22 Jun 2011 07:48
This ANnouncement (and the information contained herein) is RESTRICTED AND IS not for release, publication, distribution or forwarding, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, in, into or from the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan or THE REPUBLIC OF south africa or any other jurisdiction where to do so MIGHT constitute a violation of the relevant SECURITIES laws of such jurisdiction.
LAMPRELL PLC
UPDATE ON ACCEPTANCES IN VOLUNTARY OFFER TO ACQUIRE 100 PER CENT. OF THE SHARES OF MARITIME INDUSTRIAL SERVICES CO. LTD. INC.
Further to the announcement dated 19 May 2011 regarding the proposed recommended offer acquisition (the "Acquisition") of Maritime Industrial Services Co. Ltd. Inc. ("MIS"), Lamprell plc (ticker: LAM) is providing an update on acceptances received on the voluntary offer to acquire all the outstanding shares of MIS.
As at 21 June 2011, Lamprell has received acceptances for approximately 40,528,696 shares in MIS, amounting in aggregate to 84.12 per cent. of the share capital and voting rights in MIS.
As announced on 19 May 2011, the acceptance period for the Offer expires on 29 June 2011 at 17:30 (CET).
-ends-
Enquiries:
Lamprell +44 (0)207 920 2347
Jonathan Silver, Chairman
Nigel McCue, Chief Executive Officer
Scott Doak, Chief Financial Officer
M:Communications, London
Patrick d'Ancona +44 (0)207 920 2347
Andrew Benbow +44 (0)207 920 2344
J.P. Morgan Cazenove +44 (0)207 588 2828(Financial Adviser to the Acquisition)
Nick Garrett
Shona Graham
Guy Marks
Paul Park
BofA Merrill Lynch +44 (0)207 628 1000(Co-Financial Adviser to the Acquisition)
Rupert Hume Kendall
Andrew Osborne
Daniel Barnosky
Ziad Awad (Dubai) +971 (4) 425 8224
HSBC +44 (0)207 991 8888(Co-Financial Adviser to the Acquisition)
Abbas Merali
Nick Donald
Mark Long
This announcement shall not constitute an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale or purchase of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. The availability of the rights issue to persons not resident in the United Kingdom may be affected by the laws of the relevant jurisdictions. Such persons should inform themselves about and observe any applicable requirements.
This announcement is an advertisement and does not constitute a prospectus. Nothing in this announcement should be interpreted as a term or condition of the rights issue proposed by Lamprell. Any decision to purchase, otherwise acquire, subscribe for, sell or otherwise dispose of any nil paid rights, fully paid rights and/or new ordinary shares, pursuant to the rights issue, must be made only on the basis of the information contained in and incorporated by reference into the prospectus relating to the Offer and rights issue.