REG - Liontrust Asset Mgmt - Update on Proposed Acquisition of GAM Holding AG

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24/07/2023 07:00

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24 July 2023

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LIONTRUST ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC

Update on Proposed Acquisition of GAM Holding AG

 

Liontrust Asset Management Plc ("Liontrust", or the "Company"), the specialist
independent fund management group, today issues an update in relation to its
recommended public exchange offer for all publicly held registered shares of
GAM Holding AG ("GAM") (the "Proposed Acquisition") which was announced on 4
May 2023.

 

Liontrust announces that the Board has agreed to waive the FMS Exit
condition(1). This follows the announcement by GAM on 29 June 2023 that it had
entered into agreements for the sale of its third-party Fund Management
Services businesses in Luxembourg and Switzerland to Carne Group ("FMS Sale"),
in the light of feedback from GAM shareholders and the fact that the FMS Sale
remains on target to complete in the final calendar quarter of 2023.

 

Liontrust also announces that the Main Offer Period(2), during which
Liontrust's offer for GAM is open for acceptance, has been extended by three
days so that it will now end on 28 July 2023 at 16:00 CEST. The purpose of the
extension of the Main Offer Period(2) is to give GAM shareholders further time
to consider the waiver of the FMS Exit condition(1), Liontrust's offer and the
implications of the pre-announcement of a partial and conditional offer for
17.5% of the issued share capital of GAM by NewGAMe SA, which was published on
18 June 2023.

 

The start of the Additional Acceptance Period(2) will therefore also change as
a consequence of the extension of the Main Offer Period(1). Should the offer
be declared a success, the Additional Acceptance Period(2) will now commence
on 7 August 2023 and end on 18 August 2023 at 16:00 CEST.

 

The Proposed Acquisition is the best way to ensure a future for GAM and a
positive outcome for its shareholders and clients. During the extension to the
deadline we are announcing today, GAM shareholders will have time to consider
further the Proposed Acquisition and Liontrust's latest announcements. It is
in the best interests of GAM shareholders and clients that there is immediate
corporate and financial stability, which we believe Liontrust's offer
delivers.

 

Liontrust thanks those GAM shareholders who have already tendered their shares
for their support. Liontrust also notes that GAM's senior investment managers
have written a second letter to its Board stressing their strong support for
the Liontrust offer.

 

As we announced on 21 July 2023, the Proposed Acquisition is Liontrust's full
and final offer. For the avoidance of any doubt, the public exchange offer by
Liontrust is the only offer for the entire issued share capital of GAM.

 

Liontrust has today issued a second update to its Swiss offer prospectus in
relation to the Proposed Acquisition formally confirming the matters described
above, a copy of which has been published on the website of Liontrust
(https://www.liontrust.co.uk/gam-acquisition/documents
(https://www.liontrust.co.uk/gam-acquisition/documents) ).

 

(1) As set out in paragraph 3 of Part 5 of the circular in relation to the
proposed acquisition of GAM dated 13 June 2023.

(2) As set out in the Swiss Offer Prospectus that was published on 13 June
2023.

 

For further information please contact:

 

Teneo (Tel: 020 7353 4200, Email: liontrust@teneo.com)

Tom Murray

 

Liontrust Asset Management Plc (Tel: 020 7412 1700, Website:
liontrust.co.uk)

John Ions: Chief Executive

Vinay Abrol: Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer

Simon Hildrey: Chief Marketing Officer

David Boyle: Head of Corporate Development

 

Singer Capital Markets (Tel: 020 7496 3000)

Corporate Broking: Tom Salvesen

Corporate Finance: Justin McKeegan

 

Panmure Gordon (Tel: 020 7886 2500)

Corporate Broking: David Watkins

Corporate Advisory: Atholl Tweedie

 

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