Myanmar Strategic Holdings Ltd Update on Application for Admission of Shares (5461D)

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Myanmar Strategic Holdings Ltd

29 October 2020

29 October 2020

Myanmar Strategic Holdings Ltd.

("MSH" or the "Company")

Update on Application for Admission of Shares and Total Voting Rights

Further to the announcement released on 29 September 2020, Myanmar Strategic Holdings Ltd. (LSE: SHWE), the independent developer and operator of consumer businesses located in Myanmar and Vietnam, announces that application has been made for 7,629 new ordinary shares in the Company (the "Consideration Shares") to be listed on the standard segment of the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities ("Admission"). It is expected that such admission will become effective and that dealings in the Consideration Shares will commence at 8.00 a.m. on 3 November 2020.

The 7,629 Consideration Shares comprise the new ordinary shares issued by MSH as part consideration for the acquisition of 897,500 shares in Myanmar Investments International Limited from Civetta Capital Ltd., which completed on 28 September 2020.

The Consideration Shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing ordinary shares of the Company, including the right to receive dividends and other distributions declared following their issue. The Consideration Shares represent 0.3 per cent. of the enlarged issued share capital of the Company.

Following Admission the Company will have a total of 2,804,920 ordinary shares in issue. The above figure 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 change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

For more information please visit www.ms-holdings.com or contact:

 
 Myanmar Strategic Holdings Ltd. 
  Richard Greer, Independent Non-Executive     [e-mail] 
  Chairman                                     [e-mail] 
  Enrico Cesenni, Founder and CEO 
 Allenby Capital Limited (Broker) 
  Nick Athanas 
  Nick Naylor                                 [phone] 
 Yellow Jersey PR (Financial PR) 
  Georgia Colkin 
  Henry Wilkinson                             [phone] 
 

Notes to editors

Myanmar Strategic Holdings Ltd.

Myanmar Strategic Holdings Ltd. (LSE: SHWE) is an independent developer and manager of consumer businesses in Myanmar and Vietnam, two of the fastest growing economies in the world. The Company's portfolio currently focuses on Education, Services and Hospitality with the view to expand within the broader consumer sector.

Education sector: the Company currently has exclusive development and franchising agreements with Wall Street English for ten English language centres across Myanmar over the course of the ten-year agreement. Two centres were opened in 2017, a third in August 2018, and a fourth in February 2020. As of April 2020, Wall Street English Myanmar served over 4,000 students since its inception.

In July 2020, the Company completed the acquisition of the Wall Street English business in Vietnam. Founded in 2013, the WSE Vietnam business operates through seven centres in Ho Chi Minh and Binh Dhuong serving over 6,000 students.

The Company also operates a joint venture with Auston Institute of Management to develop and operate the Auston College Myanmar. The private school opened in May 2018 offering diplomas in Engineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering and Networking, Information Systems, and Security. English language learning is also provided by the Company's nearby Wall Street English centre. In February 2020, the Company announced a partnership with Liverpool John Moores University to provide high quality engineering training programmes for young, working professionals in Myanmar, to be taught by Auston College Myanmar's teaching staff at its Junction Square complex in Yangon.

The Company launched its first private K-12 international school, the Yangon American International School in Yangon, in August 2019.

Services sector: through its acquisition of EXERA, the Company offers security, risk management and secure logistics services, including cash-in-transit. Founded in 2013, EXERA employs approximately 1,300 well-trained and high-quality security officers making it one of the largest security services providers in Myanmar.

Hospitality sector: through its portfolio, the Company currently manages over 470 beds across four boutique hotels in three core tourist locations across Myanmar, operating under the award winning Ostello Bello budget hospitality brand. MSH operates an asset light strategy, entering into long-term operating and management agreements with local hotel owners.

Myanmar and Vietnam were among the fastest growing economies in Asia in 2017-2019 (Source: Asian Development Bank). In 2020, their annual GDP growth is expected to be respectively 2% and 4% (Source: Asian Development Bank).

MSH is well positioned to provide investors early exposure to Myanmar's and Vietnam's strong economic fundamentals enhanced by ASEAN's wider growth prospects.

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