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RNS Number:9115J Windsorville Investments Ltd. 14 December 2007 NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN CASH OFFER BY WINDSORVILLE INVESTMENTS LTD FOR BULGARIAN PROPERTY DEVELOPMENTS PLC Summary * The Board of Directors of Windsorville announces that it will make a cash offer of 64 pence for each Bulgarian Property Developments Share. The Offer is final and will not be revised or amended under any circumstances. * The Offer values the entire issued share capital of Bulgarian Property Developments at approximately £68.5 million. * The Offer represents a premium of: - 11.8 per cent. to the Closing Price of 57.25 pence for each Bulgarian Property Developments Share on 18 September 2007, the last business day prior to the commencement of the Offer Period; and - 11.4 per cent. to the average Closing Price of approximately 57.5 pence for each Bulgarian Property Developments Share for the one month period ended 18 September 2007. * The Offer, if successful, will provide Bulgarian Property Developments Shareholders with a full cash exit in respect of their holdings of Bulgarian Property Developments Shares at a sizeable premium to Bulgarian Property Developments' average share price during the period prior to the commencement of the Offer Period. * Windsorville has acquired 26,846,818 Bulgarian Property Developments Shares, representing approximately 25.1 per cent. of the issued share capital of Bulgarian Property Developments, at a price between 63.25 and 64 pence for each Bulgarian Property Developments Share. * The Offer Document and Form of Acceptance will be posted to Bulgarian Property Developments Shareholders shortly. The Offer is not being made, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan. Enquiries Citi (Financial Adviser to Windsorville) +44 (0)20 7986 4000 Ian Hart Grant Kernaghan This summary should be read in conjunction with the full text of the following announcement. Terms used in this summary shall have the meaning given to them in the full announcement. The conditions to which the Offer is subject are set out in Appendix 1 to this announcement. Appendix 2 to this announcement contains references to the sources and bases of certain factual information contained in this announcement. Appendix 3 to this announcement contains definitions of certain expressions used in this announcement. This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or solicitation of any offer to sell or an invitation to purchase any securities or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, pursuant to the Offer or otherwise. The Offer will be made solely by the Offer Document and the Form of Acceptance, which contains the full terms and conditions of the Offer, including details of how the Offer may be accepted. Any acceptance or other response to the Offer should be made on the basis of the information contained in the Offer Document and Form of Acceptance. The availability of the Offer to persons who are not resident in the United Kingdom may be affected by the laws of the relevant jurisdictions in which they are located. In particular the Offer will not be made directly or indirectly into the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan. Persons who are not resident in the United Kingdom should inform themselves about, and observe, any applicable legal or regulatory requirements. Unless permitted by applicable law and regulation, the Offer is not being, and will not be, made, directly or indirectly, in or into or by the use of the mails of, or by any means or instrumentality (including, without limitation, facsimile transmission, telex, telephone or e-mail) of interstate or foreign commerce of, or by any facilities of a national securities exchange of, the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan and will not be capable of acceptance by any such use, means, instrumentality or facility or from within the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan. Accordingly, copies of this announcement and any other documents related to the Offer are not being, and must not be, directly or indirectly, mailed or otherwise forwarded, distributed or sent in, into or from the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan, and persons receiving such documents (including custodians, nominees and trustees) must not mail or otherwise distribute or send such documents in, into or from such jurisdictions as doing so may invalidate any purported acceptance of the Offer. Further details in relation to overseas shareholders will be contained in the Offer Document. Under the provisions of Rule 8.3 of the Code, if any person is, or becomes "interested" (directly or indirectly) in one per cent. or more of any class of "relevant securities" of Bulgarian Property Developments, all "dealings" in any "relevant securities" of Bulgarian Property Developments by such person (including by means of an option in respect of, or a derivative referenced to, any such "relevant securities") must be publicly disclosed by no later than 3.30 p.m. (London time) on the London business day following the date of the relevant transaction. This requirement will continue until the date on which the Offer becomes, or is declared, unconditional as to acceptances, lapses or is otherwise withdrawn or on which the Offer Period otherwise ends. If two or more persons act together pursuant to an agreement or understanding, whether formal or informal, to acquire an "interest" in "relevant securities" of Bulgarian Property Developments, they will be deemed to be a single person for the purpose of Rule 8.3. Under the provisions of Rule 8.1 of the Code, all dealings in "relevant securities" of Bulgarian Property Developments, by Windsorville or Bulgarian Property Developments or by any of their respective "associates" (within the meaning of the Code), must be disclosed by later than 12.00 noon (London time) on the business day following the date of the relevant transaction. A disclosure table, giving details of the companies in whose "relevant securities" "dealings" should be disclosed, and the number of such securities in issue, can be found on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk. "Interests in securities" arise, in summary, when a person has long economic exposure, whether conditional or absolute, to changes in the price of securities. In particular, a person will be treated as having an "interest" by virtue of the ownership or control of securities, or by virtue of any option in respect of, or derivative referenced to, securities. Terms in quotation marks are defined in the Code, which can also be found on the Panel's website. If you are in doubt as the application of Rule 8 to you, please contact an independent financial adviser authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, consult the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk or contact the Panel by telephone on (+44 (0)20 7638 0129) or by fax (+44 (0) 20 7236 7013). Citi, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively as financial adviser to Windsorville and no one else in connection with the Offer and this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than Windsorville for providing the protections afforded to clients of Citi nor for providing advice in connection with the Offer or this announcement or any matter referred to herein. NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN CASH OFFER BY WINDSORVILLE INVESTMENTS LTD FOR BULGARIAN PROPERTY DEVELOPMENTS PLC 1. Introduction The Board of Directors of Windsorville announces that it will make a cash offer of 64 pence for each Bulgarian Property Developments Share. The Offer is final and will not be revised or amended under any circumstances. Windsorville is a newly-incorporated company formed specifically to make this offer to Bulgarian Property Developments Shareholders. The Offer values the entire issued share capital of Bulgarian Property Developments at approximately £68.5 million. 2. The Offer The Offer, which will be subject to the conditions set out in Appendix 1 to this announcement and the terms set out in the Offer Document and the Form of Acceptance, will be made on the following basis: for each Bulgarian Property Developments Share 64 pence in cash The Offer values the entire issued share capital of Bulgarian Property Developments at approximately £68.5 million. The Offer is final and will not be amended or revised under any circumstances. The Offer represents a premium of: * 11.8 per cent. to the Closing Price of 57.25 pence for each Bulgarian Property Developments Share on 18 September 2007, the last business day prior to the commencement of the Offer Period; and * 11.4 per cent. to the average Closing Price of approximately 57.5 pence for each Bulgarian Property Developments Share for the one month period ended 18 September 2007. The Bulgarian Property Developments Shares to be acquired pursuant to the Offer will be acquired fully paid and free from all liens, equities, charges, encumbrances, rights of pre-emption and any other third party rights or interests whatsoever and together with all rights now or hereafter attaching thereto, including voting rights and, without limitation, the right to receive and retain in full all dividends and other distributions (if any) declared, made or paid on or after the date of this announcement. 3. Background to and reasons for the Offer In the current market environment, many listed property companies are trading at significant discounts to their stated net asset values. The Board of Windsorville believes that the Bulgarian property market represents an attractive long-term investment opportunity. However, with prevailing market conditions, the Board of Windsorville believes that the Offer represents an attractive opportunity for Bulgarian Property Developments Shareholders to receive a full cash exit in respect of their holdings of Bulgarian Property Developments Shares at a significant premium to Bulgarian Property Developments' average share price during the period immediately prior to the commencement of the Offer Period. Windsorville intends that an acquisition of Bulgarian Property Developments will serve as a platform for further investment in the region and possibly broader investment into Eastern Europe. Windsorville currently has no intention to redeploy Bulgarian Property Developments' fixed assets or employees, should the Offer be successful. 4. Market purchases On 19 September 2007, Windsorville acquired 26,031,818 Bulgarian Property Developments Shares, representing approximately 24.4 per cent. of the issued share capital of Bulgarian Property Developments, at a price of 64 pence for each Bulgarian Property Developments Share. Windsorville has made subsequent market purchases of 815,000 Bulgarian Property Developments Shares at a price of between 63.25 and 64 pence for each Bulgarian Property Developments Share. Therefore, in total, Windsorville has acquired 26,846,818 Bulgarian Property Developments Shares, representing 25.1 per cent. of the issued share capital of Bulgarian Property Developments. 5. Information on Windsorville Windsorville was incorporated on 12 September 2006 in The Bahamas. It has not traded prior to making the Offer. The registered office of Windsorville is Cape Horn Management Ltd., P.O. BOX N-7776, E.P. Taylor Drive, Lyford Cay, New Providence, The Bahamas. 6. Information on Bulgarian Property Developments Bulgarian Property Developments primarily focuses on the purchasing of small plots of land and consolidating them into large sites suitable for commercial development. Bulgarian Property Developments' ordinary share capital was admitted to trading on AIM in January 2005. Bulgarian Property Developments employs approximately 480 employees. For the year ended 30 June 2007, Bulgarian Property Developments reported revenues of £483,000 (2006: nil) and a loss on ordinary activities before taxation of £979,000 (2006: profit of £38,000). Net assets as at 30 June 2007 were £56,850,000 (2006: £36,825,000). 7. Management and employees Windsorville intends that the existing employment rights, including pension rights, of all employees of Bulgarian Property Developments will be safeguarded, should the Offer be successful. Windsorville currently has no intention to change the place of employment for any Bulgarian Property Developments management or employees. 8. Option holders The Offer is being extended to any Bulgarian Property Developments Shares which are issued or unconditionally allotted and fully paid (or credited as fully paid) while the Offer remains open for acceptance (or, subject to the Code, by such earlier date as Windsorville may decide), including Bulgarian Property Developments Shares issued pursuant to the exercise of options. If the Offer becomes or is declared unconditional in all respects, to the extent options remain unexercised or have not lapsed, Windsorville will make appropriate proposals to those option holders in due course. 9. Financing of the Offer The Offer will be financed from Windsorville's existing cash resources. Citi is satisfied that Windsorville has the necessary financial resources available to satisfy full acceptance of the Offer. Full acceptance of the Offer, after deducting the value of the Bulgarian Property Developments Shares already owned by Windsorville, would involve a maximum cash payment by Windsorville of approximately £51.4 million. 10. Compulsory acquisition, de-listing and cancellation of admission to trading Upon the Offer becoming or being declared unconditional in all respects and sufficient acceptances having been received, Windsorville intends to apply the provisions of sections 979 to 991 (inclusive) of the Companies Act 2006 to acquire compulsorily the remaining Bulgarian Property Developments Shares on the same terms as the Offer. Subject to: (a) Windsorville acquiring 75 per cent. of the issued share capital of Bulgarian Property Developments and/or (b) the proposed cancellation being agreed by the shareholders of Bulgarian Property Developments in a general meeting in accordance with the AIM Rules, Windsorville intends to procure that Bulgarian Property Developments applies to the London Stock Exchange for the cancellation of admission to trading of Bulgarian Property Developments Shares on AIM. The cancellation of admission to trading of Bulgarian Property Developments Shares would significantly reduce the liquidity and marketability of any Bulgarian Property Developments Shares not assented to the Offer. 11. Offer Document and Form of Acceptance The Offer Document and Form of Acceptance will be posted to Bulgarian Property Developments Shareholders shortly, although the Offer is not being made, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan. If you are in any doubt as to the action you should take, you are recommended to consult your stockbroker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant or other independent financial adviser duly authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 if you are resident in the United Kingdom or, if not, from another appropriately authorised independent financial adviser. 12. General Save as disclosed in paragraph 4 above, neither Windsorville, nor any of its directors, nor to the best of Windsorville's knowledge and belief, any person acting in concert with Windsorville is interested in or has any rights to subscribe for any Bulgarian Property Developments Shares or has borrowed or lent any Bulgarian Property Developments Shares nor does any such person have any short position whether conditional or absolute and whether in the money or otherwise (including a short position under a derivative) or any arrangement in relation to Bulgarian Property Developments Shares. For these purposes "interest" includes any long economic exposure, whether conditional or absolute, to changes in the price of securities and a person is treated as having an "interest" by virtue of the ownership or control of securities or by virtue of any options (including traded options) in respect of, or derivative referenced to, securities and "arrangement" includes any agreement to sell or any delivery obligation or right to require another person to purchase or take delivery of Bulgarian Property Developments Shares and also includes any indemnity or option arrangement, any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, of whatever nature relating to Bulgarian Property Developments Shares which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing in such securities. Enquiries Citi (Financial Adviser to Windsorville) +44 (0)20 7986 4000 Ian Hart Grant Kernaghan The conditions to which the Offer is subject are set out in Appendix 1 to this announcement. Appendix 2 contains references to the sources and bases of certain of the factual information contained in this announcement. Appendix 3 to this announcement contains definitions of certain expressions used in this announcement. This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or solicitation of any offer to sell or an invitation to purchase any securities or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, pursuant to the Offer or otherwise. The Offer will be made solely by the Offer Document and the Form of Acceptance, which contains the full terms and conditions of the Offer, including details of how the Offer may be accepted. Any acceptance or other response to the Offer should be made on the basis of the information continued in the Offer Document and Form of Acceptance. The availability of the Offer to persons who are not resident in the United Kingdom may be affected by the laws of the relevant jurisdictions in which they are located. In particular, the Offer will not be made directly or indirectly into the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan. Persons who are not resident in the United Kingdom should inform themselves about, and observe, any applicable legal or regulatory requirements. Unless permitted by applicable law and regulation, the Offer is not being, and will not be, made, directly or indirectly, in or into or by the use of the mails of, or by any means or instrumentality (including, without limitation, facsimile transmission, telex, telephone or e-mail) of interstate or foreign commerce of, or by any facilities of a national securities exchange of, the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan and the Offer will not be capable of acceptance by any such use, means, instrumentality or facility or from within the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan. Accordingly, copies of this announcement and any other documents related to the Offer are not being, and must not be, directly or indirectly, mailed or otherwise forwarded, distributed or sent in, into or from the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan, and persons receiving such documents (including custodians, nominees and trustees) must not mail or otherwise distribute or send such documents in, into or from such jurisdictions as doing so may invalidate any purported acceptance of the Offer. Further details in relation to overseas shareholding are contained in the Offer Document. Under the provisions of Rule 8.3 of the Code, if any person is, or becomes "interested" (directly or indirectly) in one per cent. or more of any class of "relevant securities" of Bulgarian Property Developments, all "dealings" in any "relevant securities" of Bulgarian Property Developments by such person (including by means of an option in respect of, or a derivative referenced to, any such "relevant securities") must be publicly disclosed by no later than 3.30 p.m. (London time) on the London business day following the date of the relevant transaction. This requirement will continue until the date on which the Offer becomes, or is declared, unconditional as to acceptances, lapses or is otherwise withdrawn or on which the "offer period" otherwise ends. If two or more persons act together pursuant to an agreement or understanding, whether formal or informal, to acquire an "interest" in "relevant securities" of Bulgarian Property Developments, they will be deemed to be a single person for the purpose of Rule 8.3. Under the provisions of Rule 8.1 of the Code, all dealings in "relevant securities" of Bulgarian Property Developments, by Windsorville or Bulgarian Property Developments or by any of their respective "associates" (within the meaning of the Code), must be disclosed by no later than 12.00 noon (London time) on the business day following the date of the relevant transaction. A disclosure table, giving details of the companies in whose "relevant securities" "dealings" should be disclosed, and the number of such securities in issue, can be found on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk. "Interests in securities" arise, in summary, when a person has long economic exposure, whether conditional or absolute, to changes in the price of securities. In particular, a person will be treated as having an "interest" by virtue of the ownership or control of securities, or by virtue of any option in respect of, or derivative referenced to, securities. Terms in quotation marks are defined in the Code, which can also be found on the Panel's website. If you are in doubt as the application of Rule 8 to you, please contact an independent financial adviser authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, consult the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk or contact the Panel by telephone on (+44 (0)20 7638 0129) or by fax (+44 (0)20 7236 7013). Citi, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively as financial adviser to Windsorville and no one else in connection with the Offer and this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than Windsorville for providing the protections afforded to clients of Citi nor for providing advice in connection with the Offer or this announcement or any matter referred to in this announcement. Appendix 1 Conditions and Certain Further Terms of the Offer The Offer will be subject to the following conditions: (a) valid acceptances being received (and not, where permitted, withdrawn) by 3.00 p.m. on the First Closing Date or such later time(s) and/or date(s) as Windsorville may, with the consent of the Panel or in accordance with the Code, decide in respect of not less than 90 per cent. in nominal value (or such lesser percentage as Windsorville may decide) of the Bulgarian Property Developments Shares to which the Offer relates, provided that this condition will not be satisfied unless Windsorville and its wholly-owned subsidiaries shall have acquired, or agreed to acquire, pursuant to the Offer or otherwise, Bulgarian Property Developments Shares carrying more than 50 per cent. of the voting rights normally exercisable at a general meeting of Bulgarian Property Developments, including for this purpose (to the extent, if any, required by the Panel) any such voting rights attaching to any Bulgarian Property Developments Shares that are unconditionally allotted or issued before the Offer becomes or is declared unconditional as to acceptances whether pursuant to the exercise of any outstanding subscription or conversion rights or otherwise and for the purposes of this condition: (i) Bulgarian Property Developments Shares which have been unconditionally allotted but not issued shall be deemed to carry the voting rights they will carry on issue; and (ii) the expression Bulgarian Property Developments Shares to which the Offer relates shall be construed in accordance with sections 974 to 991 of the Companies Act 2006; (b) no government or governmental, quasi-governmental, supranational, statutory or regulatory body or association, institution or agency (including any trade agency) or any court or other body (including any professional or environmental body) or person in any jurisdiction (each a Relevant Authority) having decided to take, instituted or threatened any action, proceeding, suit, investigation, enquiry or reference or enacted, made or proposed and there not continuing to be outstanding any statute, regulation, order or decision that would or might: (i) make the Offer or the acquisition or the proposed acquisition of any shares in, or control of, Bulgarian Property Developments by Windsorville void, unenforceable or illegal or directly or indirectly prohibit or otherwise restrict, delay or interfere with the implementation of, or impose additional conditions or obligations with respect to, or otherwise challenge or interfere with, the Offer or the acquisition of any shares in, or control of, Bulgarian Property Developments by Windsorville; (ii) require, prevent or delay the divestiture (or alter the terms of any proposed divestiture) by the Windsorville Group or the Bulgarian Property Developments Group of all or any part of their respective businesses, assets or properties or impose any limitation on their ability to conduct all or any part of their respective businesses and to own any of their respective assets or properties; (iii) impose any limitation on, or result in any delay in, the ability of any member of the Windsorville Group to acquire or hold or to exercise effectively, directly or indirectly, all or any rights of ownership of shares or other securities (or the equivalent) in, or to exercise management control over, any member of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group or on the ability of any member of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group to hold or exercise effectively, directly or indirectly, all or any rights of ownership of shares or other securities (or the equivalent) in, or to exercise management control over, any other member of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group; (iv) require any member of the Windsorville Group or of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group to acquire or offer to acquire any shares or other securities (or the equivalent) in any member of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group or any member of the Windsorville Group; (v) impose any limitation on the ability of any member of the Windsorville Group or the Bulgarian Property Developments Group to integrate or co-ordinate its business, or any part of it, with the businesses or any part of the businesses of any other member of the Windsorville Group and/or the Bulgarian Property Developments Group; or (vi) otherwise adversely affect the business, assets, financial or trading position or profits or prospects of any member of the Windsorville Group or of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group, (vii) and all applicable waiting and other time periods during which any such Relevant Authority could decide to take, institute or threaten any such action, proceeding, suit, investigation, enquiry or reference having expired, lapsed or been terminated; (c) all necessary notifications and filings having been made and all appropriate waiting periods (including any extensions thereof) under any applicable legislation or regulation of any jurisdiction having expired, lapsed or been terminated in each case in respect of the Offer and the acquisition of any shares in, or control of, Bulgarian Property Developments by Windsorville and all authorisations, orders, grants, recognitions, confirmations, licences, consents, clearances, permissions and approvals (authorisations) necessary or appropriate in any jurisdiction for or in respect of the Offer and the proposed acquisition of any shares in, or control of, Bulgarian Property Developments by Windsorville being obtained in terms and in a form satisfactory to Windsorville from appropriate Relevant Authorities or from any persons or bodies with whom any member of the Windsorville Group or the Bulgarian Property Developments Group has entered into contractual arrangements and such authorisations together with all authorisations necessary or appropriate for any member of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group to carry on its business remaining in full force and effect and no intimation of any intention to revoke, suspend, restrict or modify or not to renew any of the same having been made and all necessary statutory or regulatory obligations in any jurisdiction having been complied with; (d) except as publicly announced by Bulgarian Property Developments prior to the date of this announcement (by the delivery of an announcement to a Regulatory Information Service) or fairly disclosed in writing to Windsorville by Bulgarian Property Developments by reference to this condition prior to the date of this announcement, there being no provision of any agreement, arrangement, licence or other instrument to which any member of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group is a party or by or to which any such member or any of its assets is or may be bound, entitled or subject which, as a result of the making or implementation of the Offer or the acquisition or proposed acquisition by Windsorville of any shares in, or change in the control or management of, Bulgarian Property Developments or otherwise, would or might result in (in any case to an extent which is materially adverse in the context of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group taken as a whole): (i) any monies borrowed by or any other indebtedness (actual or contingent) of any such member of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group becoming repayable or capable of being declared repayable immediately or earlier than the stated repayment date or the ability of such member to borrow monies or incur any indebtedness being withdrawn or inhibited; (ii) the creation or enforcement of any mortgage, charge or other security interest over the whole or any part of the business, property or assets of any such member of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group or any such security interest (whenever arising or having arisen) becoming enforceable; (iii) any assets or interest of any such member of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group being or falling to be disposed of or charged or any right arising under which any such asset or interest could be required to be disposed of or charged; (iv) the creation or enforcement of any mortgage, charge or other security in or over the whole or any part of the business, property or assets of any such member of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group; (v) the interest or business of any such member of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group in or with any other person, firm or company (or any agreements or arrangements relating to such interest or business) being terminated or adversely modified or affected; (vi) any such member of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group ceasing to be able to carry on business under any name under which it presently does so; (vii) the value of any such member of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group or its financial or trading position or prospects being prejudiced or adversely affected; or (viii) the creation of any liability (actual or contingent) by any such member, and no event having occurred which, under any provision of any agreement, arrangement, licence or other instrument to which any member of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group is a party or by or to which any such member or any of its assets may be bound or be subject, could result in any events or circumstances as are referred to in subparagraphs (i) to (viii) of this paragraph (e) in any case where such result would be material in the context of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group taken as a whole; (e) except as publicly announced by Bulgarian Property Developments prior to the date of this announcement (by the delivery of an announcement to a Regulatory Information Service), no member of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group having since 14 December 2007: (i) issued or agreed to issue or authorised the issue of additional shares of any class, or securities convertible into, or rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or acquire, any such shares or convertible securities (save as between Bulgarian Property Developments and wholly-owned subsidiaries of Bulgarian Property Developments or redeemed, purchased or reduced any part of its share capital; (ii) sold or transferred or agreed to sell or transfer any treasury shares; (iii) recommended, declared, paid or made or proposed to recommend, declare, pay or make any bonus, dividend or other distribution, whether payable in cash or otherwise, other than a distribution by any wholly-owned subsidiary of Bulgarian Property Developments; (iv) implemented or authorised any merger or demerger or acquired or disposed of or transferred, mortgaged or charged, or created any other security interest over, any asset or any right, title or interest in any asset (including shares and investments) which, in each case, is material in the context of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group taken as a whole; (v) implemented or authorised any reconstruction, amalgamation, scheme or other transaction or arrangement; (vi) made or authorised any change in its loan capital or issued or authorised the issue of any debentures or incurred or increased any indebtedness or contingent liability which in each case is material in the context of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group taken as a whole; (vii) entered into, varied or terminated, or authorised the entry into, variation or termination of, any contract, commitment or arrangement (whether in respect of capital expenditure or otherwise) which is outside the ordinary course of business or which is of a long term, onerous or unusual nature or magnitude or which involves or could involve an obligation of a nature or magnitude which is material in the context of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group taken as a whole; (viii) entered into any contract, commitment or arrangement which would be restrictive on the business of any member of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group or the Windsorville Group; (ix) been unable, or admitted in writing that it is unable, to pay its debts or having stopped or suspended (or threatened to stop or suspend) payment of its debts generally or ceased or threatened to cease carrying on all or a substantial part of its business; (x) taken any corporate action or had any legal proceedings started or threatened against it for its winding-up (voluntary or otherwise), dissolution or reorganisation (or for any analogous proceedings or steps in any jurisdiction) or for the appointment of a receiver, administrator, administrative receiver, trustee or similar officer (or for the appointment of any analogous person in any jurisdiction) of all or any of its assets and revenues; (xi) waived, compromised or settled any claim otherwise than in the ordinary course of business or in a manner or on terms that are material in the context of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group taken as a whole; (xii) entered into or varied the terms of any service agreement or arrangement with any director or senior executive of Bulgarian Property Developments; (xiii) made or consented to any change to the terms of the trust deeds constituting the pension schemes established for its directors and/or employees and/or their dependants or to the benefits which accrue, or to the pensions which are payable thereunder, or to the basis on which qualification for or accrual or entitlement to such benefits or pensions are calculated or determined, or to the basis upon which the liabilities (including pensions) of such pension schemes are funded or made, or agreed or consented to, any change to the trustees; or (xiv) entered into any contract, commitment or arrangement or passed any resolution or made any offer (which remains open for acceptance) with respect to, or proposed or announced any intention to effect or propose, any of the transactions, matters or events referred to in this condition; (f) since 30 June 2007, except as publicly announced by Bulgarian Property Developments prior to the date of this announcement (by the delivery of an announcement to a Regulatory Information Service) or fairly disclosed in writing by Bulgarian Property Developments to Windsorville by reference to this condition, in each case prior to the date of this announcement: (i) no adverse change having occurred in the business, assets, financial or trading position or profits or prospects of any member of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group which is material in the context of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group taken as a whole; (ii) no litigation, arbitration proceedings, prosecution or other legal proceedings having been threatened, announced, instituted or remaining outstanding by, against or in respect of any member of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group or to which any member of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group is a party (whether as plaintiff or defendant or otherwise) and no investigation by any Relevant Authority or other investigative body against or in respect of any member of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group having been threatened, announced, instituted or remaining outstanding by, against or in respect of any member of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group to an extent that is material in the context of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group taken as a whole; and (iii) no contingent or other liability having arisen which would or might reasonably be expected to adversely affect any member of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group in a way which is material in the context of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group taken as a whole; (g) Windsorville not having discovered that: (i) any financial, business or other information publicly disclosed at any time by any member of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group is misleading, contains a misrepresentation of fact or omits to state a fact necessary to make the information contained therein not misleading which in any case is material and adverse to the financial or trading position of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group taken as a whole; (ii) any member of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group is subject to any liability, contingent or otherwise, which is not disclosed in the Annual Report and Accounts of Bulgarian Property Developments for the year ended 30 June 2007 and which is material in the context of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group taken as a whole; (iii) any past or present member of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group has failed to comply with any applicable legislation or regulations of any jurisdiction or any notice or requirement of any Relevant Authority with regard to the storage, disposal, discharge, spillage, release, leak or emission of any waste or hazardous or harmful substance or any substance likely to impair the environment or harm human or animal health or otherwise relating to environmental matters or that there has otherwise been any such storage, disposal, discharge, spillage, release, leak or emission (whether or not the same constituted non-compliance by any person with any such legislation or regulation, and whenever the same may have taken place), any of which non compliance would be likely to give rise to any liability (whether actual or contingent) or cost on the part of any member of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group and which is material in the context of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group taken as a whole; or (iv) there is or is likely to be any obligation or liability (whether actual or contingent) to make good, repair, re-instate or clean up any property now or previously owned, occupied, operated or made use of or controlled by any past or present member of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group under any environmental legislation, regulation, notice, circular or order of any Relevant Authority in any jurisdiction and which is material in the context of the Bulgarian Property Developments Group taken as a whole. Windsorville reserves the right at its absolute discretion to waive, in whole or in part, all or any of the above conditions, except condition (a). The Offer will lapse unless all the above conditions are fulfilled or (if capable of waiver) waived or, where appropriate, determined by Windsorville to have been or remain satisfied by midnight on the day which is 21 days after the later of the First Closing Date and the date on which the Offer becomes or is declared unconditional as to acceptances (or such later date as Windsorville may, with the consent of the Panel or in accordance with the Code, decide). Windsorville shall be under no obligation to waive or treat as satisfied any of conditions (b) to (g) inclusive by a date earlier than the date specified above for the satisfaction thereof, notwithstanding that the other conditions of the Offer may at such earlier date have been waived or fulfilled and that there are at such earlier date no circumstances indicating that any of such conditions may not be capable of fulfilment. If the Offer lapses, the Offer will cease to be capable of further acceptance and those Bulgarian Property Developments Shareholders who have, as at the time of such lapse, accepted the Offer shall then cease to be bound by their Forms of Acceptance. The Offer will be governed by English Law and be subject to the jurisdiction of the English Courts. Appendix 2 Sources of Information and Bases of CalculatioN 1. The value of the Offer attributable to the entire issued share capital of Bulgarian Property Developments is based upon 106,966,187 Bulgarian Property Developments Shares in issue as at the close of business on 13 December 2007, being the last business day prior to the date of this announcement, as obtained from the Rule 2.10 announcement issued by Bulgarian Property Developments on 21 September 2007. 2. Unless otherwise stated, the financial information on Bulgarian Property Developments is extracted or derived without adjustment from Bulgarian Property Developments' preliminary announcement of results for the year ended 30 June 2007 which was released on 27 November 2007. 3. The average Closing Price for the one month period to 18 September 2007 is derived from data published by FactSet Research Systems Inc. Appendix 3 Definitions In this announcement, the following expressions have the following meanings unless the context otherwise requires: AIM the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange AIM Rules the rules, published by the London Stock Exchange, which set out the rules and responsibilities in relation to companies admitted to AIM Australia the Commonwealth of Australia, its states, territories and possessions Bulgarian Property Bulgarian Property Developments plc, a public company registered in England and Developments Wales with registered number 05118060 Bulgarian Property the holders of Bulgarian Property Developments Shares Developments Shareholders Bulgarian Property the existing unconditionally allotted or issued and fully paid ordinary shares of Developments Shares twenty-five pence (25p) each in the capital of Bulgarian Property Developments and any further such shares which are unconditionally allotted or issued fully paid prior to the date that the Offer closes (or such earlier date as Windsorville may, with the Panel's consent and subject to the Code, decide) Bulgarian Property Bulgarian Property Developments and its subsidiary undertakings Developments Group business day any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or public or bank holiday, on which banks are generally open for business in the City of London Canada Canada, its provinces, territories and all areas subject to its jurisdiction and any political sub-division thereof Citi Citigroup Global Markets Limited Closing Price the closing middle-market price of a Bulgarian Property Developments Share on a particular business day on AIM as published by the London Stock Exchange by way of the Daily Official List Code the Takeover Code published by the Panel Daily Official List the daily official list of the London Stock Exchange First Closing Date the First Closing Date of the Offer, as will be specified in the Offer Document Form of Acceptance the form of acceptance, and authority relating to the Offer which accompanies the Offer Document Japan Japan, its cities, prefectures, territories and possessions Listing Rules the Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange plc Offer the offer being made by Windsorville to acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Bulgarian Property Developments on the terms and subject to the conditions in the Offer Document and the Form of Acceptance (including, where the context so requires, any subsequent revision, variation, extension or renewal of such offer) Offer Document the document to be sent to Bulgarian Property Developments Shareholders containing the terms and conditions of the Offer Offer Period the period which commenced on 19 September 2007, the date on which Windsorville issued a statement that it was considering a possible offer for Bulgarian Property Developments, and ending on the First Closing Date or, if later, the date the Offer, becomes, or is declared, unconditional as to acceptances, or lapses Panel the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers Regulatory Information any of the services set out in Appendix 3 to the Listing Rules from time to time Service UK Listing Authority the Financial Services Authority acting in its capacity as the competent authority for the purposes of Part VI of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 United Kingdom or UK the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States the United States of America, its territories and possessions, any State of the United States of America and the District of Columbia, and all other areas subject to its jurisdiction Windsorville Windsorville Investments Limited, a company incorporated in The Bahamas Windsorville Group Windsorville and its subsidiary undertakings In this announcement, the singular includes the plural and vice versa, unless the context otherwise requires. For the purposes of this announcement subsidiary, subsidiary undertaking, undertaking and associated undertaking have the meanings given by the Companies Act 1985 (but for this purpose ignoring paragraph 20(1)(b) of Schedule 4A of the Companies Act 1985) (and substantial interest means a direct or indirect interest in 20 per cent. or more of the equity capital of an undertaking). This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange END OFFKGMMZMFGGNZZ
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