HON.L Regulatory News (HON)

17 Jan 2006 11:53

Honeywell International Inc17 January 2006 Not for release, publication or distribution in or into Australia, Canada, Japanor the United States January 17, 2006 HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. FIRST TECHNOLOGY PLC MARKET PURCHASE Honeywell International Inc. announces that, following the posting of the offerdocument ("Offer Document") yesterday to First Technology Shareholders, itswholly-owned subsidiary, Honeywell Acquisitions II Limited has acquired3,172,497 First Technology Shares, representing approximately 4.21 per cent. ofFirst Technology's issued share capital, at a price of 275 pence each for anaggregate amount of £8,724,366.75 (the "Acquired Shares"). Aggregating the Acquired Shares with the First Technology Shares subject to theirrevocable undertakings to accept the Offer announced on December 19, 2005,Honeywell Acquisitions II Limited has now acquired, or contracted to acquire, atotal of 33,205,906 First Technology Shares, representing approximately 44.04per cent. of First Technology's issued share capital. Terms defined in the Offer Document have the same meanings in this announcement. Enquiries UBS Investment Bank Tel: +44 (0) 20 7567-8000(Financial adviser and broker to Honeywell)Aidan CleggHugo Robinson This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or an invitation topurchase or subscribe for any securities or the solicitation of an offer to buyor subscribe for any securities pursuant to the Offer or otherwise. The Offeris being made solely by the Offer Document and the Form of Acceptanceaccompanying the Offer Document which contains the full terms and conditions ofthe Offer including details of how the Offer may be accepted. The OfferDocument and Form of Acceptance are being made available to those FirstTechnology Shareholders who are able to receive them, as a result of the laws ofthe jurisdictions in which they are resident. First Technology Shareholdersshould read the Offer Document and Form of Acceptance (if they are able toreceive them) as they contain important information. The Offer is not being made, directly or indirectly, in or into or by use of themails or any other means or instrumentality (including, without limitation,telephonic or electronic) of interstate or foreign commerce of, or any facilityof a national, state or other securities exchange of, Australia, Canada, Japanor the United States, and the Offer will not be capable of acceptance by anysuch use, means, instrumentality or facility or from within Australia, Canada,Japan or the United States. Accordingly, copies of formal documentationrelating to Offer are not being, and must not be, directly or indirectly, mailedor otherwise forwarded, distributed in or into or from Australia, Canada, Japanor the United States and persons receiving this announcement (includingcustodians, nominees and trustees) must not distribute or send them into or fromAustralia, Canada, Japan or the United States. Doing so may render invalid anyrelated purported acceptance of the Offer. In the event that HoneywellAcquisitions II extends the Offer in the US at some future time, it will do soin satisfaction of the procedural and filing requirements of the US securitieslaws at that time, to the extent applicable thereto. UBS Limited ("UBS" or "UBS Investment Bank") is acting for Honeywell andHoneywell Acquisitions II in connection with the Offer and no one else and willnot be responsible to anyone other than Honeywell or Honeywell Acquisitions IIfor providing the protections afforded to customers of UBS or for providingadvice in relation to the Offer. The release, publication or distribution of this announcement in certainjurisdictions may be restricted by law and therefore persons in any suchjurisdictions into which this announcement is released, published or distributedshould inform themselves about and observe such restrictions. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange