News Archive
28 September 2011
Cenkos announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2011.
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12 September 2011
Cenkos recently completed a £3 million placing and readmission to AIM of Xtract
Energy plc (including the establishment of a £12.5m equity line facility). The company
indentifies and invests in a portfolio of early stage oil and gas assets and business
interests with significant growth potential and has, as part of this transaction,
acquired the remaining share capital of Elko Energy Inc, a Canadian-registered oil
& gas exploration company with interests in exploration and production licences
in the Danish and Dutch North Sea. The equity line facility is being made available
pursuant to an agreement with YA Global Master SPV and provides potential future
funding of up to £12.5 million over a period of up to three years.
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5 August 2011
NewRiver Retail Limited completed the acquisition of four retail properties from
Zurich Assurance Limited for approximately £68 million at a net initial yield of
8.0%. The acquisition was a reverse takeover under the AIM Rules and was funded
through a mixture of debt and equity, of which Cenkos raised £40 million (net of
expenses) at 252 pence.
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18 July 2011
Cenkos recently completed a private placing of US$ 32.5 million of preferred stock
for MaxWest Systems Inc, a renewable energy company that owns, operates and develops
technology to convert wastewater treatment residuals ("biosolids") into green energy,
creating long-term, sustainable disposal solutions for municipal and commercial
wastewater treatment facilities. MaxWest's first, commercial-scale facility is operating
in Sanford, Florida and offers a cost-effective and more environmentally friendly
alternative to incineration, landfill or land application of biosolids.
24 June 2011
Cenkos is acting as Nomad and sole Broker to Smart Metering Systems plc in connection
with its Placing and Admission to AIM. Established in 1995, the Smart Metering Group’s
business operates in the UK and is focused on the provision of gas infrastructure
connection services, gas meter asset management services, and the development of
advanced smart metering technology solutions. £27 million is being raised by way
of a placing of new and existing shares with institutional and other investors.
The market capitalisation at placing price will be £50 million and dealings are
due to commence on AIM on 8 July 2011.
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18 May 2011
Stobart Group Limited- Cenkos acted as financial adviser, sponsor and broker to
Stobart in its placing and open offer to raise £120 million to fund the company’s
expansion strategy.
7 April 2011
Cenkos is acting as listing sponsor and sole placing agent for the launch of The
Diverse Income Trust plc, a main market London-listed investment trust to be managed
by Gervais Williams. The company is seeking to raise up to £60 million. The deadline
for applications is 19 April.
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11 March 2011
Cenkos announces its Financial Annual Results for the year ended 31 December 2010.
28 February 2011
OPG Power Ventures Plc- Cenkos acted as NOMAD and broker to OPG in its £60 million
placing to fund capacity expansion.
25 February 2011
Cenkos acted as Nomad and sole broker to Oxford Catalysts Group plc, a leading technology
innovator for synthetic clean fuels, in raising £21 million by the issue of 26,250,000
new ordinary shares at a price of 80 pence per share. The new ordinary shares have
been conditionally placed with institutional and other investors and it is anticipated
that these new shares will be admitted to trading on AIM on 18 March 2011 following
approval of certain resolutions at a General Meeting of Shareholders. In addition
to the Placing, Cenkos has conditionally placed 3,398,000 ordinary shares at the
placing price of 80 pence per share (approximately £2.7 million) on behalf of one
of the founders of the Company.
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18 February 2011
Cenkos acted as the sole bookrunner and financial adviser on the fully subscribed
equity issue by Fidelity China Special Situations plc, managed by Anthony Bolton,
of a further £166.25 million which was announced on 18 February 2011. Since its
flotation on the London Stock Exchange in April 2010 the company has raised a total
of £700 million of equity with Cenkos.
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16 February 2011
Cenkos acted as NOMAD, sole book runner and joint broker to Providence Resources
PLC, an oil and gas company with prospects offshore Ireland and onshore UK, in raising
approximately £41.0 million by the issue of 16,096,800 new ordinary shares at a
price of 255 pence per share. The new ordinary shares have been conditionally placed
with new and existing institutional investors and it is anticipated that the new
common shares will be admitted to trading on AIM on 14 March 2011 following approval
of certain resolutions at an EGM.
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14 December 2010
Cenkos acted as NOMAD and broker to Corac Group plc, an intellectual property and
engineering group, specialising in high speed, direct drive compressors with particular
expertise in gas bearings, and high speed shafts and motor drives. Cenkos successfully
raised £20.8 million in a Placing and Open Offer for the company with the issue
of 139,060,248 new ordinary shares at a price of 15 pence per share. The shares
were admitted to trading on 8 December 2010.
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15 November 2010
Cenkos acted as NOMAD and broker to Caza Oil & Gas, Inc, an upstream oil and gas
company based in Texas, in raising approximately £18.9 million by the issue of 45,000,000
new common shares at a price of 42 pence per share. The new common shares have been
conditionally placed with new and existing institutional investors and it is anticipated
that the new common shares will be admitted to trading on AIM on 19 November 2010.
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04 November 2010
Cenkos acted as NOMAD and broker to Cove Energy plc, the upstream oil and gas company,
in raising £110 million by the issue of 144,736,843 new Ordinary Shares at a price
of 76 pence per Placing Share. Pursuant to the Placing, the new Ordinary Shares
have been conditionally placed at the Placing Price with institutional and other
investors and it is anticipated that the new Ordinary Shares will be admitted to
trading on AIM on 23 November 2010.
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7 October 2010
Cenkos advised SKIL Ports & Logistics plc (SPL) on their recent IPO, raising £76
million. SPL is a new holding company which has been established to develop, own
and operate port and logistics facilities in India. SPL’s first project in Mumbai
has been awarded by the Government of India due to the group’s excellent track record
of executing Indian infrastructure projects as part of an initiative to expand India’s
heavily over-utilised ports.
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30 September 2010
Cenkos announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2010.
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19 August 2010
Cenkos advised Masawara plc, a Zimbabwe focused investment company, on their recent
IPO raising US$25 million. Masawara, which has a market capitalisation of US$85
million on float, intends to pursue high quality new investment opportunities in
Zimbabwe, adding to an existing portfolio of Zimbabwean assets, to participate in
the recovery of Zimbabwe’s economy.
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17 August 2010
Cenkos acts as NOMAD and broker to raise £50 million for Marwyn Materials who announced
on 17 August 2010 that it had conditionally acquired Breedon Holdings Limited, a
large independent UK aggregates producer. The net proceeds of the placing will be
used to pay down some of the Breedon Group's debt and provide approximately £25.0
million to fund the ongoing working capital of the Enlarged Group and to finance
potential future acquisitions.
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13 July 2010
Cenkos advises Ruffer Investment Company on the publication of its
circular.
12 July 2010
Cenkos acted as NOMAD and joint broker to Avanti Communications Group plc which
announced a conditional placing of 16,279,070 new ordinary shares with existing
and new institutional shareholders to raise a total of £70 million (before expenses).
The Placing is conditional upon the passing of certain resolutions at a General
Meeting to be held on 28 July 2010 and admission is expected to occur on 29 July
2010.
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9 July 2010
Ithaca Energy Inc., as part of a US$150 million placing and ‘bought deal’ fundraising,
is pleased to announce that Cenkos has conditionally placed, with investors in the
UK, 45,062,284 common shares of Ithaca at a price of £1.07 per common share for
aggregate gross proceeds of approximately £48.2 million.
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6 July 2010
Cenkos acted as NOMAD and broker to eXpansys plc in its acquisition of Data Select
Network Solutions and PJ Media. The transaction constituted a reverse takeover under
the AIM Rules. Cenkos has conditionally placed 535,714,286 shares at 5.6 pence per
share raising £30 million. A General Meeting will be held on 23 July 2010 and Admission
is expected on 26 July 2010.
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30 June 2010
Cenkos acted as NOMAD and broker to Easydate, one of the UK’s leading internet-based
dating operators, on its recent AIM IPO. On behalf of Easydate, Cenkos placed 16,666,667
new ordinary shares at a price of 60 pence per share raising £10 million, together
with 8,333,333 existing ordinary shares. Admission occurred on 30 June 2010.
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29 June 2010
Cenkos acted as NOMAD and broker to Northern Petroleum Plc which announced on 25
June 2010 that new equity of £10 million (before costs and expenses) had been raised
pursuant to the institutional placing (11,764,706 shares at a price of 85 pence
per share are to be issued pursuant to the placing). Admission became effective
and dealings in the shares commenced on the London Stock Exchange at 8.00 a.m. on
29 June 2010.
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19 May 2010
Cenkos advises Melorio plc on its £99.3m acquisition by Pearson plc. The takeover
came as Melorio reported a 53% rise in full year pre-tax profits to £11.7 million.
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13 April 2010
Cenkos acted as the sole bookrunner and broker to Fidelity China Special Situations
Plc which announced on 9 April that new equity of £460 million (before costs and
expenses) had been raised pursuant to the placing and public offer ( 331,863,187
shares are to be issued under the offer for subscription and 128,136,813 shares
under the placing)
The placing and offer for subscription are conditional upon, inter alia, the admission
of the Shares to trading on the London Stock Exchange and to the official list of
the UK Listing Authority .It is expected that Admission will become effective and
dealings in the Shares will commence on the London Stock Exchange at 8.00 a.m. on
19 April 2010.
- Fidelity China Special Situations PLC will be the largest emerging markets equity
fund new issue listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1990.
- Fidelity China Special Situations PLC will be the largest China equity fund listed
on the London Stock Exchange.
- Fidelity China Special Situations PLC is the second largest new primary equity issue
on the main London market this year.
12 March 2010
Cenkos Securities announces that, acting in its capacity as Nomad and Broker for
Jelf Group plc, it has raised £19 million through a placing of new ordinary shares
at 36p per share from new and existing institutional shareholders.
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11 March 2010
Cenkos Securities announces that, acting as Nomad, Broker and Sole Book Runner to
Cove Energy plc, it has raised £25.7 million through a placing of new ordinary shares
at 40p per share with institutional investors. This fundraising follows the success
of the Windjammer exploration well in the Mozambique Rovuma Offshore No 1 permit
(in which Cove Energy has an 8.5% interest)
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25 February 2010
Cenkos announces its Financial Annual Results for the year ended 31 December 2009
11 February 2010
Cenkos Securities announces that, acting in its capacity as Nomad and Broker to
Providence Resources plc, it has raised £14.4 million through a placing of new ordinary
shares at 3.2p per share from new and existing institutional shareholders.
9 February 2010
Cenkos Securities is acting as sole UK sponsor, UK bookrunner and corporate broker
to a new London listed investment trust, Fidelity China Special Situations PLC.
The new company will be managed by Anthony Bolton, one of the most successful investors
of his generation. The Company is targeting a capital raising of up to £650m
4 December 2009
Cenkos Securities announces that acting as broker and bookrunner to Henderson Far
East Income, it has raised £18.7m through a placing of new ordinary shares at 289.47p
per share, representing a two per cent premium to the net asset value.
23 November 2009
Cenkos raises £30 million as joint bookrunner on the equity raise in November for
JP Morgan Private Equity Ltd, a London listed private equity fund of funds
30 September 2009
Cenkos acts as sole bookrunner and financial adviser to Blackrock Hedge Selector
Ltd on its £50 million fund raising and admission to trading on the London Stock
Exchange
17 September 2009
Cenkos announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2009
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11 September 2009
Cenkos announces that acting as Broker to Blackrock Latin America Investment Trust
plc, it has raised $80m by means of a Convertible Bond issue.
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1 July 2009
Cenkos announces that acting as Broker to Avanti Communications Group Plc, it has
raised £31.5 million by means of a Placing.
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22 May 2009
Cenkos successfully acted as joint Broker to Mecom Group plc, in raising £141.5
million in a fully underwritten Rights Issue.
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9 April 2009
Cenkos announces that acting as Broker to Helphire Group plc, it has raised £50
million by means of a Placing and Open Offer.
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