Investment update
July 13 2009 - 2:30AM
UK Regulatory
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Terra Catalyst Fund
13 July 2009
13 July 2009
TERRA CATALYST FUND
Investment Update
Terra Catalyst Fund (the "Company") (AIM:TCF) today announces that further to
its announcement on 8 June 2009 regarding its investment in Terra European
Investments B.V. ("TEI"), which subsequently made a cash offer for the share
capital of Spazio Investments N.V. ("Spazio") TEI has, on the first Closing Date
of the Offer, received acceptances in respect of 37.5% Spazio Ordinary Shares,
declared the Offer unconditional in all respects and extended the Offer until
1.00pm on 24 July 2009 at which point the Offer will close.
The text of statement which is being sent to Spazio shareholders by TEI today
giving details of the level of acceptances received by TEI is set out below.
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ENQUIRIES TO:
Terra Catalyst Fund
Mike Haxby, Director
www.terracatalystfund.com
Tel: +44 (0)1624 690 900
HSBC Securities Services (Isle of Man) Limited
Sarah Wakeford
Tel: +44 (0)1624 637 890
Fairfax I.S. PLC
James King/ Gillian McCarthy
Tel: +44 (0)207 598 5368
"First closing date and level of Acceptances
As at 1.00pm on 10 July 2009, being the first closing date of the Offer, valid
acceptances of the Offer had been received by Terra European Investments B.V. in
respect of 8,596,732 Spazio Ordinary Shares (representing 52.7 per cent. of the
Spazio Ordinary Shares to which the Offer relates and 37.5 per cent. of the
issued share capital of Spazio). In aggregate Laxey Group now owns or controls
15,219,972 Spazio Ordinary Shares representing 66.3 per cent. of the total
issued share capital of Spazio.
In the light of the level of acceptances received TEI has declared the Offer
unconditional in all respects. The Offer has been extended and will remain open
for acceptance until 1.00pm on 24 July 2009 at which time the Offer will close.
Settlement of the consideration due to Spazio Shareholders who have accepted the
Offer will be made in accordance with the procedures set out in the Offer
Document.
As the Laxey Group has achieved its objective of increasing its aggregate
holding in Spazio to more than 50 per cent. of the total issued Spazio Ordinary
Shares, the Laxey Group may be able, with the support of one or more of the
other larger Spazio Shareholders, to control more than 75 per cent. of the
issued ordinary share capital of Spazio. In this situation, remaining Spazio
Shareholders should be aware that the Laxey Group, with support of such other
Spazio Shareholders, may well seek to cancel the admission of the Spazio
Ordinary Shares to trading on AIM and/or amend the Company's structure or
governance.
In accordance with the provisions of Rule 41 of the AIM Rules, cancellation of
admission of the Spazio Ordinary Shares to trading on AIM would be conditional
upon the consent of not less than 75 per cent. of the votes cast by Spazio
Shareholders given in general meeting and notice of cancellation being given to
the London Stock Exchange at least twenty business days prior to the intended
date of cancellation.
In the event that the admission to AIM was cancelled there would no longer be a
market for Spazio Ordinary Shares.
If the Laxey Group holds 95 per cent. of Spazio's issued share capital by
nominal value, Dutch law will permit the Laxey Group to acquire the remaining
Spazio Ordinary Shares by initiating proceedings against the remaining market
holders. The price to be paid for such remaining shares would be determined by
the Enterprise Section of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal.
As the Laxey Group will now control over 50 per cent. of the issued and
outstanding Spazio Ordinary Shares, it will no longer be bound by the provisions
of Article 45.2 of the Articles of Association as Rule 9 of the UK City Code on
Takeovers and Mergers (the terms of which are incorporated into the Articles of
Association by Article 45.2) ceases to apply once a shareholder and their
concert parties control 50 per cent. or more of a company's issued equity share
capital. Accordingly, the Laxey Group will be able to purchase further Spazio
Ordinary Shares in the market at any price without the obligation to make either
a voluntary or mandatory offer under the terms of the Articles of Association.
Spazio Shareholders who hold Spazio Ordinary Shares in registered book entry
form who have not yet accepted the Offer are reminded to complete and return
their Form of Acceptance as soon as possible in accordance with the instructions
set out in the Offer Document and in the Form of Acceptance. Spazio Shareholders
who hold Spazio Ordinary Shares in uncertificated form and who have not yet
accepted the Offer are reminded to take the necessary steps through CREST as
soon as possible.
The definitions of certain capitalised expressions used in this announcement are
contained in the Offer Document posted to Spazio Shareholders on 19 June 2009.
The Directors of TEI accept responsibility for the information contained in this
document. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the Directors of TEI (who
have taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case), the information
contained in this document for which they accept responsibility is in accordance
with the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the import of such
information."
NOTE TO EDITORS
Terra Catalyst Fund
Terra Catalyst Fund is a closed-ended Cayman Islands registered, exempted
company established to invest in listed property companies and funds in Europe,
with the objective of seeking to identify undervalued securities and actively
seeking to close the valuation gap between the value at which the security is
trading and its intrinsic value.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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