Exercise of Over-allotment Option

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Petershill Partners PLC

28 October 2021

 

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28 October 2021

Petershill Partners

Exercise of Over-allotment Option

Further to the announcement on 28 September 2021 in connection with its initial public offering (the "Offer"), Petershill Partners announces that J.P. Morgan Securities plc (which conducts its UK investment banking activity as J.P. Morgan Cazenove), as stabilising manager, has today given notice to partially exercise the over-allotment option (the "Over-allotment Option") granted by PH II IM Aggregator LP, PH II GP Aggregator LP, PH PE GP Aggregator LP, PH PE IM Aggregator LP, VF VII GP Aggregator LP, VF VII IM Aggregator LP, Co-Invest GP Aggregator LP and Co-Invest IM Aggregator LP in respect of 3,021,019 Ordinary Shares in the Company at the offer price of 350 pence each.

The Company did not participate in the Over-allotment Option.

Giving effect to the partial exercise of the Over-allotment Option, the final total size of the Offer is approximately £1.0 billion (292,195,031 Ordinary Shares), in total representing 25.3 per cent. of the Ordinary Shares in issue.

Enquiries:

Finsbury Glover Hering (Public Relations Adviser to Petershill Partners)

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