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Exchange Fs | LSE:EFX | London | Ordinary Share | GB0007455834 | ORD 1P |
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RNS Number:4587M Marlborough Stirling PLC 1 November 2001 NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN. 1 November 2001 MARLBOROUGH STIRLING PLC ("Marlborough Stirling") ____________________________ RECOMMENDED OFFER FOR EXCHANGE FS GROUP PLC ("Exchange FS") On 15 October 2001 the board of Marlborough Stirling announced that the Offer had become unconditional as to acceptances following receipt by it of valid acceptances in respect of 282,899,867 Exchange FS Shares (representing approximately 90.4 per cent. of the issued share capital of Exchange FS). All conditions to the Offer have now either been satisfied or waived, subject only to the admission of the new Marlborough Stirling Shares to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange becoming effective ("Admission"). Accordingly the Offer is declared unconditional in all respects subject only to such Admission which is expected to become effective at 8.00 a.m. today. The Offer will remain open until further notice. Consideration Pursuant to the receipt of acceptances which are valid and complete in all respects, the consideration payable to accepting Exchange FS Shareholders will be despatched by no later than 15 November 2001. Acceptances By 3.00pm on 31 October 2001, valid acceptances of the Offer complete in all respects, had been received in respect of a total of 299,050,904 Exchange FS Shares (representing approximately 95.6 per cent. of the issued share capital of Exchange FS). Mix and Match Election The Mix and Match Facility was closed on 12 October 2001. Valid elections for additional new Marlborough Stirling Shares under the Mix and Match Facility have been made in respect of 14,652,709 Exchange FS Shares (representing approximately 4.7 per cent. of the issued share capital of Exchange FS) and valid elections for additional cash have been made in respect of 27,043,298 Exchange FS Shares (representing approximately 8.6 per cent. of the issued share capital of Exchange FS). Valid elections under the Mix and Match Facility for additional new Marlborough Stirling Shares will be satisfied in full. Valid elections under the Mix and Match Facility for additional cash have been scaled down pro rata. Exchange FS Shareholders who have made such an election will be entitled to receive 0.76069 of a new Marlborough Stirling Share and 77.09 pence in cash for every seven Exchange FS Shares in respect of which they have made an election. This compares with a basic entitlement of 0.93926 of a new Marlborough Stirling Share and 50 pence in cash for every seven Exchange FS Shares. Compulsory Acquisition and Delisting Marlborough Stirling is now entitled to exercise its rights pursuant to sections 428 to 430F of the Companies Act 1985 (the "Act") to compulsorily acquire all of the outstanding Exchange FS Shares in respect of which valid acceptances have not been received and is today posting the requisite notices pursuant to section 429 of the Act in exercise of such rights. A mix and match facility will be made available to holders of Exchange FS Shares to whom such notices are addressed. In addition, Marlborough Stirling intends to procure that Exchange FS applies to the UK Listing Authority for Exchange FS Shares to be delisted in due course. Appointment to the Board of Marlborough Stirling As stated in the announcement dated 19 September 2001 and following the Offer becoming unconditional in all respects, Ges Whitmore has been appointed to the board of Marlborough Stirling as Group Development Director. Further Information The directors of Exchange FS (and certain of their connected persons), certain management of Exchange FS and Apax irrevocably undertook to accept the Offer in respect of a total of 175,224,533 Exchange FS Shares representing approximately 56 per cent. of the issued share capital of Exchange FS. Anthony Klim, a director of Marlborough Stirling, held 600 Exchange FS Shares prior to the Offer Period representing 0.0001917 per cent. of the issued share capital of Exchange FS. Acceptances in respect of these Exchange FS Shares are included in the acceptances referred to above. Save as set out above neither Marlborough Stirling, nor any of the directors of Marlborough Stirling, nor any party acting in concert with Marlborough Stirling, owned any Exchange FS Shares or rights over Exchange FS Shares prior to the Offer Period nor have they acquired or agreed to acquire any Exchange FS Shares or rights over Exchange FS Shares during the Offer Period, other than by way of acceptances of the Offer. Terms defined in the Offer Document have the same meaning in this press release unless the context requires otherwise. Enquiries: MARLBOROUGH STIRLING Graham Coxell, Chief Executive David Gales, Finance Director Phone: 01242 547 000 UBS WARBURG Alexander Wilmot-Sitwell Colin Christie Phone: 020 7567 8000 CITIGATE DEWE ROGERSON Toby Mountford Alex Brown Phone: 020 7638 9571 The Offer is not being made, directly or indirectly, in or into, or by the use of mails or any means or instrumentality (including, without limitation, telephonically or electronically) of interstate or foreign commerce of, or any facility of a national securities exchange of, the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan. Accordingly, copies of this announcement are not being, and must not be, directly or indirectly, mailed or otherwise forwarded, distributed or sent in or into or from the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan and persons receiving this announcement (including custodians, nominees and trustees) must not mail or otherwise forward, distribute or send it in or into or from the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan. Doing so may render invalid any purported acceptance of the Offer. 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. Persons who are not resident in the United Kingdom should inform themselves about and observe any applicable requirements. The new Marlborough Stirling Shares and the Loan Notes have not been, nor will they be, registered under the US Securities Act or under the securities laws of any state of the United States; the relevant clearances have not been, nor will they be, obtained from the securities commission of any province or territory of Canada; no prospectus has been lodged with, or registered by, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission or the Japanese Ministry of Finance; and neither the new Marlborough Stirling Shares nor the Loan Notes have been, nor will they be, registered under or offered in compliance with applicable securities laws of any state, province, territory or jurisdiction of Canada, Australia or Japan. Accordingly, neither the new Marlborough Stirling Shares nor the Loan Notes may (unless an exemption under relevant securities laws is applicable) be offered, sold, resold or delivered, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan or any other jurisdiction if to do so would constitute a violation of the relevant laws of, or require registration thereof in, such jurisdiction or to, or for the account or benefit of, any United States, Canadian, Australian or Japanese person. UBS Warburg Ltd., a subsidiary of UBS AG, which is regulated in the United Kingdom by The Securities and Futures Authority Limited, is acting for Marlborough Stirling and no one else in connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to anyone other than Marlborough Stirling for providing the protections afforded to customers of UBS Warburg Ltd. nor for giving advice in relation to the Offer.
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