Admission to Trading

RNS Number : 7572J
B&M European Value Retail S.A.
17 June 2014
 

 

NOT FOR RELEASE, DISTRIBUTION OR PUBLICATION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN, OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO MIGHT CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OR REGULATIONS OF SUCH JURISDICTION.

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

17 June 2014

 

B&M European Value Retail S.A.

 

Admission to the premium listing segment of the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority and to trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange plc

 

Further to its announcement on 12 June 2014, B&M European Value Retail S.A. (the "Company" or "B&M") is pleased to announce that its entire ordinary share capital of 1,000,000,000 ordinary shares ("Shares") has today been admitted to the premium listing segment of the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority (the "FCA") and to trading on the London Stock Exchange plc's main market for listed securities ("Admission") under the ticker "BME".

 

Enquiries

 

B&M

+44 (0) 151 728 5400

Simon Arora, Chief Executive Officer

 

Paul McDonald, Finance Director

 

 

 

Joint Global Co-ordinators, Joint Sponsors and Joint Bookrunners

 

BofA Merrill Lynch

+44 (0) 207 174 4000

George Close-Brooks

 

Andrew Tusa

 

Craig Coben

 

Milan Hasecic

 

 

 

Goldman Sachs International

+44 (0) 207 774 1000

Anthony Gutman

 

Richard Cormack

 

Nick Harper

 

Michael Casey

 

 

 

Joint Bookrunners

 

Credit Suisse

+44 (0) 20 7888 8888

Nick Williams

 

Michael Heuberger

 

Lewis Burnett

 

 

 

Deutsche Bank

+44 (0) 20 7545 8000

Alexis Maskell

 

Scott Bell

 

Lorcan O'Shea

 

 

 

Financial adviser to the Company

 

Lazard

+44 (0) 20 7187 2000

Charlie Foreman

 

Robert Brownell

 

Aamir Khan

 

 

 

Financial adviser to the Arora Family

 

Rothschild

+44 (0) 20 7280 5000

Majid Ishaq

 

Paul Mitchell

 

 

 

Public Relations

 

Tulchan Communications

+44 (0) 20 7353 4200

Susanna Voyle

 

Jonathan Sibun

 

 

This announcement is an advertisement for the purposes of article 17 of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg law of 10 July 2005 on prospectus for securities, as amended, and not a prospectus. Any purchase or subscription of Shares in the proposed initial public offering ("Global Offer" or "IPO") should be made solely on the basis of the information contained in the prospectus issued by the Company in connection with the Global Offer and Admission (the "Prospectus"). No reliance may or should be placed by any person for any purposes whatsoever on the information contained in this announcement or on its completeness, accuracy or fairness. The information in this announcement is subject to change. Copies of the Prospectus are available for inspection from www.bandmretail.com.

 

This announcement is not an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to acquire, securities in any jurisdiction, including in or into the United States, Australia, Canada or Japan. Neither this announcement nor the information contained herein is for publication or distribution, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, in or into Australia, Canada, Japan, the United States (including its territories and possessions, any State of the United States and the District of Columbia) or any other jurisdiction where to do so would constitute a violation of the relevant laws of such jurisdiction. The Global Offer or distribution of this announcement and other information in connection with Admission and the Global Offer may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions and persons into whose possession 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.

 

Acquiring investments to which this announcement relates may expose an investor to a significant risk of losing all or part of the amount invested. Persons considering making such investments should consult an authorised person specialising in advising on such investments. This announcement does not constitute a recommendation concerning the IPO. The value of Shares can decrease as well as increase. Potential investors should consult a professional advisor as to the suitability of the IPO for the person concerned. Past performance cannot be relied upon as a guide to future performance.

 

Each of Merrill Lynch International, Goldman Sachs International and Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited, which are authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority (the "PRA") and regulated by the FCA and the PRA in the United Kingdom, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, which is authorised under German Banking Law by BaFin (the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority) and is also authorised by the PRA, but may only be subject to limited regulation by the FCA and by the PRA, and Numis Securities Limited and Jefferies International Limited, which are authorised and regulated by the FCA in the United Kingdom, are acting exclusively for the Company and no-one else in connection with the IPO. They will not regard any other person as their respective clients in relation to the IPO and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to their respective clients, nor for providing advice in relation to the IPO, the contents of this announcement or any transaction, arrangement or other matter referred to herein.

 

In connection with the IPO, each of Merrill Lynch International, Goldman Sachs International, Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, Numis Securities Limited and Jefferies International Limited (together, the "Banks") and any of their respective affiliates, acting as investors for their own accounts, may subscribe for or purchase Shares and in that capacity may retain, purchase, sell, offer to sell or otherwise deal for their own accounts in such Shares and other securities of the Company or related investments in connection with the IPO or otherwise. Accordingly, references in the Prospectus to the Shares being issued, offered, subscribed, acquired, placed or otherwise dealt in should be read as including any issue or offer to, or subscription, acquisition, placing or dealing by any of the Banks and any of their respective affiliates acting as investors for their own accounts. In addition, certain of the Banks or their affiliates may enter into financing arrangements and swaps in connection with which they or their affiliates may from time to time acquire, hold or dispose of Shares. None of the Banks nor any of their respective affiliates intend to disclose the extent of any such investments or transactions otherwise than in accordance with any legal or regulatory obligations to do so.

 


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