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RNS Number : 4400L
IP Group PLC
19 July 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.
19 July 2017
IP Group plc
("IP Group" or the "Company")
Publication of Prospectus and Circular and Notice of General
Meeting
Further to the offer for Touchstone Innovations plc announced on
20 June 2017 and the terms of the improved offer announced on 18
July 2017 (the "Offer"), IP Group announces that a circular and a
prospectus relating to the Offer (the "Circular" and the
"Prospectus") were approved by the UK Listing Authority
yesterday.
The following documents were posted to Shareholders
yesterday:
1. the Circular, including 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 11.00 a.m. on 10 August
2017; and
2. the Form of Proxy for use at the General Meeting.
The Circular and the Prospectus are available on the investor
relations section of the Company's website
www.ipgroupplc.com/investor-relations. Copies of the Circular and
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 publication until
Admission. Capitalised terms not otherwise defined in this
announcement shall have the meaning given to them in the
Circular.
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 (Lead Financial +44 (0) 20 7280
Adviser) 5000
Warner Mandel
Anton Black
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
Offer. Investors should not subscribe for or purchase any shares in
IP Group except on the basis of the information contained in the
Prospectus or which is incorporated by reference into the
Prospectus. The Prospectus will be made available on the investor
relations section of 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. IP Group 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
IP Group 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 Securities limited ("Numis"),
N.M. Rothschild & Sons Limited ("Rothschild") or any other
person to permit a public offering or distribution of this
announcement or any other offering or publicity materials or IP
Group 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, 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, or for providing advice in relation to the contents of this
announcement or any matters referred to herein. Numis is not
responsible for the contents of this announcement. Numis 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.
Rothschild, 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
Rothschild nor for providing advice in connection with the contents
of this announcement or any matters referred to herein. Rothschild
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.
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