Publication of Prospectus

RNS Number : 3812F

FirstGroup PLC

23 May 2013

 



NOT FOR PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, JAPAN OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. OTHER RESTRICTIONS ARE APPLICABLE.

23 May 2013

Further to the announcement by FirstGroup plc (the "Company") on Monday 20 May 2013 relating to the Rights Issue, the Company announces that the Prospectus in respect of the proposed Rights Issue was approved yesterday by the UK Listing Authority (the "UKLA") and has been published on the Company's website at www.firstgroup.comwww.firstgroup.com. The Prospectus, which contains a notice convening a General Meeting to be held at 11.00 a.m. on 10 June 2013, will be posted to shareholders today.

A copy of the Prospectus has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

Copies of the Prospectus will also be available at the Company's registered office at 395 King Street, Aberdeen AB24 5RP.

All capitalised terms in this announcement have the meaning given to them in the announcement made by the Company at 7 a.m. on 20 May 2013 unless otherwise defined herein.

For further information, please contact:

FirstGroup plc Tim O'Toole, Chief Executive                                                                                    [phone] Chris Surch, Group Finance Director                                                                       Rachael Borthwick, Group Corporate Communications Director                       Goldman Sachs International Joint Sponsor, Joint Global Coordinator, Joint Bookrunner, Joint Corporate Broker Anthony Gutman                                                                                                            [phone] Phil Raper                                                                                                                          Eduard van Wyk                                                                                                                J.P. Morgan Cazenove Joint Sponsor, Joint Global Coordinator, Joint Bookrunner, Joint Corporate Broker Malcolm Moir                                                                                                                 [phone] Jonathan Wilcox                                                                                                            Guy Marks                                                                                                                       BofA Merrill Lynch Joint Bookrunner Rupert Hume-Kendall                                                                                                   [phone] Oliver Holbourn                                                                                                                  Daniel Burton-Morgan

This announcement is not an offer of securities for sale in the United States or any other jurisdiction. The securities of the Company have not been, and will not be, registered under the US Securities Act of 1933 or under the applicable securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States. No securities of the Company will be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration and in compliance with state securities laws. No public offer of securities of the Company is being made in the United States.  

 

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