Countrywide PLC Statement re sale of LSH and Share Consolidation (4142V)
03 Dicembre 2019 - 8:00AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMCWD
RNS Number : 4142V
Countrywide PLC
03 December 2019
3 December 2019
Countrywide plc
("Countrywide", "Group")
New date of General Meeting
Further to the announcement by Countrywide on Friday 29 November
2019 relating to the disposal of Lambert Smith Hampton Limited (the
"Sale") and the proposed Share Consolidation, Countrywide published
an explanatory Circular in respect of the Sale and Share
Consolidation (the "Circular"), which contained the notice of
General Meeting originally scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on 23 December
2019 at 25 Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6AE (the "Notice").
Countrywide hereby announces that, for logistical reasons, the
General Meeting shall now be held at 10:00 a.m. on 27 December 2019
at 25 Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6AE.
Accordingly, the latest time for receipt of Proxy Forms is now
10:00am on 23 December 2019. The expected timetable of events
following the General Meeting has not changed from that set out in
the Circular and Notice. For the avoidance of doubt, the expected
timetable of principal events is as follows:
PRINCIPAL EVENTS TIME AND/OR DATE
Announcement of the Sale 29 November 2019
Date of the Circular 29 November 2019
Latest time for receipt of Proxy 10:00 a.m. on 23 December
Forms 2019
General Meeting 10:00 a.m. on 27 December
2019
Latest time for dealings in Qualifying 27 December 2019
Ordinary Shares
Record Time 6:00 p.m. on 27 December
2019
Admission 8:00 a.m. on 30 December
2019
Commencement of dealings in New 8:00 a.m. on 30 December
Ordinary Shares 2019
CREST accounts credited with New 30 December 2019
Ordinary Shares (uncertificated
Shareholders only)
Expected Completion of the Sale 31 December 2019
Despatch of definitive certificates On or around 14 January 2020
for New Ordinary Shares in certificated
form
Long Stop Date 20 January 2020
Details of the new date of General Meeting will today be posted
to shareholders that have elected to receive hard copies of
shareholder documentation.
Capitalised terms not otherwise defined in this announcement
have the meanings given to them in the Circular.
Enquiries
Enquiries
Countrywide Plc investor@countrywide.co.uk
Himanshu Raja, Chief Financial Officer
Jefferies International Limited (Corporate
Broker and Sponsor) +44 (0) 20 7029 8000
Paul Nicholls
Paul Bundred
William Brown
Barclays Bank PLC (Corporate Broker) +44 (0) 20 7623 2323
Robert Mayhew
Richard Bassingthwaighte
Osman Akkaya
Media enquiries
Press Office +44 (0) 7721 439 043
Hudson Sandler +44 (0) 207 796 4133
Michael Sandler
Dan de Belder
Nick Moore
Notice to all investors
Jefferies International Limited ("Jefferies") which is
authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, is
acting for the Group and no one else in connection with the Sale
and Share Consolidation and will not regard any other person as its
client in connection with the Sale and Share Consolidation and will
not be responsible to anyone other than the Group for providing the
protections afforded to its clients nor for giving advice in
relation to the Sale, the Share Consolidation or any arrangement
referred to, or information contained, in this announcement.
Barclays Bank PLC ("Barclays"), which is authorised by the
Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated in the United Kingdom
by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation
Authority, is acting exclusively for the Group and no one else in
connection with the Sale and Share Consolidation and will not be
responsible to anyone other than the Group for providing the
protections afforded to clients of Barclays nor for providing
advice in relation to the Sale, the Share Consolidation or any
other matter referred to in this announcement.
Apart from the responsibilities and liabilities, if any, which
may be imposed on Jefferies by FSMA or the regulatory regime
established thereunder or under the regulatory regime of any other
jurisdiction where exclusion of liability under the relevant
regulatory regime would be illegal, void or unenforceable,
Jefferies nor any of its respective affiliates, directors,
officers, employees or advisers, accept any responsibility
whatsoever for the contents of this announcement, and no
representation or warranty, express or implied, is made by
Jefferies in relation to the contents of this announcement,
including its accuracy, completeness or verification, and nothing
in this announcement is, or shall be relied upon as, a promise or
representation in this respect, whether as to the past or the
future. To the fullest extent permissible Jefferies accordingly
disclaims all and any responsibility or liability whether arising
in tort, contract or otherwise (save as referred to above) which it
might otherwise have in respect of this announcement.
This announcement may contain certain forward-looking statements
and information that both represents management's current
expectations or beliefs concerning future events and are subject to
known and unknown risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking
statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking
terminology, including the terms anticipates, believes, could,
estimates, expects, intends, may, plans, projects, should or will,
or, in each case, their negative or other variations or comparable
terminology, or by discussions of strategy, plans, objectives,
goals, future events or intentions. The forward looking statements
in this presentation speak only as at the date of this
presentation. These statements and forecasts involve risk and
uncertainty because they relate to events and depend upon
circumstances that may occur in the future. There are a number of
factors which could cause actual results or developments to differ
materially from those expressed or implied by these forward looking
statements and forecasts. Further, certain forward looking
statements are based upon assumptions of future events which may
not prove to be accurate and neither the Group, Jefferies, Barclays
nor any of their respective subsidiary undertakings, affiliates,
agents or advisers or any such persons' directors, officers,
employees or agents, nor any other person accepts any
responsibility for the accuracy of the forward-looking statements
or opinions expressed herein or the underlying assumptions. Other
than in accordance with any legal or regulatory obligations
(including under the Listing Rules, the Disclosure Guidance and
Transparency Rules and the Prospectus Rules), no one undertakes to
update, supplement, amend or revise any such forward looking
statement. Nothing in this announcement should be construed as a
profit forecast. Past share performance cannot be relied on as a
guide to future performance.
This announcement is not intended to, and does not constitute,
or form part of, any offer to sell or an invitation to purchase or
subscribe for any securities or a solicitation of any vote or
approval in any jurisdiction. Countrywide shareholders are advised
to read carefully the formal documentation to follow. Any response
to the matters described herein should be made only on the basis of
the information in such formal documentation.
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