18th October
2024
Woodbois
Limited
("Woodbois", the "Group" or the "Company")
Update on Fundraising with AXIS and
Corporate Matters
Woodbois Limited ("Woodbois" or the "Company")
provides the following update following its previous announcement
regarding the fundraising conducted in partnership with
AXIS.
As a result of the recent suspension of the
Company's shares from trading on AIM, AXIS has consulted its
investors to assess their continued commitment to the investment
round. Following these consultations, a number of investors
expressed confidence that the situation would be resolved and that
trading would resume, while others adopted a more cautious
approach, either postponing their investments or reducing the
amounts they initially intended to invest.
Despite this, the Company is pleased to confirm
that it has successfully raised £484,400 (before expenses) through
the issuance of 173,000,000 new ordinary shares at a price of 0.28p
per share. Woodbois extends its sincere gratitude to all
participating investors for their continued trust in the Company
during this period of transition.
Following the issuance of these voting ordinary
shares, the Company's total share issued capital will be
4,722,988,873 ordinary shares, which will consist of 4,118,856,726
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.
The number of total shares and voting will
change as the issue was lower than the planned approx
360million.
Furthermore, Woodbois is in advanced discussions
with a new Nominated Adviser ("NOMAD") and is actively working to
appoint Independent Non-Executive Directors to its Board of
Directors. These appointments will further enhance the Company's
governance framework.
We will continue to keep shareholders updated as
we progress with these important steps towards stabilizing and
strengthening the Company.
For further information, please
contact:
Woodbois Limited
Guido Theuns, Executive Chair &
CEO
Johannes Bloemen, CFO
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+ 44 (0)20 7099 1940
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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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Website: www.woodbois.com
About Woodbois
Limited
Woodbois Limited is a vertically integrated
forestry company, focused on the production, processing, and
trading of sustainable timber and related products.