Shares Investor Evening (London) - 19 October 2017

Looking for new investment ideas and want to meet senior directors of listed UK companies? Come along and join Shares and AJ Bell on Thursday 19 October 2017 at their evening event in London and meet Avacta (AVCT), Custodian REIT (CREI), Non-Standard Finance (NSF), Savannah Resources (SAV) and Xpediator (XPD).

During the event and afterwards over drinks, investors will have the chance to listen to presentations from each of the companies and talk directly to the company directors about their plans and vision for their businesses.

Avacta (AVCT) - Avactas focus is on its proprietary Affimer® platform technology, a novel engineered alternative to antibodies, that has wide application in diagnostics, therapeutics and research.

Antibodies dominate markets worth more than $75bn despite their shortcomings. Affimer technology, based on a small, robust protein, can be quickly generated to bind with high specificity and affinity to a wide range of targets, addressing many of the limitations of antibodies.

Avacta has a pre-clinical Affimer drug development programme with a focus on immuno-oncology as well as partnered development programmes. Avacta is commercialising non-therapeutic Affimer reagents through licensing to developers of research tools and diagnostics.

Custodian REIT (CREI) - Custodian REIT plc is a UK real estate investment trust, which listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange on 26 March 2014. Its portfolio comprises properties predominantly let to institutional grade tenants on long leases throughout the UK and is characterised by properties with individual property values of less than £10 million at acquisition.

The Company offers investors the opportunity to access a diversified portfolio of UK commercial real estate through a closed-ended fund. By targeting sub £10 million lot size, regional properties, the Company intends to provide investors with an attractive level of income with the potential for capital growth.

Non-Standard Finance (NSF) - NSFs businesses offer credit to the c.10 million UK adults not served by mainstream financial services businesses. Focused on branch-based lending, home credit and guaranteed loans, the Groups goal is to deliver excellent customer outcomes and attractive returns for shareholders.

Formed in 2014, Non-Standard Finance has become a leading provider of unsecured credit to UK adults. Listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (ticker: NSF) , we have around 100 locations servicing over 144,000 customers to whom we have outstanding loans of approximately £202m in aggregate. Our sizeable infrastructure is supported by around 600 full-time staff and 986 self-employed agents.

Savannah Resources (SAV) - AIM listed Savannah Resources Plc is a multi-commodity development company focused on building cash generative and profitable mining operations. The Company operates a strategic portfolio of assets, spanning near term production potential and longer term development opportunities:

• Blocks 4 and 5 in the copper-rich,Semail Ophiolite Belt, Oman which is currently awaiting a mining licence with production expected in H1 2018
• Jangamo / Mutamba Heavy Mineral Sands Project, Mozambique is being developed in partnership with mining major Rio Tinto with a view to building a dry mining operation. Recently commenced phase one of a pre-feasibility study.
• Mina Do Barroso Lithium Project, Portugal is an opportunity to become the first lithium producer in Europe via fast-paced development strategy
• Somero and Eräjärvi, Finland has early stage development potential over two highly prospective lithium projects

Xpediator Plc (XPD) - Listed on AIM during August 2017, Xpediator is a leading provider of freight management services across the UK and Europe. The original business, trading as "Delamode", was established in 1988 by Stephen Blyth (the Groups Chief Executive Officer), providing freight forwarding services in the UK. The Group has since evolved into an integrated freight management business operating in the supply chain logistics and fulfilment sector across the UK and Europe with a particular focus on, and expertise in, Central and Eastern European ("CEE") countries.linking Eastern Europe, the Balkans and the Baltics with Western Europe, together with logistics and warehousing capabilities in the UK and Romania.

Places at this event are very limited, so register now for your free ticket.