Offer not recommended17 Oct 2011 18:07
At last someone on the board has seen some sense:
Todays statement:
"On 19 September, Parseq announced that it had received an approach from Rami Cassis together with Nova Capital and funds managed by HarbourVest Partners, LLC in relation to a possible offer for the Company (together the "Potential Offeror") through a newly incorporated entity ("Bidco") at a price of 7.5p per ordinary share (the "Potential Offer").
In light of recent share trading activity and following conversations with certain of the Company's institutional shareholders, the Board is not in a position to recommend the Potential Offer to its shareholders.
The Potential Offeror has requested the opportunity to enter into discussions with certain of the Company's major shareholders in order to obtain their views on the terms of the Potential Offer. Following this request from the Potential Offeror, the Company has sought, in accordance with Rule 2.6(c) of the Code, an extension to the offer period from The Panel on Takeovers and Mergers (the "Panel").
In light of the above, an extension has been granted by the Panel and, as such, in accordance with Rule 2.6(a) of the Code, the Potential Offeror must, by not later than 5.00 p.m. on 21 October 2011, either announce a firm intention to make an offer for the Company in accordance with Rule 2.7 of the Code or announce that it does not intend to make an offer, in which case the announcement will be treated as a statement to which Rule 2.8 of the Code applies.
A further announcement will be made in due course."