Result of Placing

London, June 21^st, 2017 –  Key highlights:

• Level of confirmed demand significantly in excess of original targeted fundraising of £100m
• Due to substantial oversubscription, size of Placing has been increased to £126.5m
• 115,000,000 New Ordinary Shares will be issued at 110p per share
• Net proceeds intended to be used to fund new investments
• Admission is expected to become effective at 8:00 a.m. on 23 June 2017

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