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SKS TECHNOLOGIES GROUP LIMITED — Capital/Financing Update 2014
May 25, 2014
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Capital/Financing Update
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STOKES TO RAISE $2.55M TO EXPAND HIGH VALUE TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS
NON-RENOUNCEABLE FULLY UNDERWRITTEN 1:4 RIGHTS ISSUE OF UNSECURED CONVERTIBLE NOTES
Melbourne 26 May 2014: Stokes Limited (ASX:SKS) is pleased to announce a nonrenounceable rights issue offering shareholders whose registered addresses are within Australia and New Zealand ( Eligible Shareholders ) the opportunity to subscribe for a 3 year, 10% pa convertible note ( Convertible Note ) for every four fully paid ordinary shares held in the Company as at 7.00pm on Monday 2 June 2014 at a price of $0.35 each to raise approximately $2.55 million ( Rights Issue ).
The offering is fully underwritten by JM Financial Group Ltd.
Proceeds from the Rights Issue will be used to fund the expansion of the Stokes Technologies Division, for general working capital purposes and to retire debt associated with recent expansion and sales activities.
Stokes Managing Director Mr Con Scrinis commented as follows “During the 2013 calendar year the Company undertook and completed the restructuring of its appliance parts, services and manufacturing divisions. Recently Stokes established a new Technologies Division to diversify revenue streams and expand its sales of innovative technologies products & services.
The Stokes Technologies Division currently consists of Audiovisual and Lighting Solutions for the commercial and industrial markets.
The Company will exploit the extensive experience and history of the Stokes board and senior management team in successful company building. Con Scrinis was the founder of Moonlighting Pty Ltd, a leading manufacturer and distributor of commercial and industrial lighting products in Australia. Greg and Peter Jinks were the founders of KLM Group Ltd, which was a leading electrical contractor that housed an audiovisual division. The expertise and industry relationships of the Stokes leadership team enable expansion into new and related high value added products.
The Stokes Technologies division now employs ten staff, has assembled a comprehensive range of products and with recent significant contract wins and a pipeline of projects underway this division is shaping as a future growth engine of Stokes.”
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Offer Summary
| Type of Offer | Type of Offer | Type of Offer | Non renounceable rights issue | Non renounceable rights issue | Non renounceable rights issue | Non renounceable rights issue | Non renounceable rights issue | Non renounceable rights issue | Non renounceable rights issue | Non renounceable rights issue | Non renounceable rights issue | Non renounceable rights issue |
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| Is | sue Price | $03 | 5 per Conv | ertible Not | e | |||||||
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| Liqu | idity: | Conv | ertible Notes w | ill be lis | ted on ASX. | |||||||
| Record Date | ||||||||||||
| Monday 2 June 2014 | ||||||||||||
| New ConvertibleNotes issued | Approximately 7,287,820 convertible notes are to be issued(subject to rounding) | |||||||||||
| Funds Raised | Approximately $2.55M before costs | |||||||||||
| Underwriter | JM Financial Group Ltd ACN 007 364 132 |
Shareholder Approval of the Rights Issue is not required. The Rights Issue is being made pursuant to a Prospectus which will be lodged with ASIC today.
The Company will despatch the Prospectus to Eligible Shareholders on or about 5 June 2014 setting out the terms of the Rights Issue together with a personalised Entitlement and Acceptance Form, with instructions on how Eligible Shareholders may accept their entitlement.
The Directors, Messrs. Con Scrinis, Greg Jinks and Peter Jinks have advised that they will all take up their respective full entitlements under the Rights Issue in respect of all shares held by them (directly and indirectly).
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| EVENT | DATE |
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| Announcement of Rights Issue and lodgement of | 26 May 2014 |
| Prospectus and Appendix 3B | |
| Notice sent to Eligible Shareholders containing | 28 May 2014 |
| information required by Appendix 3B | |
| “Ex” Date | 29 May 2014 |
| Record Date to determine Entitlements under the | 2 June 2014 |
| Offer | |
| Rights Issue Opening Date | 3 June 2014 |
| Prospectus and Entitlement and Acceptance | 5 June 2014 |
| Forms Despatched to Eligible Shareholders | |
| Final date and time for receipt of acceptance | 17 June 2014 |
| and payment in full (Closing Date)* | 5:00pm |
| Securities quoted on a deferred settlement basis | 18 June 2014 |
| Notification to ASX of under subscriptions | 19 June 2014 |
| Issue Date | 23 June 2014 |
| Convertible Notes expected to commence trading | 24 June 2014 |
| on normal settlement basis* |
These dates are subject to change and are indicative only. Stokes Limited reserves the right to amend this time table including, subject to the Corporations Act and listing rules, to extend the closing date. The Directors may extend the Closing date by giving at least 3 Business Days notice to ASX prior to the Closing Date. The date that the new shares are expected to commence trading on the ASX may vary with any change to the Closing date.
Con Scrinis Managing Director
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