Pledge of ordinary shares in the Company
Following completion of the placing of 114,170,000 new ordinary
shares of 2p each in the Company announced on 9 September 2009, the
Company was notified on 9 September 2009 that Jack Fraser, Group
Chief Operating Officer and Financial Director, entered into an
agreement on 4 September 2009 whereby security over 3,914,113
ordinary shares in the Company (the “Pledged Shares”)
held by him was granted in favour of LDC Logistics Development
Corporation (“LDC”), a Canadian federally incorporated
corporation, as security against a personal loan of value
CAD350,000 entered into on 4 September 2009 (together the
“Pledge Agreement”). Under the terms of the Pledge
Agreement, title to the Pledged Shares can be transferred to LDC
following the occurrence of certain events including, but not
limited to, a default event on the securitised personal loan.
In conjunction with the Pledge Agreement, LDC granted to Jack
Fraser a put option (the “Put Option”) under which Jack
Fraser may put all (but not less than all) of the Pledged Shares to
LDC for a consideration payable to Jack Fraser of 6 pence per
Pledged Share. The Put Option is available to Jack Fraser for a
period of 180 days commencing 9 September 2009.
In total, Jack Fraser has an interest in 13,280,000 ordinary
shares in the Company representing approximately 9.2 per cent. of
the Company’s issued share capital of 145,136,110 ordinary
shares. The Pledged Shares represent approximately 2.7 per cent. of
the Company's issued share capital.
For further information contact:
| Travelzest plc |
020 7887 1981 |
| Mark Molyneux / Jack Fraser |
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| Investec Investment Banking |
020 7597 5970 |
| Martin Smith / Duncan Williamson |
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