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09 March 2015
Eurocell plc
Admission to Trading on the London Stock Exchange
Further to its announcement on 4 March 2015, Eurocell plc is pleased to announce that its entire ordinary share capital of 100,000,000 ordinary shares has today been admitted to the premium listing segment of the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities under the ticker "ECEL".
Enquiries
Eurocell plc Patrick Bateman, Chief Executive Officer Matthew Edwards, Chief Financial Officer
| +44 177 384 2100 |
Canaccord Genuity (Sponsor and sole bookrunner) Bruce Garrow Colin Christie Piers Coombs Chris Connors
| +44 207 523 8350 |
Peel Hunt (Co-lead manager) Dan Webster Jock Maxwell Macdonald Richard Brown | +44 207 418 8900 |
Rothschild (Financial adviser) Jonathan Finn Greg Cant
| +44 207 280 5000 |
Pendomer Ben Foster
| +44 20 3603 5221 |
Important notice
The contents of this announcement, which has been prepared by and is the sole responsibility of the Company, have been approved by Canaccord Genuity Limited solely for the purposes of section 21(2)(b) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended.
The information contained in this announcement is for background purposes only and does not purport to be full or complete. No reliance may be placed for any purpose on the information contained in this announcement or its accuracy, fairness or completeness.
This announcement is an advertisement and not a prospectus and investors should not purchase or subscribe for any securities referred to in this announcement except on the basis of information in the Prospectus to be published by the Company in due course in connection with the proposed admission of the Shares to the premium listing segment of the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities.
This announcement is not for publication or distribution, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States (including its territories and possessions, any State of the United States and the District of Columbia), Australia, Canada, the Republic of Africa, New Zealand, Japan or any other jurisdiction where to do so would constitute a violation of the relevant laws of such jurisdiction. The distribution of this announcement may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions and persons into whose possession any document or other information referred to herein comes should inform themselves about and observe any such restriction. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
This announcement does not contain or constitute an offer of, or the solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for, the securities referred to herein to any person in any jurisdiction, including the United States, Australia, Canada, the Republic of South Africa, New Zealand, or Japan or in any jurisdiction to whom or in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful.
The securities referred to herein may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, in the United States unless registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "US Securities Act") or offered in a transaction exempt from, or not subject to, the registration requirements of the US Securities Act. The offer and sale of securities referred to herein has not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act or under the applicable securities laws of Australia, Canada, the Republic of South Africa, New Zealand, or Japan. There will be no public offer of the Shares in the United States, Australia, Canada, the Republic of South Africa, New Zealand, or Japan. Subject to certain exceptions, the Shares referred to herein may not be offered or sold in Australia, Canada, the Republic of South Africa, New Zealand, or Japan or to, or for the account or benefit of, any national, resident or citizen of Australia, Canada, the Republic of South Africa, New Zealand or Japan.
This announcement is only addressed to and directed at persons in member states of the European Economic Area ("EEA") who are qualified investors within the meaning of Article 2(1)(e) of the Prospectus Directive (Directive 2003/71/EC), as amended ("Qualified Investors").
Canaccord Genuity Limited and Peel Hunt LLP, each of which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the United Kingdom are acting exclusively for the Company and no-one else in connection with the IPO. They will not regard any other person as their respective clients in relation to the IPO and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to their respective clients, nor for providing advice in relation to the IPO, the contents of this announcement or any transaction, arrangement or other matter referred to herein.
In connection with the IPO, each of the Banks and any of their respective affiliates, acting as investors for their own accounts, may purchase Shares and in that capacity may retain, purchase, sell, offer to sell or otherwise deal for their own accounts in such Shares and other securities of the Company or related investments in connection with the IPO or otherwise. Accordingly, references in the Prospectus, once published, to the Shares being offered, acquired, sold, placed or otherwise dealt in should be read as including any offer, sale, acquisition, placing or dealing in the Shares by any of the Banks and any of their affiliates acting as investors for their own accounts. In addition, certain of the Banks or their affiliates may enter into financing arrangements and swaps in connection with which they or their affiliates may from time to time acquire, hold or dispose of Shares. None of the Banks intends to disclose the extent of any such investment or transactions otherwise than in accordance with any legal or regulatory obligations to do so.
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