Publication of Prospectus

RNS Number : 5079S

Assura Group Limited

24 September 2014

 



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, CANADA, JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND, HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA OR THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA (THE "EXCLUDED TERRITORIES") AND SHOULD NOT BE DISTRIBUTED IN, FORWARDED TO OR TRANSMITTED INTO THOSE COUNTRIES OR INTO ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO MIGHT CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF LOCAL SECURITIES LAWS OR REGULATIONS.

PLEASE SEE THE IMPORTANT NOTICE AT THE END OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

24 September 2014

Assura Group Limited

('Assura' or 'the Company')

Publication of Prospectus

The prospectus of the Company dated 24 September 2014 (the "Prospectus") relating to the proposed Firm Placing, Placing and Open Offer and Offer for Subscription announced earlier today has been approved by the Financial Conduct Authority and has been published. The Prospectus will be posted to shareholders today and has also been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism where it will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

In addition, the Prospectus will shortly be available to view on the website of the Company, www.assuragroup.co.uk, and copies of the Prospectus will be made available at the Company's head office at The Brew House, Greenalls Avenue, Warrington WA4 6HL.

For more information, please contact:

Assura Group Limited                                         Tel: [phone]

Graham Roberts

Jonathan Murphy

Carolyn Jones

Oriel Securities Limited                                     Tel: [phone]

Mark Young

Roger Clarke

Stewart Wallace 

Tom Yeadon

Liberum Capital Limited                                    Tel: [phone]

Peter Tracey         

Richard Crawley

Tom Fyson

Jamie Richards

RLM Finsbury                                                        Tel: [phone]

Gordon Simpson

Important Notice

This announcement does not constitute or form part of any offer or invitation to purchase, otherwise acquire, subscribe for, sell, otherwise dispose of or issue, or any solicitation of any offer to sell, otherwise dispose of, issue, purchase, otherwise acquire or subscribe for, any security in the capital of the Company in any jurisdiction. Any decision to purchase, otherwise acquire, subscribe for, sell or otherwise dispose of any securities in the Company should only be made on the basis of information contained in and incorporated by reference into the Prospectus which contains further details relating to the Company in general as well as a summary of the risk factors to which an investment in the securities of the Company is subject.

This announcement, and the Prospectus and any materials distributed in connection with this announcement or the Prospectus are not directed to, or intended for distribution to or use by, any person or entity that is a citizen or resident or located in any Excluded Territory where such distribution, publication, availability or use would be contrary to law or regulation which would require any registration or licensing within such jurisdiction.

This announcement is not an offer of securities or an invitation to sell or issue, or any solicitation of any offer to purchase or subscribe for, any securities in any Excluded Territory. The Company's securities may not be offered or sold in the United States. The Company's securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or under the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States and, may not be offered, sold, pledged, re-sold, taken up, delivered, distributed or otherwise transferred, directly or indirectly, within the United States (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act), except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state or local securities laws. Accordingly, the securities being offered by the Company in the Share Issue are being offered only outside the United States in offshore transactions in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. There will be no public offer of the securities in the United States. This announcement is not a prospectus or other offering document. No money, securities or other consideration from any person inside the United States is being solicited and, if sent in response to the information contained in this announcement, will not be accepted.

This announcement does not constitute an offer of securities to any person with a registered address in, or who is resident in, Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, the Republic of South Africa or any other jurisdiction where such an offer would be unlawful. None of the securities has been or will be registered under the relevant laws of any state, province or territory of Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, the Republic of South Africa.

The release, publication or distribution of this announcement in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law and therefore persons in such jurisdictions into which this announcement is released, published or distributed should inform themselves about and observe such restrictions. Persons who are not resident in the United Kingdom should inform themselves of, and observe, any applicable restrictions.

Liberum Capital Limited ("Liberum") and Oriel Securities Limited ("Oriel") (together, the "Sponsors") are both regulated and authorised in the United Kingdom by the FCA. The Sponsors are acting exclusively for the Company and for no one else in connection with the Share Issue and will not regard any person (whether or not a recipient of this announcement or the Prospectus) as a client in relation to the Share Issue and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to clients of the Sponsors for providing advice in relation to the Share Issue, the contents of this announcement and the accompanying documents or any matters or arrangements referred to herein or therein.

Neither the content of the Company's website (or any other website) nor the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement.

This announcement has been prepared for the purposes of complying with applicable law and regulation in the United Kingdom and the information disclosed may not be the same as that which would have been disclosed if this announcement had been prepared in accordance with the laws and regulations of any jurisdiction outside of the United Kingdom.

 

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