Manroy PLC Extension to deadline (7218B)

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RNS Number : 7218B

Manroy PLC

07 March 2014

Friday 7 March, 2014

Manroy PLC

Extension to deadline

Manroy PLC

7 March 2014

Manroy PLC

("Manroy" or "the Company")

Extension to deadline

This announcement is not an announcement of a firm intention to make an offer under Rule 2.7 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (the "Code") and there can be no certainty that an offer will be made, nor as to the terms on which any offer will be made.

Extension to deadline in accordance with Rule 2.6(c) of the Code.

On 14 February 2014, the Company announced that, in accordance with Rule 2.6(a) of the Code, each of Herstal SA ("Herstal") and Beretta Holding S.p.A ("Beretta") must, by not later than 5.00 p.m. on 7 March 2014, either announce a firm intention to make an offer for the Company in accordance with Rule 2.7 of the Code or announce that it does not intend to make an offer, in which case the announcement will be treated as a statement to which Rule 2.8 of the Code applies. The Company also announced that it could approach the Panel for a further extension to this deadline in due course in accordance with Rule 2.6(c) of the Code.

Following such a request from the Board of Manroy, the Panel has consented to an extension of the deadline to 5.00 p.m. on 31 March 2014 by which time each of Herstal and/or Beretta must either announce a firm intention to make an offer for the Company or announce that it does not intend to make an offer for the Company. This deadline will only be extended with the consent of the Panel in accordance with Rule 2.6(c) of the Code.

The Company remains in active discussions with Herstal. The discussions with Beretta are not active but have not been terminated.

There can be no certainty that an offer will be made for the Company, nor as to the terms on which any offer may be made.

Enquiries:

   Manroy Plc                                                            Tel: [phone] 

Glyn Bottomley, Chief Executive

   Opus Corporate Finance                                         Tel: [phone] 

(Financial Adviser and Rule 3 Adviser)

Malcolm Strang / John McElroy

   Allenby Capital                                                       Tel: [phone] 

(Nomad & Corporate Broker)

Mark Connelly/ Alex Price

   Bankside                                                               Tel: [phone] 

(PR Adviser)

Richard Pearson/ Simon Rothschild

DISCLAIMER

Opus Corporate Finance LLP ("Opus"), which is regulated in the United Kingdom by The Financial Conduct Authority, is acting for the Company in relation to the matters described in this announcement and is not advising any other person, and accordingly will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to customers of Opus or for providing advice in relation to the matters described in this announcement.

Allenby Capital Limited ("Allenby Capital"), which is regulated in the United Kingdom by The Financial Conduct Authority, is acting for the Company in relation to the matters described in this announcement and is not advising any other person, and accordingly will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to customers of Allenby Capital or for providing advice in relation to the matters described in this announcement.

A copy of this announcement will be made available (subject to certain restrictions relating to persons resident in restricted jurisdictions) at www.manroy.com by no later than 12.00 noon (London Time) on 10 March 2014, being the first business day following the date of this announcement.

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