Statement re Possible Offer

Sutton Harbour Holdings PLC 25 June 2004 Sutton Harbour Holdings announces that it received an approach which might have lead to an offer being made for the entire issued share capital of the Company. The approach was from a London based shell company recently listed on AIM now capitalised at £8m. The approach indicated a potential offer price of 215p per Sutton Harbour Holdings share, to be satisfied by a mixture of cash and shares in the AIM-quoted company. The directors of Sutton Harbour Holdings noted that the only material asset of the AIM-quoted company is some £5m cash and that the price of the shares being offered equates to a premium of approximately 60% over the cash asset value of that company. Stripping out this premium, the actual value of the potential offer was about 180p per Sutton Harbour Holdings share. The directors of Sutton Harbour Holdings do not believe that an approach at this level and with this payment structure properly reflects either the current or the potential value of the Company. In the announcement of the results for the year ended 31 March 2004, the directors of Sutton Harbour Holdings were delighted to report that profits from the Group's on-going activities accelerated in the second half year, after a first half of significant achievement. Air Southwest, the airline business launched by the Company in 2003, exceeded the directors' expectations and is expected to make a profit in its first full year, whilst the Group's property development and regeneration activities continue to perform strongly. Accordingly, the directors of Sutton Harbour Holdings considered that such an offer should not be recommended to shareholders and have ceased discussions with the potential offeror. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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