OPG Power Ventures plc Result of Scrip Dividend and Issue of Equity (0905X)

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RNS Number : 0905X

OPG Power Ventures plc

16 February 2017

16 February 2017

OPG Power Ventures plc

("OPG", the "Group" or the "Company")

Result of Scrip Dividend Alternative and Issue of Equity

Further to the Company's previous announcements OPG, announces that it has received final valid elections for the Scrip Dividend Alternative in respect of 1,007,135 existing ordinary shares of 0.0147p each in the capital of the Company.

Accordingly, based on the previously announced reference price of 62.8p per share and the interim dividend of 0.26p per share, a total of 4,160 new ordinary shares of 0.0147p each will be allotted by the Company ("New Shares") to shareholders who elected to receive the Scrip Dividend Alternative.

Application has been made to AIM for the New Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission"). Admission of the New Shares is expected on 22 February 2017 ("Admission"). It is expected that the New Shares will be issued and credited to CREST accounts on 22 February 2017. Following Admission, the Company will have 351,508,955 ordinary shares in issue admitted to trading on AIM. Following Admission, this figure, 351,508,955 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

For further information, please visit www.opgpower.com or contact:

 
 OPG Power Ventures PLC 
  Arvind Gupta / V Narayan           [phone] 
  Swami                                       11211 
 OPG - Investor Relations           [phone] 
  Ajay Paliwal / Pooja Maru                    7070 
 Cenkos Securities (Nominated 
  Adviser & Broker)                 [phone] 
  Stephen Keys / Camilla Hume                  8900 
 Macquarie Capital (Europe) 
  Limited (Joint Broker)            [phone] 
  Raj Khatri / Nick Stamp                      2000 
 Tavistock (Financial PR)           [phone] 
  Simon Hudson / James Collins                 3150 
 

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