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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. ANY DECISION TO PURCHASE, SUBSCRIBE FOR, OTHERWISE ACQUIRE, SELL OR OTHERWISE DISPOSE OF, ANY SECURITIES REFERRED TO IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MUST BE MADE SOLELY ON THE BASIS OF THE INFORMATION THAT IS CONTAINED IN AND INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THE PROSPECTUS. COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS ARE AVAILABLE AT WWW.MBPLC.COM/INVESTORS/CAPITALRAISE.COM
12 March 2021
Mitchells & Butlers plc
LEI no: 213800JHYNDNB1NS2W10
Admission of New Shares
Mitchells & Butlers plc (the "Company") today announces that, pursuant to the Open Offer announced on 22 February 2021, 166,911,444 New Shares will be admitted to listing on the premium listing segment of the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority and will be admitted to trading on London Stock Exchange plc's Main Market for listed securities at 8.00 a.m. today.
Capitalised terms not otherwise defined in this announcement shall have the meaning set out in the combined prospectus and circular published by the Company on 22 February 2021 (the "Prospectus").
In conformity with Rule 5.6.1 of the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority, the Company hereby notifies the market that as at 12 March 2021 the Company's issued share capital consists of 596,192,913 ordinary shares of 8 13/24 pence each. The Company does not hold any shares in treasury.
The total number of voting rights in the Company as at 12 March 2021 is therefore 596,192,913. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the Company under the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
Contact details:
Company
Mitchells & Butlers plc
Tim Jones, Chief Financial Officer
Tel: +44 (0) 121 498 6112
Gabby Shilvock, Investor Relations
Tel: +44 (0)121 498 6514
Financial Adviser, Global Co-ordinator, Joint Bookrunner, Corporate Broker and Sponsor Morgan Stanley
Nick Bishop
Andrew Foster
Melissa Godoy
Anthony Zammit
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7425 8000
Financial Adviser
Rothschild & Co
Edward Duckett
Francis Burkitt
Claire Suddens-Spiers
Shannon Nicholls
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7280 5000
Joint Bookrunner
HSBC
Richard Fagan
Pushpjit Singh Malik
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7991 8888
Joint Bookrunner
Santander
Javier Mata
Simon Payne
Michael Ward
Santander Equity Syndicate
Tel: +34 692 206 356
Media
Finsbury
James Murgatroyd
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7251 3801
IMPORTANT NOTICES
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 any of the Underwriters or the Financial Adviser or by any of their respective affiliates or agents or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, members, agents, advisers, representatives or shareholders as to, or in relation to, the accuracy or completeness of this announcement or any other written or oral information made available to any interested party or its advisers, and any liability therefore is expressly disclaimed.
Each of Morgan Stanley and HSBC are authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the FCA and the Prudential Regulation Authority ("PRA") and the Financial Adviser is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the FCA. Santander is authorised and regulated by the Bank of Spain and subject to supervision by the Bank of Spain and the European Central Bank and to limited regulation by the FCA and PRA. None of the Underwriters or the Financial Adviser will regard any person (whether or not a recipient of this announcement) other than the Company as its customer in relation to the Open Offer and none of them will be responsible for providing the protections afforded to its customers to any other person or for providing advice to any other person in relation to the Open Offer.
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 such jurisdiction. In particular, subject to certain exceptions, this announcement, the Prospectus and the Application Forms should not be distributed, forwarded to or transmitted in or into the United States or any other Excluded Territory.
The New Shares, Open Offer Entitlements and Excess Open Offer Entitlements have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, or under any securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States, and may not be offered, sold, taken up, exercised, resold, transferred or delivered, directly or indirectly, within the United States. There will be no public offer of the New Shares, Open Offer Entitlements and Excess Open Offer Entitlements in the United States. This announcement and any other document relating to the Open Offer may not be sent into, distributed or otherwise disseminated (including by custodians, nominees or trustees or others that may have a contractual or legal obligation to forward such documents) in the United States by use of the mails or by any means or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce (including, without limitation, email, facsimile transmission, the internet or other form of electronic transmission) or any facility of a national securities exchange of the United States.
The New Shares to be issued Open Offer will not be admitted to trading on any stock exchange other than the London Stock Exchange.
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.