FAN Volution Group Plc

    RNS Number : 9959G
  AIM
  29 October 2008
   


 ANNOUNCEMENT TO BE MADE BY THE AIM APPLICANT PRIOR TO ADMISSION IN ACCORDANCE
           WITH RULE 2 OF THE AIM RULES FOR COMPANIES ("AIM RULES")

 COMPANY NAME:
 First Artist Corporation Plc 
 COMPANY REGISTERED OFFICE ADDRESS AND IF DIFFERENT, COMPANY TRADING ADDRESS
 (INCLUDING POSTCODES) :
 3 Tenterden Street, London W1S 1TD
 COUNTRY OF INCORPORATION:
 United Kingdom 
 COMPANY WEBSITE ADDRESS CONTAINING ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED BY AIM RULE 26:
 http://www.firstartist.com 
 COMPANY BUSINESS (INCLUDING MAIN COUNTRY OF OPERATION) OR, IN THE CASE OF AN
 INVESTING COMPANY, DETAILS OF ITS INVESTING STRATEGY).  IF THE ADMISSION IS
 SOUGHT AS A RESULT OF A REVERSE TAKE-OVER UNDER RULE 14, THIS SHOULD BE
 STATED:
 First Artist is an AIM-listed media, events and entertainment/sport group
 operating in the UK, Europe and the US. Founded by Jon Smith in 1986 and
 admitted to trading on AIM in 2001, the Group has grown since then both
 organically and through acquisitions. The three divisions are distinct but
 wholly complementary and many of the First Artist group companies are leading
 brands in their fields. Its main country of operation is the United Kingdom.


 Re-admission to AIM is being sought as a result of a reverse take-over under
 Rule 14.

 DETAILS OF SECURITIES TO BE ADMITTED INCLUDING ANY RESTRICTIONS AS TO
 TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES (i.e. where known, number and type of shares,
 nominal value and issue price to which it seeks admission and the number and
 type to be held as treasury shares):
 13,877,371 Ordinary Shares of 2.5p each.
 CAPITAL TO BE RAISED ON ADMISSION (IF APPLICABLE) AND ANTICIPATED MARKET
 CAPITALISATION ON ADMISSION:
 No capital raised.
 Anticipated market capitalisation of the Company on Admission �4.3 million 
 PERCENTAGE OF AIM SECURITIES NOT IN PUBLIC HANDS AT ADMISSION:
 33.5% not in public hands at Admission 
 DETAILS OF ANY OTHER EXCHANGE OR TRADING PLATFORM TO WHICH THE AIM SECURITIES
 (OR OTHER SECURITIES OF THE COMPANY) ARE OR WILL BE ADMITTED OR TRADED:
 None
 FULL NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTORS AND PROPOSED DIRECTORS (underlining the
 first name by which each is known or including any other name by which each
 is known):
 Jarvis Joseph Astaire OBE, Non-Executive Chairman
 Jonathan (Jon) Andrew Smith, Chief Executive
 Philip (Phil) Malcom Smith, Chief Operating Officer
 David Noble, Non-Executive Director
 FULL NAMES AND HOLDINGS OF SIGNIFICANT SHAREHOLDERS EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE
 OF THE ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL, BEFORE AND AFTER ADMISSION (underlining the
 first name by which each is known or including any other name by which each
 is known):
 Jonathan (Jon) Andrew Smith                 1,184,620  8.5%
 Philip (Phil) Smith                           841,908  6.0%
 Vincenzo Morabito                             821,878  5.9%
 Barclays Wealth                               781,166  5.6%
 Squaregain                                    648,510  4.7%
 Singer & Friedlander Investment Management    590,915  4.3%
 Herald Investment Management                  525,000  3.8%
 TD Waterhouse IS Europe                       475,591  3.3%

      NAMES OF ALL PERSONS TO BE DISCLOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SCHEDULE 2, PARAGRAPH (H) OF THE AIM RULES:
      There are no persons to be disclosed under Schedule 2, Paragraph (H) of the AIM Rules.
       1.     ANTICIPATED ACCOUNTING REFERENCE DATE 
       2.     DATE TO WHICH THE MAIN FINANCIAL INFORMATION IN THE ADMISSION DOCUMENT HAS BEEN PREPARED (this may be represented by unaudited
interim financial information)
       3.     DATES BY WHICH IT MUST PUBLISH ITS FIRST THREE REPORTS PURSUANT TO AIM RULES 18 AND 19:
       4.     31 August
       5.     Not Applicable 
       6.     28 February 2009, 31 May 2009 & 28 February 2010
      EXPECTED ADMISSION DATE:
      31 October 2008
      NAME AND ADDRESS OF NOMINATED ADVISER:
      Daniel Stewart & Company plc
      Becket House
      36 Old Jewry
      London EC2R 8DD
      NAME AND ADDRESS OF BROKER:
      As above
      OTHER THAN IN THE CASE OF A QUOTED APPLICANT, DETAILS OF WHERE (POSTAL OR INTERNET ADDRESS) THE ADMISSION DOCUMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE
FROM, WITH A STATEMENT THAT THIS WILL CONTAIN FULL DETAILS ABOUT THE APPLICANT AND THE ADMISSION OF ITS SECURITIES:
      Copies of the admission document are available from the offices of Daniel Stewart & Company plc, Becket House, 36 Old Jewry, London
EC2R 8DD and from the Company's registered office, 3 Tenterden Street, London, W1S 1TD and the Company's website (www.firstartist.com). All
documents contain full details of the applicant and the admission of its securities.
      DATE OF NOTIFICATION:
      29 October 2008 
      NEW/ UPDATE:
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