Admission to trading on the London Stock Exchange

RNS Number : 2801B

AO World PLC

03 March 2014

 



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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

3 March 2014

AO World plc

Admission to trading on the London Stock Exchange

Further to its announcement on 26 February 2014, AO World plc ("AO" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that its entire ordinary share capital of 421,052,631 ordinary shares has today been admitted to the premium listing segment of the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities under the ticker "AO.".

Further information

Enquiries:

AO World plc	[phone]
John Roberts Steve Caunce
Joint Global Co-ordinators, Joint Bookrunners and Joint Sponsors
Jefferies Nick Adams Ben Bailey Lee Morton Max Jones	[phone]
J.P. Morgan Cazenove Greg Chamberlain Luke Bordewich Christopher Nicholls Charles Pretzlik	[phone]
Joint Bookrunner
Numis Alex Ham Mark Lander Oliver Cardigan	[phone]
Financial Adviser
Rothschild Majid Ishaq Andrew Thomas Jonathan Finn Bod Buckby	[phone]/[phone]

Media Enquiries:

Instinctif Partners	[phone]
Matthew Smallwood Justine Warren Jamie Ramsay

Important notice

This announcement does not constitute or form part of any offer or invitation to sell or issue, or any solicitation of any offer to purchase or subscribe for any shares or other securities to any person in the United States or any other jurisdiction nor shall it (or any part of it) or the fact of its distribution, form the basis of, or be relied on in connection with, or act as an inducement to enter into any contract or commitment whatsoever. The distribution of this announcement in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law and persons into whose possession this announcement, or any document or other information referred to herein, comes should inform themselves about and observe any such restriction. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

The Company's ordinary shares have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or with any securities regulatory authority of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States and may not be offered, sold, resold, pledged, delivered, distributed or transferred directly or indirectly, into or within the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in compliance with any applicable laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States. There will be no public offering of securities in the United States or elsewhere.

The Company's ordinary shares have not been and will not be registered under the applicable securities laws of Australia, Canada, Japan or South Africa and, subject to certain exceptions, may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, in Australia, Canada, Japan or South Africa. There will be no public offering of securities in Australia, Canada, Japan or South Africa or elsewhere.

This announcement is only addressed to, and directed at, persons in member states of the European Economic Area who are "qualified investors" within the meaning of Article 2(1)(e) of the Prospectus Directive ("Qualified Investors"). For the purposes of this provision, the expression "Prospectus Directive" means Directive 2003/71/EC, as amended, and includes any relevant implementing measure in each member state of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive. Any investment or investment activity to which this announcement relates is available only to and will only be engaged in with such persons. In addition, in the United Kingdom, this announcement is being distributed only to, and is directed only at, Qualified Investors (i) who have professional experience in matters relating to investments who fall within the definition of "investment professional" in Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the "Order"), or (ii) who are high net worth companies, unincorporated associations and partnerships and trustees of high value trusts as described in Article 49(2) of the Order, and (iii) other persons to whom it may otherwise lawfully be communicated (all such persons together being referred to as "relevant persons").  Any investment or investment activity to which this announcement relates is available only to and will only be engaged in with such persons.  This announcement must not be acted on or relied on (i) in the United Kingdom, by persons who are not relevant persons, and (ii) in any member state of the European Economic Area other than the United Kingdom, by persons who are not Qualified Investors.

No reliance may or should be placed by any person for any purpose whatsoever on the information contained in this announcement or on its completeness, accuracy or fairness. The information in this announcement is subject to change and does not purport to be full or complete. This announcement has not been approved by any competent regulatory authority.

Jefferies and Numis, each of which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") in the United Kingdom, and J.P. Morgan Cazenove and Rothschild, each of which is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority ("PRA") and regulated by the FCA and PRA in the United Kingdom, are acting exclusively for AO and no one else in connection with the matters referred to herein and will not regard any other person as their respective client in relation to such matters and will not be responsible to anyone other than AO for providing the protections afforded to their respective clients or for giving advice in relation to  the contents of this announcement or any transaction, arrangement or other matter referred to herein.

 

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