IP Group PLC Portfolio co Actual Exp. completes £17.5m placing
March 01 2017 - 2:01AM
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IP Group PLC
01 March 2017
FOR RELEASE ON 01 March 2017
IP Group plc - Portfolio company Actual Experience completes
GBP17.5m placing
IP Group plc (LSE: IPO) ("IP Group" or "the Group"), the
developer of intellectual property-based businesses, is pleased to
note that portfolio company Actual Experience plc ("Actual
Experience" or "the Company"), has raised a total of GBP17.5
million (before expenses) by means of a conditional placing
("Placing").
Actual Experience, which was founded in 2009 to commercialise
research originally undertaken at Queen Mary University of London,
is an analytics-as-a-service company with a primary focus on
analysing and evaluating the impact of digital supply chain
behaviour on perceived human experience. The Company's goal is to
ensure a consistent digital experience for digital products and
services by significantly reducing the time it takes to pinpoint
digital experience issues.
IP Group committed a total of GBP1.46m to the Placing and,
following completion, will hold a total of 9,928,384 shares in
Actual Experience, or 22.25% of the equity. The Placing is
conditional upon Shareholder approval at the General Meeting,
scheduled for 20 March 2017.
For more information, please contact:
IP Group plc www.ipgroupplc.com
Alan Aubrey, Chief Executive
Officer +44 (0) 20 7444 0050
Greg Smith, Chief Financial
Officer +44 (0) 20 7444 0062/+44
Liz Vaughan-Adams, Communications (0) 7979 853802
Charlotte Street Partners
Andrew Wilson +44 (0) 7810 636995
Notes for editors
About IP Group
IP Group is a leading intellectual property commercialisation
company which focuses on evolving great ideas, mainly from its
partner universities, into world-changing businesses. The Group has
pioneered a unique approach to developing these ideas and the
resulting businesses by providing access to business building
expertise, capital (through its 100%-owned FCA-authorised
subsidiary IP Capital), networks, recruitment and business support.
IP Group has a strong track record of success and its portfolio
comprises holdings in approximately 80 early-stage to mature
businesses across four main sectors -- Biotech, Cleantech,
Healthcare and Technology. The Company is listed on the Main Market
of the London Stock Exchange under the code IPO.
For more information, please visit our website at
www.ipgroupplc.com.
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