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FDBK Feedback Plc

62.50
0.00 (0.00%)
Last Updated: 08:00:00
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Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Feedback Plc LSE:FDBK London Ordinary Share GB00BJN59X09 ORD 50P
  Price Change % Change Share Price Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  0.00 0.00% 62.50 60.00 65.00 62.50 62.50 62.50 168 08:00:00
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
Electronic Computers 1.03M -2.92M -0.2188 -2.86 8.33M

Property Purchase

24/04/2008 8:55am

UK Regulatory


RNS Number:0148T
Feedback PLC
24 April 2008

                  Feedback plc (the "Company" or the "Group")

  Acquisition of Freehold Property, Placing of New Ordinary Shares ("Placing")

                             and Update on Trading



The Company announces that yesterday it agreed to acquire the entire issued
share capital of Brickshield  Limited which also yesterday completed the
purchase of the freehold premises in Crowborough, East Sussex, currently
occupied by the Group, for a total consideration of £1.35 million, payable in
cash (the "Acquisition").



The consideration for the Acquisition is being met from the Company's existing
working capital resources and the proceeds of the Placing, as detailed below.
The Placing is conditional upon the Company obtaining approval from Shareholders
to allot the Placing Shares and to disapply statutory pre-emption rights which
would otherwise apply.  Accordingly, the Group will shortly be posting a
circular to Shareholders that will contain a notice convening a General Meeting.



Background to the Acqusition



The light industrial premises at Park Road, Crowborough were previously sold by
the Group in March 2005 for £955,000, conditional upon full residential planning
permission for the re-development of the site, and was part of the restructuring
proposals undertaken by the Group to address its historic pension fund
liabilities.  Planning permission was granted in February 2007 and at that time
it was envisaged that the Group would vacate the premises by December 2007.



Although the Company subsequently obtained consent to remain at the premises
until April 2008 the Board has been unable to identify suitable alternative
premises for the Group within the local area.  The Board considered that this
was not in the interests of the Company and Shareholders and accordingly
resolved to remain at the current premises, at least in the medium term.  This
was only possible via the repurchase of the Crowborough site.



The Directors believe that this situation will be resolved in due course,
whereupon it is expected that the premises will be sold.  Remaining at the Park
Road premises will, in the Directors' opinion, provide for a further period of
stability for the Group's operations, whilst allowing the continued ongoing
review of costs that the Board regards as an integral part of Feedback's future
success.



The Placing



As part of the funding for the Acquisition, the Group has placed 26,666,686 new
ordinary shares ("Placing Shares") at a price of 2.625 pence per share with
certain of the Directors and existing Shareholders.



The Placing is not a rights issue or open offer and New Ordinary Shares will not
be offered generally to Shareholders, whether on a pre-emptive basis or
otherwise. The Board believes that the considerable extra cost and delay
involved in a rights issue or open offer would not be in the best interests of
the Company in the circumstances.



As referred to above, the Placing is conditional upon the Company obtaining
approval from Shareholders to allot the Placing Shares.  The Company intends to
convene a General Meeting to increase the Directors' authority to allot further
Ordinary Shares, disapply pre-emption rights over such Ordinary Shares, and to
adopt new Articles of Association.



Michael Burt, Executive Chairman, Peter Smith, Finance Director, David Barton
and John Westcott, both Non-Executive Directors, have committed to subscribe for
8,952,550, 1,904,761, 8,857,000 and 761,900 Placing Shares respectively.  In
addition, Tom Charlton, who currently holds 13.82 per cent. of the Company's
Ordinary Share, has committed to subscribe for 5,238,095 Placing Shares.





The placing of the Placing Shares with Mr Burt and Mr Barton is regarded as a
related party transaction for the purposes of the AIM Rules.  In the opinion of
the Independent Directors (being Professor Westcott and Mr Smith), having
consulted with Charles Stanley Securities, the Company's Nominated Adviser, the
Placing is fair and reasonable insofar as the Company's shareholders are
concerned.



The Directors also believe that it is in the Company's interests to adopt new
Articles of Association to reflect current law and practice provisions, in
particular changes required in relation to the Companies Act 2006.


Application will be made for the Placing Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM
and it is anticipated that Admission will become effective and that dealings
will commence on the day following the General Meeting.  Following this there
will be 109,146,746 ordinary shares in issue.



Update on Trading



The Directors are pleased to announce that the strategy, implemented following
the resolution reached regarding the Group's historic pension fund liabilities,
continues to deliver the anticipated benefits.  Trading across the Group's
subsidiaries has, to date, been pleasing in the second half of the financial
year ended 31 May 2008 and the Board is particularly encouraged with the Group's
cash flow generation.



Combined with the recent board changes already announced, the Board believes
that Feedback is now in a stronger position than it has been for some years and
remains on track to becoming a leading participant in its chosen markets.

Copies of the Circular will be available free of charge to the public during
normal working hours on any weekday (except Saturdays and public holidays) from
the registered office of the Company and from the offices of the Company's
solicitors, Lawrence Graham LLP, during normal business hours on any weekday
(Saturdays and public holidays excepted) and on the Company's website http://
www.feedback.plc.uk.





24 April 2008

Enquiries:

Feedback Plc
Michael Burt                                            01892 653322
Executive Chairman

Nominated Adviser & Broker
Charles Stanley Securities                              0207 149 6000
Philip Davies / Carl Holmes




                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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