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IP Group PLC
23 May 2017
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN IT IS NOT FOR
RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY
OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND,
THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA OR THE UNITED STATES OR INTO ANY OTHER
JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO MIGHT CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OR BREACH
OF ANY APPLICABLE LAW. PLEASE SEE THE IMPORTANT NOTICE AT THE END
OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, WHICH DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A PROSPECTUS OR
DOCUMENT EQUIVALENT TO A PROSPECTUS, IS NOT AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE
SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY ANY SECURITIES AND NEITHER THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT NOR ANYTHING HEREIN FORMS THE BASIS FOR ANY CONTRACT
OR COMMITMENT WHATSOEVER. SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN
THE UNITED STATES ABSENT REGISTRATION OR AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION AND THE SECURITIES DESCRIBED HEREIN WILL BE SOLD IN
ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
23 May 2017
IP Group plc
("IP Group" or the "Company")
Publication of Prospectus and Notice of General Meeting
Further to the announcements made earlier today, IP Group
announces that a prospectus relating to the Capital Raising (the
"Prospectus") was approved by the UK Listing Authority (the "UKLA")
earlier today.
The following documents are expected to be posted to Qualifying
Shareholders today:
1. the Prospectus, including the Subscription Form and the
Notice of General Meeting of the Company to be held at the office
of the Company at The Walbrook Building, 25 Walbrook, London, EC4N
8AF at 10.00 a.m. on 8 June 2017;
2. the Form of Proxy for use at the General Meeting; and
3. the Application Form for use by Qualifying Shareholders whose
Shares are in certificated form (as appropriate).
The Prospectus will shortly be made available on the Company's
website www.ipgroupplc.com/investor-relations. Copies of the
Prospectus will be available from the registered office of the
Company at The Walbrook Building, 25 Walbrook, London, EC4N 8AF and
at the offices of Pinsent Masons LLP, 30 Crown Place, London EC2A
4ES, during usual business hours on any day (except Saturdays,
Sundays and public holidays) from the date of its publication until
Admission. Capitalised terms not otherwise defined in this
announcement shall have the meaning given to them in the
Prospectus.
A copy of the Prospectus will also be submitted to the National
Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at:
http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.
Enquiries:
IP Group plc
Alan Aubrey, Chief Executive
Officer +44 (0) 20 7444 0050
Greg Smith, Chief Financial
Officer +44 (0) 20 7444 0070
+44 (0) 20 7444 0062/+44
Liz Vaughan-Adams, Communications (0) 7979 853802
Numis Securities Limited
(Sponsor, Broker and Joint +44(0) 20 7260
Financial Adviser) 1000
Michael Meade
James Black
Freddie Barnfield
Rothschild (Joint Financial +44 (0) 20 7280
Adviser) 5000
Warner Mandel
Anton Black
Peter Nicklin
Noel Monro
Charlotte Street Partners
Andrew Wilson +44 (0) 7810 636995
Martha Walsh +44 (0) 7876 245962
IMPORTANT NOTICE
This announcement is an advertisement and does not constitute a
prospectus or prospectus equivalent document. Nothing in this
announcement should be interpreted as a term or condition of the
Open Offer or the Offer for Subscription. Investors should not
subscribe for or purchase any shares in the Open Offer or the Offer
for Subscription except on the basis of the information contained
in the Prospectus to be published shortly or which is incorporated
by reference into the Prospectus. The Prospectus, when published,
will be made available on the Company's website
(www.ipgroupplc.com/investor-relations) and will be available for
inspection at: http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.
This announcement does not constitute or form part of any offer
or invitation to purchase, or otherwise acquire, subscribe for,
sell, otherwise dispose of or issue, or any solicitation of any
offer to sell, otherwise dispose of, issue, purchase, otherwise
acquire or subscribe for, any security in the capital of the
Company in any jurisdiction.
The information contained in this announcement is not for
release, publication or distribution to persons in the United
States, Canada, Australia, Japan, New Zealand or the Republic of
South Africa or in any jurisdiction where to do so would breach any
applicable law. The Capital Raising Shares have not been and will
not be registered under the securities laws of such jurisdictions
and may not be offered, sold, taken up, exercised, resold,
renounced, transferred or delivered, directly or indirectly, within
such jurisdictions except pursuant to an exemption from and in
compliance with any applicable securities laws. No public offer of
the Capital Raising Shares is being made by virtue of this
announcement into Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, the
Republic of South Africa or the United States or any other
jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom in which such offer would
be lawful. No action has been or will be taken by the Company,
Numis or any other person to permit a public offering or
distribution of this announcement or any other offering or
publicity materials or the Capital Raising Shares in any
jurisdiction where action for that purpose may be required, other
than in the United Kingdom.
This announcement is not for publication or distribution,
directly or indirectly, in or into the United States of America.
This announcement is not an offer of securities for sale into the
United States. The securities referred to herein have not been and
will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 as
amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States,
except pursuant to an applicable exemption from registration. No
public offering of securities is being made in the United
States.
This announcement has been issued by and is the sole
responsibility of the Company.
Numis Securities Limited, which is authorised and regulated in
the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority, is acting
for IP Group plc and for no-one else in connection with the
contents of this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone
other than IP Group plc for providing the protections afforded to
clients of Numis Securities Limited, or for providing advice in
relation to the contents of this announcement or any matters
referred to herein. Numis Securities Limited is not responsible for
the contents of this announcement. Numis Securities Limited has
given and not withdrawn its written consent to the issue of this
announcement with the inclusion of the reference to its name in the
form and context in which it is included.
N M Rothschild & Sons Limited, which is authorised and
regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the United Kingdom,
is acting for IP Group Plc and no-one else in connection with the
contents of this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone
other than IP Group Plc for providing the protections afforded to
clients of N M Rothschild & Sons Limited nor for providing
advice in connection with the contents of this announcement or any
matters referred to herein. N M Rothschild & Sons Limited is
not responsible for the contents of this announcement.
This announcement has been prepared for the purposes of
complying with the applicable law and regulation of the United
Kingdom and the information disclosed may not be the same as that
which would have been disclosed if this announcement had been
prepared in accordance with the laws and regulations of any
jurisdiction outside of the United Kingdom.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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