Manpower Software PLC
20 April 2001
Manpower SoftWare plc
Further Re: Rights Issue
20 April, 2001
Not for release, publication or distribution in or into the United States,
Canada, Australia, Japan or Sweden
Manpower SoftWare plc ('Manpower')
3 for 4 Rights Issue
The Board of Manpower SoftWare is pleased to announce that, further to the
announcement yesterday, subscribers have now been procured for all of the New
Ordinary Shares for which valid acceptances were not received pursuant to the
Rights Issue, at the Rights Issue Price.
For non-CREST Qualifying Shareholders it is expected that definitive share
certificates in respect of the New Ordinary Shares will be despatched on or
before 26 April 2001. For CREST Qualifying Shareholders it is expected that
Manpower's registrars will instruct CREST to credit the appropriate CREST
member accounts on 23 April 2001.
Terms used in this announcement have the meanings ascribed to such expressions
in the circular to Shareholders dated 1 March 2001.
For further information please contact:
Manpower
Robert Drummond, Chief Executive Officer 020 7462 3300
Simon Thorne, Finance Director
Strand Partners
Simon Raggett, Director 020 7409 3494
Additional Information
Strand Associates and Strand Partners acted as underwriter and financial
adviser to the Company respectively with regard to the Rights Issue. This
announcement has been issued by and is the sole responsibility of the Company.
It has been approved by Strand Partners solely for the purposes of Section 57
of The Financial Services Act 1986.
Strand Partners, which is regulated in the United Kingdom by The Securities
and Futures Authority Limited, has acted exclusively for Manpower and no-one
else in connection with the Rights Issue and will not be responsible to anyone
other than Manpower for providing the protections afforded to customers of
Strand Partners or for providing advice in relation to the Rights Issue or any
matter referred to herein.
This announcement is not for distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into
the United States. This announcement does not constitute an offer of
securities for sale into the United States. The securities issued pursuant to
the Rights Issue are not being registered under the US Securities Act of 1933
and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to, or for the account
or benefit of, US person (as such terms are defined in Regulation S, as
promulgated under such Act) unless they are registered or exempt from
registration. No public offering of securities is being made into the United
States.
END
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