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Press Release
9 November 2023
Guild Esports PLC
("Guild Esports", "Guild", or "the Company")
Completion of Follow-on Management & Advisor Fundraise
Grant of Warrants
Guild Esports PLC (LSE: GILD; OTCQB: GULDF), a global teams organisation and lifestyle brand, is pleased to announce that it has completed a follow-on fundraising (the "Fundraise"), by way of a share placing and subscription of up to 26,000,000 new ordinary shares at a price of £0.005 per share. The placement follows and was at the same price as the Company's recently announced subscription.
The Company's executive management have subscribed for an aggregate total of 6,000,000 new ordinary shares at the placing price of £0.005 per share representing a total contribution of £30,000, with subscriptions made by Jasmine Skee, CEO; Nick Westwood, SVP of Creative and Strategy; Luke Jones, VP of Commercial, Esports and Gaming; Matthew Charles, Director of Operations; and Kristina Frost, Director of Client Services.
Arkios Limited ("Arkios") acted as bookrunner to the placement. John Lanyon, CEO of Arkios and an experienced investor and active board member of multiple technology companies, subscribed for up to 20,000,000 new ordinary shares. The first tranche is for 10,000,000 new ordinary shares for a total contribution of £50,000, and John Lanyon has conditionally subscribed for an additional 10,000,000 shares for a further contribution of £50,000. The second tranche is subject to mutual agreement between the Company and John Lanyon, and the Company expects the second tranche to complete by 31 December 2023. The ordinary shares held by John Lanyon will be subject to a six-month lock-in period from the date of issuance of the Tranche Two Subscription Shares.
Grant of Warrants
In consideration of their efforts in connection with the previously announced subscription, the Company has granted to each of Stephen Duval and John Lanyon warrants to subscribe for 15,000,000 and 5,000,000 ordinary shares respectively. The warrants are exercisable at £0.005 per share (being the price at which the subscription and Fundraise were completed) and are exercisable for a period of three years from the date of grant.
Jasmine Skee, CEO of Guild Esports, commented: "We are pleased that management and advisors have supported the Company, which stands as a vote of confidence in Guild's strategy and solidifies the commitment of our leadership team and advisors. This additional funding will be used together with the injection of capital announced last month opens exciting avenues for Guild and provides us with the means to accelerate our strategic initiatives as we look to build the world's leading gaming-focused media brand."
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||||
| a) | Name | Jasmine Skee | ||||||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |||||||
| a) | Position/status | Director | ||||||
| b)
| Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | ||||||
| 3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||
| a) | Name | Guild Esports PLC | ||||||
| b) | LEI | 213800IE96YMHXDJ7H92 | ||||||
| 4
| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||||
| a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code | Ordinary Shares of £0.001 each
ISIN: GB00BMWVF760 | ||||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Subscription for Ordinary Shares | ||||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A single transaction | ||||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 1 November 2023 | ||||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||||
For further information please contact:
| Guild Esports | |
| Jasmine Skee Chief Executive | via Tancredi +44 207 887 7633
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| Tennyson Securities | |
| Corporate Broker Peter Krens | +44 207 186 9030 |
| Tancredi Intelligent Communication Media Relations | |
| Helen Humphrey Charlie Hobbs Jasmine Gadhavi | +44 7449 226 720 +44 7897 557 112 +44 7931 435 236 |
About Guild Esports:
Guild Esports PLC is a global gaming-focused media business that fields professional players in gaming competitions under the Guild banner. Our in-house training academy aims to attract and nurture the best esports talent, and our goal is to provide the ultimate entertainment experience alongside a distinctive lifestyle brand authentic to the esports community worldwide. Guild is led by an experienced management team of entertainment sector and esports veterans and co-owned by David Beckham. The Company is headquartered in the UK and its shares are listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (ticker: GILD) and on the OTCQB Venture Market in the United States (ticker: GULDF). Please visit www.guildesports.com for more information.
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