The
information contained within this announcement is deemed by the
Company to constitute inside information for the purposes of
Article 7 of EU Regulation 596/2014 (which forms part of domestic
UK law pursuant to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018) ("UK
MAR"). Upon the publication of this announcement via a Regulatory
Information Service, this information is considered to be in the
public domain.
For
immediate release
2 October 2024
BOSTON INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS
PLC
("BIH" or the
"Company")
Extension of Final Repayment
Date of Outstanding Convertible Loan Notes 2024 and Update on
Financial Results
The board of directors of BIH (the
"BIH Board") announces that
the 'Final Repayment Date' of all outstanding convertible loan
notes issued by the Company, being:-
- £30,000 nominal zero coupon convertible unsecured loan notes
2024 of the £125,714 nominal of such loan notes originally issued
on 12 April 2021 (as subsequently varied);
- £51,000 nominal zero coupon convertible unsecured loan notes
(No. 2) 2024 of the £251,000 nominal of such loan notes originally
issued on 7 July 2021 (as subsequently varied);
- £147,857 nominal zero coupon convertible unsecured loan notes
(No. 3) 2024 originally issued on 27 April 2022 (as subsequently
varied); and
- £23,217.64 nominal zero coupon convertible unsecured loan notes (No. 4)
2024 originally issued on 3 January 2024;
has been extended (with the consent
of the holders in all cases) to 31 December 2025 and some
minor changes to such convertible loan notes have
been made to reflect, inter
alia, the new UK Listing Rules and the new FCA Listing
categories.
Related party
transactions
The extension of the 'Final
Repayment Date' of the outstanding £147,857 nominal zero coupon
convertible unsecured loan notes (No. 3) which are held by Borden
James (an existing Director of BIH) and of the outstanding
£23,217.64
nominal zero coupon convertible unsecured loan
notes (No. 4) which are held by the four Directors of BIH,
constitute 'material
related party transactions' for the purposes of DTR
7.3.8R. Considering
the Company's need to conserve cash and to put its Convertible Loan
Note arrangements on a solvent basis, the BIH Board considers that
the terms of such 'related party transactions' are fair and
reasonable insofar as the shareholders of the Company as a whole
are concerned and accordingly has approved them. In the BIH Board's
consideration, each transaction with individual Directors has been
separately considered and in so doing, each Director who is the
'related party' has not taken part in the Board's consideration of
each transaction and has not voted on the relevant BIH Board
resolution.
Update on publication of
financial results
The Company is working with its
Auditors on finalisation of the Company's annual report and audited
accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023 ("2023 Accounts") and
anticipates that these will be published in the coming days.
Additionally, the Company is also currently preparing its unaudited
half year report for the six months ended 30 June 2024 which is
expected to be published shortly after the 2023 Accounts are
released.
For more information, please
contact:-
Boston International Holdings Plc
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Christopher Pitman,
Chairman
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+44 (0)
7768 104329
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