28 Sep 2022 07:00
NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF THAT JURISDICTION
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
28 September 2022
DELISTING AND CANCELLATION OF TRADING IN BREWIN DOLPHIN SHARES
Further to the announcements made by Brewin Dolphin Holdings PLC ("Brewin Dolphin") and RBC Wealth Management (Jersey) Holdings Limited ("Bidco"), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada ("RBC"), on 27 September 2022 in respect of the Effective Date of the Scheme, Brewin Dolphin announces that, following an application on behalf of Brewin Dolphin, the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") has cancelled the listing of Brewin Dolphin Shares on the premium listing segment of the Official List and the London Stock Exchange plc ("LSE") has cancelled the admission to trading of Brewin Dolphin Shares on the Main Market of the LSE for listed securities, in each case with effect from 8.00 a.m. on 28 September 2022.
Capitalised terms used but not otherwise defined in this announcement have the meanings given to them in the scheme document published by Brewin Dolphin on 22 April 2022.
Enquiries:
Brewin Dolphin Holdings PLC +44 (0) 20 3201 4265Siobhan Boylan (Chief Financial Officer)Barclays Bank PLC (acting through its investment bank) +44 (0) 20 7623 2323(joint financial adviser, joint corporate broker and joint Rule 3 adviser to Brewin Dolphin Holdings PLC) Robert MayhewCallum WestMarco Dell' Aria BuraniStuart Muress
Lazard & Co., Limited +44 (0) 20 7187 2000(joint financial adviser and joint Rule 3 adviser to Brewin Dolphin Holdings PLC) William RuckerNicholas MillarDenis MartinStephen Dibsdale Liberum Capital Limited +44 (0) 20 3100 2000(joint corporate broker to Brewin Dolphin Holdings PLC) Richard CrawleyCameron Duncan
CamarcoBen Woodford +44 (0) 7990 653 341Geoffrey Pelham-Lane +44 (0) 7733 124 226
RBC/BidcoMelanie Rockliff (VP, Corporate Communications) +1 647-964-1423Carol Key (Director, Communications WMI) +44 (0) 7701 396 234Asim Imran (VP, Head of IR) +1 416-955-7804Marco Giurleo (Senior Director, IR) +1 437-239-5374 RBC Capital Markets +44 (0) 20 7653 4000(exclusive financial adviser to RBC and Bidco) Oliver Asplin HearseyPaul LimDaniel CohenDaniel Gonzalez
Travers Smith LLP is retained as legal adviser to Brewin Dolphin.
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP is retained as legal adviser to RBC and Bidco.
Important notice
RBC Europe Limited (trading as RBC Capital Markets) ("RBC Capital Markets"), which is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority ("PRA") and regulated by the FCA and the PRA in the United Kingdom and a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada, is, acting for Bidco and RBC and no one else in connection with the Acquisition and will not be responsible to anyone other than Bidco and RBC for providing the protections afforded to clients of RBC Capital Markets, or for providing advice in relation to the Acquisition or any other matter referred to in this announcement. Neither RBC Capital Markets nor its parent nor any of its subsidiaries or affiliates (nor their respective directors, officers, employees or agents) owes or accepts any duty, liability or responsibility whatsoever (whether direct or indirect, whether in contract, in tort, under statute or otherwise) to any person who is not a client of RBC Capital Markets in connection with this announcement or any matter referred to herein.
Barclays Bank PLC, acting through its Investment Bank ("Barclays"), which is authorised by the PRA and regulated in the United Kingdom by the FCA and the PRA, is acting exclusively as joint financial adviser, joint Rule 3 adviser and joint corporate broker to Brewin Dolphin and no one else in connection with the Acquisition and will not be responsible to anyone other than Brewin Dolphin for providing the protections afforded to clients of Barclays nor for providing advice in relation to the Acquisition or any other matter referred to in this announcement. Neither Barclays nor any of its affiliates owes or accepts any duty, liability or responsibility whatsoever (whether direct or indirect, whether in contract, in tort, under statute or otherwise) to any person who is not a client of Barclays in connection with this announcement, any statement contained herein or otherwise.
Lazard & Co., Limited ("Lazard"), which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the FCA, is acting exclusively as joint financial adviser and joint Rule 3 adviser to Brewin Dolphin and no one else in connection with the Acquisition and will not be responsible to anyone other than Brewin Dolphin for providing the protections afforded to clients of Lazard nor for providing advice in relation to the Acquisition or any other matters referred to in this announcement. Neither Lazard nor any of its affiliates owes or accepts any duty, liability or responsibility whatsoever (whether direct or indirect, whether in contract, in tort, under statute or otherwise) to any person who is not a client of Lazard in connection with this announcement, any statement contained herein or otherwise.
Liberum Capital Limited ("Liberum"), which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the FCA, is acting exclusively as joint corporate broker to Brewin Dolphin and no one else in connection with the Acquisition and will not be responsible to anyone other than Brewin Dolphin for providing the protections afforded to clients of Liberum nor for providing advice in relation to the Acquisition or any other matter referred to in this announcement. Neither Liberum nor any of its affiliates owes or accepts any duty, liability or responsibility whatsoever (whether direct or indirect, whether in contract, in tort, under statute or otherwise) to any person who is not a client of Liberum in connection with this announcement, any statement contained herein or otherwise.