15 Dec 2010 07:02
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, JAPAN OR AUSTRALIA.
Flybe Group plc
Stabilisation Notice
Pursuant to Article 9(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2273/2003 implementing the Market Abuse Directive (2003/6/EC), Merrill Lynch International (Contact: Oliver Holbourn; Telephone: 020 7995 3700) hereby gives notice that no stabilisation (within the meaning of the rules of the Financial Services Authority) was undertaken by the Stabilising Manager named below in relation to the offer of the following securities.
Issuer: Flybe Group plc
Securities: Ordinary Shares
Description of offer: Global Offer of Ordinary Shares
Offer price: 295 pence per Ordinary Share
Stabilising Manager: Merrill Lynch International
Stabilisation period: From 10 December 2010 to 15 December 2010
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 does not contain or constitute an offer of, or the solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for, securities to any person in Australia, Canada, Japan, or the United States or in any jurisdiction to whom or in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful. Subject to certain exceptions, the securities referred to herein may not be offered or sold in Australia, Canada or Japan or to, or for the account or benefit of, any national, resident or citizen of Australia, Canada or Japan. The offer of the securities referred to herein has not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "US Securities Act") or under the applicable securities laws of Australia, Canada or Japan.
This announcement does not contain or constitute an offer, or an invitation to purchase or subscribe for, any securities in the United States. The Ordinary Shares have not been, and will not be, registered under the US Securities Act or under the applicable securities legislation of any state of the United States and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration under the US Securities Act, except pursuant to an available exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, such registration requirements. There will be no public offer of the Ordinary Shares in the United States.
Merrill Lynch International, Investec Bank plc and Execution Noble Limited, each of which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, are acting exclusively for the Issuer and for no one else in connection with the Global Offer and will not regard any other person (whether or not a recipient of this document) as their respective clients in relation to the Global Offer. They will not be responsible to anyone other than the Issuer for providing the protections afforded to their respective clients or for the giving of advice in relation to the Global Offer or any other matter referred to in this document.