Publication of Prospectus

RNS Number : 4128M

Workspace Group PLC

28 January 2009

 



THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA,  JAPAN AND THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE SAME WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT AN OFFER OF SECURITIES IN THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN, THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE SAME WOULD BE UNLAWFUL.

Workspace Group PLC

(the 'Company')

Publication of Prospectus

 28 January 2009

The following prospectus has been approved by the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at their Document Viewing Facility at the Financial Services Authority, 25 North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5HS:

Prospectus dated 28 January 2009 relating to a 5 for 1 Rights Issue of 871,764,035 New Ordinary Shares at 10 pence each by Workspace Group PLC.

Terms defined in the Prospectus have the same meanings in this announcement.

The Prospectus has today been posted to Shareholders and is available from the registered office of the Company and at the offices of Norton Rose LLP, 3 More London Riverside, London SE1 2AQ.

Contacts:

Workspace Group PLC	Tel: [phone]
Amanda Whalley, Company Secretary
City Profile	Tel: [phone]
Jonathan Gillen
Simon Courtenay

General:

This Announcement is not for release, publication, or distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan, the Republic of South Africa or any jurisdiction into which the same would be unlawful. 

This Announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute or form part of any offer or invitation to sell or issue, or any solicitation of any offer to acquire, Nil Paid Rights, Fully Paid Rights, New Ordinary Shares or Provisional Allotment Letters or to take up any entitlements to Nil Paid Rights in the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan, the Republic of South Africa or any jurisdiction into which the same would be unlawful.

The distribution of this Announcement and the offering of the Nil Paid Rights, the Fully Paid Rights or the New Ordinary Shares in jurisdictions other than the United Kingdom may be restricted by law. No action has been taken by the Company or any of Rothschild, Panmure Gordon or Investec that would permit an offering of such shares or possession or distribution of this Announcement or any other offering or publicity material relating to such shares in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. Persons into whose possession this Announcement comes are required by the Company and each of Rothschild, Panmure Gordon and Investec to inform themselves about, and to observe, any such restrictions. 

The Nil Paid Rights, the Fully Paid Rights, the New Ordinary Shares and the Provisional Allotment Letters have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States and may not be offered, sold, taken up, exercised, resold, renounced, transferred or delivered, directly or indirectly, within the United States or to any US person absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration thereunder, or pursuant to a transaction not subject to the registration requirements thereof.

 

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