THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN IT IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND, THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA OR THE UNITED STATES OR INTO ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO MIGHT CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OR BREACH OF ANY APPLICABLE LAW. PLEASE SEE THE IMPORTANT NOTICE AT THE END OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, WHICH DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A PROSPECTUS OR DOCUMENT EQUIVALENT TO A PROSPECTUS, IS NOT AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY ANY SECURITIES AND NEITHER THIS ANNOUNCEMENT NOR ANYTHING HEREIN FORMS THE BASIS FOR ANY CONTRACT OR COMMITMENT WHATSOEVER. SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES ABSENT REGISTRATION OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION AND THE SECURITIES DESCRIBED HEREIN WILL BE SOLD IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
12 February 2014
IP Group plc
("IP Group" or the "Company")
Result of General Meeting
At the General Meeting of the Company held at 10.00 a.m. today at the offices of the Company at 24 Cornhill, London EC3V 3ND, the Resolutions as set out in the notice of general meeting dated 27 January 2014 were duly passed.
Details of proxy votes received prior to the General Meeting were as follows:
Resolution |
For |
Discretionary |
Against |
Withheld |
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|
No. of votes |
% of votes |
No. of votes
|
% of votes |
No. of votes |
% of votes |
No. of votes |
1 |
306,432,890 |
99.86 |
6,669 |
0.01 |
388,118 |
0.13 |
958,690 |
2 |
306,432,890 |
99.86 |
6,669 |
0.01 |
388,118 |
0.13 |
958,690 |
3 |
306,432,890 |
99.86 |
6,669 |
0.01 |
388,118 |
0.13 |
958,690 |
These will shortly be available on the Company's website at www.ipgroupplc.com. In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of the resolutions passed at the General Meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
For further information contact:
IP Group plc |
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Alan Aubrey, Chief Executive Officer |
+44 (0) 20 7444 0050 |
Greg Smith, Chief Financial Officer |
+44 (0) 20 7444 0050 |
Liz Vaughan-Adams, Communications |
+44 (0) 20 7444 0062 +44 (0) 7979853802 liz.vadams@ipgroupplc.com |
|
|
Numis Securities Limited |
+44(0) 20 7260 1000 |
Corporate Finance: Etienne Bottari / Michael Meade / Freddie Barnfield |
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Corporate Broking: James Black / Michael Burke |
|
FTI Consulting +44(0) 20 7831 3113
James Melville-Ross |
John Dineen |
IMPORTANT NOTICE
This announcement is an advertisement and does not constitute a prospectus or document equivalent to a prospectus. Nothing in this announcement should be interpreted as a term or condition of the Capital Raising. The Prospectus was published on 27 January 2014 and is available on the Company's website (www.ipgroupplc.com) and available for inspection at: http://www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.
This announcement does not constitute or form part of any offer or invitation to purchase, or otherwise acquire, subscribe for, sell, otherwise dispose of or issue, or any solicitation of any offer to sell, otherwise dispose of, issue, purchase, otherwise acquire or subscribe for, any security in the capital of the Company in any jurisdiction.
The information contained in this announcement is not for release, publication or distribution to persons in the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, New Zealand or The Republic of South Africa or in any jurisdiction where to do so would breach any applicable law. The Capital Raising Shares have not been and will not be registered under the securities laws of such jurisdictions and may not be offered, sold, taken up, exercised, resold, renounced, transferred or delivered, directly or indirectly, within such jurisdictions except pursuant to an exemption from and in compliance with any applicable securities laws. No public offer of the Capital Raising Shares is being made by virtue of this announcement into Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, the Republic of South Africa or the United States or any other jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom in which such offer would be lawful. No action has been or will be taken by the Company, Numis or any other person to permit a public offering or distribution of this announcement or any other offering or publicity materials or the Capital Raising Shares in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose may be required, other than in the United Kingdom.
The Capital Raising Shares and any entitlements pursuant to the Open Offer and Offer for Subscription will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "US Securities Act"), or the relevant laws of any state, province or territory of the United States. Unless so registered, the Capital Raising Shares and any entitlements pursuant to the Open Offer and Offer for Subscription may not be offered, sold, taken up or exercised, within the United States except in a transaction that is exempt from, or not subject to, the registration requirements of the US Securities Act. There will be no public offer in the United States. Outside the United States, the Capital Raising Shares are being offered in reliance on Regulation S under the US Securities Act. The Capital Raising Shares are being offered within the United States only to persons reasonably believed to be both qualified institutional buyers (within the meaning of Rule 144A under the US Securities Act) and qualified purchasers (as defined in Section 2(a)(51) of the US Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended).
This announcement has been issued by and is the sole responsibility of the Company.
Numis Securities Limited, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority, is acting for IP Group plc and for no-one else in connection with the contents of this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than IP Group plc for providing the protections afforded to clients of Numis Securities Limited, or for providing advice in relation to the contents of this announcement or any matters referred to herein. Numis Securities Limited is not responsible for the contents of this announcement. Numis Securities Limited has given and not withdrawn its written consent to the issue of this announcement with the inclusion of the reference to its name in the form and context in which it is included.
This announcement has been prepared for the purposes of complying with the applicable law and regulation of the United Kingdom and the information disclosed may not be the same as that which would have been disclosed if this announcement had been prepared in accordance with the laws and regulations of any jurisdiction outside of the United Kingdom.
Any person receiving this announcement is advised to exercise caution in relation to the Capital Raising. If in any doubt about any of the contents of this announcement, independent professional advice should be obtained.