For
immediate release.
7 May 2024
Revolution Bars Group
plc
(the
"Company" or the
"Group")
Update re General
Meeting
Revolution Bars Group plc (AIM:
RBG), a leading operator of premium bars and gastro pubs, trading
mainly under the Revolution, Revolucion de Cuba and Peach Pubs
brands, provides an update to shareholders
further to recent announcements and the postponement of the General
Meeting, as announced on 30 April 2024.
The Company announced on 10 April
2024 that in order to explore whether a potential sale of the
Company or any of its business, assets and/or subsidiaries would
provide a better outcome for stakeholders than the
Restructuring Plan, a Formal Sale Process (as referred to in Note 2
on Rule 2.6 of the Takeover Code) ("FSP") and an M&A Process
were launched that morning.
As is customary and in order to
protect the Company's confidential information and other interests,
parties seeking to participate in the FSP were required to enter
into a non-disclosure and standstill agreement ("NDA") with the
Company. Following announcement of the FSP, 42 parties,
including Nightcap plc ("Nightcap"), were invited to participate in
the FSP, of which 32 agreed to participate in the FSP and sign an
NDA. Nightcap declined to participate in the FSP but has
since announced that it is also exploring all options with regards
to the purchase of certain assets, subsidiaries or brands of the
Group or all of the issued and to be issued shares of the
Company.
The Board welcomes the interest of
all parties in the Group and its businesses and is open to
exploring all options that may deliver a superior outcome to the
Restructuring Plan.
The Board remains of the view that
it is in the best interests of the Company to explore all its
strategic options, including supporting the proposal by Revolution
Bars Limited ("RBL" or the "Plan Company"),
a subsidiary of the Group, of a Restructuring Plan alongside a
number of additional measures to be implemented across the Group to
re-shape its business as well as exploring, in parallel, the FSP
and the M&A Process, in order to deliver the best outcome for
stakeholders. The Restructuring Plan is reliant on completion
of the Fundraising, which will require the approval of the
Company's shareholders in the General Meeting, which will now be
held at a later date, which will enable the Board to more fully
update shareholders with respect to the progress of the FSP ,
M&A process and any other proposals that the Company may
receive.
All details of the earlier notice of
15 April 2024 will remain unchanged save for the new date and
location for holding the General Meeting, the date when the
register of members will close and the date by which proxies need
to be lodged. Proxies already submitted will remain valid for the
new date of the GM unless superseded by a new proxy.
Further announcements will be made
as appropriate.
Terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
given to them in the Company's circular to shareholders dated 15
April 2024, which remains available at the Company's website at
https://www.revolutionbarsgroup.com/media/1464/revolution-bars-group-circular.pdf.
For
further information, please contact:
Revolution Bars Group plc
Rob Pitcher, CEO
Danielle Davies, CFO
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Tel: 0161 330 3876
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Cavendish Capital Markets Limited (Financial and Rule 3
Adviser, Nominated Adviser, Broker and
Bookrunner)
Matt Goode / Simon Hicks / Teddy
Whiley / Hamish Waller (Corporate Finance)
Tim Redfern (ECM)
www.Cavendish.com
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+44 (0) 20 7220
0500
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Instinctif (Financial
PR)
Matthew Smallwood / Justine
Warren
020 7457 2010
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Tel: 020 7457 2005
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