REG - HSQ Investment Ltd Kingswood Holdings - 17.1 Announcement (75% threshold)

Kingswood HoldingsAnnouncement

13/03/2025 18:45

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RNS Number : 6406A  HSQ Investment Limited  13 March 2025

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

13 March 2025

KINGSWOOD HOLDINGS LIMITED

("Kingswood" or the "Company")

 

HSQ Investment Limited ("HSQ") has, on 13 March 2025 acquired 144,125,262
shares in the Company (representing 21% of the issued share capital of the
Company) from KPI (Nominees) Limited. When aggregated with the 469,263,291
shares in the Company (representing 68.4% of the issued share capital of the
Company) already held by HSQ, this means that the total number of shares in
the Company held by HSQ is 613,388,553 (representing 89.4% of the issued share
capital of the Company).

 

In accordance with Rule 17 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (the "Takeover Code"), HSQ announces that the percentage of shares carrying voting rights in the Company that HSQ is interested in has increased through the 75% threshold and HSQ now holds sufficient voting rights in the Company to pass special resolutions at general meetings, subject to applicable regulatory and legal requirements.
It has not been practicable for HSQ to make enquiries of all of its concert parties in advance of the release of this announcement. Therefore, if HSQ becomes aware, following the making of such enquiries, that any of its concert parties have any additional interests in relevant securities of Kingswood, all relevant details in respect of HSQ's concert parties will be included in HSQ's opening position disclosure in accordance with Rule 8 of the Takeover Code, which shall be made on or before 12 noon (London time) on 13 March 2023.
This announcement is made in accordance with Rule 17.1(a)(iv)(B) of the Takeover Code. Further updates will be provided as required under the Takeover Code and other applicable regulations.
This announcement does not constitute an offer or an invitation to purchase or subscribe for any securities.
The implications of the Offer for persons resident in, or citizens of, jurisdictions outside the United Kingdom and Guernsey may be affected by the laws of the relevant jurisdictions. Such persons should inform themselves about and observe any applicable requirements.
 Enquiries:
 Duncan Gerard, HSQ Investment Limited  Tel: +(44) 203 728 6750

 

 

IMPORTANT NOTICES

This announcement is for information purposes only and is not intended to, and
does not constitute, or form part of any offer, invitation, inducement or the
solicitation of an offer to purchase, otherwise acquire, subscribe for, sell
or otherwise dispose of or exercise rights in respect of any securities or the
solicitation of any vote or approval in any jurisdiction pursuant to the Offer
or otherwise, nor shall there be any sale, issuance or transfer of securities
of Kingswood in any jurisdiction in contravention of applicable law.

This announcement does not constitute a prospectus, prospectus equivalent
document or an exempted document.

The statements contained in this announcement are made as at the date of this
announcement, unless some other time is specified in relation to them, and
publication of this announcement shall not give rise to any implication that
there has been no change in the facts set out in this announcement since such
date.

Overseas jurisdictions

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other than the United Kingdom or Guernsey may be restricted by the laws and
regulations of those jurisdictions and therefore persons who are not resident
in the United Kingdom or Guernsey into whose possession this announcement
comes should inform themselves about and observe any such restrictions.
Failure to comply with any such restrictions may constitute a violation of the
securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

Copies of this announcement are not being, and must not be, directly or
indirectly, mailed or otherwise forwarded, distributed or sent in, into or
from any Restricted Jurisdiction, and persons receiving this announcement
(including custodians, nominees and trustees) must not mail or otherwise
distribute or send it in, into or from such Restricted Jurisdictions as doing
so may violate the securities laws of such jurisdictions and invalidate any
purported acceptance of the Offer.

This announcement has been prepared in compliance with English law and
regulation (including the Takeover Code) and Guernsey law, 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
jurisdictions outside England or Guernsey.

This announcement is not an offer of securities for sale in the United States,
Canada, Australia, or Japan or in any other jurisdiction in which such an
offer is unlawful.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission in the United States nor any
state securities commission in the United States has reviewed, approved, or
disapproved this announcement or any of the proposals contained in this
announcement.

Forward-Looking Statements

This announcement (including information incorporated by reference into this
announcement), statements made regarding the Offer, and other information to
be published by HSQ and Kingswood, contain statements which are, or may be
deemed to be, "forward-looking statements". Forward-looking statements are
prospective in nature and not based on historical facts, but rather on current
expectations and projections of the management of HSQ and Kingswood about
future events and are therefore subject to risks and uncertainties which could
cause actual results to differ materially from the future results expressed or
implied by the forward-looking statements.

The forward-looking statements contained in this announcement include
statements with respect to the financial condition, results of operations and
business of Kingswood and certain plans and objectives of HSQ with respect
thereto and other statements other than historical facts. Often, but not
always, forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do
not relate only to historical or current facts and may use words such as
"anticipate", "target", "expect", "estimate", "forecast", "intend", "plan",
"budget", "scheduled", "goal", "believe", "hope", "aims", "continue", "will",
"may", "should", "would", "could" or other words of similar meaning. These
statements are based on assumptions and assessments made by Kingswood and/or
HSQ in light of their experience and their perception of historical trends,
current conditions, future developments and other factors they believe
appropriate. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve known and
unknown risk and uncertainty and other factors which may cause actual results,
performance or developments to differ materially from those expressed in or
implied by such, because they relate to events and depend on circumstances
that will occur in the future. Although HSQ and/or Kingswood believe that the
expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, no
assurance can be given that such expectations will prove to have been correct
and you are therefore cautioned not to place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements which speak only as at the date of this
announcement. Neither HSQ nor Kingswood assumes any obligation to update or
correct the information contained in this announcement (whether as a result of
new information, future events or otherwise), except as required by applicable
law.

No Profit Forecasts or Estimates

No statement in this announcement is intended, or is to be construed, as a
profit forecast, profit estimate or quantified financial benefits statement
for any period and no statement in this announcement should be interpreted to
mean that earnings or earnings per share for Kingswood for the current or
future financial years would necessarily match or exceed the historical
published earnings or earnings per share for Kingswood.

Rounding

Certain figures included in this announcement have been subjected to rounding
adjustments. Accordingly, figures shown for the same category presented in
different tables may vary slightly and figures shown as totals in certain
tables may not be an arithmetic aggregation of the figures that precede them.

General

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you should take, you are recommended to seek your own independent financial
advice immediately from your stockbroker, bank manager, solicitor or
independent financial adviser duly authorised under the Financial Services and
Markets Act 2000 (as amended) if you are resident in the United Kingdom or, if
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