Admission to Official List of

RNS Number : 9031U

HSBC Infrastructure Company Limited

21 May 2008

 



Not for publication, release or distribution in whole or in part in Australia, Canada, Japan or the United States

HSBC Infrastructure Company Limited

Admission to Official List of C Shares and Total Voting Rights 

The Board of HSBC Infrastructure Company Limited ('HICL' or the 'Company') announces that the 103,600,000 C Shares issued in connection with HICL's Placing and Offer for Subscription have been admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange. 

Unconditional dealings in the C Shares will commence at 8.00am today and will trade under the ticker HICC.L.

In conformity with the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, we would like to notify the market of the following:

As at 21 May 2008, HICL's issued share capital consists of 250,000,000 ordinary shares of 0.01p each and 103,600,000 C Shares of 0.01p each. The total issued share capital with voting rights is 353,600,000.

The above figure (353,600,000) may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, HSBC Infrastructure Company Limited under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

For further information, please contact:

HSBC Specialist Fund Management Limited  Tony Roper Keith Pickard Sandra Lowe	[phone]
Oriel Securities Limited Tom Durie Emma Ormond	[phone]
Dresdner Kleinwort Securities Limited Dominic Waters Robbie Robertson David Yovichic	[phone]
M: Communications   Ed Orlebar Tilly von Twickel	[phone]

This announcement does not constitute an offer of, or the solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for, C Shares to any person in any jurisdiction to whom or in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful and, in particular, is not for release, publication or distribution in or into the United States, Australia, Canada or Japan. The Offer for Subscription and the Placing of the C Shares has not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended or under the applicable securities laws of Australia, Canada or Japan. Subject to certain exceptions, the C Shares may not be offered or sold in Australia, Canada, Japan or the United States.

The contents of this announcement have been prepared by and are the sole responsibility of HICL. Oriel Securities Limited ('Oriel Securities') and Dresdner Kleinwort Securities Limited ('Dresdner Kleinwort'), both of whom are regulated by the Financial Services Authority, are acting exclusively for HICL and no-one else and will not be responsible to anyone other than HICL for providing the protections afforded to the clients of Oriel Securities and Dresdner Kleinwort respectively, nor for affording advice, the contents of this announcement or any matter referred to herein.

 

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