Admission to Trading

RNS Number : 1270E

Hostelworld Group PLC

02 November 2015

 

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN, INTO, WITHIN OR FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN OR ANY JURISDICTION WHERE SUCH RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION WOULD BE UNLAWFUL

For immediate release

2 November 2015

Hostelworld Group plc

Admission to Trading on the London Stock Exchange and the Irish Stock Exchange

Further to its announcement of 28 October 2015, Hostelworld Group plc is pleased to announce that its ordinary share capital consisting of 95,570,778 ordinary shares has today been admitted to the premium listing segment of the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority, and the secondary listing segment of the Official List of the Irish Stock Exchange, and to trading on the main market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange and the Irish Stock Exchange's Main Securities Market under the ticker "HSW".

Enquiries:

Hostelworld Group plc

Feargal Mooney, Chief Executive Officer

Tel: [phone]

Numis Securities Limited

Alex Ham

Nick Westlake

Freddie Barnfield

Tom Ballard

Freddie Naylor-Leyland

Tel: [phone]

Davy Corporate Finance

John Frain

Barry Murphy

Tel: [phone]

Davy Corporate Broking

Paul Burke

Orla Bolger

Tel: [phone]

Weber Shandwick

Nick Oborne

Tom Jenkins

Tel: [phone]

Important notices

The Company is not and will not be registered under the United States Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Shares have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or with any securities commission or regulatory authority or under the laws of any state or jurisdiction of the United States. Accordingly, the Shares will constitute ''restricted securities'' within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) of the Securities Act and may not be offered, sold, resold, delivered, distributed or otherwise transferred, directly or indirectly, in, into or from the United States except pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective under the Securities Act or in transactions exempt from, or not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act or any applicable state or local securities laws of the United States. There will be no public offering of the Shares in the United States or elsewhere.

The securities have not been and will not be registered under the applicable securities laws of Australia, Canada, Japan or South Africa and, subject to certain exceptions, may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, in Australia, Canada, Japan or South Africa.

 

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