Acquisition & Placing New Shs

ING UK Real Estate Income Trust Ltd 08 November 2006 THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ING UK Real Estate Income Trust Limited announces purchase of properties and placing of new shares (London, 8 November 2006) - ING UK Real Estate Income Trust (the 'Company') announces the agreement to purchase a portfolio of eight properties (the 'Purchase') and a placing for cash of up to 14,814,815 new ordinary shares (the 'Placing'). Background ING UK Real Estate Income Trust is a closed ended Guernsey Registered Investment Company, launched on the London and Channel Island Stock Exchanges on the 25 October 2005. It has approximately 800 investors. The Company's objective is to provide shareholders with an attractive level of income together with the potential for capital growth, by investing both indirectly and directly in the five main commercial property sectors namely office, retail, retail warehouse, industrial and leisure. The Company currently owns 56 properties with the following sector weightings; office 42.2 per cent., industrial 23.8 per cent., retail 20.7 per cent., retail warehouse 9.0 per cent. and leisure 4.4 per cent. From the Company's initial public offering in October 2005 to 30 September 2006, the underlying NAV per share has grown by 24.2 per cent and the share price has risen by 20.4 per cent. In addition the Company has paid a dividend equivalent to 6.25 pence per share per annum. ING Real Estate Investment Management (the 'Investment Manager') continues to manage the portfolio and to date has undertaken a number of active management initiatives which have enhanced both income and capital. Two property disposals have been made since launch, both significantly ahead of book value, and the Company has acquired three new assets in the office and industrial sectors which the Investment Manager believes offer good performance potential. The Investment Manager is actively seeking to dispose of smaller assets as well as lower income producing assets in the retail sector where capital growth prospects are, it believes, limited. An opportunity to acquire a complementary portfolio has been secured by the Investment Manager on behalf of the Company. The Board has concluded the acquisition and growth of the Company is in the interests of all shareholders and that it is appropriate to raise additional equity capital for the Company in order to part finance this expansion and diversification of the Company's asset base. Rationale for the Placing The primary rationale for the fundraising is anticipated long term returns for Shareholders. • The Investment Manager wishes to retain the large majority of the current portfolio and to expand the portion of it that is allocated to the South East of England office and industrial sectors. • The Investment Manager considers that by increasing the exposure of the Company's investment portfolio towards these markets in particular will improve anticipated returns, rental growth prospects and provide additional active management opportunities, which will offer net asset value growth for Shareholders. • The enlargement of the Company's investment portfolio will be financed through additional borrowing and an issue of additional equity. • Following the acquisition the level of gearing will rise from its present level of 39.2 per cent up to 45.6 per cent, depending on the size of the offering, at a time when it is expected to continue to contribute positively to the Company's performance. The additional debt used to finance the acquisition will complement the existing securitised debt. • The Board expects that the acquisition of these properties will initially have a broadly neutral impact on earnings but will subsequently lead to enhanced income and capital growth. • Broadening the spread of assets and tenants will further increase the diversity of the portfolio • In accordance with the Company's articles of association the Placing shares are being issued at a price of 121.5p per share, equivalent to the Company's net asset value as at 30 September 2006 after deducting the dividend declared on 2 November for which the Placing shares will not rank. Existing ordinary shareholders, therefore, will not be disadvantaged by the issue of further equity. The Purchase The portfolio will be acquired for £125.5 million in cash. The portfolio comprises three office investments, three retail investments, a single let distribution unit and a multi-let industrial estate. The total rent attributable to the portfolio is £7.2m per annum representing a net initial yield to the Company of 5.7 per cent. The Purchase will be effected by the acquisition of four Jersey Property Unit Trusts (the 'JPUTs') from Nivian Unit Trustees Limited (in its capacity as trustee of the Merbrook Unit Trust) and Merbrook Unit Trust Investors, LLC, which is managed by Merbrook Unit Trust Managers Limited, and is expected to occur during the first week of December 2006. Further details on the properties are included below Address Principal Description / Age Term of Main Tenancies Estimated Use / Tenure Current Net Annual Rent Receivable from Tenant L'Avenir Office A three storey Let to Cadence Design £972,000 Opladen office building Systems Ltd for a term Way, totalling 41,332 expiring on 23/06/17. Bracknell sq ft (3,840 sq m) benefiting from 182 car spaces. Built circa 1990. The property is held freehold. 53 /55 / 57 Retail A four storey Unit 53 and 57 let to £578,906 Broadmead, corner terrace New Look Retailers Ltd Bristol retail building for terms expiring on comprising of 3 28/09/18 and 24/10/09 units totalling respectively. Unit 57 15,754 sq ft let to Phones 4U Ltd for (1,463 sq m). a term expiring Built in the 24/12/09. 1950s. The property is held on three 125 yr leases from 25/12/84 18-24 Retail A retail and The property is let to £718,900 English leisure Building 15 occupational tenants Street, totalling 103,622 including Top Shop/ Top 50-54 Castle sq ft. (9,627 sq Man properties Ltd, Street m) consisting of Crown Mitre (Carlisle) 12-21 St 13 retail units, Ltd, C & J Clarke Cuthberts 1 office unit and international Ltd and Lane, Crown & a 94 bedroom Spec Savers Optical Mitre, Carlisle hotel. Superstores Ltd for Built circa 1900 terms expiring between The property is 25/03/08 and 1/06/31 held freehold. Sentinal Office A two storey Let to BT £680,000 House, Ancells office building Telecommunications Plc Business Park, totalling 33,546 for a term expiring on Fleet sq ft (3,116 sq 29/12/13. m), benefiting from 182 car spaces. Built circa 1988. The property is held freehold. Riverway Industrial A multi let Let to 8 occupational £2,112,075 Industrial industrial estate tenants on 10 leases Estate & comprising of 10 expiring between Fleet units Principally 24/03/07 and 25/03/35. House, constructed during Principal tenants Harlow the 1970s and include TNT UK Ltd, 1980s. Excel Europe Ltd and The property is Wincanton Trans European held freehold. Limited. Unit 3220 Industrial A single storey Let to Tibbet & Britten £840,000 Magna Park, detached Ltd for a term expiring Lutterworth distribution on 04/12/14. warehouse 160,837 sq. ft (14,942 sq m). Built circa 1989. The property is held virtual freehold from 22/11/91 to 31/09/2988. 5 - 6A Retail Three high street Let to 3 tenants £235,300 Market units totalling including McDonald's Place, 22,040 sq ft, Real Estate LLP, Top Rugby (2047.60 sq m). Shop / Top Man Built early 1900s. Properties Ltd and The property is Monsoon Accessorise Ltd held freehold. for terms expiring on 3/07/20, 24/06/10 and 8/07/12 respectively. Westlea Office A two storey Santana:- let to Thorn £1,035,082 Campus, campus office park Ltd for a term expiring Chelmsford totalling 76,843 on 15/08/12. Road, sq. ft (7,139 sq Mistral:- let to RWE Swindon m) arranged in 3 Npower Plc for a lease buildings. term expiring on Built circa 1987. 15/07/12. The property is Bora:- mutli let with held freehold. the Learning and Skills Council for England occupying two floors for a term expiring on 28/02/2014. There is one vacant floor which is subject to a rental guarantee from the vendors for 12 months. The Placing The Company is proposing to raise up to £18.0 million (before expenses) by way of a Placing by JP Morgan Cazenove of up to 14,814,815 shares (the 'Placing Shares') at 121.5 pence per share, representing a discount of 3.2 per cent. to the closing mid-market price of 125.5 pence per share on 7 November 2006 (and equivalent to the NAV per share of 30 September 2006 after deducting the dividend declared an 2 November for which the Placing Shares will not rank). The proceeds of the Placing will be used, together with debt facilities, to fund the Purchase and the attendant costs. The Company also has the option to increase the size of the Placing to no more than 30.5 million shares, dependent upon investor demand. ING REI Investment (UK) B.V., a member of the ING Group, has agreed to subscribe for the initial £18.0 million under the Placing, subject to clawback to meet placees demands. ING REI Investment (UK) B.V., which has given this commitment, has agreed to waive any underwriting commission. If ING REI Investment (UK) B.V. were to acquire all the shares being underwritten, ING Group's aggregate interest would be 75.815 million shares, being 23.7% of the Company. Any demand from placees will reduce the subscription by ING REI Investment (UK) B.V. by an equal amount. Applications will be made to the Financial Services Authority and to the London Stock Exchange for the Placing Shares to be admitted to the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange and Admission is expected to occur and dealings to commence in the Placing Shares on 14 November 2006. The Placing Shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing ordinary shares save for the dividend for the period to 30 September 2006 announced on 2 November and due to be paid on 30 November 2006. A further announcement will be made once the results of the Placing are known. Chairman Nick Thompson stated: 'Having delivered strong performance since launch, the Board is pleased that we are now able to expand the Trust further and acquire a complementary portfolio such as this. The increased use of gearing will add to our returns and the transaction is structured in such a way that provides ongoing debt flexibility for the Trust. We are delighted with the support we have been given by ING, the Company's investment manager, for this transaction.' Fund Manager Elliot Caldwell commented: 'The acquisition is in line with our strategy to increase our industrial and office weightings within the Trust. The portfolio provides an attractive income return, scope for capital growth through active management, which we have already shown we can deliver on the existing portfolio. By acquiring assets such as this it will allow us to improve the balance of the portfolio and sell some of the smaller or lower yielding assets which will not contribute to performance.' ING Corporate Finance is acting as joint financial adviser and JP Morgan Cazenove is acting as joint financial adviser, broker, book runner and sponsor in relation to the Purchase and the Placing. For further information please visit the web site at www.ingreit.co.uk, or contact: ING Real Estate Investment Management (UK) +44 20 7767 5555 Elliot Caldwell Michael Morris ING Corporate Finance +44 20 7767 1000 Nicholas Gold William Marle JP Morgan Cazenove +44 20 7588 2828 Richard Cotton Angus Gordon Lennox This announcement is not for distribution directly or indirectly in or into the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan. This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or issue or the solicitation of an offer to buy or acquire shares in the capital of ING UK Real Estate Income Trust Limited in the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan or any jurisdiction in which such an offer or solicitation is unlawful. The shares in ING UK Real Estate Income Trust Limited referred to in this announcement have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration. No public offering of securities will be made in the United States, Canada, Australia, or Japan. This announcement has been communicated by JPMorgan Cazenove Limited which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority and does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to purchase any securities. The price of shares and the income from them may go down as well as up and investors may not get back the full amount invested on disposal of the shares. Investments in property are relatively illiquid and more difficult to realise than equities or bonds. Yields may vary, and are not guaranteed. There is no guarantee that the market price of shares in the fund will fully reflect their underlying NAV. APPENDIX: FURTHER DETAILS OF THE PLACING THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, INCLUDING THIS APPENDIX (TOGETHER, 'THIS ANNOUNCEMENT') IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN OR SOUTH AFRICA IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON THE PLACING FOR INVITED PLACEES ONLY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO TAKE PART IN THE PLACING. THIS APPENDIX AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET OUT HEREIN ARE FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND ARE DIRECTED ONLY AT: (A) PERSONS IN MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA WHO ARE QUALIFIED INVESTORS; (B) IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, QUALIFIED INVESTORS WHO ARE PERSONS WHO (I) HAVE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN MATTERS RELATING TO INVESTMENTS FALLING WITHIN ARTICLE 19(1) OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 (FINANCIAL PROMOTION) ORDER 2005 (THE 'ORDER'); (II) ARE PERSONS FALLING WITHIN ARTICLE 49(2)(A) TO (D) ('HIGH NET WORTH COMPANIES, UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS, ETC') OF THE ORDER; OR (III) ARE PERSONS TO WHOM IT MAY OTHERWISE BE LAWFULLY COMMUNICATED (ALL SUCH PERSONS TOGETHER BEING REFERRED TO AS 'RELEVANT PERSONS'). THIS APPENDIX AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET OUT HEREIN MUST NOT BE ACTED ON OR RELIED ON BY PERSONS WHO ARE NOT RELEVANT PERSONS. ANY INVESTMENT OR INVESTMENT ACTIVITY TO WHICH THIS APPENDIX AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET OUT HEREIN RELATES IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO RELEVANT PERSONS AND WILL BE ENGAGED IN ONLY WITH RELEVANT PERSONS. THIS APPENDIX DOES NOT ITSELF CONSTITUTE AN OFFER FOR SALE OR SUBSCRIPTION OF ANY SECURITIES IN THE COMPANY. Persons who are invited to and who choose to participate in the Placing, by making an oral or written offer to subscribe for Placing Shares (the 'Placees'), will be deemed to have read and understood this Announcement, including this Appendix, in its entirety and to be making such offer on the terms and conditions, and to be providing the representations, warranties acknowledgements, and undertakings contained in this Appendix. In particular each such Placee represents, warrants and acknowledges that it is: (a) a 'qualified investor' within the meaning of Article 2(I)(e) of the Prospectus Directive (Directive 2003/71/EC); and (b) a Relevant Person (as defined above) (as defined above) and undertakes that it will acquire, hold, manage or dispose of any Placing Shares that are allocated to it for the purposes of its business; and (c) outside the United States and is subscribing for the Placing Shares for its own account or is purchasing the Placing Shares for an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it (and any such account) is outside the United States, within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act. This Announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or issue or the solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for Placing Shares in any jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation is or may be unlawful. This Announcement and the information contained herein is not for publication of distribution, directly or indirectly, to persons in the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Africa or in any jurisdiction in which such publication or distribution is unlawful. No public offer of securities of the Company is being made in the United Kingdom or elsewhere. In particular, the Placing Shares referred to in this Announcement have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered, sold or transferred within the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or as part of a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The Placing Shares are being offered and sold outside the United States only and in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. The relevant clearances have not been, and nor will they be, obtained from the securities commission of any province of territory of Canada; no prospectus has been lodged with or registered by, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission or the Japanese Ministry of Finance; and the Placing Shares have not been, and nor will they be, registered under or offered in compliance with the securities laws of any state, province or territory of Canada, Australia or Japan. Accordingly, the Placing Shares may not (unless an exemption under the relevant securities laws is applicable) be offered, sold, resold or delivered, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Africa or any other jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom. The Placing Shares have not been approved or disapproved by the US Securities and Exchange Commission, any State securities commission or other regulatory authority in the United States, nor have any of the foregoing authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the Placing or the accuracy or adequacy of this Announcement. Any representation to the contrary is unlawful. Persons (including, without limitation, nominees and trustees) who have a contractual or other legal obligation to forward a copy of this Appendix or the announcement of which it forms part should seek appropriate advice before taking any action. Details of the Placing Agreement and the Placing Shares JPMorgan Cazenove Limited ('JPMC') has entered into a Placing Agreement (the 'Placing Agreement') with the Company and ING Real Estate Investment Management (UK) Limited under which JPMC has, on the terms and subject to the conditions set out therein, undertaken, as agent of the Company, to use all reasonable endeavours to procure Placees to take up the Placing Shares at the Placing Price. JPMC itself has no obligation to subscribe for any Placing Shares. The Placing Shares will, when issued, be credited as fully paid and will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing issued ordinary shares in the capital of the Company ('Ordinary Shares') except for the dividend for the period ended 30 September 2006 and announced on 2 November 2006 for payment on 30 November 2006. In this Appendix, unless the context otherwise requires, Placee means a person (including individuals, funds or others) on whose behalf a commitment to subscribe for Placing Shares has been given. 'Issue Shares' means the Placing Shares and those new Ordinary Shares for which ING REI Investment (UK) B.V. has committed to subscribe, as described in this Announcement. Application for listing and admission to trading Application will be made to the Financial Services Authority (the 'FSA') for admission of the Issue Shares to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority (the 'Official List') and to London Stock Exchange plc (the 'London Stock Exchange') for admission to trading of the Issue Shares on its market for listed securities (together 'Admission'). It is expected that Admission will become effective on or around 14 November 2006 and that dealings in the Issue Shares will commence at that time. Participation in, and principal terms of, the Placing Each Placee's allocation will be confirmed to Placees orally by JPMC following the close of the Placing, and a trade confirmation will be dispatched as soon as possible thereafter. JPMC's oral confirmation to such Placee will constitute an irrevocable legally binding commitment upon such person (who will at that point become a Placee) to subscribe for the number of Placing Shares allocated to it at the Placing Price on the terms and conditions set out in this Appendix and in accordance with the Company's Memorandum and Articles of Association. Each Placee will also have an immediate, separate, irrevocable and binding obligation, owed to JPMC, to pay to it (or as it may direct) in cleared funds an amount equal to the product of the Placing Price and the number of Placing Shares such Placee has agreed to subscribe. Conditions of the Placing JPMC's obligations under the Placing Agreement in respect of the Placing Shares are conditional on, inter alia, Admission taking place not later than 8.00 a.m. on 14 November 2006 or such later date as the Company and JPMC may otherwise agree but not being later than close of business on 14 December 2006. If (i) any of the conditions contained in the Placing Agreement in relation to the Placing Shares are not fulfilled or waived by JPMC by the respective time or date where specified (or such later time or date as the Company and JPMC may agree), (ii) any of such conditions becomes incapable of being fulfilled or (iii) the Placing Agreement is terminated in the circumstances specified below, the Placing in relation to the Placing Shares will lapse and the Placee's rights and obligations hereunder in relation to the Placing Shares shall cease and terminate at such time and each Placee agrees that no claim can be made by the Placee in respect thereof. By participating in the Placing each Placee agrees that its rights and obligations cease and terminate only in the circumstances described above and will not be capable of rescission or termination by it. JPMC may, at its discretion and upon such terms as it thinks fit, waive compliance by the Company with the whole or any part of any of the Company's obligations in relation to the conditions in the Placing Agreement save that the above condition relating to Admission taking place, and the condition relating to the consent of the Guernsey Financial Services Commission to the Company raising up to £35 million by the issue of the Issue Shares, may not be waived. Any such extension or waiver will not affect Placees' commitments as set out in this Announcement. Neither JPMC nor the Company shall have any liability to any Placee (or to any other person whether acting on behalf of a Placee or otherwise) in respect of any decision it may make as to whether or not to waive or to extend the time and /or date for the satisfaction of any condition to the Placing nor for any decision they may make as to the satisfaction of any condition or in respect of the Placing generally and by participating in the Placing each Placee agrees that any such decision is within the absolute discretion of JPMC or the Company. Right to terminate under the Placing Agreement JPMC is entitled, at any time before Admission, to terminate the Placing Agreement in relation to its obligations in respect of the Placing Shares (after such consultation with the Company as the circumstances shall permit) by giving notice to the Company in certain circumstances, including a breach of the warranties given to JPMC in the Placing Agreement or other force majeure event, in each case such as, in the opinion of JPMC (acting in good faith), to be materially adverse in the context of the Placing. By participating in the Placing Placees agree that the exercise by JPMC of any right of termination or other discretion under the Placing Agreement shall be within the absolute discretion of JPMC and that it need not make any reference to Placees and that it shall have no liability to Placees whatsoever in connection with any such exercise. No Prospectus No offering document or prospectus has been or will be submitted to be approved by the FSA in relation to the Placing and Placees' commitments will be made solely on the basis of the information contained in this Announcement. Each Placee, by accepting a participation in the Placing, agrees that the content of this Announcement is exclusively the responsibility of the Company and confirms that it has neither received nor relied on any other information, representation, warranty, or statement made by or on behalf of the Company or JPMC or any other person and neither JPMC nor the Company nor any other person will be liable for any Placee's decision to participate in the Placing based on any other information, representation, warranty or statement which the Placees may have obtained or received. Each Placee acknowledges and agrees that it has relied on its own investigation of the business, financial or other position of the Company in accepting a participation in the Placing. Nothing in this paragraph shall exclude the liability of any person for fraudulent misrepresentation. Registration and Settlement Settlement of transactions in the Placing Shares (ISIN: GB00B0LCW208) following Admission will take place within the CREST system, subject to certain exceptions. JPMC reserves the right to require settlement for and delivery of the Placing Shares to Placees by such other means that it deems necessary if delivery or settlement is not possible or practicable within the CREST system within the timetable set out in this Announcement or would not be consistent with the regulatory requirements in the Placee's jurisdiction. Each Placee allocated Placing Shares in the Placing will be sent a trade confirmation stating the number of Placing Shares allocated to it at the Placing Price, the aggregate amount owed by such Placee to JPMC and settlement instructions. Each Placee agrees that it will do all things necessary to ensure that delivery and payment is completed in accordance with either the standing CREST or certificated settlement instructions that it has in place with JPMC. It is expected that settlement will be on 14 November 2006 on a T+3 basis in accordance with the instructions set out in the trade confirmation. Interest is chargeable daily on payments not received from Placees on the due date in accordance with the arrangements set out above at the rate of two percentage points above LIBOR as determined by JPMC. Each Placee is deemed to agree that, if it does not comply with these obligations, JPMC may sell any or all of the Placing Shares allocated to that Placee on such Placee's behalf and retain from the proceeds, for JPMC's account and benefit, an amount equal to the aggregate amount owed by the Placee plus any interest due. The relevant Placee will, however, remain liable for any shortfall below the aggregate amount owed by it and may be required to bear any stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax (together with any interest or penalties) which may arise upon the sale of such Placing Shares on such Placee's behalf. If Placing Shares are to be delivered to a custodian or settlement agent, Placees should ensure that the trade confirmation is copied and delivered immediately to the relevant person within that organisation. Insofar as Placing Shares are registered in a Placee's name or that of its nominee or in the name of any person for whom a Placee is contracting as agent or that of a nominee for such person, such Placing Shares should, subject as provided below, be so registered free from my liability to UK stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax. Representations and Warranties By participating in the Placing each Placee (and any person acting on such Placee's behalf): 1. represents and warrants that it has read this Announcement, including the Appendix, in its entirety; 2. acknowledges that no offering document or prospectus has been prepared in connection with the placing of the Placing Shares and represents and warrants that it has not received a prospectus or other offering document in connection therewith; 3. acknowledges that the Ordinary Shares are listed on the Official List, and the Company is therefore required to publish certain business and financial information in accordance with the rules and practices of the FSA, which includes a description of the nature of the Company's business and the Company's most recent balance sheet and profit and loss account, and similar statements for preceding financial years and that it is able to obtain or access such information without undue difficulty; 4. acknowledges that neither JPMC nor the Company nor any of their affiliates nor any person acting on behalf of any of them has provided, and will not provide it, with any material regarding the Placing Shares or the Company other than this Announcement; nor has it requested any of JPMC, the Company, any of their affiliates or any person acting on behalf of any of them to provide it with any such information; 5. acknowledges that the content of this Announcement is exclusively the responsibility of the Company and that neither JPMC nor any person acting on its behalf has or shall have any liability for any information, representation or statement contained in this Announcement or any information previously published by or on behalf of the Company and will not be liable for any Placee's decision to participate in the Placing based on any information, representation or statement contained in this Announcement or otherwise. Each Placee further represents, warrants and agrees that the only information on which it is entitled to rely and on which such Placee has relied in committing itself to acquire the Placing Shares is contained in this Announcement and any information previously published by the Company by notification to a Regulatory Information Service, such information being all that it deems necessary to make an investment decision in respect of the Placing Shares and that it has neither received nor relied on any other information given or representations, warranties or statements made by any of JPMC or the Company and neither JPMC nor the Company will be liable for any Placee's decision to accept an invitation to participate in the Placing based on any other information, representation, warranty or statement. Each Placee further acknowledges and agrees that it has relied on its own investigation of the business, financial or other position of the Company in deciding to participate in the Placing; 6. acknowledges that neither JPMC nor any person acting on behalf of it nor any of its affiliates has or shall have any liability for any publicly available or filed information or any representation relating to the Company, provided that nothing in this paragraph excludes the liability of any person for fraudulent misrepresentation made by that person; 7. represents and warrants that it, or the beneficial owner, as applicable, is entitled to subscribe for and/or purchase Placing Shares under the laws of all relevant jurisdictions which apply to it and that it has fully observed such laws and obtained all such governmental and other guarantees and other consents in either case which may be required thereunder and complied with all necessary formalities; 8. represents and warrants that it is, or at the time the Placing Shares are acquired that it will be, the beneficial owner of such Placing Shares, or that the beneficial owner of such Placing Shares is not a resident of Australia, Canada, Japan or South Africa; 9. acknowledges that the Placing Shares have not been and will not be registered under the securities legislation of the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan or South Africa and, subject to certain exceptions, may not be offered, sold, taken up, renounced or delivered or transferred, directly or indirectly, within those jurisdictions; 10. acknowledges that the Placing Shares have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or with any State or other jurisdiction of the United States, nor approved or disapproved by the US Securities and Exchange Commission, any state securities commission in the United States or any other United States regulatory authority, and agrees not to reoffer, resell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Placing Shares except outside the United States in offshore transactions in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act, and in any case in compliance with all applicable laws and further agrees to notify any transferee to whom it subsequently reoffers, resells, pledges or otherwise transfers the Placing Shares for the foregoing restrictions on transfer; 11. represents and warrants that the issue to it, or the person specified by it for registration as holder, of Placing Shares will not give rise to a liability under any of sections 67, 70, 93 or 96 of the Finance Act 1986 (depositary receipts and clearance services) and that the Placing Shares are not being acquired in connection with arrangements to issue depositary receipts or to transfer Placing Shares into a clearance system; 12. represents and warrants that it has complied with its obligations in connection with money laundering and terrorist financing under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, the Terrorism Act 2003 and the Money Laundering Regulations 2003 (the 'Regulations') and, if making payment on behalf of a third party, that satisfactory evidence has been obtained and recorded by it to verify the identity of the third party as required by the Regulations; 13. represents and warrants that it and any person acting on its behalf is a person falling within Article 19 and/or 49 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended, and undertakes that it will acquire, hold, manage or dispose of any Placing Shares that are allocated to it for the purposes of its business; 14. represents and warrants that it has not offered or sold and, prior to the expiry of a period of six months from Admission, will not offer or sell any Placing Shares to persons in the United Kingdom, except to persons whose ordinary activities involve them in acquiring, holding, managing or disposing of investments (as principal or agent) for the purposes of their business or otherwise in circumstances which have not resulted and which will not result in an offer to the public in the United Kingdom within the meaning of section 85(1) of the FSMA; 15. represents and warrants that it has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell any Placing Shares to persons in the European Economic Area prior to Admission except to persons whose ordinary activities involve them in acquiring, holding, managing or disposing of investments (as principal or agent) for the purposes of their business or otherwise in circumstances which have not resulted in and which will not result in an offer to the public in any member state of the European Economic Area within the meaning of the Prospectus Directive (which means Directive 2003/71/EC and includes any relevant implementing measure in any member state); 16. represents and warrants that it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated any invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of the FSMA) relating to the Placing Shares in circumstances in which section 21(1) of the FSMA does not require approval of the communication by an authorised person; 17. represents and warrants that it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Placing Shares in, from or otherwise involving, the United Kingdom; 18. represents and warrants that it and any person acting on its behalf is entitled to acquire the Placing Shares under the laws of all relevant jurisdictions and that it has all necessary capacity and has obtained all necessary consents and authorities to enable it to commit to this participation in the Placing and to perform its obligations in relation thereto (including, without limitation, in the case of any person on whose behalf it is acting, all necessary consents and authorities to agree to the terms set out or referred to in this Announcement) and will honour such obligations; 19. undertakes that it (and any person acting on its behalf) will make payment for the Placing Shares allocated to it in accordance with this Announcement on the due time and date set out herein, failing which the relevant Placing Shares may be placed with other subscribers or sold as JPMC may in its sole discretion determine and without liability to such Placee; 20. acknowledges that none of JPMC, nor any of its affiliates, nor any person acting on behalf of any of them, is making any recommendations to it, advising it regarding the suitability of any transactions it may enter into in connection with the Placees and that participation in the Placing is on the basis that it is not and will not be a client of JPMC and that JPMC has no duties or responsibilities to it for providing the protections afforded to its clients or customers or for providing advice in relation to the Placing nor in respect of any representations, warranties, undertakings or indemnities contained in the Placing Agreement nor for the exercise or performance of any of its rights and obligations thereunder including any rights to waive or vary any conditions or exercise any termination right; 21. undertakes that the person who it specifies for registration as holder of the Placing Shares will be (i) itself or (ii) its nominee, as the case may be. Neither JPMC nor the Company will be responsible for any liability to stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax resulting from a failure to observe this requirement. Each Placee and any person acting on behalf of such Placee agrees to participate in the Placing and it agrees to indemnify the Company and JPMC in respect of the same on the basis that the Placing Shares will be allotted to the CREST stock account of JPMC who will hold them as nominee on behalf of such Placee until settlement in accordance with its standing settlement instructions; 22. acknowledges that any agreements entered into by it pursuant to these terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and it submits (on behalf of itself and on behalf of any person on whose behalf it is acting) to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts as regards any claim, dispute or matter arising out of any such contract, except that enforcement proceedings in respect of the obligation to make payment for the Placing Shares (together with any interest chargeable thereon) may be taken by the Company or JPMC in any jurisdiction in which the relevant Placee is incorporated or in which any of its securities have a quotation on a recognised stock exchange; 23. agrees that the Company, JPMC and their respective affiliates and others will rely upon the truth and accuracy of the foregoing representations, warranties, acknowledgements and undertakings which are given to JPMC on its own behalf and on behalf of the Company and are irrevocable; and 24. agrees to indemnify and hold the Company and JPMC harmless from any and all costs, claims, liabilities and expenses (including legal fees and expenses) arising out of or in connection with any breach of the representations, warranties, acknowledgements, agreements and undertakings in this Appendix and further agrees that the provisions of this Appendix shall survive after completion of the Placing. The agreement to settle a Placee's acquisition (and/or the acquisition of a person for whom such Placee is contracting as agent) free of stamp duty and stamp duty reserve tax depends on the settlement relating only to an acquisition by it and/or such person direct from the Company for the Placing Shares in question. Such agreement assumes that the Placing Shares are not being acquired in connection with arrangements to issue depositary receipts or to transfer the Placing Shares into a clearance service. If there are any such arrangements, or the settlement related to any other dealing in the Placing Shares, stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax may be payable, for which neither the Company nor JPMC will be responsible. If this is the case, each Placee should seek its own advice and notify JPMC accordingly. In addition, Placees should note that they will be liable for any stamp duty and all other stamp, issue, securities, transfer, registration, documentary or other duties or taxes (including any interest, fines or penalties relating thereto) payable outside the UK by them or any other person on the subscription by them of any Placing Shares or the agreement by them to subscribe for any Placing Shares. When a Placee or person acting on behalf of the Placee is dealing with JPMC, any money held in an account with JPMC on behalf of the Placee and/or any person acting on behalf of the Placee will not be treated as client money within the meaning of the rules and regulations of the FSA made under the FSMA. The Placee acknowledges that the money will not be subject to the protections conferred by the client money rules; as a consequence, this money will not be segregated from JPMC 's money in accordance with the client money rules and will be used by JPMC in the course of its own business; and the Placee will rank only as a general creditor of JPMC. All times and dates in this Announcement may be subject to amendment. JPMC shall notify the Placees and any person acting on behalf of the Placees of any changes. END This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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