Offer Wholly Unconditional

RNS Number : 9566L

ING UK Real Estate Income Trust Ltd

14 May 2010

 



ING UK Real Estate Income Trust Limited

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN, INTO OR FROM THE UNITED STATES (INCLUDING ITS TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS, ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA) OR TO US PERSONS (AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED UNDER REGULATION S OF THE US SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED) OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD BE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

14 May 2010

Recommended Offer by IRET Securities Limited

(a wholly owned subsidiary of ING UK Real Estate Income Trust Limited)

for Rugby Estates Investment Trust plc

Offer Wholly Unconditional

The Board of ING UK Real Estate Income Trust Limited ("ING UK RET") announces that its Offer for Rugby Estates Investment Trust plc ("Rugby REIT") has become unconditional in all respects following valid acceptances received in respect of 56,840,288 ordinary shares of 1p each ("Shares") in Rugby REIT, representing in total approximately 96.43 per cent. of Rugby REIT Shares to which the Offer related, and Admission of 13,399,728 New ING UK RET Ordinary Shares which has been approved earlier today. All remaining conditions of the Offer have been waived by the Board of ING UK RET.

As stated in the announcement dated 13 May 2010, the Offer, including each of the Share Offer, the ZDP Alternative and the Cash Alternative, will remain open for acceptances until 1.00 pm (London time) on 26 May 2010 unless extended.

ING UK RET intends to procure that Rugby REIT will apply to the London Stock Exchange ("LSE") to cancel the trading of Rugby REIT Shares and the listing of Rugby REIT Shares on the LSE ("De-listing"). It is anticipated that De-listing will take effect no earlier than 15 June 2010 which is 20 business days from today's date.

Since ING UK RET has received valid acceptances and acquired over 90 per cent. of Rugby REIT Shares to which the Offer relates, ING UK RET will seek to exercise its rights pursuant to the provisions of sections 974 to 991 of the Companies Act 2006 to acquire compulsorily the remaining Rugby REIT Shares in respect of which the Offer has not been accepted. A further announcement will be made as appropriate.

For further information:

ING Real Estate Investment Management                                            Tel: [phone]

(Investment Manager)                

Michael Morris                                                                                                              

Helen Stott  

ING Corporate Finance                                                                        Tel: [phone]

(Joint Financial Adviser to ING UK RET)

William Marle                                                                                                               

John Denby                                                      

J.P. Morgan Cazenove                                                                        Tel: [phone]

(Joint Financial Adviser and Broker to ING UK RET)

William Simmonds

Northern Trust                                                                                      Tel: [phone]

(Company Secretary)

David Sauvarin

Financial Dynamics                                                                             Tel: [phone]

(Financial PR)                                                                                        / 020 7269 7261

Dido Laurimore

Laurence Jones

Terms defined in the Offer Document dated 21 April 2010 have the same meaning in this Announcement, unless the context requires otherwise.

 

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