Offer Update - Part 2
Taylor Woodrow PLC
22 January 2001
PART 2
Appendix I
Conditions and certain further terms of the Offer
1. Conditions of the Offer
The Offer is subject to the following conditions:
(a) valid acceptances being received (and not, where
permitted, withdrawn) by not later than 3.00 p.m. on
the first closing date (or such later time(s) and/or
date(s) as Taylor Woodrow may, subject to the City
Code, decide) in respect of not less than 90 per cent.
(or such lesser percentage as Taylor Woodrow may
decide) of the Bryant Shares to which the Offer
relates, provided that this condition shall not be
satisfied unless Taylor Woodrow and/or any of its
wholly-owned subsidiaries shall have acquired or
agreed to acquire (pursuant to the Offer or
otherwise), directly or indirectly, Bryant Shares
carrying, in aggregate, more than 50 per cent. of the
voting rights then exercisable at a general meeting of
Bryant. For the purposes of this condition:
(i) the expression 'Bryant Shares to which the Offer
relates' shall be construed in accordance with
sections 428 to 430F of the Companies Act 1985;
and
(ii) Bryant Shares which have been unconditionally
allotted but not issued shall be deemed to carry
the voting rights which they will carry upon
issue;
(b) the passing at an Extraordinary General Meeting of
Taylor Woodrow (or at any adjournment thereof) of all
such resolutions as may be necessary to approve,
implement and effect the Offer and the proposed
acquisition by Taylor Woodrow of Bryant pursuant
thereto;
(c) the admission of the New Taylor Woodrow Shares to be
issued pursuant to the Offer becoming effective in
accordance with the Listing Rules or (if Taylor
Woodrow so determines and subject to the consent of
the Panel) the UK Listing Authority and the London
Stock Exchange agreeing to admit such shares to the
Official List and to trading on the main market of the
London Stock Exchange respectively;
(d) the proposed merger between Bryant and Beazer, full
particulars of which are set out in the offer document
issued by Bryant on 22nd December, 2000, not
proceeding in whole or in part and the offer contained
in such offer document being withdrawn or lapsing;
(e) save as disclosed to Taylor Woodrow prior to the date
of this announcement, there being no provision of any
agreement, arrangement, franchise, licence, permit or
other instrument to which any member of the wider
Bryant Group is a party or by or to which any such
member or any of its assets may be bound, entitled or
subject, which as a result of the Offer or the
proposed acquisition by Taylor Woodrow of any shares
in, or control, of Bryant or otherwise, would or might
reasonably be expected to result (in any case to an
extent which is material in the context of the wider
Bryant Group taken as a whole) in:
(i) any monies borrowed by or any other
indebtedness, actual or contingent, of any such
member being or becoming repayable or capable
of being declared repayable immediately or
earlier than its stated maturity date, or the
ability of any such member to borrow monies or
incur any indebtedness being withdrawn or
inhibited;
(ii) any such agreement, arrangement, franchise,
licence, permit or instrument or the rights,
liabilities, obligations or interests of any
such member thereunder being terminated or
adversely modified or affected or any onerous
obligation arising or any adverse action being
taken or arising thereunder;
(iii) the interests or business of any such member in
or with any other person, firm, company or body
(or any arrangements relating to such interests
or business) being terminated, modified or
adversely affected;
(iv) any assets or interests of any such member
being or falling to be disposed of or charged
or any right arising under which any such asset
or interest could be required to be disposed of
or charged otherwise than in the ordinary
course of business;
(v) the creation or enforcement of any mortgage,
charge or other security interest over the
whole or any part of the business, property or
assets of any such member or any such security
(whenever arising or having arisen) becoming
enforceable;
(vi) the value of any member of the wider Bryant
Group or its financial or trading position,
profits and prospects being prejudiced or
adversely affected; or
(vii) any such member ceasing to be able to carry on
business under any name under which it
presently does so;
(f) no government or governmental, quasi-governmental,
supranational, statutory, regulatory environmental or
investigative body, court, trade agency, professional
association, institution or any other body or person
whatsoever in any jurisdiction (each a 'Third Party'
and all collectively 'Third Parties') having
instituted, implemented or threatened, or having
decided to institute, implement or threaten, any
action, proceeding, suit, investigation, enquiry or
reference or having made, proposed or enacted any
statute, regulation, order or decision or taken any
other steps which would or might reasonably be
expected (in any case to an extent which is material
to the wider Bryant Group or the wider Taylor Woodrow
Group taken as a whole, respectively):
(i) make the Offer or its implementation or the
acquisition or proposed acquisition by Taylor
Woodrow of all or any Bryant Shares, or the
acquisition or proposed acquisition of control
of Bryant, by Taylor Woodrow, void, illegal or
unenforceable under the laws of any relevant
jurisdiction, or otherwise, directly or
indirectly, restrain, restrict, prohibit,
challenge, delay or interfere with the same, or
impose additional material conditions or
obligations with respect thereto, or otherwise
require material amendment to the terms of the
Offer or any such acquisition;
(ii) require, prevent or delay the divestiture, or
alter the terms envisaged for any proposed
divestiture, by any member of the wider Taylor
Woodrow Group or any member of the wider Bryant
Group of all or any material portion of their
respective businesses, assets or properties or
impose any material limitation on the ability
of any of them to conduct their respective
businesses or to own any of their respective
assets or property to an extent which is
material in the context of the wider Taylor
Woodrow Group taken as a whole or the wider
Bryant Group taken as a whole respectively;
(iii) impose any material limitation on the ability
of any member of the wider Taylor Woodrow Group
or of the wider Bryant Group to acquire or hold
or to exercise effectively, directly or
indirectly, all or any rights of ownership in
respect of shares or other securities (or the
equivalent) in any member of the wider Bryant
Group or to exercise management control over
any such member;
(iv) otherwise adversely affect in any respect any
or all of the businesses, assets, profits or
prospects of any member of the wider Taylor
Woodrow Group or any member of the wider Bryant
Group to an extent which is material in the
context of the wider Taylor Woodrow Group or
the wider Bryant Group taken as a whole
respectively;
(v) result in any member of the wider Bryant Group
ceasing to be able to carry on business;
(vi) save pursuant to the Offer require any member
of the wider Taylor Woodrow Group or of the
wider Bryant Group to offer to acquire any
shares or other securities (or the equivalent)
in any member of the wider Bryant Group owned
by any third party,
and all applicable waiting and other time periods
during which any such Third Party could decide to
take, institute, implement or threaten any action,
proceeding, suit, investigation, enquiry or reference
under the laws of any relevant jurisdiction having
expired, lapsed or been terminated;
(g) all authorisations, orders, recognitions, grants,
consents, licences, confirmations, clearances,
permissions and approvals ('Authorisations') necessary
or reasonably considered by Taylor Woodrow to be
appropriate for or in respect of the Offer or the
proposed acquisition of all or any Bryant Shares or
control of Bryant by Taylor Woodrow having been
obtained in terms and in a form reasonably
satisfactory to Taylor Woodrow from all appropriate
Third Parties or persons with whom any member of the
wider Bryant Group has entered into contractual
arrangements which are material in the context of the
wider Bryant Group taken as a whole and all such
Authorisations, together with all Authorisations
necessary or appropriate to carry on the business of
any member of the wider Bryant Group which are
material in the context of the wider Bryant Group
taken as a whole remaining in full force and effect;
(h) all necessary filings or applications having been made
in connection with the Offer, and all appropriate
waiting periods (including extensions thereof) in
respect of the Offer or its implementation under any
applicable legislation or regulations of any relevant
jurisdiction having expired, lapsed or terminated (as
appropriate), and all necessary statutory and
regulatory obligations in any relevant jurisdiction
having been complied with in connection with the Offer
or the proposed acquisition of any shares in, or
control of, Bryant;
(i) the receipt of appropriate assurances from all
relevant authorities and other persons that the
interests held by the wider Bryant Group under
licences, patents, trademarks, leases and other rights
in the UK and overseas will not be adversely affected
(in any case to an extent which is material to the
wider Bryant Group taken as a whole) by the Offer or
the proposed acquisition of Bryant Shares by Taylor
Woodrow, that such licences, patents, trademarks,
leases and other rights are in full force and effect
and that there is no intention to revoke any of the
same;
(j) except as publicly announced through the London Stock
Exchange by Bryant or otherwise prior to the date
hereof, no member of the wider Bryant Group having,
since 31st May, 2000:
(i) made any alterations to its Memorandum of
Association or Articles of Association;
(ii) (save as between Bryant and wholly-owned
subsidiaries of Bryant, or for options granted
or on the exercise of rights to subscribe for
Bryant Shares pursuant to the exercise of
options granted under the Bryant Share Schemes
on or prior to the date hereof), issued,
agreed to, authorised or proposed the issue of
additional shares of any class, or securities
convertible into, or rights, warrants or
options to subscribe for, or acquire, any such
shares or convertible securities or redeemed,
purchased or reduced any part of its share
capital;
(iii) recommended, declared, paid or made or
proposed to declare, pay or make any bonus,
dividend or other distribution whether payable
in cash or otherwise other than to Bryant or
wholly-owned subsidiaries of Bryant;
(iv) merged with any body corporate or acquired or
disposed of or transferred, mortgaged or
charged or created any security interest over
any assets or any rights, title or interest in
any asset (including shares and trade
investments) or authorised or proposed or
announced any intention to propose any merger,
demerger, acquisition, disposal, transfer,
mortgage, charge or the creation of any
security interest over the same (other than in
the ordinary course of business);
(v) authorised or proposed or announced an
intention to propose any change in its share
or loan capital including the purchase of any
of its own shares;
(vi) issued, authorised or proposed the issue of
any debentures or incurred or increased any
indebtedness or contingent liability which is
material in the context of the wider Bryant
Group;
(vii) entered into any contract, reconstruction,
amalgamation, commitment or other transaction
or arrangement or waived or compromised any
material claim in each case otherwise than in
the ordinary course of business or entered
into or changed the terms of any contract with
any director or senior executive;
(viii) entered into any contract or commitment which
is material in the context of the Bryant Group
taken as a whole and which would or might be
unusually restrictive to the business of any
other member of the wider Bryant Group or of
the wider Taylor Woodrow Group;
(ix) proposed any voluntary winding up;
(x) terminated or varied the terms of any
agreement or arrangement between any member of
the wider Bryant Group and any other person in
a manner which would or might reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on
the position or prospects of the wider Bryant
Group;
(xi) proposed, agreed to provide or modified the
terms of any share option scheme, incentive
scheme or other benefit relating to the
employment or termination of employment of any
person employed by the Bryant Group which,
taken as a whole, are material in the context
of the wider Bryant Group taken as a whole;
(xii) waived or compromised any material claim; or
(xiii) entered into any contract, commitment or
agreement or passed any resolution with
respect to any of the transactions or events
referred to in this paragraph (j);
(k) save as disclosed in the Report and Accounts of Bryant
for the year ended 31st May, 2000, since 31st May,
2000 or as disclosed by, or on behalf of, Bryant prior
to the date hereof and to the extent material to the
wider Bryant Group taken as a whole:
(i) no material adverse change or deterioration
having occurred in the business, assets,
financial or trading position or profits or
prospects of any member of the wider Bryant
Group which is material in the context of the
wider Bryant Group taken as a whole;
(ii) there having been no receiver or administrative
receiver appointed over any of the assets of
any member of the Bryant Group not being a
dormant company within the meaning of Section
250(3) of the Companies Act or equivalent
provision in any jurisdiction outside of the UK
or any analogous proceedings or steps having
taken place under the laws of any jurisdiction
and there having been no petition presented for
the administration of any member of the Bryant
Group or any equivalent proceedings or steps
taken under the laws of any other jurisdiction;
(iii) no claim being made, and no circumstance having
arisen which might lead to a claim being made,
under the insurance of any member of the wider
Bryant Group which would or might reasonably be
expected to have an effect on the wider Bryant
Group which is material in the context of the
wider Bryant Group taken as a whole;
(iv) no material litigation, arbitration
proceedings, prosecution or other legal
proceedings or investigation having been
instituted or threatened by or against or
remaining outstanding against any member of the
wider Bryant Group or to which any member of
the wider Bryant Group is a party (whether as
plaintiff, defendant or otherwise), which is
material in the context of the wider Bryant
Group taken as a whole; and
(v) no contingent or other liability having arisen
which might reasonably be expected materially
and adversely to affect any member of the
wider Bryant Group, which is material in the
context of the wider Bryant Group taken as a
whole;
(l) Taylor Woodrow not having discovered that:
(i) any financial or business or other information
publicly disclosed at any time by or on behalf
of any member of the wider Bryant Group contains
a misrepresentation of any material fact or
omits to state a fact necessary to make the
information contained therein not materially
misleading which is material in the context of
the Offer; and
(ii) any member of the wider Bryant Group which is
not a subsidiary undertaking of Bryant and any
partnership, company or other entity in which
any member of the Bryant Group has a significant
interest is subject to any liability (contingent
or otherwise) which is not disclosed in the
Report and Accounts of Bryant for the year ended
31st May, 2000 and which is material in the
context of the wider Bryant Group taken as a
whole;
(m) Taylor Woodrow not having discovered that:
(i) there has been an emission, disposal,
discharge, deposit, spillage or leak of waste
or hazardous or harmful substances on or about
or from any property now or previously owned,
occupied or made use of by any past or present
member of the wider Bryant Group which would be
likely to give rise to any material liability
(whether actual or contingent) or cost on the
part of any member of the wider Bryant Group
which is material in the context of the wider
Bryant Group taken as a whole;
(ii) there is or is likely to be any material
liability (whether actual or contingent) or
requirement to make good, repair, re-instate or
clean-up any property now or previously owned,
occupied or made use of by any past or present
member of the wider Bryant Group which is
material in the context of the wider Bryant
Group taken as a whole; or
(iii) circumstances exist whereby a person or class
of persons would be likely to have any claim or
claims in respect of any product or process of
manufacture or materials used therein now or
previously manufactured, sold or carried out by
any past or present member of the wider Bryant
Group which claim or claims would be likely
materially and adversely to affect any member
of the wider Bryant Group and which is material
in the context of the wider Bryant Group taken
as a whole.
For the purposes of these conditions: the 'wider Bryant
Group' means Bryant and its subsidiary undertakings,
associated undertakings and any other undertakings in which
Bryant and/or such undertakings (aggregating their
interests) have a significant interest and the 'wider
Taylor Woodrow Group' means Taylor Woodrow and its
subsidiary undertakings, associated undertakings and any
other undertakings in which Taylor Woodrow and/or such
undertakings (aggregating their interests) have a
significant interest and, for these purposes, 'subsidiary
undertaking', 'associated undertaking' and 'undertaking'
have the meanings given by the Companies Act 1985, other
than paragraph 20(1)(b) of Schedule 4A to that Act which
shall be excluded for this purpose, and 'significant
interest' means a direct or indirect interest in 20 per
cent. or more of the equity capital of an undertaking.
Taylor Woodrow reserves the right to waive, in whole or in
part, all or any of conditions (e) to (m) both inclusive.
If Taylor Woodrow is required by the Panel to make an offer
for Bryant Shares under the provisions of Rule 9 of the
City Code, Taylor Woodrow may make such alterations to the
above conditions of the Offer, including condition (a), as
are necessary to comply with the provisions of that Rule.
The Offer will lapse unless all the conditions relating to
the Offer have been fulfilled or satisfied or (if capable
of waiver) waived, by or, where appropriate, at midnight on
the twenty first day after the later of the first closing
date or the date on which the Offer becomes unconditional
as to acceptances, or such later date as Taylor Woodrow
may, with the consent of the Panel, decide. Taylor Woodrow
shall be under no obligation to waive or treat as satisfied
any condition by a date earlier than the latest date
specified above for the satisfaction thereof
notwithstanding that the other conditions of the Offer may
at such earlier date have been waived or fulfilled and that
there are at such earlier date no circumstances indicating
that any such conditions may not be capable of fulfilment.
The Offer will lapse if the proposed acquisition of Bryant
is referred to the Competition Commission or if the
European Commission either initiates proceedings under
Article 6(1)(c) of the Council Regulation (EC) 4064/89 or
makes a referral to a competent authority of the United
Kingdom under Article 9(1) thereof before 3.00 p.m. on the
first closing date or the time and date on which the Offer
becomes or is declared unconditional as to acceptances,
whichever is the later.
In circumstances where the Offer lapses, the Offer will
cease to be capable of further acceptance and persons
accepting the Offer and Taylor Woodrow shall thereupon
cease to be bound by Forms of Acceptance delivered on or
before the date on which the Offer so lapses.
The Bryant Shares which are the subject of the Offer will
be acquired fully paid and free from all liens, charges,
equitable interests, encumbrances, rights of pre-emption or
other third party rights of any nature and together with
all rights attaching thereto, including the right to
receive all dividends and other distributions declared,
paid or made hereafter other than the interim dividend of
1.8 pence per Bryant Share declared on 14th December, 2000
to Bryant Shareholders on the register on 8th January,
2001.
The Offer will comply with English law and the City Code.
Appendix II
Financial effects of acceptance of the Offer
The following table shows, for illustrative purposes only and on the bases and
assumptions set out below, the financial effects on capital and income value
for a holder of one Bryant Share of acceptance of the Offer (ignoring the
treatment of fractional entitlements and taxation and assuming no election
under the Mix and Match Election), on the Offer becoming or being declared
unconditional in all respects:
Capital impact
Cash per Bryant Share 80p
Number of New Taylor Woodrow Shares 0.72
Value of New Taylor Woodrow Shares received(1) 127.4p
Total value received 207.4p
Market value of a Bryant Share(2) 192p
Increase in capital value 15.4p
This represents an increase of 8.0%
Notes:
(1) Based on the closing middle market price of 177 pence per Taylor Woodrow
Share on 19th January, 2001, being the last dealing date prior to this
announcement.
(2) Based on the closing middle market price of 192 pence per Bryant Share on
19th January, 2001, being the last dealing date prior to this announcement.
Income impact
Total dividend per Taylor Woodrow Share(1) 5.62p
Number of New Taylor Woodrow Shares 0.72
Dividends a Bryant Shareholder would have 4.05p
received based on the exchange ratio
Gross income from reinvestment of cash 4.04p
consideration(2)
Total 8.09p
Total dividend per Bryant Share(3) 6.36p
Increase in gross income 1.73p
This represents an increase of 27.1%
Notes:
(1) Based on the 2000 interim dividend of 1.82 pence and the 1999 final
dividend of 3.8 pence per Taylor Woodrow Share.
(2) The gross income on the cash consideration has been calculated on the
assumption that the cash is reinvested to yield approximately 5.05 per cent.
per annum, being the gross yield shown by the FT Actuaries average gross
redemption yield for medium coupon British Government securities of maturities
of 5 to 10 years as published in the Financial Times on 20th January, 2001,
the latest practicable date prior to this announcement.
(3) Based on the final dividend of 4.56 pence and the interim dividend of 1.8
pence per Bryant Share.
Appendix III
Bases and sources
(a) The market value of Taylor Woodrow Shares on 19th January,
2001 is based on the closing middle market price of a
Taylor Woodrow Share of 177 pence as derived from the
Daily Official List on 19th January, 2001 (being the last
dealing date prior to this announcement).
(b) The market value of Bryant Shares on 10th January, 2001
and 19th January, 2001 are based on the closing middle
market prices of 163.5 pence and 192 pence as derived from
the Daily Official List on 10th January, 2001 (being the
date prior to the announcement by Taylor Woodrow that it
had approached the board of Bryant) and 19th January, 2001
(being the last dealing date prior to this announcement).
(c) The value of the Offer is based upon approximately 268
million Bryant Shares in issue on 18th January, 2001.
(d) For the purposes of the financial comparisons contained in
this announcement, no account has been taken of any
liability to taxation or the treatment of fractions of
Bryant Shares under the Offer.
(e) Pro forma financial information has been calculated using
the results of Taylor Woodrow and Bryant for the years
ended 31st December, 1999 and 31st May, 2000 respectively.
Appendix IV
Definitions
'ABN AMRO Corporate ABN AMRO Corporate Finance Limited
Finance'
'Beazer' Beazer Group Plc
'Bryant' Bryant Group plc
'Bryant holders of Bryant Shares
Shareholders'
'Bryant Shares' the existing unconditionally allotted or
issued and fully paid ordinary shares of
25 pence each in the capital of Bryant
and any further such shares which are
unconditionally allotted or issued fully
paid or credited as fully paid before the
date on which the Offer ceases to be open
for acceptance (or such earlier date as
Taylor Woodrow may, subject to the Code,
decide) including any such shares which
are so allotted or issued pursuant to the
exercise of options granted under the
Bryant Share Schemes or otherwise
'Bryant Share The Bryant Group Executive Share Option
Schemes' Scheme, Bryant Savings Related Share
Option Scheme, Bryant Executive Share
Option Scheme 1994, Bryant Group Long
Term Incentive Plan, Bryant Group 1999
Long Term Incentive Plan, Bryant Employee
Benefit Trust and Bryant Qualifying Share
Ownership Trust
'Code' or 'City the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers as
Code' from time to time interpreted and
implemented by the Panel
'Companies Act' the Companies Act 1985 as amended
'Daily Official The Daily Official List of the London
List' Stock Exchange
'Extraordinary the extraordinary general meeting of
General Meeting' Taylor Woodrow at which resolutions
required to be passed to approve,
implement and effect the Offer will be
proposed
'Form of the form of acceptance, election and
Acceptance' authority relating to the Offer to be
despatched to Bryant Shareholders with
the Offer Document
'FSA' Financial Services Authority in its
capacity as the regulator of insurance
business under the Insurance Companies
Act 1982, as regulator of banking
business under the Banking Act 1987 and
as the UK Listing Authority, as the case
may be
'Group' Taylor Woodrow, its subsidiaries and
subsidiary undertakings
'Hoare Govett' Hoare Govett Limited
'Listing Rules' the listing rules of the UK Listing
Authority
'London Stock London Stock Exchange plc
Exchange'
'Mix and Match the right of Bryant Shareholders to
Election' elect, subject to availability, to vary
the proportions in which they receive New
Taylor Woodrow Shares and cash under the
Offer
'New Taylor Woodrow the new Taylor Woodrow Shares to be
Shares' issued, credited as fully paid, pursuant
to the Offer
'Offer' the recommended offer by Taylor Woodrow
for Bryant
'Offer Document' the formal offer document by which the
Offer will be made, which will contain
and set out the terms and conditions of
the Offer
'Official List' the official list maintained by the UK
Listing Authority
'Panel' The Panel on Takeovers and Mergers
'Restricted either a person (including an individual,
Overseas Person' partnership, unincorporated syndicate,
unincorporated organisation, trust,
trustee, custodian, executor,
administrator or other legal
representative) in, or resident in,
Canada, Australia or Japan, or a US
Person
'Rothschild' NM Rothschild & Sons Limited
'Securities Act' The US Securities Act of 1933, as amended
'substantial a direct or indirect interest in 20 per
interest' cent. or more of the equity capital of an
undertaking
'Taylor Woodrow' Taylor Woodrow plc
'Taylor Woodrow holders of Taylor Woodrow Shares
Shareholders'
'Taylor Woodrow ordinary shares of 25 pence each in
Shares' Taylor Woodrow
'UK' United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland
'UK Listing the FSA in its capacity as the competent
Authority' authority under the Financial Services
Act 1986
'United States of the United States of America, its
America', 'United territories and possessions, any state of
States' or 'US' the United States of America and the
District of Columbia or any areas subject
to its jurisdiction or any political
subdivision thereof
'US Person' has the meaning ascribed to it by
Regulation S under the Securities Act