Mothercare Regulatory News (MTC)

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The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information for the purposes of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014. Upon the publication of this announcement via a Regulatory Information Service, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE UK PROSPECTUS RULES OF THE FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY ("FCA") AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A PROSPECTUS OR A PROSPECTUS EQUIVALENT DOCUMENT. NEITHER THIS ANNOUNCEMENT NOR ANY PART OF IT SHOULD FORM THE BASIS OF OR BE RELIED ON IN CONNECTION WITH OR ACT AS AN INDUCEMENT TO ENTER INTO ANY CONTRACT OR COMMITMENT WHATSOEVER. INVESTORS SHOULD NOT SUBSCRIBE FOR OR PURCHASE ANY SHARES REFERRED TO IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT EXCEPT ON THE BASIS OF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE PROSPECTUS. COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS WILL, FOLLOWING PUBLICATION, BE AVAILABLE FROM THE COMPANY'S REGISTERED OFFICE AND ON ITS WEBSITE WWW.MOTHERCAREPLC.COM

Mothercare plc

("Mothercare", the "Company" or the "Group")

Publication and posting of Prospectus

Further to the announcement made earlier today by Mothercare, a prospectus relating to the Placing and Open Offer to raise approximately £32.5 million (gross) for Mothercare was approved today by the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be posted to shareholders. The Prospectus contains a notice of general meeting of shareholders, to be convened at 10 a.m. on 26 July 2018.

The Prospectus will shortly be available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism at: www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM and on Mothercare's website at: www.mothercareplc.com.

Unless otherwise defined in this announcement, capitalised terms shall have the same meaning given to them in the Prospectus.

Enquiries

Mothercare plc

Mark Newton-Jones / David Wood / Glyn Hughes

01923 694935

MHP Communications

Tim Rowntree / Simon Hockridge

020 3128 8789 / 8778

Numis Securities Limited

Luke Bordewich / Oliver Cardigan / Oliver Cox

0207 260 1000

Shore Capital

Dru Danford / Patrick Castle / Daniel Bush

0207 408 4090

IMPORTANT NOTICE

The information contained in this announcement is for background purposes only and does not purport to be full or complete. No reliance may be placed for any purpose on the information contained in this announcement or its accuracy or completeness. The information in this announcement is subject to change. Nothing in this announcement should be interpreted as a term or condition of the Capital Raising.

This announcement contains "forward‐looking statements" with respect to the financial condition, results of operations and business of Mothercare and to certain of Mothercare's plans and objectives with respect to these items.

Forward‐looking statements are sometimes but not always identified by the use of a date in the future or such words as 'anticipates', 'aims', 'due', 'could', 'may', 'should', 'expects', 'believes', 'intends', 'plans', 'targets', 'goal', or 'estimates'. By their very nature forward‐looking statements are inherently unpredictable, speculative and involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or will occur in the future.

There are various factors that could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward‐looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, changes in the economies, political situations and markets in which Mothercare operates; changes in the regulatory or competition frameworks in which Mothercare operates; the impact of legal or other proceedings against or which affect Mothercare; changes in inflation or exchange rates.

All written or verbal forward‐looking statements, made in this announcement or made subsequently, which are attributable to Mothercare or persons acting on their behalf, are expressly qualified in their entirety by the factors referred to above.

Neither Mothercare nor any other person (including Numis and Shore Capital) intends to update these forward‐looking statements.

Numis, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority, is acting exclusively for Mothercare and for no one else in connection with the matters described in this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than Mothercare for providing the protections afforded to clients of Numis (as the case may be) nor for providing advice in relation to the matters referred to in this announcement or any other transaction, arrangement or matter referred to in this announcement.

Shore Capital, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority, is acting exclusively for Mothercare and no one else in connection with the matters described in this announcement will not be responsible to anyone other than Mothercare for providing the protections afforded to clients of Shore Capital (as the case may be) nor for providing advice in relation to the matters referred to in this announcement or any other transaction, arrangement or matter referred to in this announcement.

This announcement has been issued by Mothercare and is the sole responsibility of Mothercare. No representation or warranty, express or implied, is or will be made as to, or in relation to, and no responsibility or liability is or will be accepted by Numis or Shore Capital, or by any of their affiliates or agents as to, or in relation to, the accuracy or completeness of this announcement or any other written or oral information made available to or publicly available to any interested party or their advisers, and any liability therefore is expressly disclaimed.

This announcement and the information contained herein do not constitute an offer of securities in the United States. The securities referred to in this announcement have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration under the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from, or a transaction not subject to, such registration requirements.

Mothercare has not registered and does not intend to register the offering of any securities in the United States or to conduct a public offering of any securities in the United States.

The information in this announcement may not be forwarded or distributed to any other person and may not be reproduced in any manner whatsoever. Any forwarding, distribution, reproduction, or disclosure of this information in whole or in part is unauthorised. Failure to comply with this directive may result in a violation of the Securities Act or the applicable laws of other jurisdictions.

INFORMATION TO DISTRIBUTORS

Solely for the purposes of the product governance requirements contained within: (a) EU Directive 2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments, as amended ("MiFID II"); (b) Articles 9 and 10 of Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2017/593 supplementing MiFID II; and (c) local implementing measures (together, the "MiFID II Product Governance Requirements"), and disclaiming all and any liability, whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise, which any "manufacturer" (for the purposes of the MiFID II Product Governance Requirements) may otherwise have with respect thereto, the New Ordinary Shares to be issued in the Capital Raising have been subject to a product approval process, which has determined that the Shares are: (i) compatible with an end target market of retail investors and investors who meet the criteria of professional clients and eligible counterparties, each as defined in MiFID II; and (ii) eligible for distribution through all distribution channels as are permitted by MiFID II (the "Target Market Assessment"). Notwithstanding the Target Market Assessment, distributors should note that: the price of the Ordinary Shares may decline and investors could lose all or part of their investment; the New Ordinary Shares to be issued in the Capital Raising offer no guaranteed income and no capital protection; and an investment in the New Ordinary Shares to be issued in the Capital Raising is compatible only with investors who do not need a guaranteed income or capital protection, who (either alone or in conjunction with an appropriate financial or other adviser) are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of such an investment and who have sufficient resources to be able to bear any losses that may result therefrom. The Target Market Assessment is without prejudice to the requirements of any contractual, legal or regulatory selling restrictions in relation to the Capital Raising. Furthermore, it is noted that, notwithstanding the Target Market Assessment, Numis will only procure investors who meet the criteria of professional clients and eligible counterparties.

For the avoidance of doubt, the Target Market Assessment does not constitute: (a) an assessment of suitability or appropriateness for the purposes of MiFID II; or (b) a recommendation to any investor or group of investors to invest in, or purchase, or take any other action whatsoever with respect to the Ordinary Shares.

Each distributor is responsible for undertaking its own Target Market Assessment in respect of the Ordinary Shares and determining appropriate distribution channels.