Tribal Group plc
Acquisition of Newchurch - Further consideration
On 27 January 2009 Tribal Group plc ('Tribal' or the 'Group'), the provider of consultancy,
support and delivery services to the public sector in the UK and internationally, announced
completion of the acquisition of Newchurch Limited ('Newchurch').
As announced on 16 January 2009, as part of the initial and further consideration payments for the acquisition, Tribal will be issuing new ordinary shares of 5p each in Tribal ('New Tribal Shares').
As part of the further consideration payment made today, Tribal has become obligated to issue a total of 471,237 New Tribal Shares to various vendors.
Application will be made for the admission of the New Tribal Shares to trading on the Main Market of The London Stock Exchange ('Main Market'). It is expected that the New Tribal Shares will commence trading on the Main Market on 24 March 2009. The New Tribal Shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing ordinary shares of 5p each in Tribal.
Except as disclosed in this announcement, there has been no significant change affecting any matter contained in the notifications made by Tribal on 16 and 27 January 2009 and no other significant new matter has arisen which would have been required to be mentioned in the earlier notifications if it had arisen at the time of that notification.
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For further information, please contact:
Tribal Group plc Telephone: 020 7323 7100
Peter Martin, Chief Executive
Simon Lawton, Group Finance Director
Maitland Telephone: 020 7379 5151
Colin Browne
Anthony Silverman
Editors' note:
Tribal provides a range of consultancy, support and delivery services focused on improving the delivery of public services in the UK and internationally. Our core markets are in education, health, housing and regeneration, central government and local government. Tribal employs approximately 2,300 staff and its shares are quoted on the London Stock Exchange (TRB).
Links: Tribal Group plc website: www.tribalgroup.co.uk