Cooks Coffee issues shares to Indian master franchisee

Published 26/08/2025, 11:38
Cooks Coffee issues shares to Indian master franchisee

AUCKLAND - Cooks Coffee Company Limited (NZX:CCC; AQUIS:COOK) has issued 1,680,672 ordinary shares to Jaspreet Singh at NZ$0.20 per share, raising NZ$334,000 for the company, according to a statement released Tuesday.

The share issuance fulfills terms of the master franchise agreement for India with Sterling Coffee House Limited that was announced on May 8, 2025. Singh, who owns Sterling Coffee House Limited, subscribed for the new shares to align the interests of the master franchisee with those of Cooks Coffee shareholders. The company confirmed no further shares will be issued under this agreement.

In a separate transaction, the international coffee-focused café chain announced that Nikau Trust, where non-executive Chairman Keith Jackson serves as a trustee, has reclassified 458,000 of its non-voting shares as ordinary shares quoted on the New Zealand Stock Exchange.

Following this reclassification, Nikau Trust now holds 13,275,345 ordinary shares, representing 19.99% of the company’s ordinary share capital, along with 42,000 non-voting shares.

The company has applied for the combined 2,138,672 new ordinary shares to be admitted to trading on the AQSE Growth Market, with trading expected to commence around September 1, 2025.

After these transactions, Cooks Coffee’s issued share capital consists of 66,377,342 ordinary shares with voting rights and 42,000 unquoted non-voting shares that may be reclassified as quoted ordinary shares upon written notice.

The information was released in a company press release authorized by the Chair of Cooks Coffee.

This article was generated with the support of AI and reviewed by an editor. For more information see our T&C.

Latest comments

Risk Disclosure: Trading in financial instruments and/or cryptocurrencies involves high risks including the risk of losing some, or all, of your investment amount, and may not be suitable for all investors. Prices of cryptocurrencies are extremely volatile and may be affected by external factors such as financial, regulatory or political events. Trading on margin increases the financial risks.
Before deciding to trade in financial instrument or cryptocurrencies you should be fully informed of the risks and costs associated with trading the financial markets, carefully consider your investment objectives, level of experience, and risk appetite, and seek professional advice where needed.
Fusion Media would like to remind you that the data contained in this website is not necessarily real-time nor accurate. The data and prices on the website are not necessarily provided by any market or exchange, but may be provided by market makers, and so prices may not be accurate and may differ from the actual price at any given market, meaning prices are indicative and not appropriate for trading purposes. Fusion Media and any provider of the data contained in this website will not accept liability for any loss or damage as a result of your trading, or your reliance on the information contained within this website.
It is prohibited to use, store, reproduce, display, modify, transmit or distribute the data contained in this website without the explicit prior written permission of Fusion Media and/or the data provider. All intellectual property rights are reserved by the providers and/or the exchange providing the data contained in this website.
Fusion Media may be compensated by the advertisers that appear on the website, based on your interaction with the advertisements or advertisers
© 2007-2025 - Fusion Media Limited. All Rights Reserved.