REG-Mothercare Plc : Publication of Prospectus <Origin Href="QuoteRef">MTC.L</Origin>

MothercareAnnouncement

29/10/2014 13:51

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23 September 2014
Mothercare plc
Publication of Prospectus
Further to the announcement by Mothercare plc (the "Company") earlier this morning relating to the proposed Rights Issue, the Company announces that the Prospectus in respect of the proposed Rights Issue was approved today by the UK Listing Authority (the "UKLA") and has been published on the Company's website at www.mothercareplc.com. A notice convening a General Meeting in relation to the Rights Issue, to be held at 10:30 a.m. on 9 October 2014, will be posted to Shareholders today.
A copy of the Prospectus has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
Copies of the Prospectus will also be available at the Company's registered office at Cherry Tree Road, Watford, Hertfordshire WD24 6SH.
All capitalised terms in this announcement have the meaning given to them in the announcement made by the Company at 7:01 a.m. on 23 September 2014, unless otherwise defined herein.
Enquiries:
 +44 (0) 1923 206455

 Mark Newton-Jones, Chief Executive
 Matt Smith, Chief Financial Officer
 Ramona Tipnis, Director of Investor Relations 
IMPORTANT NOTICE
This announcement is for information purposes only and is not intended to and does not constitute or form part of any offer or invitation to purchase or subscribe for, or any solicitation to purchase or subscribe for, Nil Paid Rights, Fully Paid Rights or New Ordinary Shares or to take up any entitlements to Nil Paid Rights in any jurisdiction. 
The information contained in this announcement is not for release, publication or distribution to persons in the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand or Japan and should not be distributed, forwarded to or transmitted in or into any jurisdiction where to do so might constitute a violation of the securities laws or regulations of such jurisdiction. There will be no public offer of Nil Paid Rights, Fully Paid Rights or New Ordinary Shares in the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand or Japan or any other Excluded Territory. The distribution of this announcement and/or the Prospectus and/or the Provisional Allotment Letter and/or the transfer of Nil Paid Rights, Fully Paid Rights and/or New Ordinary Shares into jurisdictions other than the United Kingdom may be restricted by law, and, therefore, persons into whose possession this announcement and/or the Prospectus and/or the Provisional Allotment Letter comes should inform themselves about and observe any such restrictions. Any failure to comply with any such restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of such jurisdiction. In particular, subject to certain exceptions, the information contained herein, the Prospectus and the Provisional Allotment Letter should not be distributed, forwarded or transmitted in or into the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand or Japan or any other Excluded Territory.
This announcement does not constitute or form part of an offer or solicitation to purchase or subscribe for securities of the Company in the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand or Japan or any other Excluded Territory. The Nil Paid Rights, the Fully Paid Rights, the New Ordinary Shares and the Provisional Allotment Letters have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "US Securities Act"), or under any securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States and may not be offered, sold, pledged, taken up, exercised, resold, renounced, transferred or delivered, directly or indirectly, within the United States except pursuant to an applicable exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the US Securities Act and in compliance with any applicable securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States. The Nil Paid Rights, the Fully Paid Rights, the New Ordinary Shares and the Provisional Allotment Letters have not been approved or disapproved by the SEC, any state securities commission in the United States or any other US regulatory authority, nor have any of the foregoing authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Nil Paid Rights, the Fully Paid Rights, the New Ordinary Shares and the Provisional Allotment Letters or the accuracy or adequacy of the Prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offence in the United States.
Neither the content of the Company's website nor any website accessible by hyperlinks on the Company's website is incorporated in, or forms part of, this announcement.


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