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London, December 17
NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN, INTO OR FROM THE UNITED STATES, JAPAN, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA OR THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A BREACH OF THE RELEVANT SECURITIES LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION. 17 December 2014 MediaZest Plc ("MediaZest", the "Company" or "Group"; AIM: MDZ) Proposed £438,000 Placing MediaZest, the creative digital out-of-home media and innovative marketing solutions company, is pleased to announce that it has conditionally raised £ 438,000 (before expenses) through a placing of 125,142,900 new Ordinary Shares with existing and new institutional investors arranged by Hybridan LLP at a price of 0.35p per Ordinary Share. The Placing Price represents an approximate 5 per cent. discount to the closing mid-market price of 0.37p per Ordinary Share on 16 December 2014 (being the Business Day before the announcement of the proposed Placing). The Placing Shares will represent approximately 12 per cent. of the Enlarged Share Capital. Interim results The Company will release its interim results for the period ended 30 September 2014 by the end of the year. Turnover and loss after taxation are expected to be similar to the prior comparable period. Conditionality and Admission to AIM The Placing is conditional, inter alia, on the Company obtaining approval from Shareholders to grant the Directors the authority to allot the Placing Shares and to dis-apply pre-emption rights, and on admission of the Placing Shares to trading on AIM. A circular convening a General Meeting to be held at 11.00 a.m. on 8 January 2015 will be sent to Shareholders on or before 22nd December. Application will be made to the London Stock Exchange for the Placing Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission"). It is expected that Admission will become effective at 8.00 a.m. on 9 January 2015. Lance O'Neill, MediaZest Chairman, commented: "The Company is very pleased at the support it has received from both new and existing shareholders which is testament to the progress that MediaZest has made. The recent launch of our own Retail Analytics product has been very well received, with the first client location already deployed. The funds raised from the Placing will enable us to further develop this product, and pursue other opportunities to roll it out with major retailers and also enable us to build upon recent new business gains. The Retail Analytics product and our strategy of focussing on high profile clients is already enabling us to supplement existing recurring revenues." Enquiries: Geoff Robertson 020 7724 5680 Chief Executive Officer MediaZest Plc Gavin Burnell / Edward Hutton 020 7382 1100 Nominated Adviser Northland Capital Partners Limited Claire Noyce 020 3713 4581 / William Lynne 020 3713 4582 Niall Pearson 020 3713 4583 Broker Hybridan LLP Notes to Editors: MediaZest is a creative media agency and audio visual systems integrator that specialises in providing innovative marketing solutions to leading retailers, brand owners and corporations, but also works in the public sector in both the NHS and Education markets. The Group supplies an integrated service from content creation and system design to installation, technical support and maintenance. MediaZest was admitted to the London Stock Exchange's AIM market in February 2005. For more information, please visit www.mediazest.com