INL.L Regulatory News (INL)

9 Aug 2007 18:15

Inland PLC09 August 2007 Inland plc Offer for Poole Investments PLC Offer document posted For immediate release 9 August 2007 Inland plc ("Inland") today announced a recommended cash offer for the whole ofthe issued and to be issued share capital of Poole Investments PLC ("PooleInvestments") which it did not already own ("the Offer"). The document containing the Offer to Poole Investments shareholders (other thancertain overseas shareholders) has now been posted. Offer timetable and postal delaysDue to the threatened postal strikes the Panel has requested that the firstclosing date of the Offer will be 6 September 2007, being 28 days after postingof the Offer Document and acceptances will not be capable of withdrawal until 27 September 2007 (subject to the Offer becoming unconditional earlier). Copies of the Offer Document are available from the offices of Dawnay, DayCorporate Finance Limited at 17 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1W 0BD and fromInland's website at www.inlandplc.com. The first closing of the Offer is at 1pm on 6 September 2007. Enquiries: Inland plc Tel: (01923) 713 600Stephen Wicks, Chief Executive Dawnay, Day Corporate Finance plc Tel: (020) 7509 4570David FloydAlex Stanbury Buchanan Communications Tel: (020) 7466 5000Jeremy Garcia The persons responsible for this announcement are the directors of Inland. Tothe best of their knowledge and belief (having taken all reasonable care toensure that such is the case) the information for which they are responsiblecontained in this announcement is in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the import of such information. Each of the directors of Inland accepts responsibility accordingly. Dawnay, Day Corporate Finance Ltd which is authorised and regulated in theUnited Kingdom by the FSA, is acting for Inland and for no one else inconnection with the Offer and will not be responsible to anyone other thanInland for providing the protections afforded to customers of Dawnay DayCorporate Finance Ltd or for providing advice to any other person in relation to the Offer. Dawnay Day has approved the contents of this announcement for the purposes ofsection 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and has given itsconsent to the publication of this announcement containing references to itsname in the form and context in which they appear. This announcement is not for release, publication or distribution in whole or in part in, into or from the United States, Australia, South Africa or Japan. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange