United Networks Completes $5m Raising to Pursue Acquisition Opportunities & Accelerate Organic Growth

Jane Morgan Management

Highlights

  • $5.0m institutional placement to pursue acquisition opportunities & accelerate organic growth initiatives
  • Placement strongly supported by Australian institutional investors
  • Placement was significantly oversubscribed
United Networks Limited (ASX:UNL) ("United Networks" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that it has received binding commitments from institutional and sophisticated investors to raise gross proceeds of $5.0m by way of a share placement ("Placement").
Taylor Collison acted as Sole Lead Manager to the Placement. There was significant interest and the placement was scaled back.
The funds raised through the Placement will be used to pursue potential acquisition opportunities in the telco and IT/managed services sector, while also accelerating organic growth initiatives.
With this Placement, the Company welcomes a number of prominent institutional investors to its share register, providing a strong endorsement for the Company's growth strategy.
A total of 79.4 million fully paid ordinary new shares will be issued at a price of $0.063, which represents a 10% discount to the last closing price of UNL shares.
In FY2020 United Networks had a transformational year with a 440% increase in aggregated revenue to $16.3 million on the prior corresponding period and underlying EBITDA of $1.7M. The Company has completed 6 acquisitions in the last 12 months.
United Networks CEO, Victor Tsaccounis,
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