EC Clearance and Return of Capital Update

RNS Number : 7976J

Melrose Industries PLC

21 December 2015

MELROSE INDUSTRIES PLC

European Commission Clearance and Return of Capital Update

Melrose Industries PLC ("Melrose") is pleased to announce that the European Commission has granted clearance for the acquisition of Elster by Honeywell International Inc. All other required regulatory approvals have been obtained. The transaction is expected to complete within several days.

Following completion, Melrose intends to return approximately £2.4 billion in cash to its shareholders, which is equivalent to 240 pence per existing ordinary share in Melrose, and to carry out a share capital consolidation to ensure, as far as possible, that the market price of an ordinary share remains approximately the same before and after the proposed return of capital. Details relating to the return of capital, including the amount being returned and an expected timetable of principal events, will be announced in due course following completion of the Elster disposal.

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