Publication of a Prospectus

RNS Number : 8332L

Capita PLC

23 April 2018

 

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS RESTRICTED AND IS NOT FOR PUBLICATION, RELEASE OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, ANY OF THE EXCLUDED TERRITORIES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH IT WOULD BE UNLAWFUL TO DO SO.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

23 April 2018

Capita plc

Publication of Prospectus

Further to the announcement by Capita plc (the "Company" or "Capita") earlier today relating to a fully underwritten rights issue to raise gross proceeds of approximately £701 million (the "Rights Issue"), the Company has published a prospectus which has been approved by the Financial Conduct Authority (the "Prospectus"), dated 23 April 2018, in connection with the Company's proposed Rights Issue.

The Prospectus contains details of the Rights Issue and will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM or it can be inspected at the registered office of the Company at 71 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0XA.

The Prospectus will also be made available on www.capita.com/investors.  

The defined terms set out in the Prospectus apply in this Announcement.

Enquiries

Capita plc

Andrew Ripper - Head of Investor Relations                                               [phone]

Fiona O'Nolan - Investor Relations Director                                               [phone]

Citigroup Global Markets Limited                                                        [phone]

Joint Global Coordinator, Joint Bookrunner and Joint Sponsor

Stuart Field

Peter Brown

Goldman Sachs International                                                              [phone]

Joint Global Coordinator, Joint Bookrunner and Joint Sponsor

Charlie Lytle

Bertie Whitehead

Barclays Bank plc                                                                                [phone]

Joint Bookrunner

Lawrence Jamieson

Banco Santander, S.A.                                                                         [phone]

Joint Bookrunner

Simon Payne

Powerscourt                                                                                        [phone]

Victoria Palmer-Moore

Mazar Masud

LEI no. CMIGEWPLHL4M7ZV0IZ88.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS RESTRICTED AND IS NOT FOR PUBLICATION, RELEASE OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, ANY OF THE EXCLUDED TERRITORIES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH IT WOULD BE UNLAWFUL TO DO SO.

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS AN ADVERTISEMENT AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A PROSPECTUS OR PROSPECTUS EQUIVALENT DOCUMENT. NOTHING IN IT SHALL CONSTITUTE AN OFFERING OF ANY SECURITIES. ANY DECISION TO PURCHASE, SUBSCRIBE FOR, OTHERWISE ACQUIRE, SELL OR OTHERWISE DISPOSE OF ANY PROVISIONAL ALLOTMENT LETTER, NIL PAID RIGHTS, FULLY PAID RIGHTS AND/OR NEW SHARES MUST BE MADE ONLY ON THE BASIS OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN AND INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THE PROSPECTUS.

A copy of the Prospectus will be available from the registered office of Capita and on Capita's website at www.capita.com/investors provided that the Prospectus will not, subject to certain exceptions, be available (whether through the website or otherwise) to Shareholders in the Excluded Territories or the United States.

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

The information contained in this announcement is for background purposes only and does not purport to be full or complete. No reliance may be placed for any purpose on the information contained in this announcement or its accuracy or completeness. The information in this announcement is subject to change. Nothing in this announcement should be interpreted as a term or condition of the Rights Issue.

These materials are not for release, publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States (including its territories and possessions, any State of the United States and the District of Columbia). These materials do not constitute or form a part of any offer or solicitation to purchase or subscribe for securities in the United States. The Shares mentioned herein have not been, and will not be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933 as amended (the "Securities Act").

The Shares may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. There will be no public offer of securities in the United States or any other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration, exemption from registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction.

The distribution of this announcement and/or the Prospectus and/or the Provisional Allotment Letter and/or the transfer of the New Shares into jurisdictions other than the United Kingdom may be restricted by law, and, therefore, persons into whose possession this announcement and/or the Prospectus and/or the Provisional Allotment Letter comes should inform themselves about and observe any such restrictions. Any failure to comply with any such restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of such jurisdiction.

Citigroup Global Markets Limited ("Citi"), Goldman Sachs International ("GSI") and Barclays Bank PLC ("Barclays") are each authorised in the United Kingdom by the Prudential Regulation Authority (the "PRA") and regulated by the PRA and the FCA in the United Kingdom. Banco Santander, S.A. ("Santander" and, together with Citi, GSI and Barclays, the "Banks") is a Spanish public limited company, incorporated under the laws of Spain and lead regulated by the Bank of Spain and the Spanish Securities Market commission, and in the United Kingdom authorised by the PRA and regulated by the FCA and the PRA. The Banks are each acting exclusively for the Company and no one else in connection with the Rights Issue and Admission, will not regard any other person (whether or not a recipient of this document) as a client in relation to the Rights Issue or Admission and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to their respective clients, or for providing advice, in relation to the Rights Issue or Admission or any other transaction or arrangement referred to herein.

No action has been taken by the Company, Citi, Goldman Sachs, Barclays or Santander that would permit an offering of the Nil Paid Rights, the Fully Paid Rights or the New Shares, or possession or distribution of this announcement, the Prospectus, the Provisional Allotment Letter or any other offering or publicity material relating to the Nil Paid Rights, the Fully Paid Rights or the New Shares in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. Persons into whose possession this announcement comes are required by the Company, Citi, Goldman Sachs, Barclays and Santander to inform themselves about, and to observe, such restrictions.

No representation or warranty, express or implied, is or will be made as to, or in relation to, and no responsibility or liability is or will be accepted by, Citi, Goldman Sachs, Barclays or Santander, or their respective affiliates or agents, as to, or in relation to, the accuracy or completeness of this announcement or any other information made available to or publicly available to any interested party or its advisers, whether written, oral or in a visual or electronic form, and howsoever transmitted or made available, and any liability therefore is expressly disclaimed.

In connection with the proposed rights issue, Citi, Goldman Sachs, Barclays and Santander, and any of their affiliates, may in accordance with applicable legal and regulatory provisions, engage in transactions in relation to the Nil Paid Rights, the Fully Paid Rights, the New Shares and/or related instruments for their own account for the purpose of hedging their underwriting exposure or otherwise. Accordingly, references in the Prospectus to the Nil Paid Rights, the Fully Paid Rights or the New 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, Citi, Goldman Sachs, Barclays and Santander, and any of their affiliates acting in such capacity. In addition Citi, Goldman Sachs, Barclays and Santander, and any of their affiliates, may enter into financing arrangements (including swaps or contracts for difference) with investors in connection with which Citi, Goldman Sachs, Barclays and Santander, and any of their affiliates, may from time to time acquire, hold or dispose of Shares. Citi, Goldman Sachs, Barclays and Santander do not intend to disclose the extent of any such investment or transactions otherwise than in accordance with any legal or regulatory obligations to do so.

The information in this announcement may not be forwarded or distributed to any other person and may not be reproduced in any manner whatsoever. Any forwarding, distribution, reproduction, or disclosure of this information in whole or in part is unauthorised. Failure to comply with this directive may result in a violation of the Securities Act or the applicable laws of other jurisdictions.

INFORMATION TO DISTRIBUTORS

Solely for the purposes of the product governance requirements contained within: (a) EU Directive 2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments, as amended ("MiFID II"); (b) Articles 9 and 10 of Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2017/593 supplementing MiFID II; and (c) local implementing measures (together, the "MiFID II Product Governance Requirements"), and disclaiming all and any liability, whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise, which any "manufacturer" (for the purposes of the MiFID II Product Governance Requirements) may otherwise have with respect thereto, the Nil Paid Rights, the Fully Paid Rights and the New Shares have been subject to a product approval process, which has determined that they each are: (i) compatible with an end target market of retail investors and investors who meet the criteria of professional clients and eligible counterparties, each as defined in MiFID II; and (ii) eligible for distribution through all distribution channels as are permitted by MiFID II (the "Target Market Assessment"). Notwithstanding the Target Market Assessment, Distributors should note that: the price of the Nil Paid Rights, the Fully Paid Rights and/or the New Shares may decline and investors could lose all or part of their investment; the Nil Paid Rights, the Fully Paid Rights and the New Shares offer no guaranteed income and no capital protection; and an investment in the Nil Paid Rights, the Fully Paid Rights and/or the New Shares is compatible only with investors who do not need a guaranteed income or capital protection, who (either alone or in conjunction with an appropriate financial or other adviser) are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of such an investment and who have sufficient resources to be able to bear any losses that may result therefrom. The Target Market Assessment is without prejudice to the requirements of any contractual, legal or regulatory selling restrictions in relation to the offer. Furthermore, it is noted that, notwithstanding the Target Market Assessment, the Underwriters will only procure investors who meet the criteria of professional clients and eligible counterparties. For the avoidance of doubt, the Target Market Assessment does not constitute: (a) an assessment of suitability or appropriateness for the purposes of MiFID II; or (b) a recommendation to any investor or group of investors to invest in, or purchase, or take any other action whatsoever with respect to the Nil Paid Rights, the Fully Paid Rights and/or the New Shares. Each distributor is responsible for undertaking its own target market assessment in respect of the Nil Paid Rights, the Fully Paid Rights and/or the New Shares and determining appropriate distribution channels.

 

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