REG - Astorg Asset Mgmt. Euromoney Ins.InvPLC - RULE 19.6(C) CONFIRMATION

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27/11/2023 10:45

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RNS Number : 6446U  Astorg Asset Management S.àr.l.  27 November 2023

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 19.6(C)
OF THE CITY CODE ON TAKEOVERS AND MERGERS (THE "CODE") WHICH, INTER ALIA,
REQUIRES A PARTY TO AN OFFER TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE END OF A PERIOD OF
12 MONTHS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH THE OFFER PERIOD ENDED CONFIRMING WHETHER IT
HAS TAKEN, OR NOT TAKEN, THE COURSE OF ACTION SET OUT IN ITS STATED
INTENTIONS.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

27 November 2023

Becketts Bidco Limited ("Bidco")

Rule 19.6(c) confirmation with respect to post-offer intention statements for
Euromoney Institutional Investor plc (now known as Delinian Limited)
("Euromoney")

 

Bidco refers to its recommended offer for the entire issued and to be issued
ordinary share capital of Euromoney which was effected by way of a scheme of
arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006, and which became
effective on 24 November 2022. As required by Rule 19.6(c) of the Code, Bidco
has confirmed to The Panel on Takeovers and Mergers that it has complied with
its post-offer intentions statements made pursuant to Rules 2.7(c)(viii) and
24.2, as originally detailed in its announcement made under Rule 2.7 of the
Code on 18 July 2022 and the scheme document published on 12 August 2022.

 

Enquiries:

BofA Securities (Joint financial adviser to Bidco)

Geoff
Iles
Tel: +44 20 7628 1000

George Close-Brooks

Alex
Newman

 

Raymond James (Joint financial adviser to
Bidco)

Stuart
Sparkes
Tel: +44 20 3798 5713

George Watson

 

Important notices relating to financial advisers

Merrill Lynch International (BofA Securities), which is authorised by the
Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct
Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority in the UK, is acting as
financial adviser exclusively for Bidco and for no one else in connection with
the matters described in this announcement and will not be responsible to
anyone other than Bidco for providing the protections afforded to its clients
or for providing advice in relation to the matters described in this
announcement. Neither BofA Securities, 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 BofA Securities in connection with this
announcement, any statement contained herein or otherwise.

Raymond James Financial International Limited (Raymond James), which is
authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct
Authority, is acting as financial adviser to Bidco and no-one else in
connection with the matters described in this announcement and will not be
responsible to anyone other than Bidco for providing the protections afforded
to clients of Raymond James nor for providing advice in connection with the
matters referred to herein. Neither Raymond James 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 Raymond James in connection with this
announcement, any statement contained herein, or otherwise.

 

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