Investment Company PLC
10 July 2026
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Investment Company PLC
LEI: 2138004PBWN5WM2XST62
10 July 2026
The Investment Company plc
(the "Company")
Results of Tender Offer and Issue
The Board of The Investment Company plc confirms that 5,439,991 Ordinary Shares were validly tendered pursuant to the Tender Offer, constituting 59.2 per cent. of the existing issued share capital of the Company. In addition, the Company has received total commitments of approximately £7.16 million pursuant to the Placing and Offer for Subscription. As a result, the Minimum NAV Condition in relation to the Proposals has been met, allowing for the completion of the Proposals subject to the Distributable Reserves Condition being met.
The Issue Price and Tender Price will be calculated on the Calculation Date, being on or around 6.00 p.m. on 14 July 2026 and, in accordance with the indicative timetable, an announcement is expected to be made on 15 July 2026.
Capitalised terms used in this announcement shall have the meanings given in the Circular referred to above which is available on the Company's website https://theinvestmentcompanyplc.co.uk/
The full updated expected timetable is set out below.
Expected timetable
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2026 |
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Final hearing in respect of the Capital Reduction |
14 July |
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Calculation Date |
6.00 p.m. on 14 July |
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Announcement of the Tender Price and Issue Price |
7.00 a.m. on 15 July |
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Confirmation of the cancellation of the share premium account, capital redemption reserve and reduction of Ordinary Share capital (if approved by the Court) |
expected to be by 27 July |
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Repurchase of Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Tender Offer and issue and sale of Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Issue (including the Matched Bargain Facility) |
8.00 a.m. on 28 July |
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Admission and dealings in new Ordinary Shares commence |
8.00 a.m. on 28 July |
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CREST accounts credited with uncertificated Ordinary Shares in respect of the Issue (including the Matched Bargain Facility) |
28 July |
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Payments through CREST made in respect of the relevant number of Ordinary Shares tendered held in uncertificated form and cheques despatched in respect of the relevant number of Ordinary Shares tendered held in certificated form |
on or around 28 July |
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Where applicable, definitive Ordinary Share certificates in respect of the Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to the Issue despatched by post |
within 10 Business Days of Admission |
All references to times in this announcement are to London time unless otherwise stated. Any further changes to the expected timetable will be notified by the Company through an RIS.
For further information, please contact:
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The Investment Company PLC |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3934 6632 |
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Shore Capital |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7601 6128 |
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Gillian Martin / Anita Ghanekar / Matthew Walton (Corporate Advisory) Henry Wilcocks / Fiona Conroy (Corporate Broking) |
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ISCA Administration Services Limited Company Secretary |
Tel: +44 (0) 1392 487056 |
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