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Date: 25th March 2015
Not for distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States or any jurisdiction in which such distribution would be unlawful.
Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc
Pre-Stabilisation Notice
Lloyds Bank Plc, London Branch (Syndicate Contact: Dean Light); telephone 020 7158 8232 hereby gives notice that the Stabilising Manager(s) named below may stabilise the offer of the following securities in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2273/2003 implementing the Market Abuse Directive (2003/6/EC).
Issuer: | Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc |
Guarantor (if any): | N/A |
Aggregate nominal amount: | GBP |
Description: | 10yr |
Offer price: | TBA |
Stabilising Manager(s): | Lloyds Bank, The Royal Bank of Scotland and Santander GBM |
Stabilisation period expected to start on: | 25th March 2015 |
Stabilisation period expected to end not later than: | 27th April 2015 |
Maximum size of over-Allotment facility: | 5% of the aggregate nominal amount state above |
In connection with this offering, the stabilising manager may over-allot the securities or effect transactions with a view to supporting the market price of the securities at a level higher than that which might otherwise prevail. However, there is no assurance that any such stabilisation will be undertaken and that it may be discontinued at any time.
This announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute an invitation or offer to underwrite, subscribe for or otherwise acquire or dispose of any securities of the Issuer in any jurisdiction.
This announcement and the offer of the securities to which it relates are only addressed to and directed at persons outside the United Kingdom and persons in the United Kingdom who have professional experience in matters related to investments or who are high net worth persons within article 12(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 and must not be acted on or relied on by other persons in the United Kingdom.
In addition, if and to the extent that the offer of the securities is communicated in, or the offer of the securities to which it relates is made in, any EEA Member State that has implemented Directive 2003/71/EC as amended (together with any applicable implementing measures in any Member State, the "Prospectus Directive") before the publication of a prospectus in relation to the securities which has been approved by the competent authority in that Member State in accordance with the Prospectus Directive (or, where appropriate, published in another Member State and notified to the competent authority in that Member State in accordance with the Prospectus Directive), this notice and the offer are only addressed to qualified investors in that Member State within the meaning of the Prospectus Directive or have been or will be made otherwise in circumstances that do not require the Issuer to publish a prospectus pursuant to the Prospectus Directive and must not be acted on or relied on by other persons in that Member State.
This announcement is not an offer of securities for sale into the United States. The securities have not been, and will not be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration. There will be no public offer of securities in the United States.
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