Babcock&Brown Public Ptnrships Ltd
09 November 2006
9 November 2006
Not for publication, release or distribution in whole or in part in
Australia, Canada, Japan or the United States
Babcock & Brown Public Partnerships Limited
Admission to Official List and Commencement of Unconditional
Dealings on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange
The Board of Babcock & Brown Public Partnerships Limited (BBPP), the global
public infrastructure fund, is pleased to announce that its ordinary shares have
been admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on
the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities. Unconditional
dealings in BBPP's ordinary shares will commence at 8.00am today. The Company's
shares will trade under the ticker symbol BBPP.L.
The Company successfully completed an oversubscribed Placing and Offer for
Subscription for 300 million ordinary shares.
BBPP's investment adviser is Babcock & Brown Investment Management Limited
(BBIML), which has extensive infrastructure origination and investment
management skills.
BBPP will target a growing yield (initially 5.25 per cent per annum on the Issue
Price of 100 pence in its first full financial year) and offers investors the
prospect of capital growth (targeting an IRR on the Issue Price of 8 to 9 per
cent per annum over the longer term)
UBS Investment Bank acted as sponsor and sole placing agent for the Issue.
For further information, please contact:
Babcock & Brown Anthony Kennaway +44 (0)20 7203 7232
UBS Limited Steven Wirth +44 (0)20 7567 8000
Financial Dynamics Giles Sanderson +44 (0)20 7831 3113
Jon Simmons
This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or issue or the
solicitation of an offer to buy or to acquire securities of the Company or an
inducement to enter into investment activity. UBS acted as sponsor and sole
placing agent for the Issue. UBS acted exclusively for the Company and no-one
else in connection with the Placing and the Offer. UBS will not be responsible
to anyone other than the BBPP for providing the protections afforded to their
respective clients nor for providing advice in relation to the acquisition or
the Placing or the Offer or any other matter referred to in this announcement.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
*A Private Investor is a recipient of the information who meets all of the conditions set out below, the recipient:
Obtains access to the information in a personal capacity;
Is not required to be regulated or supervised by a body concerned with the regulation or supervision of investment or financial services;
Is not currently registered or qualified as a professional securities trader or investment adviser with any national or state exchange, regulatory authority, professional association or recognised professional body;
Does not currently act in any capacity as an investment adviser, whether or not they have at some time been qualified to do so;
Uses the information solely in relation to the management of their personal funds and not as a trader to the public or for the investment of corporate funds;
Does not distribute, republish or otherwise provide any information or derived works to any third party in any manner or use or process information or derived works for any commercial purposes.
Please note, this site uses cookies. Some of the cookies are essential for parts of the site to operate and have already been set. You may delete and block all cookies from this site, but if you do, parts of the site may not work. To find out more about the cookies used on Investegate and how you can manage them, see our Privacy and Cookie Policy
To continue using Investegate, please confirm that you are a private investor as well as agreeing to our Privacy and Cookie Policy & Terms.