Stentor PLC - Re Posting of Offer Document
02/06/2000 3:06pm
UK Regulatory
RNS Number:6207L
Stentor PLC
2 June 2000
NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OR CANADA
ENERGIS PLC, VIRIDIAN GROUP PLC, NEVADA TELE.COM LIMITED
RECOMMENDED CASH OFFERS
BY DRESDNER KLEINWORT BENSON ON BEHALF OF NEVADA TELE.COM
LIMITED
FOR STENTOR PLC
The Board of nevada tele.com Limited ("nevada tele.com")
announces that the Offer Document relating to the recommended
cash offers for Stentor plc made by Kleinwort Benson Limited
("Dresdner Kleinwort Benson") on behalf of nevada tele.com
(the "Offers") is expected to be posted later today. The first
closing date for the Offers is 23 June 2000.
Enquiries:
nevada tele.com Limited +44 28 9072 0500
Irene Cackett Managing Director
Dresdner Kleinwort Benson +44 20 7623 8000
Nicholas Lee
Stentor plc +353 1 248 7300
Arthur Blake Finance Director
John East & Partners Limited +44 20 7628 2200
Jeffrey M Coburn
Kleinwort Benson Limited, which is regulated in the conduct of
investment business in the United Kingdom by The Securities
and Futures Authority Limited, is acting exclusively for
nevada tele.com and no one else in connection with the Offers
and will not be responsible to anyone other than nevada
tele.com for providing the protections afforded to customers
of Kleinwort Benson Limited or for providing advice in
relation to the Offers. This announcement, which has been
prepared by and is the sole responsibility of the directors of
nevada tele.com, Energis and Viridian, has been approved by
Kleinwort Benson Limited solely for the purposes of section 57
of the United Kingdom Financial Services Act 1986.
John East & Partners Limited, which is regulated in the
conduct of investment business in the United Kingdom by The
Securities and Futures Authority Limited, is acting
exclusively for Stentor and no one else in connection with the
Offers and will not be responsible to anyone other than
Stentor for providing the protections afforded to customers of
John East & Partners Limited or for providing advice in
relation to the Offers.
The Offers are not being made, directly or indirectly, in or
into the USA or Canada or by use of the mails of, or by any
means or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce of,
or any facility of a national securities exchange of, either
of those jurisdictions and the Offers should not be accepted
by any such use, means, instrumentality or facility or from
within the USA or Canada. Nor are the Offers capable of
acceptance by any such use, means, instrumentality or facility
or from within the USA or Canada and doing so may render
invalid any purported acceptance. Accordingly, copies of this
announcement, the Offer Document, the Forms of Acceptance and
any related documents are not being, and must not be, mailed
or otherwise distributed or sent in, into or from the USA or
Canada. Notwithstanding the foregoing restrictions, nevada
tele.com retains the right to permit the Offers to be accepted
if, in its sole discretion, it is satisfied that the
transaction in question is exempt from or not subject to the
legislation or regulation giving rise to the restrictions in
question. All Stentor Shareholders, Warrantholders or
Optionholders (including, without limitation, nominees,
trustees or custodians) who would or otherwise intend to
forward this announcement, the Offer Document, the Forms of
Acceptance or any related documentation to any jurisdictions
outside the UK or the Republic of Ireland should read the
Offer Document before taking any action.
The nevada tele.com Directors, the Energis Directors and the
Viridian Directors accept responsibility for the information
contained in this announcement. To the best of the knowledge
and belief of the nevada tele.com Directors, the Energis
Directors and the Viridian Directors (who have taken all
reasonable care to ensure that such is the case), the
information contained in this announcement is in accordance
with the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the
import of such information.
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