SerVision plc Placing (1693A)

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RNS Number : 1693A

SerVision plc

25 September 2015

25 September 2015

SerVision plc

("SerVision" or the "Company")

Proposed Placing to Raise GBP797,684

SerVision (AIM: SEV), the AIM quoted developer and manufacturer of digital security systems, is pleased to announce that it has conditionally raised GBP797,684 (before expenses) through the issue of 22,790,972 new ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company (the "Placing Shares") with existing investors and new shareholders, at a price of 3.5 pence per Placing Share (the "Placing"). The net proceeds of the Placing, amounting to approximately GBP732,800, will be used to satisfy the Company's existing order book and for general working capital purposes. The Placing has been arranged by Beaufort Securities Limited ("Beaufort"), the Company's joint broker, and the Placing Shares have been subscribed for by clients of Beaufort.

A total of GBP617,584, representing the issue of 17,645,258 Placing Shares (the "Firm Placing Shares"), has been raised within the Company's existing share authorities put in place at the Company's annual general meeting held on 30 July 2015. The issue of the Firm Placing Shares is conditional only upon admission of the Firm Placing Shares to trading on AIM ("First Admission"). Application will be made shortly for the Firm Placing Shares, which will be issued paid up and rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the capital of the Company, to be admitted to trading on AIM. It is expected that First Admission will take place on or around 1 October 2015.

The Placing balance of GBP180,100 (the "Conditional Placing Amount"), representing the issue of 5,145,714 Placing Shares (the "Conditional Placing Shares"), is conditional upon shareholder approval through the passing of certain resolutions to be proposed at a general meeting of the Company to be convened (the "General Meeting") and admission of the Conditional Placing Shares to trading on AIM ("Second Admission"). The Company will despatch in due course a circular to shareholders of SerVision convening a general meeting of the Company. Should shareholder approval of the resolutions at the general meeting not be forthcoming, the Conditional Placing Amount would be returned to the investors.

The Placing price of 3.5 pence represents a 24.3 per cent. discount to the Company's closing mid-market price of 4.625 pence on 24 September 2015, being the latest practicable business day prior to this announcement.

The Placing Shares will represent 20.0 per cent. of the enlarged issued share capital of the Company.

Following First Admission the total enlarged issued share capital of SerVision will be 108,757,895 ordinary shares of 1p each. Until the Second Admission, this figure 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 share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Following completion of the Placing there will be 113,903,609 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company in issue.

Gidon Tahan, Chairman and CEO of SerVision, commented, "I am pleased to announce the Company has successfully raised this significant amount of new funding to fulfil its rapidly expanding order book. Over the past 12 months we have seen an encouraging growth in our pipeline, especially in the UK market, which is being served by our new Manchester based office and management team. We believe the prospects for the remainder of 2015 and into 2016 are very promising for the Company."

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SerVision plc                                     [phone] 
Gidon Tahan, Chairman and CEO 
Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser 
 and Joint Broker)                           [phone] 
Nick Athanas / James Reeve 
 
 
Beaufort Securities Limited (Joint Broker) 
Jon Levinson / Elliot Hance                  [phone] 
 
 
Cadogan Leander (Financial PR) 
Christian Taylor-Wilkinson       [phone] 
 

Notes to Editors

SerVision is a pioneer in the field of security communications technology and a leading developer and manufacturer of fully integrated video recording and transmission systems for homeland security and transportation applications. The Company's core technology is proprietary video compression which is optimised for streaming real-time video over any type of cellular or narrowband network.

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