Admission to Trading

RNS Number : 9630U

Tritax Big Box REIT plc

09 December 2013

 



9 December 2013

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO, THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND OR THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA OR INTO ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO MIGHT CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OR BREACH OF ANY APPLICABLE LAW. PLEASE SEE THE IMPORTANT NOTICE AT THE END OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

TRITAX BIG BOX REIT PLC

ADMISSION TO TRADING ON THE SPECIALIST FUND MARKET OF THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE AND LISTING ON THE CHANNEL ISLANDS STOCK EXCHANGE AND PDMR SHAREHOLDINGS

Further to the announcement on 4 December 2013, Tritax Big Box REIT plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce that 200 million Ordinary Shares have today been admitted to trading on the Specialist Fund Market of the London Stock Exchange and the Official List of the Channel Islands Stock Exchange ("Admission").  The Company's ticker symbol is BBOX.

In accordance with DTR 3.1.4R, on Admission the beneficial interests of the Directors in the issued share capital of the Company were as follows:

Director	Number of Ordinary Shares acquired pursuant to the Issue	% of issued share capital
Richard Jewson	30,000	0.015%
Mark Shaw	134,215	0.067%

In accordance with DTR 3.1.4R, on Admission the beneficial interests of the senior executives of the Investment Team with day-to-day management responsibility in connection with services provided to the Company were as follows:

Executive	Number of Ordinary Shares acquired pursuant to the Issue	% of issued share capital
Colin Godfrey	104,210	0.052%
James Dunlop	104,210	0.052%
Henry Franklin	82,365	0.041%

All of the transactions listed above involved the issue of Ordinary Shares by the Company to the relevant subscriber at a price of 100 pence per Ordinary Share.

The total number of voting rights in the Company is 200 million. Shareholders may use this figure as the denominator for the calculations by which they determine whether they are required to notify their interest, or a change to their interest, in the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Jefferies International Limited ("Jefferies") and Akur Limited ("Akur") are acting as joint financial advisers and Jefferies is acting as sole bookrunner in relation to Admission.

For further information, please contact:

Company Secretary	Tel: [phone]
Taylor Wessing Secretaries Limited Newgate Communications (Financial PR) James Benjamin Andrew Jones Jefferies International Limited	Email: [e-mail] Tel: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Tel: [phone]
Gary Gould
Stuart Klein
Akur Limited Anthony Richardson Tom Frost	Tel: [phone]

IMPORTANT NOTICE

This announcement is not for publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States (including its territories and possessions, any state of the United States and the District of Columbia), Australia, Canada, South Africa or Japan. The distribution of this announcement may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions and persons into whose possession any document or other information referred to herein comes should inform themselves about and observe any such restriction. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

This announcement does not contain or constitute an offer for sale of, or the solicitation of an offer or an invitation to buy or subscribe for, Shares to any person in the United States, Australia, Canada, South Africa or Japan or in any jurisdiction to whom or in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful.

The Company will not be registered under the US Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. In addition, the Shares referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") or under the securities laws of any state of the United States and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to or for the account or benefit of US persons absent registration or an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in compliance with any applicable State securities laws. There will be no public offer of the Shares in the United States, Australia, Canada, South Africa or Japan.

The offer and sale of Shares referred to herein has not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or under the applicable securities laws of any state, province or territory of Australia, Canada, South Africa or Japan. Subject to certain exceptions, the Shares referred to herein may not be offered or sold in Australia, Canada, South Africa or Japan or to, or for the account or benefit of, any national, resident or citizen of Australia, Canada, South Africa or Japan.

This announcement has not been approved or authorised by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission for circulation in Guernsey, and may not be distributed or circulated directly or indirectly to any persons in the Bailiwick of Guernsey other than (i) by a person licensed to do so under the terms of the Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1987, as amended, or (ii) to those persons regulated by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission as licensees under the Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1987, as amended, the Banking Supervision (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1994, the Insurance Business (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2002 or the Regulation of Fiduciaries, Administration Business and company Directors etc. (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2000.

In Jersey, this announcement (and the financial services to which it relates) has not been approved by and will not be submitted for approval to the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) for the purposes of public offering or sale in the Island of Jersey.

Jefferies is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Akur is an appointed representative of Capital Markets Strategy Limited which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Each of Jefferies and Akur are acting exclusively for the Company and no-one else in connection with the initial public offering and Admission.  They will not regard any other person as their respective clients in relation to the initial public offering and Admission and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to their respective clients, nor for providing advice in relation to the initial public offering,Admission, the contents of this announcement or any transaction, arrangement or other matter referred to herein.

None of the Company, Tritax Management LLP (the "Manager"), Tritax Securities LLP (the "Investment Adviser"), Jefferies, Akur and any of their respective affiliates accepts any responsibility or liability whatsoever for/or makes any representation or warranty, express or implied, as to this announcement, including the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information in this announcement (or whether any information has been omitted from the announcement) or any other information relating to the Company, its subsidiaries or associated companies, whether written, oral or in a visual or electronic form, and howsoever transmitted or made available or for any loss howsoever arising from any use of the announcement or its contents or otherwise arising in connection therewith. The Company, the Manager, the Investment Adviser, Jefferies, Akur and their respective affiliates accordingly disclaim all and any liability whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise which they might otherwise have in respect of this announcement or its contents or otherwise arising in connection therewith.

Certain figures contained in this announcement, including financial information, have been subject to rounding adjustments. Accordingly, in certain instances, the sum or percentage change of the numbers contained in this document may not conform exactly with the total figure given.

 

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