14 Jun 2018 12:26
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THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION
14 June 2018
Recommended Offer
for
UBM plc ("UBM")
by
Informa PLC ("Informa")
Scheme sanctioned by Court
UBM is pleased to announce that the Court has today sanctioned the Scheme by which the recommended offer of UBM by Informa is being implemented.
The Scheme will become effective upon the Court order being delivered to the Registrar of Companies, which is expected to take place on 15 June 2018.
Trading in UBM Shares on the London Stock Exchange's market for listed securities and the listing of UBM Shares on the Official List of the UK Listing Authority will be suspended with effect from 7.30a.m. on 15 June 2018 and the listing of UBM Shares will be cancelled with effect from 8.00a.m. on 18 June 2018.
Defined terms used but not defined in this announcement have the meanings set out in the Scheme Document dated 14 March 2018.
Enquiries:
UBM
Tim Cobbold, Chief Executive Officer | +44 (0) 20 7921 5023 |
Marina Wyatt, Chief Financial Officer | +44 (0) 20 7921 5023 |
Kate Postans, Head of Investor Relations & Corporate Communications
| +44 (0) 20 7921 5023 |
Credit Suisse (Financial adviser and corporate broker to UBM)
Gillian Sheldon / John Hannaford / Joe Hannon / Kush Nanjee | +44 (0) 20 7888 8888 |
J.P. Morgan Cazenove (Financial adviser and corporate broker to UBM)
Hugo Baring / Dwayne Lysaght / Thomas White / Adam Laursen | +44 (0) 20 7742 4000 |
Brunswick (Corporate communications adviser to UBM)
Caroline Daniel / Craig Breheny / Imran Jina | +44 (0) 20 7404 5959 |
Credit Suisse International ("Credit Suisse"), which is authorised by the PRA and regulated by the FCA and the PRA in the United Kingdom, is acting as financial adviser exclusively for UBM and no one else in connection with the matters set out in this announcement and will not be responsible to any person other than UBM for providing the protections afforded to clients of Credit Suisse, nor for providing advice in relation to the content of this announcement or any matter referred to herein. Neither Credit Suisse nor any of its subsidiaries, branches or affiliates owes or accepts any duty, liability or responsibility whatsoever (whether direct or indirect, whether in contract, in tort, under statute or otherwise) to any person who is not a client of Credit Suisse in connection with this announcement, any statement contained herein or otherwise.
J.P. Morgan Securities plc, which conducts its UK investment banking business as J.P. Morgan Cazenove ("J.P. Morgan Cazenove"), is authorised in the United Kingdom by the PRA and regulated in the United Kingdom by the PRA and the FCA. J.P. Morgan Cazenove is acting as financial adviser exclusively for UBM and no one else in connection with the matters set out in this announcement and will not regard any other person as its client in relation to the matters set out in this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than UBM for providing the protections afforded to clients of J.P. Morgan Cazenove or its affiliates, or for providing advice in relation to any matter referred to herein.
Publication on Website
A copy of this announcement will be made available subject to certain restrictions relating to persons resident in Restricted Jurisdictions on UBM's and Informa's websites at www.ubm.com and www.informa.com respectively by no later than 12 noon (London time) on the business day after the date of this announcement. For the avoidance of doubt, the contents of these websites are not incorporated into and do not form part of this announcement.