Victoria PLC Issue of Equity (0545Y)

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RNS Number : 0545Y

Victoria PLC

30 November 2017

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30 November 2017

Victoria PLC

('Victoria', the 'Company', or the 'Group')

Issue of Equity

Victoria plc (LSE: VCP), the international designers, manufacturers and distributors of innovative floorcoverings, has today issued 3,730,000 new ordinary shares of 5 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") (the "New Ordinary Shares") pursuant to an exercise by the Business Growth Fund of all its outstanding options in the company (the "BGF Options"). The BGF Options were granted pursuant to loan note facility entered into at the time of the acquisition of Abingdon Flooring Limited in September 2014.

There are no other options or warrants outstanding in the Company.

Application has been made for the New Ordinary Shares, which rank pari passu in all respects with the Company's existing Ordinary Shares, to be admitted to trading on AIM which is expected to occur on or around 6 December 2017 ("Admission").

Following Admission, the Company's enlarged issued share capital will comprise of 117,687,902 ordinary shares. The Company does not hold any shares in treasury. This figure of 117,687,902 ordinary shares may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

For more information contact:

 
Victoria PLC 
 Geoff Wilding, Chairman 
 Philippe Hamers, Group Chief Executive                     +44 (0) 1562 
 Michael Scott, Group Finance Director                       749 300 
 
  Cantor Fitzgerald Europe (Nominated Adviser and Broker) 
  Rick Thompson, Phil Davies, Will Goode                      [phone] 
  (Corporate Finance)                                         7000 
                                                            [phone] 
Berenberg (Joint Broker)                                     7800 
 Ben Wright, Mark Whitmore 
 (Corporate Broking) 
 
 Buchanan Communications (Financial PR)                      [phone] 
 Charles Ryland, Victoria Hayns, Madeline Seacombe           5000 
 

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