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LAF - Lonrho Plc - Result of firm placing and placing and open offer
LONRHO PLC
(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales)
(Registration number 2805337)
(Share code: LAF; ISIN number: GB0002568813
("Lonrho" or "the Company")
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN IT IS NOT FOR RELEASE,
PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN OR
INTO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN AND THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH
AFRICA AND SHOULD NOT BE DISTRIBUTED IN, FORWARDED TO OR TRANSMITTED INTO ANY
JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO MIGHT CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF LOCAL APPLICABLE
SECURITIES LAWS OR REGULATIONS.
ALL DEFINED TERMS USED IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT HAVE THE MEANING GIVEN TO THEM IN
THE PROSPECTUS PUBLISHED BY THE COMPANY ON 13 DECEMBER 2011, UNLESS OTHERWISE
DEFINED HEREIN.
RESULT OF FIRM PLACING AND PLACING AND OPEN OFFER
On 13 December 2011, the Board of Directors of Lonrho Plc ("Lonrho" or the
"Company") announced details of the Firm Placing and Placing and Open Offer of
New Ordinary Shares to raise gross proceeds of approximately GBP26.9 million
through the issue of 161,280,925 Firm Placing Shares and 108,217,870 Open Offer
Shares pursuant to the Firm Placing and Placing and Open Offer, both at an issue
price of 10 pence per New Ordinary Share. The Open Offer Shares made available
pursuant to the Placing were subject to clawback to satisfy valid applications
by Qualifying Shareholders pursuant to the Open Offer. The Firm Placing Shares
were not subject to clawback and were not part of the Open Offer.
The Open Offer closed for acceptance at 11.00 a.m. on 30 December 2011. The
Company announces that it has received valid acceptances in respect of
22,534,994 New Ordinary Shares from Qualifying Shareholders, representing
approximately 20.8 per cent. of the New Ordinary Shares offered under the Open
Offer. The remaining Open Offer Shares have been allocated to Firm Placees with
whom they had been conditionally placed under the terms of the Firm Placing.
The Firm Placing and Placing and Open Offer are conditional, amongst other
things, upon Admission occurring by no later than 8:00 a.m. on 4 January 2012
(or such later time and/or date as the Company and Panmure Gordon may agree).
Application has been made to the UKLA for the New Ordinary Shares to be admitted
to the premium segment of the Official List and to the London Stock Exchange for
the New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange`s
main market for listed securities. The New Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu
in all respects with the Existing Ordinary Shares. It is expected that Admission
will become effective and that dealings in the New Ordinary Shares will commence
at 8:00 a.m. on 4 January 2012.
The New Ordinary Shares (in uncertificated form) are expected to be credited to
CREST accounts on or around 8.00 a.m. on 4 January 2012 and definitive share
certificates for the New Ordinary Shares are expected to be despatched to
certificated shareholders by the seventh day following Admission.
Enquiries
Lonrho Plc +44 (0) 20 7016 5105
David Lenigas
Geoffrey White
David Armstrong
Panmure Gordon +44 (0) 20 7459 3600
Tim Linacre
Dominic Morley
Adam Pollock
Hannah Woodley
Pelham Bell Pottinger +44 (0) 20 7861 3232
Gavin Davis
Charles Goodwin
Charlie Harrison
Neither the content of Lonrho`s website nor any website accessible by hyperlinks
to Lonrho`s website is incorporated in, or forms part of, this announcement. The
distribution of this announcement, the Prospectus and any other documentation
associated with the Capital Raising into jurisdictions other than the United
Kingdom may be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession these documents
come should inform themselves about and observe any such restrictions. Any
failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the
securities laws of any such jurisdiction. In particular, such documents should
not be distributed, forwarded to or transmitted, directly or indirectly, in
whole or in part, in or into any Prohibited Territory.
No action has been taken by Lonrho or any other person that would permit an
offer of the New Ordinary Shares or possession or distribution of this
announcement, the Prospectus or any other documentation or publicity material or
the Application Forms in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is
required, other than in the United Kingdom.
The New Ordinary Shares are being offered and sold outside the US in reliance on
Regulation S under the US Securities Act of 1933. The New Ordinary Shares have
not been approved or disapproved by the US Securities and Exchange Commission,
any state securities commission in the US or any other US regulatory authority,
nor have any of the foregoing authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of
the offering of the New Ordinary Shares or the accuracy or adequacy of the
Prospectus or this document. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal
offence in the US.
The New Ordinary Shares have not been and will not be registered under the US
Securities Act of 1933, the relevant laws of any state of the United States or
the relevant laws of any state, province or territory of any of the other
Prohibited Territories and may not be offered, sold, resold, taken up,
transferred, delivered or distributed, directly or indirectly, within the United
States or any other Prohibited Territory except pursuant to an applicable
exemption from registration requirements. There will be no public offer of New
Ordinary Shares in the United States or any other Prohibited Territory.
This announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute or
form part of any offer to issue or sell, or the solicitation of an offer to
acquire, purchase or subscribe for, any securities in any jurisdiction and
should not be relied upon in connection with any decision to subscribe for or
acquire any of the New Ordinary Shares. In particular, this announcement does
not constitute or form part of any offer to issue or sell, or the solicitation
of an offer to acquire, purchase or subscribe for, any securities in the United
States.
This announcement has been issued by, and is the sole responsibility of, the
Company. No person has been authorised to give any information or to make any
representations other than those contained in this announcement and, if given or
made, such information or representations must not be relied on as having been
authorised by Lonrho or Panmure Gordon. Subject to the Listing Rules, the
Prospectus Rules and the Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the issue of this
announcement shall not, in any circumstances, create any implication that there
has been no change in the affairs of the Group since the date of this
announcement or that the information contained in it is correct at any
subsequent date.
Panmure Gordon, who is authorised and regulated in the UK by the Financial
Services Authority, is acting for Lonrho and no one else in connection with the
Capital Raising and will not regard any other person (whether or not a recipient
of this announcement) as a client in relation to the Capital Raising and will
not be responsible to anyone other than Lonrho for providing the protections
afforded to its clients or for providing advice in relation to the Capital
Raising or any matters referred to in this announcement.
Apart from the responsibilities and liabilities, if any, which may be imposed on
Panmure Gordon by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, Panmure Gordon
does not accept any responsibility whatsoever for the contents of this
announcement, and makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, for
the contents of this announcement, including its accuracy, completeness or
verification, or for any other statement made or purported to be made by it, or
on its behalf, in connection with Lonrho or the New Ordinary Shares or the
Capital Raising, and nothing in this announcement is or shall be relied upon as,
a promise or representation in this respect whether as to the past or future.
Panmure Gordon accordingly disclaims to the fullest extent permitted by law all
and any liability whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise (save as
referred to above) which it might otherwise have in respect of this announcement
or any such statement.
No statement in this announcement is intended to be a profit forecast and no
statement in this announcement should be interpreted to mean that earnings per
share of Lonrho for the current or future financial years would necessarily
match or exceed the historical published earnings per share of Lonrho.
03 January 2012
South African sponsor
Java Capital
Date: 03/01/2012 09:00:11 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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