry Smart which will reduce the size of the Board to three persons which the Company believes is a more commensurate with a company of this size.
The Company thanks the outgoing directors for their significant contribution and wishes them well with future endeavours.
The Board of Directors now consists of:
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John Baillie (Chair elect);
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Richard Carden; and
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John Duffin.
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DXN Limited ABN: 46 620 888 548
9 Mumford Place, Balcatta, Perth, Western Australia, 6021 W: dxn.solutions | T: 1300 328 239 | E: [email protected]
About DXN Limited
DXN Limited designs, builds, owns and operates data centres. Offering integrated, customised and tailored solutions to clients, DXN provides businesses with the option of delivering solutions to site through containerised modules, or space in DXN’s modular colocation facilities to suit technical specifications and operational requirements. From a single rack in the colocation facilities through to fully customised Edge Infrastructure, DXN can deliver a range of solutions to meet modern data centre requirements. DXN has achieved an industry first and become the first modular data centre developer in the world to receive both Uptime Institute Tier-Ready III and Tier-Ready IV design review awards. For more https://dxn.solutions
For more information please contact:
Matthew Madden, CEO Katrina Walker, PR T +61 1300 328 239 T: +61 416 333 200 E: [email protected] E: [email protected]
ASX Release authorised by the Disclosure Committee
DXN Limited ABN: 46 620 888 548
9 Mumford Place, Balcatta, Perth, Western Australia, 6021 W: dxn.solutions | T: 1300 328 239 | E: [email protected]