John Laing Environmental Assets Grp Publication of Prospectus (8081F)

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RNS Number : 8081F

John Laing Environmental Assets Grp

23 February 2018

NOT FOR RELEASE, DISTRIBUTION OR PUBLICATION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, TO U.S. PERSONS OR INTO OR IN THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND OR SOUTH AFRICA.

This announcement is an advertisement and not a prospectus. Investors should not purchase or subscribe for any shares referred to in this announcement except on the basis of information contained in the final prospectus and any supplement thereto published by John Laing Environmental Assets Group Limited (the "Company") in connection with a share issuance programme of up to 200 million New Ordinary Shares and the admission of any New Ordinary Shares issued to the premium segment of the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority and to trading on London Stock Exchange plc's main market for listed securities. This announcement does not constitute, and may not be construed as, an offer to sell or an invitation to purchase, investments of any description, a recommendation regarding the issue or the provision of investment advice by any party. No information set out in this announcement or referred to in other written or oral form is intended to form the basis of any contract of sale, investment decision or any decision to purchase shares in the Company.

23 February 2018

John Laing Environmental Assets Group Limited

Publication of Prospectus

On 12 February 2018, the Board of John Laing Environmental Assets Group Limited announced its intention to undertake a share issuance programme for up to 200 million New Ordinary Shares (the "Issuance Programme"), and today is pleased to announce that the Company has published a prospectus in connection with the Issuance Programme (the "Prospectus"). Issues under the Issuance Programme may be undertaken by way of a placing, an offer for subscription and/or an intermediaries offer (or any combination thereof).

The Prospectus will shortly be available on the Company's website at www.jlen.com and on the National Storage Mechanism at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM. The Prospectus will also be made available at the Company's offices at Sarnia House, Le Truchot, St Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 1GR.

Winterflood Securities Limited is acting as sponsor, financial adviser and bookrunner to the Company.

Terms used in this announcement shall, unless the context otherwise requires, bear the meanings given to them in the Prospectus.

For further information please contact:

 
 John Laing Capital Management 
  Limited 
  Chris Tanner 
  Chris Holmes                    [phone] 
 Winterflood Securities 
  Limited 
  Neil Langford 
  Chris Mills                     [phone] 
 

Important Information

Recipients of this announcement who are considering acquiring shares in the Company are reminded that any such acquisition must be made only on the basis of the information contained in the Prospectus and any supplement or supplements thereto which may be different from the information contained in this announcement. This announcement does not contain sufficient information to support an investment decision and investors should ensure that they obtain all available relevant information before making any investment.

This announcement is an advertisement. It does not constitute a prospectus relating to the Company and does not constitute, or form part of, any offer or invitation to sell or issue, or any solicitation of any offer to purchase or subscribe for, any shares in the Company in any jurisdiction nor shall it, or any part of it, or the fact of its distribution, form the basis of, or be relied on in connection with or act as any inducement to enter into, any contract therefor.

Winterflood Securities Limited ("Winterflood"), which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, is acting only for the Company in connection with the matters described in this announcement and is not acting for or advising any other person, or treating any other person as its client, in relation thereto and will not be responsible for providing the regulatory protection afforded to clients of Winterflood or advice to any other person in relation to the matters contained herein.

Any subscription for New Ordinary Shares should be made solely on the basis of the information contained in the Prospectus, which contains detailed information about the Company and its management.

The shares of the Company have not been, nor will they be, registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or with any securities regulatory authority of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States or under the applicable securities laws of Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand or South Africa. Further, the Company has not been and will not be registered under the US Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Subject to certain exceptions, the shares of the Company may not be offered or sold in any member state of the EU other than the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, Australia, Japan, New Zealand or South Africa or to or for the account or benefit of any national, resident or citizen of any member state of the EU other than the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Japan, New Zealand or South Africa or any person located in the United States. The distribution of this announcement in other jurisdictions may be restricted by law and the persons into whose possession this announcement comes should inform themselves about, and observe, any such restrictions.

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