Offer forDruck Holdings-Part2

General Electric Company 10 May 2002 General Electric Company 10 May, 2002 PART 2 APPENDIX I CONDITIONS AND CERTAIN FURTHER TERMS OF THE OFFERS The Offers, which will be made by JPMorgan on behalf of GEMST, will comply with the Rules and Regulations of the London Stock Exchange and the Code and will be governed by English law and subject to the jurisdiction of the Courts of England and will be subject to the terms and conditions set out below and the further terms to be set out in the Offer Document and the Forms of Acceptance. Conditions of the Ordinary Offer 1. The Ordinary Offer will be subject to the following conditions: (a) valid acceptances of the Ordinary Offer being received (and not, where permitted, withdrawn) by 3.00 p.m. (London time) on the First Closing Date (or such later time(s) and/or date(s) as GEMST may, subject to the rules of the Code, decide) in respect of not less than 90 per cent. (or such lesser percentage as GEMST may decide) in nominal value of the Druck Ordinary Shares to which the Ordinary Offer relates, provided that this condition will not be satisfied unless GEMST shall have acquired or agreed to acquire, directly or indirectly, whether pursuant to the Ordinary Offer or otherwise, Druck Shares carrying in aggregate more than 50 per cent. of the voting rights then normally exercisable at general meetings of Druck and provided further that this condition shall not be capable of being satisfied prior to the First Closing Date of the Ordinary Offer (which shall not be earlier than 21 days from the date that the Offer Document is posted). For the purposes of this condition: (i) Druck Ordinary Shares which have been unconditionally allotted shall to the extent (if any) required by the Panel be deemed to carry the voting rights they will carry upon their being entered in the register of members of Druck; (ii) the expression 'Druck Ordinary Shares to which the Ordinary Offer relates' shall be construed in accordance with sections 428 to 430F of the Companies Act 1985; and (iii) valid acceptances shall be treated as having been received in respect of any Druck Ordinary Shares which GEMST and/or its subsidiaries shall, pursuant to section 429(8) of the Companies Act, be treated as having acquired or contracted to acquire by virtue of acceptances of the Ordinary Offer; (b) valid acceptances being received (and not, where permitted, withdrawn) by not later than 3.00 p.m. on the First Closing Date of the 'A' Ordinary Offer (or such later time(s) and/or date(s) as GEMST may, subject to the rules of the Code, decide) in respect of not less than 90 per cent. (or such lower percentage as GEMST may decide) in nominal value of the Druck 'A' Ordinary Shares to which the 'A' Ordinary Offer relates. For the purposes of this condition: (i) the expression 'Druck 'A' Ordinary Shares to which the 'A' Ordinary Offer relates' shall be construed in accordance with sections 428 to 430F of the Companies Act 1985; and (ii) valid acceptances shall be treated as having been received in respect of any Druck 'A' Ordinary Shares which GEMST and/or its subsidiaries shall, pursuant to section 429(8) of the Companies Act, be treated as having acquired or contracted to acquire by virtue of acceptances of the 'A' Ordinary Offer; (c) it having been indicated, in terms reasonably satisfactory to GEMST, that it is not the intention of the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to refer the proposed acquisition of Druck by GEMST or any matter related thereto or arising therefrom to the Competition Commission; (d) all notifications, filings and applications which are necessary in the United States having been made and all applicable waiting periods (including any extensions thereof), (including under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (as amended) and the regulations thereunder) having expired, lapsed or been terminated (as appropriate) in each case in respect of the Offers and the acquisition of control of Druck by GEMST; (e) the passing at an Extraordinary General Meeting of Druck of a resolution to alter the Articles of Association of Druck so as to alter the restrictions on transfer of 'A' Ordinary Shares currently contained in Article 3.3 and the consent to or sanction of such resolution by holders of Druck 'A' Ordinary Shares in accordance with Article 4 of Druck's Articles of Association; (f) no relevant authority having, without the consent or agreement of GEMST prior to the date the Ordinary Offer becomes otherwise unconditional in all respects, decided to take, institute or implement, and there not continuing to be outstanding, any action, proceeding, suit, investigation, enquiry or reference, and no relevant authority having required any action to be taken or otherwise having done anything or having enacted, made or proposed any statute, regulation, decision or order in each case which would or would be reasonably likely to: (i) make the Ordinary Offer, its implementation or the acquisition by GEMST of any Druck Shares, or the proposed acquisition of control of any member of the Wider Druck Group void, unenforceable and/or illegal under the laws of any relevant jurisdiction or otherwise directly or indirectly in any material respect restrain, restrict, prohibit, delay or otherwise interfere with the implementation of, or impose additional conditions or obligations which are materially adverse with respect to, or otherwise challenge, interfere with or require amendment in any material respect of the Ordinary Offer or the 'A' Ordinary Offer, their implementation or the acquisition of any Druck Shares or the proposed acquisition of control of any member of the Wider Druck Group by any member of the Wider GE Group; (ii) require a divestiture by any member of the Wider GE Group of any of the shares in Druck or any member of the Wider Druck Group; (iii) require a divestiture by any member of the Wider GE Group or by any member of the Druck Group, in any such case, of all or any part of their respective businesses, assets or properties or impose any limitation on the ability of any of them to conduct all or any portion of their respective businesses (or any of them) or to own all or any portion of their respective assets or properties, which in any such case is material in the context of the Druck Group or the Wider GE Group, as the case may be and which, in the case of the Wider GE Group, arises as a result of the making of the Offers; (iv) impose any material limitation on, or result in a material delay in, the ability of any member of the Wider GE Group to acquire or to hold or to exercise effectively, directly or indirectly, all or any rights of ownership in respect of shares of other securities (or the equivalent) in any member of the Wider Druck Group or on the ability of any such member to hold or exercise effectively any rights of ownership of shares or other securities in or to exercise management control over any member of the Wider Druck Group; (v) save pursuant to the Ordinary Offer or 'A' Ordinary Offer or Part XIIIA of the Companies Act, require any member of the Wider GE Group or of the Wider Druck Group (in the case of the Wider GE Group as a result of the making of the Offers) to acquire, or offer to acquire, any shares or other securities (or the equivalent) in any member of the Wider Druck Group or any undertaking owned by any third party or to sell, or to offer to sell, any shares or other securities (or the equivalent) in or any undertaking owned by any member of the Wider Druck Group or the Wider GE Group; (vi) result in any member of the Wider Druck Group or the Wider GE Group ceasing to be able to carry on business under any name which it presently does so where such cessation would have a material adverse effect on the Wider GE Group or the Wider Druck Group (as the case may be) taken as a whole and, in the case of the Wider GE Group, where the requirement for such cessation arises as a result of the making of the Offers; or (vii) otherwise (and in the case of the Wider GE Group, as a result of the making of the Offers) affect adversely any or all of the business, assets or profits of any member of the Wider GE Group or any member of the Wider Druck Group in any way which would be material in the context of the Wider GE Group or the Wider Druck Group (as the case may be) taken as a whole, and all applicable waiting and other time periods (including any extension thereof) during which any relevant authority could decide to take, institute, implement or threaten any such action, proceeding, suit, investigation, enquiry or reference or any other step under the laws of any jurisdiction having expired, lapsed or been terminated; (g) all notifications, filings and applications, including such notifications, filings and applications as may be required to national or supranational merger authorities, having been made and all applicable waiting and other time periods (including any extensions thereof) under any applicable legislation and regulations in any jurisdiction having expired, lapsed or been terminated in each case as may be necessary in connection with the Ordinary Offer and the 'A' Ordinary Offer or their implementation or the acquisition by any member of the Wider GE Group of any shares or other securities (or the equivalent) in, or control of, Druck or any member of the Wider Druck Group and all authorisations and determinations necessary in any jurisdiction for or in respect of the Ordinary Offer and the 'A' Ordinary Offer or their implementation or the acquisition or the proposed acquisition of any shares or other securities (or the equivalent) in, or control of, Druck or any member of the Wider Druck Group by any member of the Wider GE Group having been obtained on terms and in a form reasonably satisfactory to GEMST from all relevant authorities and all such authorisations and determinations remaining in full force and effect and there being no notice or intimation of an intention to revoke, suspend, restrict, modify or not to renew such authorisations and determinations at the time at which the Ordinary Offer becomes or is declared otherwise wholly unconditional, provided that such authorisations and determinations shall not impose any material conditions or require the taking or refraining from taking of any material action by any member of the Wider GE Group or any member of the Wider Druck Group; (h) except as disclosed in writing by Druck to GEMST prior to 10 May 2002 or as specifically disclosed in the Druck Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2001 or the Druck Interim Results, there being no provision of any arrangement, agreement, licence, permit, lease, franchise or other instrument to which any member of the Wider Druck Group is a party or by or to which any such member or any of its respective assets is or may be bound, entitled or be subject which, as a consequence of the Ordinary Offer and the 'A' Ordinary Offer or the acquisition or the proposed acquisition by any member of the GE Group of any shares or other securities (or the equivalent) in Druck or because of a change in the control of any member of the Druck Group, would or might reasonably be expected to result in: (i) any material amount of monies borrowed by, or any other material indebtedness, actual or contingent, of or any material grant available to any member of the Wider Druck Group being or becoming repayable, or capable of being declared repayable immediately or prior to its or their stated maturity or repayment date, or the ability of any such member to borrow any material amount of monies or incur any material indebtedness being or becoming capable of being withdrawn or inhibited; (ii) the rights, liabilities, obligations, interests or business of any member of the Wider Druck Group under any such arrangement, agreement, licence, permit, lease, franchise or instrument being or becoming capable of being terminated or adversely modified or affected in any material respect or any onerous obligation or any liability arising or any adverse action being taken thereunder which in any such case is material in the context of the Wider Druck Group taken as a whole; (iii) any member of the Wider Druck Group ceasing to be able to carry on any business which is material to the Wider Druck Group under any name under which it presently does so; (iv) any material asset, property or interest of, or any material asset the use of which is enjoyed by, any member of the Wider Druck Group being or falling to be disposed of or charged in any manner howsoever or any right arising under which any such asset or interest could be required to be disposed of or charged, in each such case other than in the ordinary course of business; (v) the creation or enforcement of any mortgage, charge or other security interest over the whole or any material part of the business, property or assets of any member of the Wider Druck Group or any such mortgage, charge or other security interest (whether existing or having arisen) becoming enforceable or being enforced; (vi) the respective financial or trading position or prospects of any member of the Wider Druck Group being prejudiced or adversely affected in a manner which is material in the context of the Druck Group taken as a whole; (vii) the creation or assumption of any liability (actual or contingent) by any member of the Wider Druck Group which liability is outside the ordinary course of business and is material in the context of the Wider Druck Group taken as a whole; or (viii) any member of the Wider Druck Group being required to acquire or repay any shares for a material value in and/or material indebtedness of any member of the Wider Druck Group owned by any third party; (i) no member of the Wider Druck Group having since 30 September 2001 (being the date to which the Druck Interim Results were made up), except as disclosed in the Druck Interim Results or as publicly announced through an approved primary information provider (within the meaning of Schedule 12 to the Listing Rules; PIP) or the Company's Announcements Office of the London Stock Exchange or save as disclosed in writing by Druck to GEMST prior to 10 May 2002: (i) issued or agreed to issue or authorised or proposed the issue of additional shares of any class, or securities convertible into, or exchangeable for, or rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or acquire, any such shares or convertible securities (save as between Druck and wholly-owned subsidiaries of Druck and save for the issue of Druck Shares on the exercise of options granted under the Druck Share Option Schemes before 10 May 2002 in the ordinary course); (ii) recommended, declared, paid or made or proposed to recommend, declare, pay or make any bonus in respect of shares, dividend or other distribution whether payable in cash or otherwise (other than to Druck or one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries) apart from the Proposed Dividend; (iii) (save for transactions between members of the Druck Group) made any change in its loan capital or effected or implemented any merger or demerger or, other than in the ordinary course of business, acquired, disposed of, transferred, mortgaged, charged or granted security over any body corporate, partnership or business or any asset or any right, title or interest in any asset (including shares and trade investments) or authorised, proposed or announced any intention to do so other than in the ordinary course of business; (iv) issued, authorised or proposed the issue of any debentures or (save for transactions between members of the Druck Group or transactions carried out by members of the Druck Group in the ordinary course of business) incurred or increased any indebtedness or become subject to any contingent liability which in any case is material in the context of the Wider Druck Group taken as a whole; (v) entered into or varied or announced its intention to enter into or vary any contract, transaction, arrangement or commitment (whether in respect of capital expenditure or otherwise) which is of a loss-making, long term or unusual nature or magnitude, or which involves or could reasonably be expected to involve an obligation of such a nature or magnitude and which is other than in the ordinary course of business and which is material in the context of the Wider Druck Group; (vi) other than as agreed with GEMST, entered into or varied or made any offer (which remains open for acceptance) to enter into or change the terms of any contract, service agreement or arrangement with any director of Druck; (vii) implemented, effected or authorised, proposed or announced its intention to implement, effect, authorise or propose any reconstruction, amalgamation, or scheme or other transaction, commitment, arrangement or contract which would be materially restrictive on the business of the Wider Druck Group or the Wider GE Group taken as a whole; (viii) purchased, redeemed or repaid or proposed the purchase, redemption or repayment of any of its own shares or other securities (or the equivalent) or reduced or made any other change to any part of its share capital save for any issue of Druck Shares pursuant to the Druck Share Schemes; (ix) waived or compromised any claim other than in the ordinary course of business and where such claim is material to the Wider Druck Group; (x) made any alteration to its memorandum or articles of association or other constitutional documents, save as described in 1(e) above; (xi) taken or proposed any corporate action or had any legal proceedings instituted or threatened against it for its winding-up (voluntary or otherwise), dissolution, reorganisation or for the appointment of any administrator, receiver, administrative receiver, trustee or similar officer of all or any of its assets or revenues; (xii) been unable, or admitted in writing that it is unable, to pay its debts or having stopped or suspended (or threatened to stop or suspend) payment of its debts generally or ceased or threatened to cease carrying on all or a substantial part of its business; (xiii) entered into any contract, commitment or agreement or passed any resolution or made any offer (which remains open for acceptance) with respect to, or authorised or announced any intention to effect or propose, any of the transactions, matters or events referred to in this condition; (xiv) made or agreed or consented to any significant change to the terms of the trust deeds constituting the pension schemes established for its directors, employees or their dependants or to the benefits which accrue, or to the pensions which are payable, thereunder, or to the basis on which qualification for, or accrual or entitlement to, such benefits or pensions are calculated or determined or to the basis upon which the liabilities (including pensions) of such pension schemes are funded or made, or agreed or consented to any change to the trustees including the appointment of a trust corporation; (xv) terminated any agreement between any member of the Wider Druck Group and any other person which is or was material in the context of the Wider Druck Group taken as a whole; or (xvi) proposed, agreed to provide or modified the terms of any share option scheme, incentive scheme or other group benefit relating to the employment or termination of employment of any person employed by the Wider Druck Group, in any case in a manner which is material in the context of the Wider Druck Group; (j) since 30 September 2001, except as specifically disclosed in the Druck Interim Results or otherwise publicly announced through a PIP or the Company's Announcements Office of the London Stock Exchange or as disclosed in writing to GEMST prior to 10 May 2002: (i) there having been no receiver, administrative receiver or other encumbrancer appointed over the assets of any member of the Wider Druck Group or any analogous proceedings or steps having taken place under the laws of any jurisdiction; (ii) there having been no adverse change in the business, financial or trading position or profits or prospects of any member of the Wider Druck Group which is material in the context of the Wider Druck Group taken as a whole; (iii) no litigation, arbitration proceedings, prosecution or other legal proceedings having been announced or instituted by or against or remaining outstanding against any member of the Wider Druck Group or to which any member of the Wider Druck Group is or may become a party (whether as plaintiff or claimant or defendant or otherwise) which is material in the context of the Wider Druck Group taken as a whole and no enquiry or investigation by or complaint or reference to any relevant authority having been threatened, announced or instituted or remaining outstanding, against or in respect of any member of the Wider Druck Group which is material in the context of the Wider Druck Group taken as a whole; (iv) no contingent or other liability having arisen which would be reasonably likely to adversely affect the business, financial or trading position or profits or prospects of any member of the Wider Druck Group and which is outside the ordinary course of business and is material in the context of the Wider Druck Group taken as a whole; or (v) no material claim being made under the insurance of any member of the Wider Druck Group; (k) GEMST not having discovered that: (i) any financial, business or other information concerning the Wider Druck Group publicly disclosed or disclosed to or on behalf of any member of the Wider GE Group at any time between 8 April and 10 May 2002 by or on behalf of any member of the Wider Druck Group is misleading, contains a misrepresentation of fact or omits to state a fact necessary to make the information contained therein not misleading to an extent which is in any such case material in the context of the Wider Druck Group; (ii) any present member of the Wider Druck Group is subject to any liability, contingent or otherwise, which is not disclosed in the Druck Interim Results and which is outside the ordinary course of business and is material in the context of the Wider Druck Group; (l) GEMST not having discovered that: (i) there has been an emission, disposal, discharge, deposit, spillage or leak of waste or hazardous or harmful substances on or about or from any property now or previously owned, occupied or made use of by any past or present member of the Wider Druck Group which would be likely to give rise to any liability (whether actual or contingent) or cost on the part of any member of the Wider Druck Group which is material in the context of the Wider Druck Group; (ii) circumstances exist whereby a person or class of persons would be likely to have any claim or claims in respect of any process of manufacture or materials used therein now or previously by any past or present member of the Wider Druck Group which is material in context of the Wider Druck Group. For the purposes of these conditions: 'authorisations' means authorisations, orders, grants, recognitions, certifications, confirmations, consents, licences, clearances, exemptions, permissions and approvals; 'relevant authority' means any government, government department or governmental, quasi-governmental, supranational, statutory, regulatory or investigative body, court, stock exchange or environmental body; 'Wider Druck Group' means Druck and its subsidiary undertakings, associated undertakings and any other undertaking or partnership or company in which Druck and such undertakings (aggregating their interests) have a substantial interest; and 'Wider GE Group' means GE and its subsidiary undertakings, associated undertakings and any other undertaking or partnership or company in which GE and such undertakings (aggregating their interests) have a substantial interest and, for the purposes of this paragraph and the paragraph relating to 'Wider Druck Group' above, 'subsidiary undertaking', 'associated undertakings', 'holding company' and 'undertaking' have the meanings given by the Companies Act (but for this purpose ignoring paragraph 20(1)(b) of Schedule 4A of the Companies Act) and 'substantial interest' means a direct or indirect interest in 20 per cent. or more of the equity share capital (as defined in that Act) of any undertaking. For the purposes of conditions h(i), (iv), (v) and (viii) and j(v): 'material' shall be construed as being material in the context of the Wider Druck Group or the Wider GE Group (as the case may be). GEMST reserves the right (but shall be under no obligation) to waive all or any of conditions (c), (d), (f) to (l) inclusive, in whole or in part. GEMST reserves the right, subject to the consent of the Panel, to extend the time allowed under the Code for satisfaction of conditions (a) and (b) until such time as conditions (c) to (l) inclusive have been satisfied, fulfilled or waived. GEMST shall be under no obligation to waive, to determine to be or treat as fulfilled any of conditions (c) to (l) inclusive by a date earlier than the date specified above for the fulfilment thereof notwithstanding that the other conditions of the Ordinary Offer may at such earlier date have been waived or fulfilled and that there are at such earlier date no circumstances indicating that any of such conditions may not be capable of fulfilment. If GEMST is required by the Panel to make an offer for Druck Ordinary Shares or Druck 'A' Ordinary Shares under the provisions of Rule 9 of the Code, GEMST may make such alterations to the above conditions of the Offer, including conditions (a) and (b), as are necessary to comply with the provisions of that Rule. 2. Except with the consent of the Panel, the Ordinary Offer will lapse if it (or any matter arising therefrom) is referred to the Competition Commission before the later of 3.00 p.m. on the First Closing Date and the date on which the Offer become(s) or is declared unconditional as to acceptances. The Ordinary Offer will lapse unless all the conditions have been fulfilled or (if capable of being waived) waived or, where appropriate, have been determined by GEMST to be or remain satisfied by no later than 3.00 p.m. on the day falling 21 days after the latest of the First Closing Date and the date on which the Ordinary Offer becomes or is declared unconditional as to acceptances or such later date as the Panel may agree. If the Ordinary Offer lapses the Ordinary Offer will cease to be capable of further acceptance and persons accepting the Ordinary Offer and GEMST will cease to be bound by Forms of Acceptance submitted on or before the time when the Ordinary Offer lapses. 3. The Druck Shares, which are the subject of the Ordinary Offer and the 'A' Ordinary Offer, will be acquired fully paid and free from all liens, charges, equities, equitable interests, encumbrances, rights of pre-emption or other third party rights of any nature and together with all rights attaching thereto, including the right to receive all dividends and other distributions declared, paid or made after 10 May 2002 apart from the Proposed Dividend. Condition of the 'A' Ordinary Offer The 'A' Ordinary Offer will be conditional upon the Ordinary Offer becoming or being declared unconditional in all respects and, if the Ordinary Offer lapses, will lapse at the same time and GEMST and persons accepting the 'A' Ordinary Offer will cease to be bound by Forms of Acceptance submitted on or before the time when the 'A' Ordinary Offer thereby lapses. APPENDIX II FINANCIAL EFFECTS OF ACCEPTANCE OF THE OFFERS The following table shows, for illustrative purposes only, and on the bases and assumptions set out in the notes below, the financial effects of acceptance of the Offers on capital value and investment income for an accepting holder of one Druck Ordinary or 'A' Ordinary Share on the Offers becoming or being declared wholly unconditional: a. Increase in capital value under the terms of the Offers Notes Capital Value (p) Value of one Druck Share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..(i) 300 Cash consideration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 350 Increase in capital value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Percentage increase in capital value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 16.7% b. Increase in investment income under the terms of the Offers Notes Gross Income (p) Investment income from re-investment of cash consideration . . . . . . . . . . (ii) 18.3 Gross dividend income on one Druck Share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (iii) 2.8 Increase in income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15.5 Percentage increase in investment income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553.6% Notes: (i) The value of a Druck Share is based on the Closing Price on 8 May, 2002 (the last business day prior to the movement in the price of the Druck Ordinary Shares which led to an announcement on 9 May 2002 that Druck was in talks that might lead to an offer for the company). (ii) The gross income from the cash consideration has been calculated on the assumption that the cash is re-invested so as to yield 5.23 per cent. per annum, being the FTSE Actuaries Government Securities Index gross redemption yield for UK gilts of maturities of up to five years as published in the Financial Times on 9 May 2002 (the latest date prior to publication of this announcement). (iii) The gross dividend income on one Druck Share is based on the special interim dividend of 2 pence and an interim dividend of 0.8 pence paid for the six months ended 30 September 2001. (iv) No account has been taken of any potential liability to taxation. APPENDIX III BASES AND SOURCES OF INFORMATION Save as otherwise set out in this announcement, the following constitute the bases and sources of information referred to in this document. Information on Druck Unless otherwise stated, financial information relating to Druck has been extracted from the audited consolidated results for the year ended 31 March 2001. Value of the Offers References to the value of the Offers for the whole of the issued and to be issued ordinary share capital and 'A' ordinary share capital of Druck assume the number of Druck Shares currently in issue to be 65,486,242. APPENDIX IV DEFINITIONS The following definitions apply throughout this announcement, unless the context requires otherwise: 'A' Ordinary Offer' the recommended offer to be made by JPMorgan on behalf of GEMST to acquire all of the Druck 'A' Ordinary Shares on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in this document and the further terms which will be incorporated in the Offer Document and the Forms of Acceptance including, where the context so requires, any subsequent revision, variation, extension or renewal of such offer 'Closing Price' the closing middle market quotation of a Druck Ordinary Share as derived from the Daily Official List of the London Stock Exchange 'Code' The City Code on Takeovers and Mergers 'Companies Act' the Companies Act 1985 (as amended) 'Directors of Druck' the directors of Druck 'Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein' Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Limited 'Druck' or 'the Company' Druck Holdings p.l.c. 'Druck 'A' Ordinary Share(s)' the existing unconditionally allotted or issued and fully paid 'A' Ordinary shares of 5 pence each in Druck and any further such shares which are unconditionally allotted or issued while the 'A' Ordinary Offer remains open for acceptance (or, subject to the provisions of the Code, such earlier date as GEMST may decide) upon the exercise of any options or otherwise 'Druck Annual Report and Accounts' the audited annual consolidated financial statements of the Druck Group for the financial year ended 31 March 2001, together with all reports, notes and statements required by law or in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Practice in the UK to be attached to such statements 'Druck Board' the board of directors of Druck 'Druck Group' Druck and its subsidiary undertakings 'Druck Interim Results' the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Druck Group for the six-month period ended 30 September 2001 'Druck Ordinary Share(s)' the existing unconditionally allotted or issued and fully paid ordinary shares of 5 pence each in Druck and any further such shares which are unconditionally allotted or issued while the Ordinary Offer remains open for acceptance (or, subject to the provisions of the Code, such earlier date as GEMST may decide) upon the exercise of any options or conversion rights or otherwise (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any such shares which arise or are allotted or issued upon the conversion of Druck 'A' Ordinary Shares) 'Druck Shareholder(s)' holders of Druck Shares 'Druck Share Schemes' the Druck 1994 Executive Share Option Scheme, the Druck Non-Approved Executive Share Option Scheme and the Druck Group Profit Sharing Scheme 'Druck Shares' the Druck 'A' Ordinary Shares and the Druck Ordinary Shares 'First Closing Date' the day falling 21 days after the date on which the Offer Document is posted 'Forms of Acceptance' the blue form of acceptance, election and authority relating to the Ordinary Offer and the pink form of acceptance, election and authority relating to the 'A' Ordinary Offer which will accompany the Offer Document 'GE' or 'General Electric' General Electric Company 'GE Group' GE and its subsidiary undertakings 'GEMST' GE Measurement & Sensing Technologies Holdings, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of GE incorporated in Delaware 'GE Industrial Systems' a division of GE 'JPMorgan' JP Morgan plc 'Listing Rules' the rules and regulations made by the Financial Services Authority in its capacity as the UK Listing Authority under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, and contained in the UK Listing Authority's publication of the same name 'London Stock Exchange' London Stock Exchange plc 'Ordinary Offer' the recommended offer to be made by JPMorgan on behalf of GEMST to acquire all of the Druck Ordinary Shares (other than any already owned by any member of the wider GE Group) on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in this document and the further terms which will be incorporated in the Offer Document and the Forms of Acceptance and, any subsequent revision, variation, extension or renewal thereof 'Offer Document' the document to be sent to Druck Shareholders which will contain the Offers 'Offers' the 'A' Ordinary Offer and the Ordinary Offer 'Panel' the Panel on Takeover and Mergers 'Proposed Dividend' a special interim dividend of 2 pence per Druck Share proposed to be paid to the Druck Shareholders on the register of members of Druck at the close of business on the day immediately preceding the date on which the Offers become or are declared unconditional in all respects 'UK' or 'United Kingdom' the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 'UKLA' UK Listing Authority 'US' or 'United States' the United States of America, its territories and possessions, any state of the United States of America and the District of Columbia and all other territories subject to its jurisdiction 'US Persons' has the meaning given in Regulation S under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended All references to legislation in this document are to English legislation unless the contrary is indicated. Any reference to any provision of any legislation shall include any amendment, modification, re-enactment or extension thereof. Words importing the singular shall include the plural and vice versa, and words importing the masculine gender shall include the feminine or neutral gender. For the purposes of this document, 'subsidiary', 'subsidiary undertaking', 'undertaking' and 'associated undertaking' have the respective meanings under the Companies Act. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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