REG - Ocean Wilsons Hldgs - Completion of Tender Offer and Total Voting Rights

Ocean Wilsons HoldingsAnnouncement

23/07/2025 16:30

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RNS Number : 2920S  Ocean Wilsons Holdings Ltd  23 July 2025

23 July 2025

 

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Ocean Wilsons Holdings Limited

 

("Ocean Wilsons" or the "Company")

 

Completion of Tender Offer and Total Voting Rights

 

The Company is pleased to announce that the Tender Offer, the results of which
were announced on 21 July 2025, completed on 23 July 2025.

 

Under the terms of the Option Agreement, Peel Hunt purchased 7,072,608 Shares
at the Strike Price of 1,543 pence per Share. On 23 July 2025, those Shares
were subsequently acquired by the Company from Peel Hunt under the terms of
the Option Agreement at the same Strike Price and cancelled.

 

It is anticipated that the proceeds payable to Qualifying Shareholders for an
accepted tender relating to certificated Ordinary Shares will be despatched as
a cheque by not later than 25 July 2025, and that the proceeds payable to
Qualifying Shareholders for an accepted tender relating to uncertificated
Depositary Interests will be paid via a CREST payment made in favour of the
tendering Qualifying Shareholder's payment bank on 25 July 2025.

 

Following completion of the Tender Offer and the cancellation of 7,072,608
Shares, and in accordance with the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules,
the Company's issued share capital consists of 28,290,432 Shares, all of which
carry voting rights. No Shares are held by the Company as treasury shares.
Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 28,290,432,
which may be used by Shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by
which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or
a change to their interest in, the Company under the Disclosure Guidance and
Transparency Rules.

 

Capitalised terms not otherwise defined in this announcement shall have the
meaning given to them in the shareholder circular published by the Company on
17 June 2025.

 

About Ocean Wilsons

 

Ocean Wilsons is a Bermuda investment holding company listed on both the
London Stock Exchange and the Bermuda Stock Exchange. Ocean Wilsons' active
business comprises Ocean Wilsons (Investments) Limited, an entity that holds
an actively managed diversified portfolio of international investments.

 

LEI: 213800U1K395G8PK4I21

 

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT

 

 Ocean Wilsons Holdings Limited                                 +1 (441) 295 1309
 Leslie Rans

 Peel Hunt LLP - Financial adviser and broker to Ocean Wilsons  +44 (0) 20 7418 8900
 Ed Allsopp
 Charles Batten
 Tom Graham

 FTI Consulting - PR adviser to Ocean Wilsons                   +44 (0) 20 3727 1000
 Ed Berry                                                       oceanwilsons@fticonsulting.com (mailto:oceanwilsons@fticonsulting.com)
 Alex Le May
 Alexander Davis

 

IMPORTANT NOTICES

 

This announcement does not constitute or form part of an offer or invitation,
or a solicitation of any offer or invitation, to purchase any Shares or other
securities.

 

The full terms and conditions of the Tender Offer are set out in the Circular,
which Shareholders are advised to read in full.

 

Peel Hunt LLP ("Peel Hunt"), which is authorised and regulated in the United
Kingdom by the FCA, is acting exclusively as financial adviser and broker to
Ocean Wilsons and for no one else in connection with the matters referred to
in this announcement and will not be responsible to any person other than
Ocean Wilsons for providing the protections afforded to clients of Peel Hunt,
nor for providing advice in relation to the matters referred to herein.
Neither Peel Hunt nor any of its affiliates owes or accepts any duty,
liability or responsibility whatsoever (whether direct or indirect, whether in
contract, in tort, under statute or otherwise) to any person who is not a
client of Peel Hunt in connection with the matters referred to in this
announcement, or otherwise.

 

This announcement may contain, or have incorporated by reference into it,
'forward-looking statements' with respect to certain of the Company's plans
and its goals and expectations relating to its future financial condition,
performance, results, strategy and objectives.

 

These forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of
forward-looking terminology, including the terms "believes", "estimates",
"plans", "projects", "anticipates", "expects", "intends", "may", "will" or
"should" or, in each case, their negative or other variations or comparable
terminology, or by discussions of strategy, plans, objectives, goals, future
events or intentions. Forward-looking statements may and often do differ
materially from actual results. Any forward-looking statements reflect Ocean
Wilsons' current view with respect to future events and are subject to risks
relating to future events and other risks, uncertainties and assumptions
relating to Ocean Wilsons' business, results of operations, financial
position, liquidity, prospects, growth and strategies. Forward-looking
statements speak only as of the date they are made.

 

Other than in accordance with its legal or regulatory obligations (including
as may be required by the Bermuda Companies Act, the UK Listing Rules, MAR,
the Prospectus Regulation Rules, the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency
Rules and FSMA (as appropriate)), Ocean Wilsons is not under any obligation
and Ocean Wilsons expressly disclaims any intention or obligation (to the
maximum extent permitted by law) to update any forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Recipients
of this announcement and the Circular are therefore cautioned not to put undue
reliance on forward-looking statements.

 

 

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