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EU Supply PLC

14 November 2016

 

 

14 November 2016

EU Supply plc

("EU Supply", the "Company" or the "Group")

 

Contract win

 

Further to its announcement of 14 October 2016, EU Supply (LSE AIM: EUSP), the e-procurement software provider, is pleased to announce that the Company has signed a further addendum (the "Addendum")  to the agreement with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in Ireland to deliver specifications and development of certain enhancements as well as piloting of additional modules (including licences, maintenance and support of these) for the Irish Government's national eProcurement platform, www.eTenders.gov.ie, which is powered by the Company's CTM™ platform and in use by over 2,500 public sector bodies in Ireland. As announced on 13 September 2016, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform recently executed its option to extend the existing agreement between the parties until May 2020.

 

The Addendum is anticipated to generate revenues of up to €320,000 with the bulk of the revenues expected to be generated in 2017. With the exception of the licences, maintenance and support, the deliverables referred to above are contracted on a time and materials basis.  

 

The signing of the Addendum further underpins the Board's confidence in expected revenue growth and achieving operating profitability in 2017. The Group remains in discussions with several customers on additional smaller enhancements projects.

 

FURTHER ENQUIRIES

EU Supply PLC Tel: 020 7127 4545 Thomas Beergrehn, CEO   Mattias Ström, CFO       Stockdale Securities Tel: 020 7601 6100 Tom Griffiths, David Coaten

 

A copy of this announcement is available at www.eu-supply.com.

 

Notes to Editors

EU Supply is the UK holding company of the EU Supply Group, a Sweden-based e-commerce business, which has an established, market-leading, multilingual e-procurement platform for esourcing, e-tendering and contract management, tailored for the highly regulated European public sector market.

Since 2006, the Group has invested heavily in employing specialist programmers to add functionality, legal compliance as required and security features to its Complete Tender Management™ ("CTM™") platform to ensure that the Group is ideally placed to secure new contracts with EU Member States and their Contracting Authorities. The platform is available in 16 different languages.

The Directors believe that the Group's CTM™ platform is one of the easiest to use and most functionally advanced solutions available in the market. The CTM™ platform is used by over 7,000 European public sector bodies in 9 EU/EEC Member States and has National Procurement System status in four Member States (the UK, Ireland, Norway and Lithuania).

The Company's shares were admitted to trading on AIM in November 2013. In August and September 2015, the Company raised a total of £2.061m (before expenses) through a placing of new shares and the issue of first and second tranches of Convertible Loan Notes to institutional and other investors.

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Neville Registrars is delighted to welcome Octopus Capital Limited as the newest addtion to its list of client companies.

Octopus Capital is the holding company of a UK fund management group with positions in several specialist sectors including healthcare, energy and smaller company investing.

Further information can be found on the Company's website: http://www.octopusinvestments.com/

 

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LightwaveRF PLC

10 November 2016

 

10 November 2016

LightwaveRF plc

(AIM: LWRF)

 

Launch of Amazon Echo Alexa voice control

 

LightwaveRF plc ("LightwaveRF" or the "Company") is the proprietary Internet of Things (IOT) and connected devices platform enabling users to remotely control and monitor light, heat, power and security through just one App. The Company is pleased to announce the launch of Amazon Alexa voice control for the LightwaveRF product range.

 

LightwaveRF has an extensive range of devices for light, heat and power all controllable with one App. During the last year the Company has made considerable investment in its cloud platform allowing it to integrate with other systems including IFTTT and Google Nest.  Through just one App, LightwaveRF can either directly operate its comprehensive range of devices or be enhanced by powerfully linking to other platforms.

 

Since the UK launch of Amazon Echo and Alexa in late September 2016, LightwaveRF has been working closely with Amazon to achieve voice control of the full LightwaveRF product range.  This has been achieved and launched to the LightwaveRF user base today.

 

Commenting, John Shermer, Founder and CTO said: "We now have a powerful cloud platform that we can easily link with other major connected home brands.  The combination of Alexa voice control and LightwaveRF massively improves the user experience for both Amazon Echo and LightwaveRF customers."

 

 

For further information:

             

Contacts:
LightwaveRF plc	www.lightwaveRF.com
Mike Lord, CEO Kevin Edwards, CFO	+44 (0)  121 250 3625
WHIreland Limited	www.whirelandplc.com
Mike Coe/Ed Allsopp (Corporate Finance) Jasper Berry (Institutional Sales)	+44 (0) 117 945 3470 +44 (0) 20 7220 1666

 

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ADVFN PLC

10 November 2016

 

News Release

 

November 10th, 2016

 

 

ADVFN Books expands catalogue with

City pro's trading guide

 

 

ADVFN Books, a publisher of financial and trading books for private investors, has announced its latest title.  

 

Part of the ADVFN group (LSE:AFN), ADVFN Books has released 18 Smart ways to Improve Your Trading – a practical, no-nonsense guide to making money in the financial markets by Maria Psarra. Based on the author's experiences as a proprietary trader and wealth manager, the book distils the best habits of winning traders and investors. It also highlights the most common mistakes investors make and equips readers with the skills to avoid making them.

 

Authors for ADVFN Books are experts in finance and investing and include such names as charting guru Zak Mir, famous bear raider Simon Cawkwell, financial journalist Simon Watkins and investing expert Clem Chambers. 

 

"We are delighted to add Maria Psarra to our stable of financial writers," said Clem Chambers, CEO of ADVFN. "Maria has years of sustained, successful trading under her belt. She doesn't promote a 'magical system,' she instead focuses on how private investors can train themselves to become prosperous traders by following core principles."

 

18 Smart ways to Improve Your Trading is available now in paperback and for the Kindle. For more information about this and other titles, please visit ADVFN Books: http://www.advfnbooks.com 

 

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NOTES TO EDITORS

 

About ADVFN Books

ADVFN Books publishes titles about investing, trading and finance. Our books range from guides for beginners to books enabling expert traders to up their games. There are "how to" manuals and commentary on how the markets work – with a bit of humour thrown into the mix. 

Our authors are experts in finance and investing and include such names as charting guru Zak Mir, famous bear raider Simon Cawkwell, financial journalist Simon Watkins and investing expert Clem Chambers. 

ADVFN (www.advfn.com) is a global stocks and shares information website providing market-leading financial tools and data to private investors around the world.

 

 

 

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First Derivatives PLC

08 November 2016

 

8 November 2016

 

First Derivatives plc

("FD" or the "Group")

 

Entry into Retail Analytics market

 

FD (AIM: FDP.L, ESM: FDP.I) announces its entry into the retail analytics market, using its Kx technology as a platform to develop solutions under a team of leading retail technology specialists recently recruited by the Group. The move opens up an addressable opportunity which, according to MarketsandMarkets, is expected to grow at 19% per annum to be valued at more than $5 billion per annum in 2020.

 

The explosion of data volumes in the retail industry is driving demand for technologies that can provide real-time analysis, which Kx, with its pedigree in handling the most demanding data challenges in capital markets, is ideally placed to meet. FD has demonstrated the capabilities of Kx to a number of leading retailers across various market segments and as a result has identified an attractive range of solutions delivering high return on investment for prospective retail customers. These solutions include analytics combining streaming and historical data around point of sale, inventory control and planning, loss prevention and customer insights. Kx's ultra-high performance, enhanced by predictive analytics and machine learning capabilities, provides the ideal next generation platform for retail analytics.

 

To deliver this opportunity FD has recruited a team of leading retail technology specialists headed by Damon Bryan, Peter Denby and Thomas Hill, who have held senior leadership positions at leading retailers including Asda and Walmart and consumer brands such as Sky. Their experience includes the creation of innovative data-driven solutions that have delivered operational efficiencies and competitive advantage across multiple industries.

 

FD intends to develop solutions that will focus on analysing large volumes of data in real time to allow instant decision making that supports the customer and provides operational efficiencies, as well as allowing business units to make more profitable decisions and provide an organisation-wide view of performance across multiple business units.

 

Damon Bryan commented: "There is more data than ever in retail and this is growing as the industry becomes technology and multi-channel focused, but many retailers are still struggling to realise the full potential value through genuine, simple and executable solutions. Kx's ability to deal with huge volumes of data takes the art of what is possible to the next level. Combining Kx with our proven retail analytics solutions and expertise will provide incremental value in areas such as merchandising, marketing and operational optimisation to deliver huge and immediate value to retailers."

 

Brian Conlon, Chief Executive Officer of FD, commented: "We are confident that the market-leading performance of our technology has the capability to disrupt a number of markets, of which retail is one that we consider to be sufficiently attractive to develop our own solutions. Combining the power of Kx with the deep domain expertise of Peter, Thomas and Damon will enable us to quickly develop and market solutions that we believe leading retailers will find compelling."

 

For further information please contact:

First Derivatives plc Brian Conlon, Chief Executive Officer Graham Ferguson, Chief Financial Officer Ian Mitchell, Head of Investor Relations	+44(0)28 3025 2242 www.firstderivatives.com
Investec Bank plc (Nominated Adviser and Broker) Dominic Emery Carlton Nelson Sebastian Lawrence	+44 (0)20 7597 4000
Goodbody (ESM Adviser and Broker) Linda Hickey Finbarr Griffin	+353 1 667 0420
FTI Consulting Matt Dixon / Dwight Burden / Antonia Gray	+44 (0)20 3727 1000

 

About FD

FD is a global technology provider with 20 years of experience. The Group's Kx technology is used by some of the world's largest finance, technology and energy institutions. FD employs over 1,700 people worldwide and has operations in London, New York, Stockholm, Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Sydney, Palo Alto, Toronto, Philadelphia, Dublin, Belfast and its headquarters in Newry.

 

For further information, please visit www.firstderivatives.com

 

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Concepta PLC

08 November 2016

 

8 November 2016

 

Concepta plc ("Concepta" or "the Company")

New manufacturing facility in Doncaster

 

Concepta plc (AIM:CPT), the UK healthcare company targeting the personalised mobile health market with a primary focus on women's fertility, is pleased to announce that it has signed a 10 year lease for its new manufacturing facility in Doncaster, Yorkshire. The addition of this new facility will provide the Company with the necessary capacity and economies of scale as it pushes ahead with the launch of its MyLotus product for unexplained infertility* into China in Q4 2016 and, following CE marking, into the UK and Europe in 2017.

 

The newly built 6,000sqft premises are at the Bullrush Grove Business Park and will employ 8 full-time staff over time together with ad-hoc temporary staff when needed. The facility will be used to manufacture lateral flow test strips for the Company's MyLotus product.  The site has office-space already fitted and the Company is now establishing the manufacturing, warehousing and Quality Control areas. The site will be fully operational in Q1 2017 and has significant capacity for further expansion.

 

Concepta will situate all of its customer-facing roles at the new Doncaster facility, whilst its recently opened laboratory site in Colworth, Bedfordshire will continue as the Company's primary R&D base.

 

Erik Henau, CEO says: "We are pleased to have signed the lease on this excellent location for our UK manufacturing operations. Concepta has a commitment to Yorkshire through one of the earliest backers of our business: Finance Yorkshire. The securing of this new facility is essential to the Company's continued growth and it will provide the capacity to support our flagship MyLotus fertility product following its targeted launch in China later this year and across Europe in 2017.  

 

"Additionally, following the recent opening of our state of the art research and development hub in Bedfordshire, the Company is well positioned for new product development in the wider mobile health space and we look forward to updating the market on further exciting developments in due course."

 

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Enquiries:

The Company

Adam Reynolds, Chairman

Tel: +44 (0) 7785 908158

 

SPARK Advisory Partners Limited (Nomad)

Neil Baldwin/Mark Brady

Tel: +44 (0)20 368 3550

 

Beaufort Securities Limited (Broker)

Jon Belliss

Tel: +44 (0)20 7382 8300

 

Yellow Jersey PR Limited (Financial PR)

Felicity Winkles/ Joe Burgess

Tel: +44 (0) 7748 843 871

 

About Concepta Plc:

Concepta plc is a pioneering UK healthcare company that has developed a proprietary platform and products targeted at the personalised mobile health market with a primary focus on women's fertility and specifically unexplained infertility*.

 

Founded in 2013, Concepta has developed a revolutionary flagship product 'MyLotus' for home self-testing that helps women with unexplained infertility to conceive.  

 

MyLotus is the only consumer product which allows both quantitative and qualitative measurements of measurement of a woman's personal hCG and LH hormone levels in an easy to use home test to facilitate higher conception rates and early diagnosis of any fertility problems.  Competitor products currently only allow qualitative measurement and are based on the 'average woman'.  

 

Concepta has a defined route to market for its new 'My Lotus' product with Regulatory approvals for launch in China in place for 2016 and CE-Marking for UK and Europe to follow in 2017 where the revenue potential of the Chinese and EU infertility market is worth c.£600m per annum for the company.

 

*Unexplained infertility refers to women that have been unable to conceive after 6 months of trying. This highly motivated target group of consumers won't typically be offered medical intervention until 12 months of unsuccessfully trying, with IVF not offered until two years. Research indicates couples start to take positive action ahead of this time and there is little medical support to help them do so.

 

 

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LightwaveRF PLC

07 November 2016

 

7 November 2016

LightwaveRF plc

(AIM: LWRF)

 

Additional order from Megaman

 

LightwaveRF plc ("LightwaveRF" or the "Company") is the Internet of Things ("IOT") provider of the LightwaveRF platform and connected devices enabling domestic and commercial users to remotely monitor and control light, heat, power and security by smartphone, tablet or PC. The Company is pleased to announce that it has received an additional order of £240,000 from Megaman, its UK electrical wholesale partner.

 

Together with other orders received in the period the total company order book now stands at over £1 million.

 

This announcement includes inside information as defined in Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation No. 596/2014 and is disclosed in accordance with the Company's obligations under Article 17 of those Regulations.

 

 

For further information:

             

Contacts:
LightwaveRF plc	www.lightwaveRF.com
Mike Lord, CEO Kevin Edwards, CFO	+44 (0)  121 250 3625
WH Ireland Limited	www.whirelandcb.com
Mike Coe/Ed Allsopp (Corporate Finance)	+44 (0) 117 945 3470
Jasper Berry (Institutional Sales)	+44 (0) 20 7220 1666

 

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Obtala Limited

02 November 2016

 

02 Nov 2016

Obtala Limited

("Obtala", the "Group" or the "Company")

(AIM: OBT)

 

 

Social Stock Exchange – Year Two Admission

 

 

Obtala Limited, the African focused agricultural and forestry company, is pleased to announce that following the successful review of their year two Impact Report, Obtala has been approved by the Admissions Panel as an ongoing member of the Social Stock Exchange (SSX).

 

The submission of the year two Impact Report is part of the ongoing admissions obligations of membership of the SSX.  The Admissions Panel is independent and is made up of finance and social sector experts who provide the necessary trust, authority and oversight.  Membership of the SSX continues to allow us to be part of a leadership group of businesses dedicated to social and environmental change, while allowing increased visibility through a unique capital markets platform and enhanced access to a growing community of investors aligned with the company's vision.  The SSX also provides a unique framework for disclosing both financial and impact performance and a transparent and highly regulated secondary market.

 

 

Chairman Miles Pelham commented, "Obtala takes its commitment to sustainability seriously, and as such we are delighted this has been recognised and we retain our membership of the SSX.

 

As we further develop our African operations we acknowledge that our opportunity to create positive social impact within the communities in which we operate will bring with it additional responsibilities, which we will embrace in line with our mission to deliver returns in a sustainable and ethical manner to the benefit of all stakeholders.

 

 

 

Obtala Resources Miles Pelham – Chairman Paul Dolan – CEO www.obtala.com	+44 (0)20 7099 1940
Brandon Hill Capital  (Broker)      Jonathan Evans	+44 (0)20 3463 5000

 

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Surgical Innovations Group PLC

26 October 2016

 

 

26   October 2016

Surgical Innovations Group plc 

(the "Company")

 

CE Certification for YelloPort Elite®

 

Surgical Innovations Group plc (AIM: SUN), the designer and manufacturer of innovative medical technology for minimally invasive surgery, announces that its new laparoscopic port access system, YelloPort Elite®, has attained CE certification.

 

Designed to address the continuing need for high quality cost effective solutions within laparoscopic surgery, YelloPort Elite® utilises Resposable® technology to meet these clinical needs.

 

The key advantage of the YelloPort Elite® is its Universal Seal, which allows for seamless introduction of 5mm to 12mm instruments during the surgical procedure.

 

Clinical evaluations have produced excellent results and the Company is delighted with the feedback from both surgeons and hospital personnel.

 

Melanie Ross, Group FD & MD of Surgical Innovations Limited, commented: "We are extremely pleased to have attained CE certification for our YelloPort Elite® range which strengthens our portfolio. The certification means that we have a next generation port access system, which we believe will make a difference to surgeons and we look forward to launching the product in the UK within the coming month, before branching out into Europe shortly afterwards."

 

 

 

Surgical Innovations Group Plc	www.sigroupplc.com
Nigel Rogers, Executive Chairman	Tel: 0113 230 7597
Melanie Ross, Group FD & MD, SI Ltd
WH Ireland Limited (NOMAD & Broker)	Tel: 0113 394 6600
Tim Feather
Walbrook PR (Financial PR & Investor Relations)	Tel: 020 7933 8780 or si@walbrookpr.com
Paul McManus	Mob: 07980 541 893
Natalie Bruce	Mob: 07884 666 994

 

 

 

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Obtala Limited

26 October 2016

 

26 Oct 2016

Obtala Limited

("Obtala", the "Group" or the "Company")

(AIM: OBT)

 

 

Forestry Update – Award of CPI

 

Highlights

·     Forestry subsidiary awarded Centro De Promocao de Investments (Investment Promotion Centre – CPI) status within Mozambique, conditional on $3 million phased investment plan

·     Exemption from VAT and customs duties chargeable on goods/machinery needed for production expansion for a five year period

·     IRPC (Corporation Tax) offsets for 5 fiscal years of up to 10% inward investment with further available allowances in those fiscal years relating to local training costs, public use building construction and cultural heritage protection

·     Freedom for repatriation of profits outside of Mozambique

·     Equitable compensation rights against assets being expropriated and arbitration through World Bank's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes and/or ICC.

 

 

Obtala Limited, the African focused agricultural and forestry company, is pleased to announce that its forestry subsidiary, Argento Mozambique Lda ("Argento"), has been awarded CPI status by the Mozambican authorities entitling it to various tax benefits and protections in return for inward investment from the Company's subsidiary Argento Continental Corporation.

 

CPI is a government institution with a mandate to attract and facilitate the establishment of private domestic and foreign direct investment in Mozambique.  Companies operating under CPI status also have the advantage of non-tax benefits including insurance services specifically to offset investment risk, VAT exemption on domestic acquisitions, and importantly, legal protections and compensation against expropriation with international bodies.

 

In order to satisfy qualification for CPI status Argento is required, amongst other things, to implement a phased investment plan of $3m over a 5 year period.  If this investment were not made, CPI status would be revoked rather than this amount constituting a debt. 

 

This award covers all operations within Mozambique and allows Argento to apply for Industrial Free Zone (IFZ) status with Mozambique's Office for Accelerated Development Economic Areas (Gazeda).  Gazeda established a duty free zone located in the district of Nacala, Nampula province in 2007 which services the export of our timber to international markets via Nacala Port.  Achieving IFZ status in Nacala would lead to further enhanced tax incentives.

 

The Company is in continued talks with investors regarding inward investment via the previously announced Argento Preference Share.  Investor due diligence trips are scheduled to our African operations in November with regard to this matter. 

 

Miles Pelham, Chairman of Obtala commented "The award of CPI status by the Mozambican authorities is a highly significant and welcome development as we seek to bolster our production capabilities within the country.  We anticipate that the forestry division will drive revenue expansion and as such CPI tax benefits should have material future impact on our bottom line.  The exemption from VAT will reduce the level of Capex required to bring our Forestry assets into full production.

 

This award underlines our already strong commitment to Mozambique.  As well as providing inward investment we anticipate that our activities will have significant positive social impact through job creation, training and upskilling of local labour and a sustainable approach to forestry operations."

 

 

More details on the Special Economic Zones and their benefits can be found on the Gazeda website at:

http://www.gazeda.gov.mz/m/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=127&Itemid=144&lang=en&limitstart=1

 

 

 

Obtala Resources Miles Pelham – Chairman Paul Dolan – CEO www.obtala.com	+44 (0)20 7099 1940
ZAI Corporate Finance Limited (Nomad)                 Ray Zimmerman/ Peter Trevelyan-Clark / John Treacy	+44 (0)20 7060 2220
Brandon Hill Capital  (Broker)      Jonathan Evans	+44 (0)20 3463 5000

 

 

This announcement contains information that qualified or may have qualified as inside information for the purposes of article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014.

 

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