Placement Raises $2.25M to Fund Growth Initiatives
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15 May 2024
SUCCESSFUL PLACEMENT RAISES $2.25 MILLION
Highlights
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Parkway has received firm commitments to raise $2.25 million via an oversubscribed
placement, executed at market.
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Placement received cornerstone support from strategic US investor, an existing substantial
shareholder who has agreed to invest further $1 million to increase existing shareholding.
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The placement proceeds will support the acceleration of numerous strategic growth initiatives.
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Settlement of placement anticipated to occur on Wednesday 22nd of May 2024.
Parkway Corporate Limited (“Parkway” or the “Company”) (ASX: PWN, FSE: 4IP) is pleased to
announce it has received firm commitments to raise $2.25 million via the placement of 250,000,000
shares at $0.009 per share (the “Placement”), which will be issued within existing capacity under
Listing Rule 7.1. The Placement was initially targeting $1.5 million, with the Company agreeing to upsize
the offer by 50% (accepting $0.75 million in oversubscriptions), resulting in the Placement being upsized
to $2.25 million. The Placement was made to local and overseas institutions, professional and
sophisticated investors, with the vast majority of new shares to be issued in the Placement, being takenup by existing major shareholders of the Company.
The proceeds of the Placement will be used to advance a range of strategic growth initiatives, including
acceleration of the integration and growth of recently acquired Tankweld, as well as enabling the
Company to secure a suitable working capital facility (as recently outlined in the March 2024 Quarterly
Report).
The Placement price is the same as the last closing price of $0.009 on 10 May 2024. Settlement of the
new shares to be issued as part of the Placement, is expected to occur on 22 May 2024, with the new
shares to rank equally with existing shares on issue. Participants in the Placement will be entitled to
receive one (1) free attaching option for every two (2) shares subscribed for, exercisable at $0.015 each
with an expiry date of 16 May 2027. As a result, 125,000,000 free attaching options will be issued as
part of the Placement.
Evolution Capital acted as the Lead Manager for the Placement and will receive a lead manager fee
equivalent to 4.2% of funds raised.
COMMENTS FROM GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR & CEO
Parkway’s Group Managing Director & CEO, Bahay Ozcakmak, makes the following comments:
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“This highly successful capital raising, represents another important milestone in the Parkway
journey and a strong endorsement of our corporate strategy, particularly from our existing major
shareholders.
During our 2023 AGM1, one of the key strategic objectives we outlined for the year ahead, was
for Parkway to develop and/or acquire industrial-scale project execution related capabilities, to
assist in accelerating our technology commercialisation related efforts. Following an extensive
engagement and evaluation process, on 13 March 2024, we announced the acquisition of
Tankweld, a leading industrial engineering solutions provider, based in Melbourne. In addition
to an established and successful operating business with significant corporate and operational
synergies, the acquisition of Tankweld provides us with the specific project delivery capabilities,
we required. We provided an overview of these core project delivery related capabilities in the
acquisition presentation2.
As a result of this highly strategic acquisition, Parkway has now been transformed into an
industrial water treatment company with full turnkey (engineering, procurement &
construction, EPC) project delivery capabilities. This is a very unique capability that is
normally the domain of much larger companies. As a result of our continued systematic
execution of our corporate strategy, we have now built an incredible foundation for our
company, particularly for our technology business, to provide turnkey industrial solutions.
Further details of how we are now able to provide a broader range of services across the entire
project lifecycle, as well as provide turnkey project delivery, through industry established EPC
and D&C (design and construct) contracting models, is outlined below:
https://pwnps.com/collections/integrated-water-treatment-solutions
Having successfully acquired Tankweld, and with integration activities well advanced, we are
methodically progressing our plans, for the combined business. In this regard, we recently
disclosed our plans to establish a working capital facility, to meet the funding requirements for
our growing and now much larger business. An important consideration in establishing a
suitable working capital facility, is the requirement for sufficient equity capital, to ensure we are
not unreasonably geared, for our stage of development.
As we progress these plans, we determined that raising a small amount of additional equity
capital, would provide us with maximum operational flexibility. Given the strong level of investor
interest in our capital raising, particularly existing major shareholders, despite the lack of any
discount, we decided to accept an additional 50% ($0.75 million) in oversubscriptions, enabling
us to successfully raise a total of $2.25 million through this placement.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all our shareholders, particularly our long
established shareholders that have enthusiastically supported this capital raise, as well as
welcome several new shareholders, to team Parkway.
We look forward to providing further updates regarding our continued progress, particularly as
several major projects reach important stages and our technology commercialisation related
activities achieve key milestones.”
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Refer to 2023 AGM Presentation: https://cdn-api.markitdigital.com/apiman-gateway/ASX/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-02747572-6A1183822
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Refer to Tankweld Acquisition Presentation: https://cdn-api.markitdigital.com/apiman-gateway/ASX/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-02784107-6A1197958
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The release of this announcement has been approved by Parkway’s Group Managing Director & CEO,
Bahay Ozcakmak, on behalf of the board of directors of the Company.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For further information or investor enquiries, please contact:
Bahay Ozcakmak
General Enquiries
Group Managing Director & CEO
1300 7275929
solutions@pwnps.com
1300 PARKWAY
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interact with Parkway by posting questions and feedback through a Q&A function, we encourage investors to signup to the Parkway Investor Hub.
How to sign-up to the Parkway Investor Hub
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follow the prompts to sign up for an Investor Hub account.
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complete your account profile.
or Scan QR Code to visit the Parkway Investor Hub.
ABOUT PARKWAY CORPORATE LIMITED
Parkway Corporate Limited is an Australian cleantech company focused on developing and implementing,
industrial-scale innovative water treatment solutions. Parkway is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX:
PWN) and is emerging as an innovative player in water related sustainability solutions. With significant inhouse
technical expertise and established partnerships, Parkway is well-placed to deliver the next generation of
wastewater treatment plants, incorporating the company’s portfolio of world-class technologies.
Parkway operates through four (4) core business units, comprising:
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Parkway Process Solutions (PPS) – Parkway’s primary operating division and a provider of industrial
water treatment products, services, solutions and associated technology to customers throughout
Australia. PPS has established commercial relationships with key water industry participants, including
globally recognised OEMs;
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Tankweld Group – is an established engineering solutions provider acquired by Parkway in
March 2024. Tankweld operates through two subsidiaries, Tankweld Engineering and Tankweld
Installations.
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Parkway Process Technologies (PPT) – Parkway’s technology development, acquisition, and
commercialisation division. PPT owns a portfolio of industrial wastewater treatment technologies,
including the patented aMES® and iBC® process technologies. PPT has global aspirations and is
supported by a network of strategic partners, including global engineering company Worley;
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Queensland Brine Solutions (QBS) – is a recently established commercialisation entity, focused on
advancing the objectives of Master Plan, a plan developed by Parkway to address the significant coal
seam gas derived waste brine and salt challenges in Queensland, through the adoption of proprietary
process technologies, developed by Parkway; and
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Parkway Ventures (PV) – holds a portfolio of project equity interests, including interests relating to
Parkway’s Karinga Lakes Potash Project in the Northern Territory of Australia.
Additional information regarding Parkway, including an overview of the corporate structure of Parkway and the
companies in its corporate group, can be found at: www.pwnps.com
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This announcement may contain certain “forward-looking statements”. The words “continue”, “expect”, “forecast”,
“potential” and other similar expressions are intended to identify “forward-looking statements”. Indications of (and
any guidance on) future earnings, financial position, capex requirements and performance are also “forwardlooking statements”, as are statements regarding internal management estimates and assessments of market
outlook.
Where Parkway expresses or implies an expectation or belief as to future events or results, such expectation or
belief is expressed in good faith and believed to have a reasonable basis. However, “forward-looking statements”
are not guarantees of future performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors,
many of which are beyond the control of Parkway, its officers, employees, agents and advisors, that may cause
actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. There can be no assurance
that actual outcomes will not differ materially from these statements. There are usually differences between forecast
and actual results, because events and actual circumstances frequently do not occur as forecast and their
differences may be material.
Parkway does not undertake any obligation to publicly release any revisions to any "forward-looking statements"
to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this announcement, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated
events, except as may be required under the applicable securities laws.
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