Following our InfoPowa reports last week on this IPO, Empire Online Limited, provider of marketing services to the online gaming industry, has announced the admission to trading of its Ordinary Shares on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange.
The Placing comprises a total of 70,555,556 shares at 175p per Ordinary Share (the “Placing Price”), representing 24.1 per cent of the enlarged issued share capital of the company. Following admission the number of Ordinary shares in issue will total 292,777,772.
Numis Securities Limited acted as Nominated Adviser, Financial Adviser, Broker and Underwriter to the Placing. Based on the Placing Price, the market capitalization of Empire Online on commencement of dealings in the Ordinary Shares is £512,361,101 million. Gross proceeds of the Placing are approximately £123.47m (US$222.25m.)
But Empire Online, an the gambling marketer, looked to have burned
at least some investors when its shares dived 20½ to 153p on
its second day of trading.
Later, Empire's advisers said it had been caught up in the poor sentiment
over the mooted £4.76 billion float of PartyGaming, which has
already had to cut its planned listing valuation by about £1
billion.