Completion of Acquisition and Vendor Placing

RNS Number : 0541O

EMIS Group PLC

16 September 2013

 



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EMIS Group PLC

("EMIS Group")

Completion of Acquisition and Vendor Placing

EMIS Group plc (AIM:EMIS), the UK's leading supplier of clinical software and related services to GP practices and other primary and community healthcare practitioners, is pleased to announce that the acquisition of Ascribe Group Limited, a leading software and IT services provider to the UK's secondary healthcare market, announced on 13 September 2013, was completed today.

Admission of the 4,761,379 new ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the capital of EMIS Group (comprising 4,400,000 shares issued as a result of the vendor placing and 361,379 shares issued as consideration to the vendors of Ascribe) took place today.

For further information, please contact:

EMIS Group plc	[phone]
Chris Spencer, Chief Executive Officer
Peter Southby, Chief Financial Officer
Numis Securities Limited (NOMAD and broker)	[phone]
Nominated Adviser: Michael Meade/Simon Willis
Corporate Broking: James Black
MHP Communications	[phone]
Reg Hoare/James White/Giles Robinson

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

This Announcement is not for publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States of America.  This Announcement is not an offer of securities for sale into the United States.  The securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States, except pursuant to an applicable exemption from registration.  No public offering of securities is being made in the United States.

Numis Securities Limited, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority, is acting for EMIS Group in connection with the Vendor Placing and no-one else and will not be responsible to anyone other than EMIS Group for providing the protections afforded to clients of Numis Securities Limited nor for providing advice in relation to the Vendor Placing. 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 EMIS Group or Numis Securities Limited or by any of their respective affiliates or agents as to or in relation to, the accuracy or completeness of this Announcement or any other written or oral information made available to or publicly available to any interested party or its advisers, and any liability therefor is expressly disclaimed.

Certain statements in this Announcement are forward-looking statements which are based on EMIS Group's expectations, intentions and projections regarding its future performance, anticipated events or trends and other matters that are not historical facts. These forward-looking statements, which may use words such as "aim", "anticipates", "believe", "intend", "estimate", "expect" and words of similar meaning, include all matters that are not historical facts. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, dividend policy and the development of the industry in which EMIS Group's business operates to differ materially from the impression created by the forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.  Given these risks and uncertainties, prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.  Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of such statements and, except as required by the Financial Conduct Authority, London Stock Exchange plc or applicable law, EMIS Group undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Any indication in this Announcement of the price at which ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the capital of EMIS Group ("Ordinary Shares") have been bought or sold in the past cannot be relied upon as a guide to future performance and persons needing advice should consult an independent financial adviser.  No statement in this Announcement is intended to be a profit forecast and no statement in this Announcement should be interpreted to mean that earnings per share of EMIS Group for the current or future financial years would necessarily match or exceed the historical published earnings per share of EMIS Group.  The price of Ordinary Shares and the income from them may go down as well as up and investors may not get back the full amount invested on disposal of the Ordinary Shares.

The Placing Shares will not be admitted to trading on any stock exchange other than London Stock Exchange plc.

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

 

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