16 Mar 2018 14:00
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16 March 2018
LXB RETAIL PROPERTIES PLC
("LXB")
Court sanction of scheme of arrangement
LXB, the Jersey resident closed-ended real estate investment company focused on edge of town and out of town retail assets, announces that the Royal Court of Jersey (the "Court") has today sanctioned the reorganisation (the "Reorganisation") of the LXB group by way of a scheme of arrangement under Article 125 of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 (the "Scheme").
The Court order sanctioning the Scheme has today been delivered to the Registrar of Companies for Jersey and, accordingly, the Scheme has become fully unconditional and the effective date of the Scheme (the "Effective Date") is 16 March 2018.
In order to facilitate its implementation, certain minor modifications have been made to the timetable of principal events of the Scheme as follows:
(i) the date on which certain preparatory steps to the Reorganisation are to occur (being those set out in paragraphs 1.1(A) to (F) (inclusive) of the Scheme) have been brought forward from 30 March 2018 to the Effective Date; and
(ii) the time at which certain subsequent steps to the Reorganisation are to occur (being those set out in paragraphs 1.1(G) and (H) of the Scheme) have, for accounting purposes, been deferred from 9.00 a.m. on 30 March 2018 until 11:59 p.m. on 31 March 2018 (being the Effective Time of the Scheme).
In accordance with the Scheme, each of LXB, IW Topco Limited and IW Midco Limited has, on behalf of all concerned, consented to these changes which have also been approved by the Court. All other times and dates for implementation of the Scheme remain as set out in the expected timetable of principal events on page 4 of the the circular to shareholders dated 3 February 2018 containing details of the Reorganisation (the "Scheme Circular").
Further details of the Reorganisation and the Returns of Cash (as such term is defined in the Scheme Circular) are set out in, respectively, the Scheme Circular and the circular to LXB shareholders dated 3 February 2018 containing details of the Returns of Cash.
For further information please contact:
LXB Adviser LLP Tim Walton, CEOBrendan O'Grady, FD
| Tel: 020 7432 7900 |
J.P. Morgan Cazenove (NOMAD) Bronson Albery/Paul Hewlett
| Tel: 020 7742 4000 |
Buchanan Charles Ryland/Henry Wilson
| Tel: 020 7466 5000 |
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Publication on website
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Time
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