AFH Financial Group Plc Acquisition of CIB Wealth Management LLP (1546G)
02 Mars 2015 - 8:00AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 1546G
AFH Financial Group Plc
02 March 2015
2 March 2015
AFH FINANCIAL GROUP PLC
("AFH" or the "Company")
ACQUISITION OF CIB WEALTH LIMITED
The Board of AFH, a leading financial planning led investment
management firm, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the
assets of Rochester-based CIB Wealth Management LLP ("CIB") which
was completed on 27(th) February 2015 (the "Acquisition"). CIB's 5
financial advisers, including the principal of the business,
Jonathan Dalby, have joined AFH on completion.
CIB was formed in 2010 by Jonathan and Nicola Dalby and has some
GBP41 million of funds under management.
Under the terms of the Acquisition, the maximum consideration
payable by AFH is GBP973,350. The initial consideration will be
satisfied by a cash payment upon completion of GBP453,600,
satisfied from the Company's existing cash resources, and the issue
of 31,500 ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company (the
"Consideration Shares") to Jonathan Dalby, the owner of CIB,at a
price of 150p per Consideration Share. Further deferred
consideration of up to GBP472,500 will be payable over the next 26
months in two tranches and dependent upon performance criteria of
CIB over the next two years. The deferred consideration is expected
to be settled 90% through cash and 10% through the issue of new
ordinary shares of AFH based on the prevailing mid-market price of
AFH's ordinary shares on the date the deferred consideration is
paid.
Application has been made for the admission of the Consideration
Shares to trading on AIM. The Consideration Shares will rank pari
passu in all respects with the existing ordinary shares of the
Company. The Consideration Shares are expected to be admitted to
trading on AIM on 4 March 2015.
Following the issue of the Consideration Shares, the issued
share capital of the Company will comprise of 19,492,754 ordinary
shares of 10 pence, each with one voting right. The Company does
not hold any ordinary shares in treasury. Therefore the total
number of ordinary shares and voting rights in the Company is
19,492,754.
The above figure 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 change to
their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's
Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Commenting, Alan Hudson, Chief Executive of AFH, said:
"The acquisition of CIB represents an excellent opportunity for
AFH to develop our presence in the South East of England.. The CIB
transaction represents our eighth acquisition since listing on AIM
in June 2014 and adds over GBP40 million of funds under management
to the group. Importantly, it also provides CIB advisers the
opportunity to develop their own client bases with the support and
infrastructure of a larger business and to build a future capital
value through AFH's in-house adviser practice buy-out scheme. I am
particularly pleased to welcome Jonathan as an AFH shareholder and
I am looking forward to working with both him and his team in the
years to come."
Enquiries:
AFH Financial Group PLC 01527 577 775
Alan Hudson, Chief Executive Officer
Paul Wright, Chief Financial Officer
www.afhfinancialgroup.com
Allenby Capital Limited 020 3328 5656
(Nominated Adviser and Broker)
Nick Naylor
Chris Crawford
Nick Athanas
Yellow Jersey PR Limited 07768 537 739
Dominic Barretto
Kelsey Traynor
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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