J.P. Morgan Private Equity Limited (the "Company")
Dear Sirs,
Exercise of Warrants
6 October 2010
Pursuant to the Bonus Issue described in the prospectus published by the Company on 18 June 2009 (the "Prospectus"), the Company issued Warrants to Qualifying Bonus Issue Shareholders. These Warrants may be exercised in relation to a subscription for US$ Equity Shares during the period 1 October 2009 to 30 June 2014.
The Company today announces that, on 5 October 2010, Qualifying Bonus Issue Shareholders exercised 14,744 Warrants, representing Subscription Rights to subscribe for 14,744 US$ Equity Shares at a Subscription Price of US$1.37 per US$ Equity Share. The Company issued and allotted such US$ Equity Shares on 5 October 2010. Application is being made for the newly allotted US$ Equity Shares to be admitted to the Official List of the UKLA Listing Authority and to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange.
Following this allotment, the Company's issued share capital will consist of 367,898,097 Shares of no par value (excluding treasury shares) each classified as US$ Equity Shares, 65,418,824 shares of no par value (excluding treasury shares) each classified as 2013 zero dividend preference shares and 69,421,547 shares of no par value (excluding treasury shares) each classified as 2015 zero dividend preference shares.
In this announcement capitalised words and phrases have the meaning given to them in the Prospectus, unless the context requires otherwise.
For further information, please contact
Paul Wrench - HSBC Management (Guernsey) Limited - 01481 759 000
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