Boston International Holdings PLC Convertible Loan Notes Repayment Date Extended (0886O)

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RNS Number : 0886O

Boston International Holdings PLC

29 September 2023

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For immediate release

29 September 2023

BOSTON INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS PLC

("BIH" or the "Company")

Extension of Final Repayment Date of Outstanding Convertible Loan Notes 2023 (now 2024)

The board of directors of BIH (the "BIH Board") announces that the 'Final Repayment Date' of all outstanding convertible loan notes issued by the Company, being:-

- GBP30,000 nominal zero coupon convertible unsecured loan notes 2023 of the GBP125,714 nominal of such loan notes originally issued on 12 April 2021 (as subsequently varied);

- GBP51,000 nominal zero coupon convertible unsecured loan notes (No. 2) 2023 of the GBP251,000 nominal of such loan notes originally issued on 7 July 2021 (as subsequently varied); and

- GBP147,857 nominal zero coupon convertible unsecured loan notes (No. 3) 2023 originally issued on 27 April 2022;

has been extended (with the consent of the sole holder in each case) to 31 March 2024 .

Related party transaction

The extension of the 'Final Repayment Date' of the GBP147,857 nominal zero coupon convertible unsecured loan notes (No. 3) which are held by Borden James (an existing Director of BIH) constitutes a 'related party transaction' for the purposes of the Listing Rules. Christopher Pitman, Martin Lampshire and Richard Hartheimer, the three other Directors of BIH, consider that the terms of such 'related party transaction' are fair and reasonable insofar as the shareholders of BIH are concerned and accordingly have approved such extension. Borden James did not participate in the approval of, or vote on, such transaction.

For more information, please contact:-

 
 Boston International Holdings Plc 
 Christopher Pitman, Chairman            [phone] 
 Beaumont Cornish Limited (Financial 
  adviser) 
 Roland Cornish / Asia Szusciak         [phone] 
 Peterhouse Capital Limited (Broker) 
 Lucy Williams / Duncan Vasey           [phone] 
 

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