Delisting and re-admission

Newmark Security PLC 19 September 2002 NEWMARK SECURITY PLC ('NEWMARK') Completion of acquistion of Grosvenor Technology Limited, allotment of shares, delisting and admission of enlarged share capital to the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange plc ('AIM') The Board is pleased to announce that Newmark has today completed the acquisition of Grosvenor Technology Limited ('Grosvenor') following the all share offer by Newmark for Vema N.V. (the 'Offer') being declared unconditional on 17 September 2002. The Board is also pleased to announce that 71,644,829 ordinary shares of 1 pence each were today allotted to Vema N.V. ('Vema') global depository receipt ('GDR') holders, who have accepted the Offer, on the basis of 1.5 new Newmark shares for every GDR held. The acquisition of Grosvenor and the acquisition of the GDRs representing the Vema shares that Newmark does not already own, represent a reverse takeover as defined by the AIM rules. Newmark's existing 121,208,952 shares will be de-listed from AIM at the close of trading today. Application has been made for the admission of the enlarged share capital of 192,853,781 ordinary shares to trading on AIM at 8.00 am on Friday 20 September 2002. The Offer will remain open for acceptance until further notice. As at 3.00 pm on 17 September 2002, valid acceptances had been received in respect of 47,763,220 GDRs, representing, in aggregate, approximately 66.3 per cent. of the Vema shares not already owned by Newmark. The interests of the Newmark directors in the shares of the company (assuming full acceptance of the Offer) are as follows: Number of ordinary shares Percentage of issued share capital (assuming full acceptance) Maurice Dwek 15,075,000 6.6% Sasson Rajwan - - Brian Beecraft - - Alexander Reid 28,108,238 12.3% Michel Rapoport 9,555,000 4.2% This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange DCXDBGGDC
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