RNS Number : 2309I
EJF Investments Ltd
12 May 2025
 

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12 May 2025

EJF Investments Ltd

Result of Initial Placing and 2025 ZDP Share redemption

Result of Initial Placing

On 23 April 2025, EJF Investments Ltd ("EJFI" or the "Company) published a prospectus (the "Prospectus") containing details of a rollover offer (the "Rollover Offer") to convert existing 2025 ZDP shares into 2029 Rollover ZDP shares as well as an initial placing of up to 28 million new 2029 ZDP Shares (to be reduced by the number of 2029 ZDP Shares arising upon conversion of 2025 ZDP Shares pursuant to the Rollover Offer) ("2029 Initial Placing ZDP Shares") alongside a placing programme of up to a further 28 million 2029 ZDP Shares (to be reduced by the number of: (i) 2029 ZDP Shares arising upon conversion of 2025 ZDP Shares pursuant to the Rollover Offer, and (ii) 2029 Initial Placing ZDP Shares issued pursuant to the Initial Placing).

Further to the Initial Placing, the Board of the Company is pleased to announce that 5,316,000 2029 Initial Placing ZDP Shares will be issued at a ZDP Placing Price of 100.00 pence per share, raising gross proceeds of approximately £5.3 million.

An application has been made in respect of the Rollover Offer and 2029 Initial Placing ZDP Shares to be admitted to trading on the Specialist Fund Segment of the London Stock Exchange. Dealings are expected to commence at 8.00 a.m. on 14 May 2025. It is anticipated that CREST accounts will be credited (where applicable) on the same day. New share certificates in respect of the 2029 Rollover ZDP Shares and 2029 Initial Placing ZDP Shares will be issued as soon as practicable following Admission.

Following Admission, the total number of 2029 ZDP Shares in issue will be 16,418,466.

Early repayment of 2025 ZDP Shares

In order to simplify the Company's capital structure following the completion of the Rollover Offer and Initial Placing, the Company wishes to announce that it is bringing forward the repayment date for the Company's 2025 ZDP Shares. The date of redemption will now be 14 May 2025 (the "Redemption Date"). Utilising the Company's existing cash resources, redemption proceeds will be paid to holders of the 2025 ZDP Shares by no later than 23 May 2025 (the "Payment Date").  For the avoidance of doubt, the 2025 ZDP Shares will be redeemed at their final capital entitlement.

 

Redemption proceeds will be paid to holders of the 2025 ZDP Shares, whose names appear on the register as at the close of business on Monday, 12 May 2025 (the "Record Date").

 

For 2025 ZDP Shares held in uncertificated form, CREST accounts will be credited with the redemption monies on the Repayment Date.  For 2025 ZDP Shares held in certificated form, cheques in respect of the redemption monies will be sent by first class post shortly after the Repayment Date.

 

Terms used and not defined in this announcement bear the meaning given to them in the Prospectus dated 23 April 2025.

ENQUIRIES

For the Investment Manager

EJF Investments Manager LLC

Mungo Hargreaves / Jay Ghatalia

MHargreaves@ejfcap.com / jghatalia@ejfcap.com

+44 20 3752 6775 / +44 203 752 6776

 

For the Company Secretary and Administrator

Apex Financial Services (Alternative Funds) Limited 

ejficosec@apexgroup.com 

+44 204 549 0721 

 

For the Broker

Panmure Liberum Limited

Darren Vickers / Ashwin Kohli

+44 203 100 2222

 

About EJF Investments Limited

EJFI's objective is to provide shareholders with attractive risk adjusted returns through regular dividends and capital growth over the long term. EJFI generates exposure primarily to a diversified portfolio of loans issued by financial institutions and related or similar assets in the U.S., U.K. and Europe.

 

EJFI currently invests primarily in CDO Equity Tranches structured by an affiliate of EJF Capital LLC, providing levered exposure to a highly diversified portfolio of securities issued by U.S. financial institutions (banks and insurance companies), these being Risk Retention Investments.

 

EJFI is a registered closed-ended limited liability company incorporated in Jersey under the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991, as amended, on 20 October 2016 with registered number 122353. The Company is regulated by the Jersey Financial Services Commission (the "JFSC"). The JFSC is protected by both the Collective Investment Funds (Jersey) Law 1988 and the Financial Services (Jersey) Law 1998, as amended, against liability arising from the discharge of its functions under such laws.

 

LEI: 549300XZYEQCLA1ZAT25

Investor information & warnings

The latest available information on the Company can be accessed via its website at www.ejfi.com.

This communication has been issued by, and is the sole responsibility of, the Company and is for information purposes only. It is not, and is not intended to be an invitation, inducement, offer or solicitation to deal in the shares of the Company. The price and value of shares in the Company and the income from them may go down as well as up and investors may not get back the full amount invested on disposal of shares in the Company. An investment in the Company should be considered only as part of a balanced portfolio of which it should not form a disproportionate part. Prospective investors are advised to seek expert legal, financial, tax and other professional advice before making any investment decision.

Panmure Liberum Limited ("Panmure Liberum"), which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the FCA, is acting exclusively for the Company and no one else in connection with the Initial Placing, the Initial Placing Admission, the Rollover Offer, Rollover Admission, any Subsequent Placing or any Subsequent Placing Admission and the other transactions and arrangements referred to in this announcement or the Prospectus. Panmure Liberum will not regard any other person (whether or not a recipient of this announcement or the Prospectus) as its client in relation to each Admission, Placing or the Rollover Offer and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to its clients or for providing any advice in relation to any Admission, Placing, the Rollover Offer, the contents of this announcement or the Prospectus or any other transactions or arrangements referred to herein or therein. Apart from the responsibilities and liabilities, if any, which may be imposed on Panmure Liberum by the FSMA or the regulatory regime established thereunder, or under the regulatory regime of any jurisdiction where the exclusion of liability under the relevant regulatory regime would be illegal, void or unenforceable, Panmure Liberum does not accept any responsibility whatsoever for, and makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the contents of this announcement or the Prospectus or for any other statement made or purported to be made by it, or on its behalf, in connection with the Company, the Shares, any Admission, Placing, the Rollover Offer or Rollover Admission and nothing in this announcement or the Prospectus will be relied upon as a promise or representation in this respect, whether or not to the past or the future. Panmure Liberum accordingly, to the fullest extent permitted by law, disclaims all and any responsibility or liability, whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise (save as referred to above), which it might otherwise have in respect of this announcement, the Prospectus or any such statement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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