Strip Tinning Regulatory News (STG)

2 Jun 2006 09:55

Solitaire Real Estate Holdings Ltd02 June 2006 Not for release, publication or distribution in or into the United States,Canada, Australia or Japan 2 June 2006 Recommended cash offer By Corporate Synergy Plc on behalf of Solitaire Real Estate Holdings Limited ("SREH") to acquire Solitaire Group plc ("Solitaire") Further to the announcement made on 5 May 2006 of a recommended cash offer byCorporate Synergy Plc on behalf of Solitaire Real Estate Holdings Limited forSolitaire Group plc, SREH announces that the Offer Document, containing the fullterms and conditions of the Offer, is being posted to qualifying SolitaireShareholders today, together with the Form of Acceptance, and is being extended,by an advertisement in the Financial Times, to all persons to whom the OfferDocument may not be despatched who hold, or who are entitled to have allotted orissued to them, Solitaire Shares. If you hold Solitaire Shares in certificated form, to accept the Offer, youshould complete, sign and return a Form of Acceptance for each holding as soonas possible and, in any event, so as to be received by Capita Registrars,Corporate Actions, The Registry, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 4TU byno later than 3.00 p.m. (London time) on 23 June 2006. Acceptances in respect ofuncertificated Solitaire Shares should be made electronically through CREST sothat the TTE Instruction settles by no later than 3.00 p.m. (London time) on 23June 2006. If you hold Solitaire Shares as a CREST sponsored member, you shouldrefer to your CREST sponsor as only your CREST sponsor will be able to send thenecessary TTE Instruction to CRESTCo. Responsibility The directors of SREH and Vincent Tchenguiz, in his capacity as adviser to theTchenguiz Family Trust, accept responsibility for all the information containedin this announcement. To the best of their knowledge and belief (having takenall reasonable care to ensure that such is the case), the information containedin this announcement for which they accept responsibility is in accordance withthe facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the import of suchinformation. Definitions in this announcement have the same meaning as contained in the OfferDocument. Enquiries Corporate Synergy Plc (Financial adviser to SREH) 020 7448 4400 Rhod Cruwys Brian Stockbridge David Seal Corporate Synergy Plc, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdomby The Financial Services Authority, is acting for SREH and no one else inconnection with the Offer and will not be responsible to anyone other than SREHfor providing the protections afforded to customers of Corporate Synergy Plc norfor providing advice in relation to the Offer or any other matter referred toherein. The availability of the Offer to persons not resident in the United Kingdom maybe affected by the laws of the relevant jurisdiction. Such persons shouldinform themselves about and observe any applicable requirements of thosejurisdictions. The Offer will not be made, directly or indirectly, in or into the UnitedStates, Canada, Australia or Japan and, subject to certain exceptions, the Offerwill not be capable of acceptance in or from the United States, Canada,Australia or Japan. Custodians, nominees and trustees should observe therestrictions and must not send or distribute this announcement in, into or fromthe United States, Canada, Australia or Japan. This announcement does not constitute an offer or an invitation to purchase orsubscribe for any securities or the solicitation of an offer to purchase anysecurities, pursuant to the Offer or otherwise. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange