29 Nov 2013 08:00
NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF THAT JURISDICTION
THIS IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT FALLING UNDER RULE 2.10 OF THE CITY CODE ON TAKEOVERS AND MERGERS (THE "CODE")
29 November 2013
EQUATORIAL PALM OIL PLC
("EPO" or the "Company")
Total Voting Rights Update
Further to the Company's announcement on 26 November 2013 and in accordance with Rule 2.10 of the Code, the Company announces that the 153,817,648 new ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company subscribed for by KL - Kepong International Ltd. have now been admitted to trading on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange (the "Subscription Shares Admission").
Following the Subscription Shares Admission, the Company announces that it has 354,327,502 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in issue and admitted to trading on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange, with each share carrying one right to vote. The International Securities Identification Number for the Ordinary Shares is GB00B2QBNL29.
The Company does not hold any shares in treasury and, therefore, the above figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company.
Enquiries:
Equatorial Palm Oil PLC Michael Frayne (Executive Chairman) www.epoil.co.uk
| +44 (0) 20 7493 7671 |
Strand Hanson Limited (Nominated & Financial Adviser) James Harris / Andrew Emmott / Ritchie Balmer
| +44 (0) 20 7409 3494 |
Mirabaud Securities LLP (Broker) Peter Krens | +44 (0) 20 7484 3510 |
Strand Hanson Limited, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority, is acting exclusively for EPO and no one else in connection with the possible offer and will not be responsible to anyone other than EPO for providing the protections afforded to clients of Strand Hanson Limited or for providing advice in relation to the possible offer or any other matter referred to herein.
Website disclosure
In accordance with Rule 30.4 of the Code, a copy of this announcement will be available on EPO's website at www.epoil.co.uk by no later than 12 noon on 2 December 2013.
Disclosure requirements of the Code
Under Rule 8.3(a) of the Code, any person who is interested in 1% or more of any class of relevant securities of an offeree company or of any securities exchange offeror (being any offeror other than an offeror in respect of which it has been announced that its offer is, or is likely to be, solely in cash) must make an Opening Position Disclosure following the commencement of the offer period and, if later, following the announcement in which any securities exchange offeror is first identified. An Opening Position Disclosure must contain details of the person's interests and short positions in, and rights to subscribe for, any relevant securities of each of (i) the offeree company and (ii) any securities exchange offeror(s). An Opening Position Disclosure by a person to whom Rule 8.3(a) applies must be made by no later than 3.30 pm (London time) on the 10th business day following the commencement of the offer period and, if appropriate, by no later than 3.30 pm (London time) on the 10th business day following the announcement in which any securities exchange offeror is first identified. Relevant persons who deal in the relevant securities of the offeree company or of a securities exchange offeror prior to the deadline for making an Opening Position Disclosure must instead make a Dealing Disclosure.
Under Rule 8.3(b) of the Code, any person who is, or becomes, interested in 1% or more of any class of relevant securities of the offeree company or of any securities exchange offeror must make a Dealing Disclosure if the person deals in any relevant securities of the offeree company or of any securities exchange offeror. A Dealing Disclosure must contain details of the dealing concerned and of the person's interests and short positions in, and rights to subscribe for, any relevant securities of each of (i) the offeree company and (ii) any securities exchange offeror, save to the extent that these details have previously been disclosed under Rule 8. A Dealing Disclosure by a person to whom Rule 8.3(b) applies must be made by no later than 3.30 pm (London time) on the business day following the date of the relevant dealing.
If two or more persons act together pursuant to an agreement or understanding, whether formal or informal, to acquire or control an interest in relevant securities of an offeree company or a securities exchange offeror, they will be deemed to be a single person for the purpose of Rule 8.3.
Opening Position Disclosures must also be made by the offeree company and by any offeror and Dealing Disclosures must also be made by the offeree company, by any offeror and by any persons acting in concert with any of them (see Rules 8.1, 8.2 and 8.4).
Details of the offeree and offeror companies in respect of whose relevant securities Opening Position Disclosures and Dealing Disclosures must be made can be found in the Disclosure Table on the Takeover Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk including details of the number of relevant securities in issue, when the offer period commenced and when any offeror was first identified. You should contact the Panel's Market Surveillance Unit on +44 (0)20 7638 0129 if you are in any doubt as to whether you are required to make an Opening Position Disclosure or a Dealing Disclosure.