Provisional Allotment Letters

RNS Number : 9520R

Informa PLC

08 May 2009

 



Informa plc 

8 May 2009

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS RESTRICTED AND IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN, INTO OR FROM THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN, THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, CANADA, OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION. PLEASE SEE THE IMPORTANT NOTICE AT THE END OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

Informa plc - 2 for 5 fully underwritten Rights Issue: posting of Provisional Allotment Letters

Further to Informa's earlier announcement confirming that Informa Shareholders had duly passed all resolutions proposed at Informa's Annual General Meeting, which was held today, Informa announces that Provisional Allotment Letters in respect of the Rights Issue are being posted to Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholders today. The latest time and date for acceptance, payment in full and registration of renunciation of Provisional Allotment Letters is 11.00 a.m. on 26 May 2009.

It is expected that the Company's existing ordinary shares are to be marked 'ex-rights' by the London Stock Exchange at 8.00 a.m. on 11 May 2009, when it is also expected admission of the Nil Paid Rights and the Fully Paid Rights to the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's market for listed securities will become effective and that dealings will commence in the Nil Paid Rights and the Fully Paid Rights.

Informa also announces that, following the issue of 117,082 Ordinary Shares to Peter Rigby, pursuant to an award made in 2006 under the LTIP, which was announced by Informa on 5 May 2009, the total number of New Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to the Rights Issue is 170,096,930.

Capitalised terms used but not defined in this announcement have the meaning given to them in the prospectus issued by the Company in connection with the Rights Issue dated 1 May 2009 (the 'Prospectus').

For further information please contact: Julie Wilson on 020 7017 5000.

The release, publication or distribution of this announcement in jurisdictions other than the United Kingdom may be restricted by law and therefore any persons who are subject to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United Kingdom should inform themselves about, and observe, any applicable requirements. This announcement has been prepared for the purposes of complying with English law 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 jurisdictions outside of England.

The securities to be issued in the Rights Issue have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 'Securities Act'), or under the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States and may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in compliance with state securities laws. There will be no public offer the securities to be issued in the Rights Issue in the United States.

This announcement does not constitute or form part of any offer or invitation to purchase, 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

This announcement is an advertisement and does not constitute a prospectus. Nothing in this announcement should be interpreted as a term or condition of the Rights Issue. Any decision to purchase, otherwise acquire, subscribe for, sell or otherwise dispose of any Nil Paid Rights, Fully Paid Rights and/or New Ordinary Shares must be made only on the basis of the information contained in and incorporated by reference into the Prospectus. Copies of the Prospectus are available from the Company's website at www.informa.com, provided that the Prospectus is not available (whether through the website or otherwise) to Shareholders in Excluded Territories or, subject to certain exceptions, in the United States.

 

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