Frasers Group PLC No intention to bid statement: Mulberry Group plc (0645J)

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RNS Number : 0645J

Frasers Group PLC

17 December 2020

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 THAT JURISDICTION

THIS IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT FALLING UNDER RULE 2.8 OF THE

CITY CODE ON TAKEOVERS AND MERGERS (THE "CODE")

Date: 17 December 2020

Frasers Group plc

("Frasers Group" or the "Company")

No intention to bid statement regarding Mulberry Group plc

Further to the announcement made on 19 November 2020 in relation to a possible offer for Mulberry Group plc ("Mulberry") by Frasers Group, Frasers Group confirms that it does not intend to make an offer under Rule 2.7 of the Code.

This is a statement to which Rule 2.8 of the Code applies.

For the purposes of Rule 2.8 of the Code, Frasers Group, and any person(s) acting in concert with it, reserve the right to make or participate in an offer or possible offer for Mulberry (and/or take any other action which would otherwise be restricted under Rule 2.8 of the Code) within 6 months of the date of this announcement:

   a)   with the agreement of the board of directors of Mulberry; 

b) following the announcement of a firm intention to make an offer for Mulberry by or on behalf of a third party;

c) following the announcement by Mulberry of a proposal for a "whitewash" (as referred to in Note 1 of the Notes on Dispensations from Rule 9 of the Code) or for a reverse takeover (as defined in the Code); or

d) where the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers has determined that there has been a material change of circumstances.

Further announcements will be made as appropriate.

The person responsible for arranging the release of this announcement on behalf of the Company is Tom Piper, Company Secretary of the Company.

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 Frasers Group plc 
  Tom Piper, Company            T. 0344 245 9200 
  Secretary                     E. [e-mail] 
  LEI: 213800JEGHHEAXIJDX34 
 

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