Listing Application

RNS Number : 1043T

Taylor Wimpey PLC

01 June 2009

 



THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN IT IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND OR SWITZERLAND AND SHOULD NOT BE DISTRIBUTED IN, FORWARDED TO OR TRANSMITTED IN OR INTO ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO MIGHT CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF LOCAL SECURITIES LAWS OR REGULATIONS. PLEASE SEE THE IMPORTANT NOTICE AT THE END OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT

This does not constitute an offer for sale of securities, nor a solicitation to purchase or subscribe for securities, in the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, New Zealand or Switzerland or any other jurisdiction where such offer, sale or solicitation would be unlawful.

The securities referred to herein have not been, and will not be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 'Securities Act'), and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The Company does not intend to register any part of the securities referred to herein in the United States or to conduct a public offering of securities in the United States. Any offering of securities will be made by means of a prospectus that may be obtained from the Company and will contain detailed information about the Company and management as well as financial statements. No money, securities or other consideration is being solicited and, if sent in response to the information contained herein, will not be accepted.

1 June 2009

Taylor Wimpey plc

Listing of New Ordinary Shares and admission to trading

Further to its announcement on 27 May 2009 regarding the results of the Placing and Open Offer and the General Meeting, the Board of Taylor Wimpey plc (the 'Company' or 'Taylor Wimpey plc') is pleased to announce that at 8.00 a.m. today 2,131,132,548 New Ordinary Shares were admitted to the Official List and to trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange.  

It is intended that New Ordinary Shares will be credited to the CREST accounts of CREST Shareholders by close of business today, and that definitive share certificates for the New Ordinary Shares held in certificated form will be dispatched to Non-CREST Shareholders by no later than 8 June 2009. 

Treasury Shares

The Company today cancelled the 2,318,323,175 New Ordinary Shares it held in treasury following the Share Capital Subdivision. As a result, the Company currently holds no shares in treasury. 

Total voting rights

In conformity with the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules DTR 5.6.1, we hereby notify that the Company's issued share capital consists of 3,196,968,822 ordinary shares of 1 pence each ('shares'). There are currently no shares held in treasury. 

As a result, the total number of voting rights in Taylor Wimpey plc is 3,196,968,822 shares.

The above figure of 3,196,968,822 shares may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, shares of Taylor Wimpey plc under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Notes

Capitalised terms used, but not defined, in this announcement have the same meanings as given to them in the prospectus published by Taylor Wimpey on 8 May 2009 (the 'Prospectus') and the circular sent to Shareholders also on 8 May 2009 (the 'Circular').  This announcement should be read together with the full text of the Prospectus and Circular. 

The Prospectus and Circular are available for inspection at the Financial Services Authority's document viewing facility situated at: The Financial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS and have also been made available on the Company's website at http://www.taylorwimpey.com/AnnouncementsPresentations , subject to certain access restrictions which have been imposed on Shareholders seeking to access these documents from within the United States or any of the Excluded Territories.  

For further information, please contact:
Taylor Wimpey plc
Pete Redfern / Chris Rickard / Jonathan Drake
Tel: [phone]
J.P. Morgan Cazenove
Mark Breuer / Jonathan Wilcox / Harry Aubrey Flectcher
Tel: [phone]
Finsbury
Faeth Birch / Clare Strange
Tel: [phone]

  IMPORTANT NOTICE

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS AN ADVERTISEMENT AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A PROSPECTUS. INVESTORS SHOULD NOT SUBSCRIBE FOR OR PURCHASE ANY SHARES REFERRED TO IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT EXCEPT ON THE BASIS OF INFORMATION IN THE PROSPECTUS. 

This announcement and the information contained in it is not for release, publication or distribution (directly or indirectly) in or to the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, New Zealand or Switzerland. It does not constitute an offer of securities for sale, nor a solicitation to purchase or subscribe for securities, in or into the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland or any other jurisdiction where such offer, sale or solicitation would be unlawful.  

J.P. Morgan Cazenove, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the FSA, is acting as sole bookrunner, sponsor and financial adviser for Taylor Wimpey and no one else in connection with the Placing and Open Offer and Admission and will not regard any other person (whether or not a recipient of this document) as a client in relation to the Placing and Open Offer or Admission and will not be responsible to anyone other than Taylor Wimpey for providing the protections afforded to its clients or for providing advice in relation to the Placing and Open Offer or Admission or any matters referred to in this announcement.

This announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute or form part of any offer or invitation to purchase, otherwise acquire or subscribe for, sell or otherwise dispose of or issue, or any solicitation of any offer to purchase, otherwise acquire or subscribe for, sell or otherwise dispose of or issue Open Offer Entitlements or New Ordinary Shares or to take up any Open Offer Entitlements or New Ordinary Shares in any jurisdiction in which such an offer or solicitation is unlawful.

 

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