NOT
FOR RELEASE, DISTRIBUTION OR PUBLICATION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY,
TO U.S. PERSONS OR INTO OR IN THE UNITED
STATES, AUSTRALIA,
CANADA, JAPAN, NEW
ZEALAND OR SOUTH
AFRICA.
8 February 2024
Invesco
Bond Income Plus Limited
Result
of Placing and WRAP Retail Offer
The Board
of Invesco Bond Income Plus Limited ("BIPS"
or the "Company")
is pleased to announce the successful completion of the placing
(the "Placing")
and the WRAP retail offer (the "WRAP
Retail Offer"), as
announced on 24 January 2024 (the
"Placing
Announcement"),
raising gross proceeds of £13.35 million.
The
Company has issued, subject to Admission (defined below), a total
of 7,926,727 new ordinary shares of no par value in the capital of
the Company ("Shares")
(the "New
Shares") at a
price of 168.40 pence per New Share
(the "Issue
Price"),
representing a 0.75% premium to the cum-income NAV per Share as at
5 February 2024, being the last
published NAV per Share prior to the close of the Placing and the
WRAP Retail Offer.
5,179,465
New Shares were issued pursuant to the Placing and 2,747,262 New
Shares were issued pursuant to the WRAP Retail Offer.
Admission
and Settlement
Applications
have been made to the Financial Conduct Authority for admission of
the New Shares to the premium segment of the Official List and to
the London Stock Exchange for admission to trading of the New
Shares on its main market for listed securities
("Admission").
It is
expected that Admission will become effective at or around
8.00 a.m. on 12 February 2024 and that dealings in the New
Shares will commence at that time.
The New
Shares will, when issued, be credited as fully paid and rank
pari
passu with the
existing Shares, including the right to receive all future
dividends and distributions declared, made or paid, with a record
date on or after the date of Admission.
Immediately
following Admission, the Company's issued share capital will
consist of 189,504,323 Shares with voting rights. This figure may
be used by shareholders in determining the denominator for the
calculation by which they will establish if they are required to
notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the
Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency
Rules.
The
Placing and the WRAP Retail Offer are conditional on Admission
becoming effective.
For
further information please contact:
Invesco
Fund Managers Limited
Will
Ellis
John
Armstrong-Denby
Eddy
Bukenya
|
+44(0)20
7543 3500
|
Winterflood
Retail Access Platform (WRAP)
Andrew
Stancliffe
Phoebe
Pankhurst
|
wrap@winterflood.com
+44(0)20
3100 0000
|
|
|
Winterflood
Securities (Broker to the Company)
Joe
Winkley
Neil
Morgan
|
+44(0)20
3100 0000
|
Winterflood
Securities Limited ("Winterflood")
is acting as bookrunner to the Company in relation to
the
Placing. The Placing is not being underwritten.
LEI:
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IMPORTANT
NOTICE
The
content of this announcement has been prepared by, and is the sole
responsibility of, Invesco Bond Income Plus Limited.
The
information contained in this announcement is given at the date of
its publication and is subject to updating, revision and amendment
from time to time. Neither the content of the Company's website nor
any website accessible by hyperlinks to the Company's website is
incorporated in, or forms part of, this announcement.
Winterflood,
which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct
Authority, is acting only for the Company in connection with the
matters described in this announcement and is not acting for or
advising any other person, or treating any other person as its
client, in relation thereto and will not be responsible for
providing the regulatory protection afforded to clients of
Winterflood or advice to any other person in relation to the
matters contained herein.
The shares
of the Company have not been, nor will they be, registered under
the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or with any securities
regulatory authority of any state or other jurisdiction of
the United States or under the
applicable securities laws of Australia, Canada, Japan, New
Zealand or South Africa.
Further, the Company has not been and will not be registered under
the US Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Subject to
certain exceptions, the shares of the Company may not be offered or
sold in any member state of the EU other than the United Kingdom, the
United States of America, Canada, Australia, Japan, New
Zealand or South Africa or
to or for the account or benefit of any national, resident or
citizen of any member state of the EU other than the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Japan, New
Zealand or South Africa or
any person located in the United
States. The Placing and the distribution of this
announcement in other jurisdictions may be restricted by law and
the persons into whose possession this announcement comes should
inform themselves about, and observe, any such
restrictions.
This
announcement may include "forward-looking statements". All
statements other than statements of historical facts included in
this announcement, including, without limitation, those regarding
the Company's financial position, strategy, plans, proposed
acquisitions and objectives are forward-looking
statements.
Forward-looking
statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and accordingly
the Company's actual future financial results and operational
performance may differ materially from the results and performance
expressed in, or implied by, the statements. These forward-looking
statements speak only as at the date of this announcement. The
Company, the Investment Adviser and Winterflood expressly disclaim
any obligation or undertaking to update or revise any
forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect actual
results or any change in the assumptions, conditions or
circumstances on which any such statements are based unless
required to do so by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000,
the Prospectus Regulation Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority
or other applicable laws, regulations or rules.