AIM RULE 26
The following information is disclosed in accordance with Rule 26 of the AIM Rules for Companies and was last updated on 11 March 2010:
Description of the business
Please click on the link below for a description of the business:
About us.
The names of the directors and biographical details
Please click on the link below for the names of the directors and brief biographical details of each:
Board of Directors.
Directors' responsibilities
Please click on the link below for a description of
Directors' responsibilities.
Board committees
Please click on the link below for information on the Audit, Nomination, Investment and Remuneration Committees together with the membership of those committees:
Corporate Governance.
Country of incorporation and main Country of operation
BRAINSPARK PLC is registered in England and Wales under company Number - 3926192 - Registered Office The Lightwell 12-16 Laystall Street, London EC1R 4PF. Brainspark plc's main countries of operations are the UK and Italy.
Details of any other exchanges or trading platforms
As from 1 September 2008 the Company's ordinary shares are also traded on Plus Market, with the ticker BSP.GB.
Number of securities in issue
Brainspark PLC AIM securities in issue is 2,269,672,667 ordinary shares of 0.01 pence each and no securities are held as treasury shares. 80.87% of Brainspark share are not held in public hands. There are no restrictions on the transfer of securities.
Major Shareholders
As at 5 March 2010, substantial interests of 3 per cent or more in the ordinary shares of the Company notified to the Company in accordance with Sections 198-208 of the Companies Act 1985, were as follows:
| Shareholders |
Number of ordinary shares |
% of current issued share capital |
| A. Villa, CEO * |
534,342,239 |
23.54 |
| Bank Degroof |
350,000,000 |
15.42 |
| Sipiem |
340,000,000 |
14.98 |
| Digital Magics |
198,000,000 |
8.72 |
| RCF SA ** |
158,150,000 |
6.97 |
| G. Borsari |
104,000,000 |
4.58 |
| Investor Unlimited |
100,000,000 |
4.41 |
| Homes for Hope |
81,943,000 |
3.61 |
| Fabio Bernini |
80,000,000 |
3.52 |
| F. Gardin, Chairman |
68,261,973 |
3.01 |
| Edward Burman, Non Executive Director |
681,818 |
0.03 |
*Alfredo Villa is also deemed to have a non-beneficial interest in the 158,150,000 ordinary shares held by RCF SA and clients or RCF SA
**RCF SA is a portfolio management company in whcih Alfredo Villa, CEO of Brainspark is managing Director and a discretionary fund manager. 86,150,000 ordinary shares are held by clients of RCF SA and 72,000,000 ordinary shares are by RCF SA.
Financial information
Please click on the link below for access to the Company's annual and interim reports:
Annual Reports.
Company announcements
Please click on the link below to access notifications made by the Company in the past 12 months.
Regulatory News Announcements.
Constitutional Documents
Please click on the link below for Brainspark plc's constitutional documents:
Articles of Association.
Admission Document
Please click on the link below for Brainspark plc's Admission document:
Annual Reports.
Shareholder Circulars
Please click on the link below for copies of circulars send to Brainspark plc's shareholders:
Annual Reports.
ADVISERS
Nominated Adviser and Broker
Arbuthnot Securities Limited
Arbuthnot House
20 Ropemaker Street
London EC2Y 9AR
Company's Solicitors
Gordons Partnership LLP
22 Great James Street
London
WC1N 3ES
Auditors
MacIntyre Hudson LLP
Chartered Accountants & Registered Auditors
Equipoise House
Grove Place
Bedford
MK40 3LE
Registrar
Capita IRG PLC
The Registry
34 Beckenham Road
Beckenham
Kent
BR3 4TU
Financial PR and Investor Relations
Leander
Greenwood House
Chieveley
Berkshire
RG20 8XD
