8 February 2024
Woodbois
Limited
("Woodbois", the "Group" or the "Company")
£2.0m Exercise of Warrants at
1p per Share
to scale-up production and
realise efficiencies
and Issuance of new
Warrants
Woodbois Limited (AIM: WBI), a
leading company in the international timber industry, is pleased to
announce the exercise of 200 million warrants at 1p
per share, generating £2.0 million for the Company. The proceeds of
the warrant exercise will be used to scale up production and help
realise efficiencies.
Conversion of
1p Warrants adds £2.0m to Cash Resources
The Company has received notice of
conversion of 200 million warrants at 1p per share, a premium of
41% to the closing share price yesterday. As a result, the Company
will issue 200 million new ordinary shares of 1p each ("New
Ordinary Shares"). Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for the
New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission") and it is expected that
Admission will become effective at 8.00 a.m. on or around 13
February 2024. The Company will also be issuing 200 million 2-year
warrants, exercisable at 1.5p per Company voting ordinary share.
Total Voting Rights and Warrants in Issue
Following Admission, the Company's
total share issued capital will be 4,549,988,873 ordinary shares,
which will consist of 3,945,850,726 voting ordinary shares,
19,138,147 treasury shares and 585,000,000 non-voting ordinary
shares. The aforementioned figure of voting ordinary shares may be
used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the
calculations by which they will determine if they are required to
notify their interest in, or a change to, their interest in the
Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance
and Transparency Rules.
Following the conversion, there will
be a total of 1,060,000,000 warrants for voting ordinary shares and
350,000,000 warrants for non-voting ordinary shares in issue, all
exercisable at 1p per ordinary share until 29 June 2025, and
200,000,000 warrants over voting ordinary shares exercisable at
1.5p per ordinary share until 13 February 2026.
Guido Theuns,
Executive Chair & CEO, said: "The conversion of warrants at a premium of 41% to the current
share price adds £2.0m to our cash resources and shows great
external belief in the future prospects of the Company. It allows
us to continue the drive to profitability through enhancing
production volumes and quality, whilst also further streamlining
our costs and progressing the important carbon credit business
plan."
This
announcement contains inside information for the purposes of
Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 which forms part of UK law
by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
("MAR").
Enquiries:
Woodbois Limited
Guido Theuns, Executive Chair &
CEO
Carnel Geddes, CFO
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+ 44 (0)20 7099 1940
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Canaccord Genuity (Nominated Advisor and Broker)
Henry Fitzgerald-O'Connor
Harry Pardoe
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+ 44 (0)20 7523 8000
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Novum Securities (Joint Broker)
Colin Rowbury, Jon Bellis
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+44 (0) 20 7399 9427
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Axis Capital Markets
Limited (Joint
Broker)
Ben Tadd, Lewis Jones
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+44 (0) 203 026 0449
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About Woodbois:
Woodbois is a Guernsey-based
company at the forefront of the timber industry, committed to
delivering quality products and sustainable solutions. With a
legacy of innovation and a vision for the future, it strives to set
industry standards and exceed expectations. Please
follow the Company on X: @WoodboisLtd