Smiths News PLC Form 8.1 - Dawson Holdings Plc | Company Announcement

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(a) Identity of the party to the offer making the disclosure:	Smiths News plc ("Smiths News")
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient	n/a
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each party to the offer	Dawson Holdings plc ("Dawson")
(d) Is the party to the offer making the disclosure the offeror or the offeree?	Offeror
(e) Date position held:	7 June 2011
(f) Has the party previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?	No

Class of relevant security:
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	-	-	-	-
(2) Derivatives (other than options):	-	-	-	-
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:	-	-	-	-
TOTAL:	-	-	-	-

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:	None.
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:	None.

Details of any irrevocable commitments or letters of intent procured by the party to the offer making the disclosure or any person acting in concert with it (see Note 3 on Rule 2.11 of the Code):
Smiths News has received undertakings to accept (or to procure the acceptance of) the Ordinary Offer in respect of 16,050,969 Dawson ordinary shares, representing 22.4 per cent. of the existing issued ordinary share capital of Dawson, further details of which is set out below:
Directors' Irrevocable Undertakings Details of the irrevocable undertakings received from the Dawson directors are as follows:
Name of Director	Number of shares	% of issued ordinary share capital
Hugh Cawley	230,367	0.32
Nigel Freer	213,730	0.30
Brenda Dean	36,233	0.05
James McCarthy	36,146	0.05
Total	516,476	0.72
The irrevocable undertakings from the Dawson directors will lapse if the Offer Document is not posted by 5 July 2011 (or such later time as may be agreed by the Panel and in the case of a switch to a scheme extended to 28 days after the date announcing the change) or if the Offers lapse or are withdrawn (other than where such lapse or withdrawal is because of a change to a scheme). The irrevocable undertakings from the Dawson directors will otherwise remain binding in all circumstances.

Institutional Irrevocable Undertakings Details of the irrevocable undertakings from certain Dawson institutional shareholders and the Pension Protection Fund:
Name of shareholder	Number of shares	% of issued ordinary share capital
Pension Protection Fund	6,519,493	9.1
Gartmore	5,315,000	7.4
Artemis	3,700,000	5.2
Total	15,534,493	21.7
The irrevocable undertaking from each of Artemis and Gartmore will lapse if: (i) the Offer Document is not posted by 5 July 2011 (or such later time as may be agreed by the Panel and in the case of a switch to a scheme extended to 28 days after the date announcing the change); (ii) if the Offers lapse or are withdrawn (other than where such lapse or withdrawal is because of a change to a scheme) or (iii) if any third party offer for Dawson is announced in accordance with Rule 2.5 of the City Code at a price that is 10 per cent. greater than the then offer price of the Offers made by Smiths News to acquire Dawson. The irrevocable undertakings from Artemis and Henderson will otherwise remain binding in all circumstances. Details of the irrevocable undertaking from the Pension Protection Fund are set out below.

Smiths News has also received an undertaking from the Pension Protection Fund to accept (or procure the acceptance of) the B Ordinary Offer in respect of 25,623,586 B ordinary shares representing 100.0% of the existing issued B ordinary share capital of Dawson, details of which is set out below:
	Number of B ordinary shares	% of issued B ordinary share capital
Pension Protection Fund	25,623,586	100.0%

The irrevocable undertakings from the Pension Protection Fund will lapse if: (i) the Offer Document is not posted by 5 July 2011 or such later time as may be agreed by the Panel and in the case of a switch to a scheme extended to 28 days after the date announcing the change); (ii) if the Offers lapse or are withdrawn (other than where such lapse or withdrawal is because of a change to a scheme) or (iii) if any third party offer for Dawson is announced in accordance with Rule 2.5 of the City Code at a price that is 5 per cent. greater than the then offer price of the Offers made by Smiths News to acquire Dawson. The irrevocable undertakings from the Pension Protection Fund will otherwise remain binding in all circumstances.

Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions)	No
Supplemental Form 8 (SBL)	No

Smiths News PLC Form 8.1 - Dawson Holdings Plc

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Date of disclosure:	7 June 2011
Contact name:	Smiths News plc Nick Gresham
Telephone number:	+44 845 123 0000
Contact name:	Oriel Securities Limited David Arch Tunga Chigovanyika
Telephone number:	+44 20 7710 7600