Admission of New Shares

RNS Number : 9574S

Travis Perkins PLC

28 May 2009

 



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28 May 2009

Travis Perkins plc - Admission of New Shares 

Travis Perkins plc announces that, in accordance with the Prospectus dated 11 May 2009, admission of the New Shares to the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange plc's main market for listed securities became effective and that dealings commenced nil paid, in the New Shares at 8.00 a.m. today. The latest time and date for acceptance and payment in full under the Rights Issue is 11.00 a.m. on 11 June 2009.

Definitions used in the Prospectus dated 11 May 2009 shall have the same meanings when used in this announcement, unless the context requires otherwise. All references to time in this announcement are to the time in London.  

For further information please contact:
Travis Perkins plc
Geoff Cooper, Chief Executive Officer Paul Hampden Smith, Finance Director	Tel: + 44 (0) 1604 683 222
Square1 Consulting Limited
David Bick / Mark Longson	Tel: [phone]

This announcement is an advertisement. It is not a prospectus and investors should not subscribe for or purchase any shares referred to in this announcement except on the basis of information in the Prospectus which is available from the registered office of Travis Perkins at Lodge Way House, Lodge Way, Harlestone Road, Northampton NN5 7UG and on the Travis Perkins website at www.travisperkinsplc.com. This announcement does not constitute or form part of any offer or invitation to sell or issue, or any solicitation of any offer to acquire, any securities (including nil paid rights, fully paid rights or new shares) offered by any person in any jurisdiction in which such an offer or solicitation is unlawful.

Neither the content of Travis Perkins' website nor any website accessible by hyperlinks on Travis Perkins' website is incorporated in, or forms part of, this announcement.

This announcement and the information contained herein do not contain or constitute an offer for sale or the solicitation of an offer to purchase securities in the United States. The nil paid rights, the fully paid rights and the new shares referred to herein and in the Prospectus have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 'Securities Act'), and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration under the Securities Act or an available exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. There will be no public offer of the nil paid rights, the fully paid rights or the new shares in the United States. 

This announcement and the information contained herein do not contain or constitute an offer for sale or the solicitation of an offer to purchase securities in Australia, Canada, Japan, South Africa, New Zealand or any other jurisdiction where to do so would constitute a violation of the relevant laws of such jurisdiction, and no public offer of rights or shares will be made in such jurisdictions. The nil paid rights, the fully paid rights and the new shares have not been and will not be registered under the securities laws of such jurisdictions and may not be offered, sold, taken up, exercised, resold, renounced, transferred or delivered, directly or indirectly, within such jurisdictions except pursuant to an exemption from and in compliance with any applicable securities laws.

HSBC Bank plc, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, Citigroup Global Markets U.K. Equity Limited, Barclays Bank PLC, BNP Paribas, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc and Tricorn Partners LLP are acting exclusively for Travis Perkins and no one else in connection with the Rights Issue and will not regard any other person as their respective client in relation to the Rights Issue and will not be responsible to anyone other than Travis Perkins for providing the protections afforded to their respective clients or for providing advice in relation to the Rights Issue or any matters referred to in this announcement. 

Apart from the responsibilities and liabilities, if any, which may be imposed on the Underwriters by the FSMA, none of the Underwriters accepts any responsibility whatsoever and makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, for or in respect of the contents of this announcement, including its accuracy, completeness or verification or regarding the legality of an investment in the Nil Paid Rights, the Fully Paid Rights or the New Shares by an offeree or purchaser thereof under the laws applicable to such offeree or purchaser or for any other statement made or purported to be made by them, or on their behalf, in connection with Travis Perkins, the Nil Paid Rights, the Fully Paid Rights, the New Shares or the Rights Issue, and nothing in this announcement is, or shall be relied upon as, a promise or representation in this respect, whether as to the past or future. The Underwriters accordingly disclaim any responsibility and liability whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise which they might otherwise be found to have in respect of this announcement or any such statement.

The distribution of this announcement and/or the Prospectus and/or any other materials published in connection with the Rights Issue and/or the transfer of the nil paid rights, fully paid rights and/or new shares into jurisdictions other than the UK may be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession this announcement comes should inform themselves about and observe any such restrictions. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. 

 

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