Crown Place Regulatory News (CRWN)

12 Jan 2006 17:01

Murray VCT PLC12 January 2006 NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN OR INTOAUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN, OR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THIS ANNOUNCEMENTDOES NOT CONSTITUTE OR FORM PART OF AN OFFER TO SELL, PURCHASE, EXCHANGE ORSUBSCRIBE FOR ANY SECURITIES OR SOLICITATION OF SUCH AN OFFER IN THE UNITEDSTATES OF AMERICA OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. THE SECURITIES REFERRED TO IN THISANNOUNCEMENT HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATESSECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND WILL NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN THEUNITED STATES EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION. 12 January 2006 Murray VCT PLC (the "Company")Merger Up-Date and Tender Offer Merger The Directors are pleased to announce that the High Court has today sanctionedthe Scheme of Arrangement for the merger of the Company, Murray VCT 2 PLC andMurray VCT 3 PLC. Under the terms of the Merger, the Murray VCT FAV, the MurrayVCT2 FAV and the Murray VCT3 FAV have been calculated as at the close ofbusiness on 9 January 2006 and are as follows: Murray VCT FAV 29.3611pMurray VCT2 FAV 35.1025pMurray VCT3 FAV 41.2527p Accordingly, under the terms of the Merger and conditional upon the Mergerbecoming effective: (i) The number of New Shares each Shareholder will receive will be calculated bydividing the Murray VCT FAV by the Murray VCT 3 FAV and multiplying theresultant fraction by the number of Murray VCT shares held at 6.00 p.m. on 12January 2006. Shareholders will therefore receive, in aggregate, 18,171,364 NewShares; and (ii) The number of New Shares each Murray VCT2 Shareholder will receive will becalculated by dividing the Murray VCT2 FAV by the Murray VCT3 FAV andmultiplying the resultant fraction by the number of Murray VCT2 shares held at6.00 p.m. on 12 January 2006. Murray VCT 2 Shareholders will therefore receive,in aggregate, 27,975,839 New Shares. Where the total number of New Shares to be issued to a holder of Shares orMurray VCT2 Shares produces a fractional entitlement, the number of New Sharesto be issued to such person shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number ofNew Shares. The Merger remains conditional on, inter alia, Admission, which is expected tobecome effective on 13 January 2006. A further announcement will be made at thattime. Tender Offer For the purposes of the Tender Offer, the Tender Price per Share is 29.3611p.2,790,376 Shares have today been purchased by the Company in connection with theTender Offer and have been cancelled. The definitions set out on pages 3 to 6 of the Company's Circular dated 18November 2005 shall, unless the context otherwise requires, bear the samemeanings in this announcement. Enquiries Patrick Reeve 020 7422 7830Emil Gigov 020 7422 7830Close Venture Management Limited Allan Treacy 01223 422 396AGM Corporate Finance LLP, advisers to the Company John West 020 7920 3150Clemmie CarrTavistock Communications The directors of the Company accept responsibility for the information relatingto the Company and its directors in this document. To the best of the knowledgeand belief of such directors (who have taken all reasonable care to ensure thatsuch is the case), the information relating to the Company and its directorscontained in this document, for which they are solely responsible, is inaccordance with the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the importof such information. AGM Corporate Finance LLP is acting exclusively for the Company and for no oneelse in connection with Merger and will not be responsible to anyone other thanthe Company for providing the protections afforded to clients of AGM CorporateFinance LLP nor for providing advice in relation to the Merger. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange