Rathbone Brothers PLC
Additional Listing
Further to the announcement on 31 August 2018 regarding the acquisition of Speirs & Jeffrey ("S&J"), Rathbones is pleased to announce that operational performance targets have been met and as such, the company will issue 603,913 new ordinary shares to satisfy the payment of the Contingent Consideration due under the terms of the acquisition of S&J.
Applications have been made to the FCA and the London Stock Exchange for 603,913 new ordinary shares, being the Contingent Consideration Shares, to be admitted to the premium listing segment of the Official List and to trading on the Main Market (together, Admission"). It is expected that Admission of the Contingent Consideration Shares will become effective and dealings will commence at 8.00 a.m. on 23 May 2019. The 603,913 new ordinary shares will rank pari passu with the existing issued shares of Rathbones.
Following Admission of the Contingent Consideration Shares, Rathbones will have 55,346,007 ordinary shares of 5p each in issue. This number represents the total voting rights in the Company and may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they can determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
For further information please contact:
Ali Johnson
Company Secretary
Telephone: 0207 399 0326
21 May 2019