Published on: June 1, 2020

Placing to support growth opportunities

Anexo has placed 6 million new shares at a price of 125p to raise approximately £7.5 million before expenses. In addition, three senior members of the management team have sold 2.8 million shares at the same price. The placing and the team’s sales represent 5.5% and 2.55% respectively of the Group’s existing capital. The net proceeds from the primary placing will be used to expand the advocacy and specialist litigation team, headed by Executive Chairman, Alan Sellers, with specific emphasis on funding the acquisition and processing of VW emissions cases. It will also continue recruitment in the legal services business and increase the fleet size. The placing will also support small opportunistic acquisitions.  A brief trading update reveals that, although new case numbers were impacted by fewer cars on the road in the early stages of lockdown (and have subsequently recovered steadily), this was mitigated by longer hire periods. Anexo continued to be cash generative in the first four months of 2020 and retains a positive outlook.