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RNS Number : 6108O
Carpetright PLC
18 May 2018
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN IT IS NOT FOR
RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY
OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA,
JAPAN OR THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA OR INTO ANY OTHER
JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO MIGHT CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OR BREACH
OF ANY APPLICABLE LAW. PLEASE SEE THE IMPORTANT NOTICE AT THE END
OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, WHICH DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A PROSPECTUS OR
PROSPECTUS EQUIVALENT DOCUMENT, IS NOT AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE
SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY ANY SECURITIES, AND NEITHER THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT NOR ANYTHING HEREIN FORMS THE BASIS FOR ANY CONTRACT
OR COMMITMENT WHATSOEVER.
LEI: 213800GO32BSNNHXID90
Carpetright plc
("Carpetright" or the "Company" or the "Group")
Publication and posting of prospectus
Further to the announcement made earlier today by Carpetright, a
prospectus relating to the Placing and Open Offer to raise
approximately GBP65.1 million (gross) for Carpetight was approved
today by the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be posted to
shareholders. The Prospectus contains a notice of general meeting
of shareholders, to be convened at 4 p.m. on 6 June 2018.
The Prospectus will shortly be available for inspection on the
National Storage Mechanism at: www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM and on
Carpetright's website at: www.carpetright.plc.uk
Unless otherwise defined in this announcement, capitalised terms
shall have the same meaning given to them in the Prospectus.
Enquiries:
Carpetright plc
Wilf Walsh, Chief Executive
Neil Page, Chief Financial
Officer 01708 802000
Peel Hunt LLP (Sponsor, joint
bookrunner and joint broker)
Dan Webster
George Sellar
Nicole McDougall 020 7418 8900
Deutsche Bank AG (Joint bookrunner
and joint broker)
Simon Hollingsworth
Mark Hankinson
Adam Miller 020 7545 8000
Citigate Dewe Rogerson (Financial
PR)
Kevin Smith
Nick Hayns 020 7638 9571
Notes to Editors
Carpetright plc is Europe's leading specialist floorcoverings
and beds retailer. Since the first store was opened in 1988 the
business has developed both organically and through acquisition
within the UK and other European countries. The Group is organised
into two geographical regions, the UK and the Rest of Europe
(comprising The Netherlands, Belgium and the Republic of
Ireland).
IMPORTANT NOTICE
This announcement is an advertisement and does not constitute a
prospectus or prospectus equivalent document. Nothing in this
announcement should be interpreted as a term or condition of the
Placing and Open Offer. Investors should not subscribe for or
purchase any New Ordinary Shares except on the basis of the
information which will be contained in the Prospectus expected to
be published shortly after the release of this announcement or
otherwise incorporated by reference into the Prospectus. The
Prospectus, when published, will be made available on the Company's
website (www.carpetright.plc.uk) and be available for inspection
during normal business hours on any day (except Saturdays, Sundays
and bank holidays in England and Wales) free of charge at the
offices of Travers Smith LLP, 10 Snow Hill, London EC1A 2AL, from
the date of this announcement to the date one month from the date
of Admission of the New Ordinary Shares.
This announcement does not constitute or form part of any offer
or invitation to purchase, or otherwise acquire, subscribe for,
sell, otherwise dispose of or issue, or any solicitation of any
offer to sell, otherwise dispose of, issue, purchase, otherwise
acquire or subscribe for, any security in the capital of the
Company in any jurisdiction.
The information contained in this announcement is not for
release, publication or distribution to persons in the United
States, Australia, Canada, Japan or the Republic of South Africa or
in any jurisdiction where to do so would breach any applicable law.
The New Ordinary Shares have not been and will not be registered
under the securities laws of such jurisdictions and may not be
offered, sold, taken up, exercised, resold, renounced, transferred
or delivered, directly or indirectly, within such jurisdictions
except pursuant to an exemption from and in compliance with any
applicable securities laws. No public offer of the New Ordinary
Shares is being made by virtue of this announcement in or into the
United States, Australia, Canada, Japan or the Republic of South
Africa or any other jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom in
which such offer would be unlawful. No action has been or will be
taken by the Company, the Directors, Peel Hunt LLP, Deutsche Bank
or any other person to permit a public offering or distribution of
this announcement or any other offering or publicity materials or
the New Ordinary Shares in any jurisdiction where action for that
purpose may be required, other than in the United Kingdom.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT DOES NOT CONTAIN OR CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OF
SECURITIES FOR SALE OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO PURCHASE
SECURITIES IN THE UNITED STATES. THE SECURITIES REFERRED TO HEREIN
HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE US SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "US SECURITIES ACT"), OR WITH ANY
SECURITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION
OF THE UNITED STATES AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, RESOLD,
TRANSFERRED OR DELIVERED WITHIN THE UNITED STATES EXCEPT PURSUANT
TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE US SECURITIES ACT AND IN
COMPLIANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR
OTHER JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES. THERE WILL BE NO PUBLIC
OFFER OF SECURITIES IN THE UNITED STATES.
This announcement has been issued by, and is the sole
responsibility of, the Company.
Peel Hunt LLP ("Peel Hunt"), has been appointed as sponsor and
joint bookrunner to the Company. Peel Hunt is authorised and
regulated in the United Kingdom by the FCA in respect of regulated
activities and is acting exclusively for the Company and no one
else in connection with the transactions and arrangements described
in this announcement and the Prospectus. Peel Hunt will not regard
any other person (whether or not a recipient of this announcement)
as a client in relation to the transactions and arrangements
described in this announcement and the Prospectus and will not be
responsible for providing the protections afforded to Peel Hunt's
clients nor for giving advice in relation to the contents of this
announcement or the Prospectus or the transactions and arrangements
described in this announcement or the Prospectus. Peel Hunt is not
responsible for the contents of this announcement or the
Prospectus.
Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch ("Deutsche Bank") has been
appointed joint bookrunner to the Company. Deutsche Bank is
authorised under German Banking Law (competent authority: European
Central Bank) and, in the United Kingdom, by the Prudential
Regulation Authority (the "PRA"). It is subject to supervision by
the European Central Bank and by BaFin, Germany's Federal Financial
Supervisory Authority, and is subject to limited regulation in the
United Kingdom by the PRA and the FCA. Details about the extent of
its authorisation and regulation by the PRA, and regulation by the
FCA, are available on request or from
www.db.com/en/content/eu_disclosures.html. Deutsche Bank is acting
exclusively for the Company and no one else in connection with the
transactions and arrangements described in this announcement and
the Prospectus. Deutsche Bank will not regard any other person
(whether or not a recipient of this announcement) as a client in
relation to the transactions and arrangements described in this
announcement and the Prospectus and will not be responsible for
providing the protections afforded to Deutsche Bank's clients nor
for giving advice in relation to the contents of this announcement
or the Prospectus or the transactions and arrangements described in
this announcement or the Prospectus. Deutsche Bank is not
responsible for the contents of this announcement or the
Prospectus.
This announcement has been prepared for the purposes of
complying with the applicable laws and regulations of the United
Kingdom and the 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 and regulations of any
jurisdiction outside of the United Kingdom.
Neither the content of the Company's website (or any other
website) nor any website accessible by hyperlinks on the Company's
website (or any other website) is incorporated in, or forms part
of, this announcement.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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