NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR
DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN, INTO
OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A
VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OR REGULATIONS OF SUCH
JURISDICTION
DX
(Group) plc
("DX", or
the "Company")
Rule 2.9
Announcement
In accordance with Rule 2.9 of the
City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (the "Code"), DX confirms that as at the date
of this announcement, it has in issue 647,199,135 ordinary shares
of one penny each.
The International Securities
Identification Number for DX's ordinary shares is
GB00BJTCG679.
Enquiries
DX
Paul Ibbetson, Chief
Executive
Officer
David Mulligan, Chief Financial Officer
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+44 20 3178 6378
(c/o KTZ Communications)
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Moelis & Company
UK LLP (Lead Financial Adviser to DX)
Mark Aedy, Yorick van Slingelandt, Chris Raff
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+44 20 7634 3500
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Liberum Capital
Limited (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker to DX)
Nick How
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+44 20 3100 2000
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KTZ Communications
(PR Adviser to DX)
Katie Tzouliadis/Robert Morton
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+44 20 3178 6378
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Addleshaw Goddard LLP is acting as legal
adviser to DX in connection with the Acquisition.
Important notices relating to financial
advisers
Moelis &
Company UK LLP ("Moelis"),
which is regulated by the FCA in the United Kingdom, is acting
exclusively for DX and no one else in connection with the
Acquisition and other matters set out in this announcement and will
not be responsible to anyone other than DX for providing the
protections afforded to clients of Moelis, or for providing advice
in connection with the Acquisition or any matter referred to
herein. Neither Moelis 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 Moelis in connection with this
announcement, any statement contained herein or
otherwise.
Liberum
Capital Limited ("Liberum"), which is authorised and
regulated in the United Kingdom by the FCA, is acting exclusively
as nominated adviser and joint corporate broker to DX and for no
one else in connection with the Acquisition or any matters referred
to in this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone
other than DX for providing the protections afforded to its clients
nor for providing advice in relation to the Acquisition, the
contents of this announcement or any other matters referred to in
this announcement. Neither Liberum nor any of its affiliates,
respective directors, officers, employees and agents 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 other than DX in connection with
the matters referred to in this announcement, or
otherwise.
Further information
This
announcement is for information purposes only and is not intended
to and does not constitute, or form part of, an offer, invitation
or the solicitation of an offer to purchase, otherwise acquire,
subscribe for, sell or otherwise dispose of any securities, or the
solicitation of any vote or approval in any jurisdiction, pursuant
to the Acquisition or otherwise.
The
Acquisition is subject to English law and to the applicable
requirements of the Code, the Panel, AIM Rules, the London Stock
Exchange and the FCA.
The
Acquisition is made solely by the Scheme Document (or, in the event
that the Acquisition is implemented by means of a Takeover Offer,
the Offer Document), which, together with the Forms of Proxy,
contains the full terms and conditions of the. DX Shareholders are
advised to read the formal documentation in relation to the
Acquisition carefully. Each DX Shareholder is urged to consult
their independent financial adviser regarding the tax consequences
of the Acquisition.
This
announcement does not constitute a prospectus or a prospectus
equivalent document.
If
you are in any doubt about the Acquisition, the contents of the
Scheme Document or as to the action you should take, you are
recommended to seek your own personal financial, tax and/or legal
advice immediately from your stockbroker, bank manager, solicitor,
accountant, or other independent financial adviser authorised under
the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, if you are in the
United Kingdom, or, if not, from another appropriately authorised
independent adviser in the relevant jurisdiction.
Overseas jurisdictions
The release,
publication or distribution of this announcement in jurisdictions
other than the United Kingdom may be restricted by law and
therefore any persons who are not resident in the United Kingdom or
who are subject to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the
United Kingdom (including Restricted Jurisdictions) should inform
themselves about, and observe, any applicable legal or regulatory
requirements. Any failure to comply with applicable legal or
regulatory requirements of any jurisdiction may constitute a
violation of securities laws or regulations in that jurisdiction.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law or regulations,
the companies and persons involved in the Acquisition disclaim any
responsibility or liability for the violation of such restrictions
by any person.
This
announcement has been prepared for the purpose of complying with
English law and the Code 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 of
jurisdictions outside England.
The
Acquisition will not be made, directly or indirectly, in or into or
by use of the mails or any other means or instrumentality
(including, without limitation, telephonic or electronic) of
interstate or foreign commerce of, or any facility of a national,
state or other securities exchange of, a Restricted Jurisdiction,
and the Acquisition will not be capable of acceptance by any such
use, means, instrumentality or facility or from within a Restricted
Jurisdiction. Copies of this announcement and any formal
documentation relating to the Acquisition are not being, and must
not be, directly or indirectly, mailed or otherwise forwarded,
distributed or sent in or into or from any Restricted Jurisdiction
or any jurisdiction where to do so would constitute a violation of
the laws of such jurisdiction and persons receiving such documents
(including custodians, nominees and trustees) must not mail or
otherwise forward, distribute or send them in or into or from any
Restricted Jurisdiction.
Further
details in relation to DX Shareholders in overseas jurisdictions
are contained in the Scheme Document.
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 figures that precede them.