HUB24's parent company Investorfirst has announced it will continue with an offer to shareholders to purchase additional shares in the company as it looks to raise $10 million, rather than pursuing an unsolicited third party proposal.
The third part offer (received on 17 July) came in the form of an initial verbal approach and suggested a capital injection at a premium to the non-renounceable rights issue offer price of $0.15.
However, it became apparent the terms would be less favourable to Investorfirst than the terms of the rights offer, the company said in a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange on Friday.
"Not only was it highly conditional (including being subject to unspecified conditions) and incomplete – therefore making it very uncertain – the proposed pricing had changed," the statement read.
Investorfirst said it would remain open to further discussions with the third party to investigate aspects of its proposal, including a possible acquisition from that party.
The pro-rata rights issue will be on the basis of one Investorfirst share for every one share held on the record date. The $0.15 per share offer price represents a 51.6 per cent discount to the 30-day volume weighted average price, the company stated.
"On a fully subscribed basis, or following any board agreed dispersion strategy, the issue would raise a total of up to A$10,298,164 before costs," the company stated.
