Issue of Equity

RNS Number : 8780R

HICL Infrastructure Company Ld

23 November 2012

 



THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS NOT FOR PUBLICATION, RELEASE, OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN, OR INTO, THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN, SOUTH AFRICA OR ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE SAME WOULD BE UNLAWFUL OR TO U.S. PERSONS.  THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OF SECURITIES FOR SALE INCLUDING IN THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN OR SOUTH AFRICA OR TO U.S. PERSONS.

HICL INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY LIMITED

                                                            Issue of equity

23 November 2012

Further to the announcement made by HICL Infrastructure Company Limited (the "Company") on 21 November 2012, the Board of Directors confirms that the Company is looking to raise up to approximately £61.5m net of costs through the issue of ordinary shares in the capital of the Company (the "Shares") to qualifying investors* through its corporate broker, Canaccord Genuity Limited ("Canaccord"), (the "Issue").  The Issue price per Share will be 119p.  The Issue is expected to close at midday, in the absolute discretion of the Company and Canaccord.

The Company will make a further announcement of the results of the Issue later today.

*As defined in section 86(7) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (as amended).

CONTACTS

InfraRed Capital Partners Limited	020 7484 1800
Tony Roper Keith Pickard Erwan Fournis David Foot Sandra Lowe
Canaccord Genuity Limited	020 7523 8000
Robbie Robertson Dominic Waters Neil Brierley Will Barnett Gavin Tooke Lucy Lewis Andrew Zychowski
Tulchan Communications	020 7353 4200
Ed Orlebar Rebecca Scott

Important Information

This Announcement has been issued by and is the sole responsibility of the Company.

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 Canaccord Genuity Limited ("Canaccord") or by any of its 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 therefore is expressly disclaimed.

Neither this announcement nor anything contained herein shall form the basis of, or be relied upon in connection with, any offer or commitment whatsoever in any jurisdiction.

This announcement and the information contained herein is not for publication, release or distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States, Australia, Canada or Japan or any jurisdiction in which the same would be unlawful.  This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or issue or the solicitation of an offer to buy or acquire shares in the capital of the Company in the United States, Australia, Canada or Japan or any jurisdiction in which such an offer or solicitation is unlawful.

 The Shares have not been, or will not be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or with any securities regulatory authority of any State or other jurisdiction of the United States, and accordingly may not be offered, sold or transferred within the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, registration under the Securities Act. No offering of the Shares is being made in the United States or to U.S. persons as defined in and in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act ("U.S. Persons"). The Company has not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Company Act") and investors will not be entitled to the benefits of that Act.

Canaccord Genuity Limited, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting for HICL Infrastructure Company Limited and is acting for no-one else in connection with the Issue.

This Announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute an invitation to subscribe for or otherwise acquire or dispose of securities in the Company in any jurisdiction.  The information contained in this Announcement is for background purposes only and does not purport to be full or complete.  This announcement does not constitute or form part of any offer to issue or sell, or any solicitation of any offer to subscribe or purchase, any investments nor shall it (or the fact of its distribution) form the basis of, or be relied on in connection with, any contract therefor.

 

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