Global's securities are currently listed/quoted on two securities exchanges the Official List and AIM.
Following due consideration/and in order to streamline the Company's listing and compliance costs, the Directors of Global resolved that the continued listing of the Company's securities on the Official List was no longer in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders. Factors the Board considered include the following: (a) Predominance of AIM listing: the Company's ordinary shares were admitted to trading on AIM on
Limited operations in
Lack of Australian investor interest: Australian institutional and retail investor interest in the Company is low and has remained so despite continued efforts by the Company to attract and retain investors based in
Costs: maintaining two listings adds additional costs to the Company's business. Additionally, there are indirect costs associated with the need to devote management's time to attending to matters relating to the ASX listing which could be better directed elsewhere. Accordingly, the Board believes that the sizeable costs associated with retaining a listing on the Official List outweigh the benefits of maintaining such a listing particularly in light of the Company's inability to raise capital from Australian based investors in recent years.
Accordingly, Global has obtained in-principle advice from ASX in relation to ASX's position regarding a request from the Company to be removed from the Official List. ASX has advised Global that it would be likely to grant such a request and remove the Company from the Official List on a date to be decided by ASX, subject to the Company's compliance with the following conditions
Global sending a written or electronic communication in a form and substance satisfactory to ASX (the 'Notice') to all security holders whose securities are held on the Company's Australian register (the 'Australian Shareholders') detailing the following: (a) the nominated time and date at which the entity will be removed from the Official List (the 'Nominated Time'); (b) that Australian Shareholders who wish to sell their securities on ASX will need to do so before the Nominated Time; that Australian Shareholders who do not sell their securities on ASX before the Nominated Time will thereafter only be able to sell them on-market on AIM and (d) generally what Australian Shareholders will need to do if they wish to sell their securities on AIM.
The removal not taking place any earlier than one month after the date on which the Notice has been sent to all Australian Shareholders.
Global releasing to the market the full terms of ASX's decision upon formal application being made to delist the Company from the Official List.
Global intends to comply in full with the above conditions and proposes to send the Notice to all Australian Shareholders on or around
Global will seek to maintain its listing on ASX for one month after the Notice is sent to all Australian Shareholders. On the basis that the requisite Notice is duly sent to all Australian Shareholders on
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