ITE Group PLC Completion of Acquisition of Ascential Events (8081U)

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RNS Number : 8081U

ITE Group PLC

17 July 2018

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ITE Group plc

COMPLETION OF ACQUISITION OF ASCENTIAL EVENTS LIMITED

ITE Group plc ("ITE" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the completion of the Acquisition of Ascential Events Limited from Ascential plc based on an enterprise value of GBP300 million (calculated on a cash-free, debt-free basis and subject to normalised working capital) following the initial announcement on 15 May 2018.

Commenting on the acquisition, Mark Shashoua, Chief Executive Officer of ITE, said:

"I am delighted to announce the completion of the acquisition of the Ascential Exhibitions business. These events, all of which are market-leading, are well-known to us, and under ITE's ownership we look forward to treating them as Core, giving them the investment, management focus and international platform they need to grow. This highly complementary portfolio of exhibitions will help to propel us towards our vision of creating the world's leading portfolio of content-driven, must-attend events that deliver an outstanding experience and return on investment for our customers. I would like to formally welcome all of our new employees to ITE as we look to run the best shows, anywhere in the world."

Capitalised terms not defined herein, are defined at Part XXI of the combined prospectus and circular published by the Company on 6 June 2018.

Enquiries:

 
                                                          [phone] 
 ITE                                                       5000 
 Mark Shashoua, Chief Executive Officer 
 Andrew Beach, Chief Financial Officer 
 Melissa McVeigh, Director of Communications 
 
                                                          [phone] 
 Investec                                                  5970 
 (Sponsor, Financial Adviser, Joint Broker, Joint Bookrunner and Lead 
  Underwriter) 
 Corporate Finance: Andrew Pinder, Junya Iwamoto, 
  David Anderson 
 Corporate Broking: Sara Hale, Chris Sim, Neil Coleman 
 
                                                          [phone] 
 Numis                                                     1000 
 (Joint Broker, Joint Bookrunner and Joint Underwriter) 
 Nick Westlake, Toby Adcock, Hugo Rubinstein 
 
                                                          [phone] 
 FTI Consulting                                            1000 
 (Financial PR) 
 Charles Palmer, Emma Hall, Harry Staight 
 

IMPORTANT NOTICE

In comparing the events organised by the ITE Group and the Ascential Exhibitions Group, the Company regards the main comparators to be the number of exhibitors, number of attendees, floor space required and/or revenues generated by the event in question. A "market-leading" or "must-attend" event would, in the opinion of the Company, be one which was the leader across the most relevant (to the event concerned) of these comparators.

This announcement does not contain or constitute an offer of, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, securities to any person in the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan or South Africa or in any jurisdiction to whom or in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful. The securities will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or under any securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States, and may not be offered, sold, taken up, exercised, resold, renounced, or otherwise transferred, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in compliance with any applicable securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States. There will be no public offering of the securities in the United States.

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