Saturday, 31 March 2018

Harry group cross 50% threshold in Aitken Spence

Melstacorp PLC together with related parties (Milford Exports, Stassen Exports and Ms. DST Jayawardena) now have a controlling 51.04% of the Aitken Spence conglomerate, Melstacorp Managing Director Amitha Gooneratne said in a Stock Exchange filing on Mar. 26 announcing the acquisition of approx. 8.13 million Aitken Spence shares by Melstacorp.

Gooneratne listed the shares held by Melstacorp and related parties as – Melstacorp approx. 47.17%, Milford Exports approx. 1.064%, Stassen Exports approx 0.799 and Ms. Jayawardena as 0.0068% (27,839 shares.)

They collectively hold approx 199.09 million shares in Spence (49.038% approx).

The filing explained that "as this purchase is made after a completion of one year cycle and also as the company together with the aforementioned connected parties has crossed the 50% threshold, the restriction on purchase without triggering a mandatory offer as per SEC Rule No. 31.1 will not apply to this purchase or any future purchase of Aitkent Spence PLC shares by this company (Melstacorp).
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