11 Jun 2014 08:08
NOT INTENDED TO PROMOTE THE SALE OF ANY SECURITIES, AND NOT FOR PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES (INCLUDING ITS TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS, ANY STATE OF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, JAPAN OR SWITZERLAND OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE IT IS UNLAWFUL TO DISTRIBUTE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT OR ANY COPY OF IT.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
11 June 2014
GAME Digital plc
Admission to trading on the London Stock Exchange
Further to the publication of the prospectus on 6 June 2014 relating to its initial public offering, GAME Digital plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce that its entire issued ordinary share capital, which comprises 170,000,000 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 "GMD".
Enquiries
For further information please contact:
GAME Digital plc +44 (0) 1256 784000
Martyn Gibbs, Chief Executive Officer
Benedict Smith, Chief Financial Officer
James Staveley, Investor Relations & Corporate Development Director
Financial adviser, Sole Sponsor and Joint Bookrunner
Canaccord Genuity +44 (0) 20 7523 8000
Alexis de Rosnay
Bruce Garrow
Cara Griffiths
Emma Gabriel
Joint Bookrunner
HSBC +44 (0) 20 7991 8888
Stuart Dickson
Andrew Judge
Richard Fagan
Joint Bookrunner
Liberum +44 (0) 20 3100 2222
Peter Tracey
Christopher Britton
Media Enquiries
Citigate Dewe Rogerson +44 (0) 207 638 9571
Tom Baldock
Grant Ringshaw
Jos Bieneman
Important notice
This announcement does not constitute or form part of any offer or invitation to sell or issue, or any solicitation of any offer to purchase or subscribe for any securities, nor shall it (or any part of it), or the fact of its distribution, form the basis of, or be relied on in connection with, or act as an inducement to enter into, any contract therefor.
Neither this announcement nor any copy of it may be made or transmitted into the United States, or distributed, directly or indirectly, in the United States. Neither this announcement nor any copy of it may be taken or transmitted directly or indirectly into Australia, Canada, Japan or Switzerland or to any persons in any of those jurisdictions, except in compliance with applicable securities laws. Any failure to comply with this restriction may constitute a violation of United States, Australian, Canadian, Japanese or Swiss securities laws. The distribution of this announcement in other jurisdictions may be restricted by law and persons into whose possession this announcement comes should inform themselves about, and observe, any such restrictions.
The securities to which this announcement relates have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or with any regulating authority or under any applicable securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States, and may not be offered or sold within the United States unless registered under the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in compliance with applicable state law. There will be no public offer of the securities in the United States.
The securities referred to herein have not been registered under the applicable securities laws of Australia, Canada, Japan or Switzerland and, subject to certain exceptions, may not be offered or sold within Australia, Canada or Japan or to any national, resident or citizen of Australia, Canada, Japan or Switzerland.
In the European Economic Area (the "EEA"), this announcement is addressed only to, and is directed only at, persons in member states of the EEA who are "qualified investors" within the meaning of Article 2(1)(e) of EU Directive 2003/71/EC (the "Prospectus Directive"), as modified by EU Directive 2010/73/EU, in each case as implemented in the relevant member state of the EEA ("Qualified Investors"). In addition, this announcement is being distributed only to, and is directed only at (a) in the United Kingdom, (i) Qualified Investors who have professional experience in matters relating to investments falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the "Order") (Investment professionals), (ii) Qualified Investors who fall within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (High net worth companies, unincorporated associations etc) or (iii) Qualified Investors to whom it may otherwise be lawfully distributed or at which it may otherwise lawfully be directed and (b) outside the United Kingdom, persons to whom it may otherwise be lawfully distributed or at which it may otherwise lawfully be directed (all such persons together being referred to as "relevant persons"). Any investment or investment activity to which this announcement relates is available only to relevant persons and will be engaged in only with relevant persons. This announcement must not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not relevant persons. Any purchase of or subscription for securities to which this announcement relates should be made solely on the basis of the information contained in the final prospectus issued by the Company on 6 June 2014 in connection with the admission of its securities to the premium listing segment of the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities. No reliance may or should be placed by any person for any purposes whatsoever on the information contained in this announcement or on its completeness, accuracy or fairness. The information in this announcement is subject to change.
Canaccord Genuity (which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA")), HSBC (which is authorised in the United Kingdom by the Prudential Regulation Authority ("PRA") and regulated by the FCA and the PRA) and Liberum (which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the FCA) (collectively, the "Banks") are each acting exclusively for the Company and no one else in connection with the Offer and will not regard any other person as their respective client in relation to the Offer and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to their respective clients or for giving advice in relation to the Offer or the contents of this announcement or any transaction, arrangement or other matter referred to herein.