Cellcast News
Convertible Loan and Issue of Equity
18 January 2007
Cellcast plc (AIM:CLTV), the global interactive digital broadcaster, announces that it has entered into a convertible loan agreement of up to £1 million with the Headstart Funds ("Headstart"). These additional funds will be used to strengthen the ongoing working capital position of the Company and to support Cellcast's rapidly developing international operations.
The Facility is available for a term of two years, with interest payable at a rate of 8 per cent per annum, with the first tranche of £225,000 to be drawn down on 21 January 2007.
Headstart has the option to convert any part of the loan which is outstanding into equity at any time for a period of 360 days from the date that tranche of the loan was made available.
Headstart has been issued five year warrants in respect of 1,000,000 Ordinary Shares of the Company at an exercise price of 8 pence per share.
The Company has also issued and allotted 355,555 new Ordinary Shares of 3 pence each to Headstart at a price of 8 pence per share as part of the arrangement.
Capitalisation of Debt
Cellcast also announces the following recapitalisation of £131,969.20 of debt through the issue of 1,649,615 new Ordinary Shares at a price of 8 pence per share.
These will be allotted to current significant shareholders SMS Media Limited, Atlas Group of Companies Limited and Sardik Limited accordingly. These shareholders will then hold the following amount of the issued share capital of the Company:
| No. of Ordinary Shares | Percentage held | |
| SMS Media Limited | 9,680,062 | 20.66% |
| Atlas Group of Companies Limited | 8,645,635 | 18.46% |
| Sardik Limited | 1,992,662 | 4.25% |
Furthermore, the Board has issued warrants in respect of 1,875,000 Ordinary Shares of the Company at an exercise price of 8p per share to HB Corporate for corporate advisory services in relation to the placing conducted in August 2006 and the arrangement of the above mentioned convertible loan agreement.
Following this notification, the total number of shares in issue stands at 46,845,590.
For further information:
Cellcast plc |
|
Andrew Wilson, CEO |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7190 0300 |
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HB Corporate |
|
Imran Ahmad / Cecil Jordaan |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7510 8600 |
Media Enquiries:
Abchurch |
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Henry Harrison-Topham / Gareth Mead |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7398 7710 |
Notes to Editors:
Cellcast plc
Cellcast plc (AIM:CLTV) is a leading international provider of participation television applications and interactive mobile content in the fast-growing multi-platform digital entertainment sector. Headquartered in London, with associated operations in Paris, Beirut, Mumbai, Miami, Hong Kong and Buenos Aires, Cellcast’s applications and programming are distributed on the Sky Digital and Freeview platforms in the UK and broadcast partners include Canal+ in France; STB in Ukraine; Future TV, Dubai Television and Rotana TV in the Middle East; Zee TV in India; TVS-3 in China; TV3 in Malaysia; and Canal America in Argentina.
Cellcast’s revenues streams are independent of both advertising and subscription fees. With a network of revenue sharing agreements with telecommunications carriers and aggregators across five continents, Cellcast receives a share of the call revenue every time a consumer uses a mobile or fixed-line phone to participate in its interactive entertainment, revenue which is retained or shared with its broadcast partners. Cellcast’s programme formats and proprietary Interactive Platform (CIP) also facilitate delivery of content to mobile phones, the internet and broadband-delivered IPTV. This enables viewers to continue participating in a programme away from the TV, generating 24/7 revenue opportunities.
Cellcast plc joined the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange on 21 September 2005.