Vermeg Group N.V. Updated Documents on Display (8012B)

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RNS Number : 8012B

Vermeg Group N.V.

12 January 2018

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART,

DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE

TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OR REGULATIONS OF SUCH JURISDICTION

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

12 January 2018

VERMEG GROUP N.V. ("VERMEG")

Updated Documents on Display

Vermeg announces that the director shareholders' irrevocable undertakings, set out in Appendix III of its announcement of 11 January 2018, in relation to its recommended cash offer for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Lombard Risk Management plc ("Lombard Risk") (the "Acquisition"), have been updated and uploaded to Lombard Risk's website, at www.lombardrisk.com/investor-centre-2/, as required by Rule 26.2 of the Code.

Enquiries:

 
 Vermeg Group N.V.                via Hudson Sandler 
  Badreddine Ouali, Chairman                      on 
  Pascal Leroy, Chief Executive         Tel: +44 (0) 
  Officer                               207 796 4133 
 Strand Hanson Limited                  Tel: +44 (0) 
  (Financial Adviser to Vermeg)         207 409 3494 
  Stuart Faulkner 
  Matthew Chandler 
  James Dance 
 Eurohold, S.L.                         Tel: +33 (0) 
  (Strategic Adviser to Vermeg)        1 78 42 36 26 
  Bernard Demode 
  Sonja Fell 
 Hudson Sandler LLP                     Tel: +44 (0) 
  (PR Adviser to Vermeg)                207 796 4133 
  Daniel de Belder 
  Nick Lyon 
  Bertie Berger 
 

Strand Hanson, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the FCA, is acting exclusively as financial adviser to Vermeg in connection with the Acquisition and matters set out in this announcement and for no-one else and will not regard any other person as its client in relation to the Acquisition and the other matters referred to in this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than Vermeg for providing the protections afforded to its clients or for providing advice in connection with the Acquisition or any other matter referred to in this announcement.

Eurohold is acting exclusively as strategic adviser to Vermeg in connection with the Acquisition and matters set out in this announcement and for no-one else and will not regard any other person as its client in relation to the Acquisition and the other matters referred to in this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than Vermeg for providing the protections afforded to its clients or for providing advice in connection with the Acquisition or any other matter referred to in this announcement.

Disclosure requirements of the Code

Under Rule 8.3(a) of the Code, any person who is interested in 1% or more of any class of relevant securities of an offeree company or of any securities exchange offeror (being any offeror other than an offeror in respect of which it has been announced that its offer is, or is likely to be, solely in cash) must make an Opening Position Disclosure following the commencement of the offer period and, if later, following the announcement in which any securities exchange offeror is first identified. An Opening Position Disclosure must contain details of the person's interests and short positions in, and rights to subscribe for, any relevant securities of each of (i) the offeree company and (ii) any securities exchange offeror(s). An Opening Position Disclosure by a person to whom Rule 8.3(a) applies must be made by no later than 3.30 p.m. (London time) on the 10th business day following the commencement of the offer period and, if appropriate, by no later than 3.30 p.m. (London time) on the 10th business day following the announcement in which any securities exchange offeror is first identified. Relevant persons who deal in the relevant securities of the offeree company or of a securities exchange offeror prior to the deadline for making an Opening Position Disclosure must instead make a Dealing Disclosure.

Under Rule 8.3(b) of the Code, any person who is, or becomes, interested in 1% or more of any class of relevant securities of the offeree company or of any securities exchange offeror must make a Dealing Disclosure if the person deals in any relevant securities of the offeree company or of any securities exchange offeror. A Dealing Disclosure must contain details of the dealing concerned and of the person's interests and short positions in, and rights to subscribe for, any relevant securities of each of (i) the offeree company and (ii) any securities exchange offeror(s), save to the extent that these details have previously been disclosed under Rule 8. A Dealing Disclosure by a person to whom Rule 8.3(b) applies must be made by no later than 3.30 p.m. (London time) on the business day following the date of the relevant dealing.

If two or more persons act together pursuant to an agreement or understanding, whether formal or informal, to acquire or control an interest in relevant securities of an offeree company or a securities exchange offeror, they will be deemed to be a single person for the purpose of Rule 8.3.

Opening Position Disclosures must also be made by the offeree company and by any offeror and Dealing Disclosures must also be made by the offeree company, by any offeror and by any persons acting in concert with any of them (see Rules 8.1, 8.2 and 8.4).

Details of the offeree and offeror companies in respect of whose relevant securities Opening Position Disclosures and Dealing Disclosures must be made can be found in the Disclosure Table on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk, including details of the number of relevant securities in issue, when the offer period commenced and when any offeror was first identified. You should contact the Panel's Market Surveillance Unit on [phone] if you are in any doubt as to whether you are required to make an Opening Position Disclosure or a Dealing Disclosure.

Publication on a website and availability of hard copies

A copy of this announcement will be made available, subject to certain restrictions relating to persons resident in Restricted Jurisdictions, on Lombard Risk's website at https://www.lombardrisk.com/investor-centre-2/, by no later than 12 noon (London time) on the business day following the date of this announcement. For the avoidance of doubt, the content of such website is not incorporated into and does not form part of this announcement.

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