Tender Offer

Reliance Security Group PLC 20 December 2005 NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN, SOUTH AFRICA OR THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 20 December 2005 Reliance Security Group plc Definitions used in the Circular to Shareholders dated 1 December 2005 apply to this announcement. Results of Tender Offer The terms of the Tender Offer made by JPMorgan Cazenove to all Qualifying Shareholders, that is to say all Shareholders (with the exception of certain Overseas Shareholders) on the Register at 5.00pm on 16 December 2005, entitled Qualifying Shareholders to tender shares to JPMorgan Cazenove at 550 pence per share on the basis of One Ordinary Share for every 13 Ordinary Shares held rounded down to the nearest whole number of Shares (the Basic Entitlement). Qualifying Shareholders were not obliged to sell any of their Shares under the Tender Offer if they did not wish to do so. Qualifying Shareholders were also allowed to tender more than their Basic Entitlement under the Tender Offer should they wish to do so (an Excess Application). However, Excess Applications were only to be met to the extent that other Qualifying Shareholders did not tender all of their Basic Entitlement. If an Excess Application could not be met in full, it was to be reduced pro rata to the holdings of such Qualifying Shareholders, so far as reasonably practicable. In total, 2,804,328 Shares were tendered under the Tender Offer. Of these, 1,792,737 were satisfied : 1,534,912 under Shareholders Basic Entitlements and 257,825 under the Excess Applications. It is expected that Tender Offer proceeds will be despatched to Shareholders on 21 December 2005. Where appropriate, balance share certificates are also expected to be despatched to Shareholders on 21 December 2005. Treasury shares Following the completion of the Tender Offer, the Company will today transfer into treasury 400,000 of those Shares which it is buying from JPMorgan Cazenove pursuant to the Repurchase Agreement. There are no other Shares currently held in treasury and, following the completion of the Tender Offer, the Company will have a total of 21,512,855 Shares in issue, excluding treasury shares. Directors' dealings Pursuant to the Tender Offer, two directors of the Company, Brian Kingham and Mark Radcliffe, have tendered 1,259,045 Shares and 230 Shares respectively at the Tender Price (550 pence per Share), comprising the whole of their respective Basic Entitlement. These tenders have been accepted in full and so, following the completion of the Tender Offer, Brian Kingham will hold 15,108,564 Shares and Mark Radcliffe will hold 2,770 Shares. These holdings will respectively represent 70.23% and 0.01% of the Company's issued share capital, excluding treasury shares. Enquiries Reliance Brian Kingham (Chairman) 020 7730 9716 Neil French (Group Finance Director) 01895 205 002 JPMorgan Cazenove Malcolm Moir 020 7588 2828 Bronson Albery 020 7588 2828 JPMorgan Cazenove Limited, which is regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for Reliance and for no one else in connection with the Tender Offer and will not be responsible to any person other than Reliance for providing the protections afforded to its customers or for giving advice in relation to the Tender Offer or the matters contemplated by this announcement. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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