Cancellation of Admission to AIM (9289A)
April 05 2012 - 7:35AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMSTA
RNS Number : 9289A
Stagecoach Theatre Arts PLC
05 April 2012
NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN
PART, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA OR JAPAN OR
ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IF TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF
THE RELEVANT LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION
5 April 2012
Stagecoach Theatre Arts Public Limited Company
("Stagecoach" or the "Company")
Cancellation of admission to AIM
On 3 April 2012, Lifeskills Education Limited ("Lifeskills
Education") announced that as at 1.00 p.m. on 2 April 2012, it had
received valid acceptances in respect of 7,823,113 Stagecoach
Shares, representing approximately 94.80 per cent. of the Offer
Shares and approximately 78.23 per cent. of the Stagecoach Shares,
and that the Offer for the Company had been declared unconditional
in all respects.
As a result, Stagecoach has applied to the London Stock Exchange
for the cancellation of admission to trading of the Company's
shares on AIM ("Cancellation") and Cancellation is expected to take
place at 7.00 a.m. on 9 May 2012. As Lifeskills Education owns or
has received acceptances in respect of more than 75 per cent
Stagecoach Shares, Cancellation will take place without obtaining
the approval of Stagecoach Shareholders. Such Cancellation will
significantly reduce the liquidity and marketability of Stagecoach
Shares.
The Offer remains open for acceptance until further notice. All
terms set out in the Offer Document still apply. Shareholders who
wish to accept the Offer and have not already done so are
encouraged to do so without delay, and should refer to the
announcement by Lifeskills Education of 12 March 2012 and to the
relevant Offer documentation. Acceptances of the Offer should be
received in accordance with the instructions contained in the Offer
Document and (in the case of shares held in certificated form) the
Form of Acceptance.
If you are in any doubt about the action you should take you are
recommended to seek your own independent financial advice
immediately from your stockbroker, solicitor, accountant or other
independent financial adviser authorised under FSMA if you are
resident in the UK or, if not, from another appropriately
authorised financial adviser.
Capitalised terms used but not defined in this announcement
shall have the same meanings given to them in the Offer
Document.
Enquiries:
Stagecoach Theatre Arts Telephone: 01932 254 333
Richard Dawson, Joint Managing Director
Smith & Williamson Corporate Finance Telephone: 020 7131 4000
(Nomad and financial adviser to
Stagecoach)
David Jones
Siobhan Sergeant
Peckwater PR Telephone: 07879 458 364
(Financial PR to Stagecoach)
Tarquin Edwards
Smith & Williamson Corporate Finance Limited, which is
authorised and regulated in the UK by the FSA, is acting
exclusively as financial adviser to Stagecoach and no one else in
connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to anyone
other than Stagecoach for providing the protections afforded to
clients of Smith & Williamson Corporate Finance Limited or for
providing advice in relation to the Offer or any other matters
referred to in this announcement.
This announcement is not intended to and does not constitute, or
form any part of, an offer to sell or an invitation to subscribe
for or purchase any securities or the solicitation of an offer to
purchase or subscribe for any securities in any jurisdiction
pursuant to the Offer or otherwise. The Offer is made solely
through the Offer Document, which contains the full terms and
conditions of the Offer (including details on how to accept the
Offer). Any response in relation to the Offer should be made only
on the basis of the information contained in the Offer Document and
the Form of Acceptance or any other document by which the Offer is
made. Stagecoach Shareholders are advised to read carefully the
formal documentation in relation to the Offer. This announcement
does not constitute a prospectus or prospectus equivalent
document.
All references to time in this announcement are to London
time.
Publication on a Website
A copy of this announcement will be available, subject to
certain restrictions in relation to persons resident in Restricted
Jurisdictions, on Stagecoach's website at
www.stagecoach.co.uk/investor-relations/.
A person may request a hard copy of the announcement and may
also request that all future documents, announcements and
information in relation to the Offer are sent in hard copy form. A
hard copy may be obtained by sending a request to Richard Dawson at
Stagecoach Theatre Arts Public Limited Company, The Courthouse, Elm
Grove, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey KT12 1LZ (telephone number
+44(0)1932 254 333).
Overseas Shareholders
This announcement has been prepared for the purpose of complying
with English law and the Code and the information disclosed may not
be the same as would have been disclosed if this announcement had
been prepared in accordance with the laws of jurisdictions outside
the UK. Unless otherwise determined by Lifeskills Education or
required by the Code and permitted by applicable law and
regulation, the Offer will not be made, directly or indirectly, in
or into, or by use of the mails, or by any means or instrumentality
(including, without limitation, by means of telephone, facsimile,
internet or other forms of electronic communication) of interstate
or foreign commerce of, or any facilities of a securities exchange
of, any Restricted Jurisdiction, and the Offer will not be capable
of acceptance by any such use, means, instrumentality or facility
or from within any Restricted Jurisdiction. Accordingly, unless
otherwise determined by Lifeskills Education or required by the
Code and permitted by applicable law and regulation, copies of this
announcement and any other related document are not being, and must
not be, directly or indirectly, mailed or otherwise distributed or
sent in or into any Restricted Jurisdiction and persons receiving
such documents (including custodians, nominees and trustees) must
not distribute or send them in, into or from such jurisdictions as
doing so may make invalid any purported acceptance of the Offer by
persons in any such jurisdiction.
The availability of the Offer to persons not resident in the UK
may be affected by the laws of the relevant jurisdiction. Persons
who are subject to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the UK
should obtain professional advice and observe any applicable
requirements.
This information is provided by RNS
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