29 February 2024
S4 Capital plc
("S4Capital" or the
"Company")
Issue of
Shares
On 12 January
2022, S4Capital plc (SFOR.L) announced a combination between
Media.Monks and 4 Mile Analytics, expanding the capabilities of
Media.Monks' Data&Digital media practice (the "Transaction"). Pursuant to the terms
of the Transaction, the Company has agreed to issue 427,188
ordinary shares of 25 pence each in the capital of the Company,
credited as fully paid, as deferred
consideration to the sellers (the "Shares").
Applications have been made to the FCA and to the London Stock Exchange
for the Shares to be admitted to the standard segment of the
Official List of the FCA and to trading on the London Stock
Exchange's Main Market for listed securities respectively
("Admission"). It is
expected that Admission will become effective at 8.00 a.m.
on 1 March 2024.
Enquiries:
S4Capital
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Tel: +44 (0)20 3793 0003
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Sir Martin
Sorrell (Executive Chairman)
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Powerscourt (PR Adviser to
S4Capital)
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Tel: +44 (0) 7970 246 725
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Elly Williamson
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Pete Lambie
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About S4Capital
S4Capital plc (SFOR.L) is
the tech-led, new age/new era digital advertising, marketing and
technology services company, established by Sir Martin Sorrell in
May 2018.
Our strategy is to build a purely digital advertising and
marketing services business for global, multinational, regional,
and local clients, and millennial-driven influencer brands. This
will be achieved by integrating leading businesses in
three practices: Content,
Data&Digital Media and
Technology Services, along with an emphasis
on 'faster,
better, cheaper, more' execution in an always-on
consumer-led environment, with a unitary structure.
Victor Knaap, Wesley ter Haar,
Christopher S. Martin, Scott
Spirit and Mary Basterfield all joined the S4Capital Board as Executive Directors. The S4Capital
Board also includes Rupert Faure Walker, Paul Roy, Daniel Pinto,
Sue Prevezer, Elizabeth Buchanan, Naoko Okumoto, Margaret Ma
Connolly, Miles Young and Colin Day.
The Company now has
approximately 7,700 people in
32 countries with approximately 80% of net revenue across the
Americas, 15%
across Europe, the Middle East and Africa and 5% across Asia-Pacific. The
longer-term objective is a geographic split of 60%:20%:20%. Content currently
accounts for approximately 60%
of net revenue, Data&Digital Media 25% and
Technology Services
15%. The long-term
objective for the practices is a
split of 50%:25%:25%.
Sir Martin was CEO of WPP for 33
years, building it from a £1 million 'shell' company in 1985 into
the world's largest advertising and marketing services company,
with a market capitalisation of over £16 billion on the day he
left. Prior to that Sir Martin was Group Financial Director of
Saatchi & Saatchi Company Plc for nine years.