THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS RESTRICTED AND NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION WOULD BE UNLAWFUL.
INFORMA PLC
16 May 2014
Publication of prospectus by New Informa
Further to the announcement made by Informa plc on 15 April 2014 in respect of its proposals to return its headquarters from Switzerland to the United Kingdom, Informa plc announces that a prospectus dated 16 May 2014 (the "Prospectus") relating to the admission to the premium listing segment of the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange of 603,941,249 ordinary shares of 435 pence each ("New Informa Shares") in the proposed new parent company of the Informa Group ("New Informa") has been approved by the UK Listing Authority. A copy of the Prospectus has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
A copy of the Prospectus will also be available for inspection at the registered offices of New Informa, Mortimer House, 37-41 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JH, at the offices of Clifford Chance LLP, 10 Upper Bank Street, London E14 5JJ and on the Company's website: www.informa.com.
For further information please contact:
Informa plc
+44 (0) 20 017 5000
Richard Menzies-Gow, Head of Investor Relations
Barclays
+44 (0) 20 7623 2323
Jim Renwick and Tom Boardman
IMPORTANT NOTICE
The defined terms set out in Part VII of the Prospectus apply in this announcement.
This announcement is not a prospectus but an advertisement and investors should not acquire any New Informa Shares except on the basis of the information contained in the Prospectus.
The Prospectus will not, subject to certain exceptions, be available (whether through the website or otherwise) to shareholders in any jurisdiction in which release, publication or distribution of the Prospectus would be unlawful.
Neither the content of the Company's website nor any website accessible by hyperlinks on the Company's website is incorporated in, or forms part of, this announcement. The Prospectus gives further details of the New Informa Shares.
This announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute an invitation or offer to sell or exchange, or the solicitation of an invitation or offer to buy or exchange, any security or to become a member of the Company or New Informa. The distribution of this announcement into jurisdictions other than the United Kingdom may be restricted by law, and, therefore, persons into whose possession this announcement 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 any such jurisdiction.
The New Informa Shares have not been, and will not be, registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "US Securities Act"). The New Informa Shares will be issued in reliance on the exemption provided by section 3(a)(10) of the US Securities Act. In addition, the New Informa Shares have not been and will not be registered under the securities laws of any state of the United States but will be issued pursuant to available exemptions from state law registration requirements. Neither the US Securities Exchange Commission nor any US state securities commission has reviewed or approved the Prospectus, any accompanying documents or the Scheme. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offence in the United States.
Barclays, which is authorised by the PRA and regulated in the UK by the PRA and the FCA, is acting exclusively for Informa and New Informa and no one else in connection with the Proposals and Admission and will not regard any other person (whether or not a recipient of this document) as a client in relation to the Proposals and will not be responsible to anyone other than Informa and New Informa for providing the protections afforded to its clients, for the contents of this announcement or for providing any advice in relation to this announcement, the Prospectus, the Proposals or Admission.
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