ALEA Alea

RNS Number:6736X
Fin Acquisition Limited
04 June 2007

Not for release, publication or distribution, in whole or in part, in or into or
from any jurisdiction where to do so would constitute a violation of the
relevant laws of such jurisdiction.



                                                                     4 June 2007



                          Recommended Cash Acquisition

                           by FIN Acquisition Limited

                      a company formed at the direction of

           private equity funds advised by Fortress Investment Group

                     of Alea Group Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd.



                           Posting of Offer Document



Further to the announcements which were made on 21 May 2007 and 22 May 2007 of
FIN Acquisition's intention to implement the Acquisition by means of an Offer
for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Alea and of the terms on
which the Offer would be made, FIN Acquisition announces that the Offer Document
containing the full terms and conditions of the Offer was posted to Alea
Shareholders on Saturday 2 June 2007 together with the Form of Acceptance.



The Offer will initially remain open for acceptance until 1.00 p.m. (London
time)/8.00 a.m. (New York time) on 2 July 2007. The procedure for acceptance of
the Offer is set out in paragraph 15 of Part 2 of the Offer Document.



The Offer Document and the Form of Acceptance will be available for inspection
during normal business hours on any weekday (Saturdays, Sundays and public
holidays excepted) until the end of the Offer Period at the offices of Skadden,
Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP, 40 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London E14
5DS.



Capitalised terms used but not defined in this announcement have the meanings
given to them in the Offer Document.



Enquiries



MJ2 Business Communications                            +44 (0) 20 7491 7776
(Public relations adviser to Fortress Investment 
Group and FIN Acquisition)
Tim McCall

Lazard                                                 +44 (0) 20 7187 2000
(Financial adviser to Fortress Fund IV GP L.P., 
an Affiliate of Fortress Investment Group, 
and FIN Acquisition)
Jon Hack
George Potter



Lazard, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial
Services Authority, is acting as financial adviser to Fortress Fund IV GP L.P.,
an Affiliate of Fortress Investment Group, and FIN Acquisition and no one else
in connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to anyone other than
Fortress Fund IV GP L.P. and FIN Acquisition for providing the protections
afforded to customers of Lazard nor for providing advice in relation to the
Offer.



The availability of the Offer or the distribution of this announcement to
persons who are not resident in the United Kingdom may be affected by the laws
of the relevant jurisdictions in which they are located.  Persons who are not so
resident should inform themselves of, and observe, any applicable requirements.
This announcement has been prepared for the purposes of complying with English
law and the Code and information disclosed may not be the same as that which
would have been disclosed if this announcement had been prepared in accordance
with the laws of jurisdictions outside of England.



This announcement is not intended to and does not constitute or form part of an
offer to sell or an invitation to purchase or subscribe for any securities or
the solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for any securities or the
solicitation of any vote or approval in any jurisdiction.  Any response in
relation to the Offer should be made only on the basis of the information
contained in the Circular or the Offer Document. Alea Shareholders are advised
to read carefully the Circular and the Offer Document.



Unless otherwise determined by FIN Acquisition, the Offer is not being, and will
not be, made, directly or indirectly, in or into or by the use of the mails of,
or by any means or instrumentality (including, without limitation, facsimile
transmission, telex, telephone or e-mail) of interstate or foreign commerce of,
or by any facilities of a national securities exchange of, Japan or any
jurisdiction where to do so would violate the laws of that jurisdiction and will
not be capable of acceptance by any such use, means, instrumentality or facility
or from within Japan or any such jurisdiction. Accordingly copies of the Offer
Document, the Form of Acceptance and/or any related document are not being, and
must not be, directly or indirectly, mailed or otherwise forwarded, distributed
or sent in, into or from Japan or any such jurisdiction, and persons receiving
the Offer Document, the Form of Acceptance and/or any related document
(including, without limitation, custodians, nominees and trustees) must not mail
or otherwise distribute or send them in, into or from such jurisdiction as doing
so may invalidate any purported acceptance of the Offer. Any person (including,
without limitation, any custodian, nominee or trustee) who would, or otherwise
intends to, or who may have a contractual or legal obligation to forward the
Offer Document, the Form of Acceptance and/or any related document to any
jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom and the United States should inform
himself of, and observe, any applicable legal or regulatory requirements of that
jurisdiction.


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