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Straight PLC

23 June 2014

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OR REGULATIONS OF SUCH JURISDICTION

Recommended cash offer

for

Straight plc ("Straight")

by

One51 Plastics Holdings Limited ("One51")

to be effected by means of a scheme of arrangement

under Part 26 of the Companies Act 200

Amendment to Timetable

In the Scheme Document posted to Straight Shareholders on 16 May 2014, the expected timetable indicated that the Court Hearings, to sanction the Scheme and confirm the Capital Reduction, would be held on 1 July 2014 and 3 July 2014 respectively.

Straight announces that the expected timetable for the remaining elements of the Scheme has been amended to allow sufficient time to satisfy the remaining conditions set out in Part Three of the Scheme Document, including, inter alia, the Competition and Markets Authority issuing a decision, in terms reasonably satisfactory to One51, that it is not referring the proposed acquisition of Straight by One51 to a Phase 2 investigation under section 33 Enterprise Act ("Phase 2 investigation").

The Court Hearings (to sanction the Scheme and confirm the Capital Reduction) will be adjourned and the Scheme will not become Effective on 4 July 2014. The last day of dealings in and registration of transfers of Straight Shares and disablement of Straight Shares in CREST will, therefore, not be 1July 2014.

The revised expected timetable is therefore as follows:

 
 Event                                              Date 
-------------------------------------------------  ----------------------- 
 
 Last day of dealings in, and for registration      6 August 2014 
  of transfers of, and disablement in 
  CREST of, Straight Shares 
-------------------------------------------------  ----------------------- 
 Scheme Court Hearing                                6 August 2014 
-------------------------------------------------  ----------------------- 
 Dealings in Straight Shares suspended              7.30 a.m. on 7 August 
  from trading on AIM                                2014 
-------------------------------------------------  ----------------------- 
 Scheme Record Time                                 6.00 p.m. on 7 August 
                                                     2014 
-------------------------------------------------  ----------------------- 
 Reduction Court Hearing                            8 August 2014 
-------------------------------------------------  ----------------------- 
 Effective Date of the Scheme and re-registration   11 August 2014 
  as a private company 
-------------------------------------------------  ----------------------- 
 Cancellation of admission of Straight              7.00 a.m. on 11 August 
  Shares to trading on AIM                           2014 
-------------------------------------------------  ----------------------- 
 Latest date for despatch of cheques                25 August 2014 
  or settlement through CREST in respect 
  of the Cash Consideration 
-------------------------------------------------  ----------------------- 
 Long stop date, being the last date                31 August 2014 
  on which the Scheme can become effective 
-------------------------------------------------  ----------------------- 
 

These dates and times are indicative only and will depend, among other things, upon the date upon which the Court sanctions the Scheme and confirms the Capital Reduction and the date on which the Conditions set out in Part Three of the Scheme Document are satisfied or (if applicable) waived. It will also depend on when the Court Orders sanctioning the Scheme and confirming the Capital Reduction are delivered to the Registrar of Companies. Straight will give notice of any further change(s) to the timetable by issuing an announcement through a Regulatory Information Service. All Straight Shareholders have the right to attend the Court Hearings.

Next steps

Implementation of the Scheme remains subject to the satisfaction or, if permitted, waiver of the remaining conditions set out in Part Three of the Scheme Document, including, inter alia, the Competition and Markets Authority issuing a decision, in terms reasonably satisfactory to One51, that it is not referring the proposed acquisition of Straight by One51 to a Phase 2 investigation, and the sanction of the Scheme and the confirmation of the Capital Reduction by the Court.

 
Straight plc                          +44 (0) 113 245 2244 
James Newman, Chairman 
Jonathan Straight, Chief Executive 
 Officer 
 
Cenkos Securities plc (Financial 
 Adviser to Straight)                 +44 (0) 20 7397 8900 
Ivonne Cantu/Michael Johnson 
 (Corporate Finance) 
Christian Hobart (Sales) 
 
One51 Group                           +353(0)1 612 1151 
Alan Walsh, Chief Executive Officer 
 
IBI Corporate Finance Limited 
 (Financial Adviser to One51) 
 Leo Casey                            +353(0) 7662 348000 
 

Important Notices

Words and expressions defined in the Scheme Document have the same meanings when used in this announcement.

Cenkos Securities plc, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the FCA, is acting exclusively as financial adviser to Straight in connection with the Acquisition and no one else and will not be responsible to anyone other than Straight for providing the protections afforded to the clients of Cenkos nor for providing advice in relation to the Offer or any other matter referred to in this announcement.

IBI Corporate Finance Limited is authorised and regulated in the Republic of Ireland by the Central Bank of Ireland. IBI is acting as financial adviser to One51 and no one else in connection with the Acquisition and will not regard any other person as its client in relation to the matters in this document and will not be responsible to anyone other than One51 for providing the protections afforded to clients of IBI or for providing advice in relation to the Acquisition or any other matters referred to in this document.

This announcement is for information purposes only. Neither this announcement nor the Scheme Document (or any accompanying documents) constitute or form part of any offer to sell or issue or an invitation to purchase or subscribe for any securities or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities pursuant to these documents or otherwise in any jurisdiction in which such offer, invitation or solicitation is unlawful nor shall there be any sale, issuance or transfer of securities in any jurisdiction in contravention of applicable law.

The release, publication or distribution of this announcement in or into jurisdictions other than the United Kingdom may be restricted by the laws of those jurisdictions and therefore persons into whose possession this announcement and/or the accompanying documents come should inform themselves about, and observe, such restrictions. Failure to comply with any such restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. This announcement, the Scheme Document and the accompanying documents have been prepared for the purpose of complying with English law, the City Code and the AIM Rules and the information disclosed may not be the same as that which would have been prepared in accordance with the laws of jurisdictions outside England and Wales or if the City Code and/or the AIM Rules had not applied. This announcement and the Scheme Document are governed by English law and are subject to the jurisdiction of the English courts.

The statements contained herein are made as at the date of this announcement, unless some other time is specified in relation to them, and the issue of this announcement shall not give rise to any implication that there has been no change in the facts set forth herein since such date.

DISCLOSURE OF DEALINGS

Opening position disclosure

Under Rule 8.3(a) of the City Code, any person who is, or becomes, interested in one per cent. or more of any class of relevant securities of an offeree company or of any securities exchange offeror (being any offeror other than an offeror in respect of which it has been announced that its offer is, or is likely to be, solely in cash) must make an Opening Position Disclosure following the commencement of the offer period and, if later, following the announcement in which any securities exchange offeror is first identified.

An Opening Position Disclosure must contain details of the person's interests and short positions in, and rights to subscribe for, any relevant securities of each of: (i) the offeree company; and (ii) any securities exchange offeror(s). An Opening Position Disclosure by a person to whom Rule 8.3(a) of the Code applies must be made by no later than 3.30 p.m. (London time) on the 10th Business Day following the commencement of the offer period and, if appropriate, by no later than 3.30 p.m. (London Time) on the 10th Business Day following the announcement in which any securities exchange offeror is first identified. Relevant persons who deal in the relevant securities of the offeree company or of a securities exchange offeror prior to the deadline for making an Opening Position Disclosure must instead make a Dealing Disclosure.

Under Rule 8.3(b) of the City Code, any person who is, or becomes, interested in one per cent. or more of any class of relevant securities of the offeree company or of any securities exchange offeror must make a Dealing Disclosure if the person deals in any relevant securities of the offeree company, or of any securities exchange offeror. A Dealing Disclosure must contain details of the dealing concerned and of the person's interests and short positions in, and rights to subscribe for, any relevant securities of each of: (i) the offeree company; and (ii) any securities exchange offeror, save to the extent that these details have previously been disclosed under Rule 8 of the Code. A Dealing Disclosure by a person to whom Rule 8.3(b) of the Code applies must be made by no later than 3.30 p.m. on the Business Day following the date of the relevant dealing.

If two or more persons act together pursuant to an agreement or understanding, whether formal or informal, to acquire or control an interest in relevant securities of an offeree company or a securities exchange offeror, they will be deemed to be a single person for the purpose of Rule 8.3.

Opening Position Disclosures must also be made by the offeree company and by any offeror and Dealing Disclosures must also be made by the offeree company, by any offeror and by any persons acting in concert with any of them (see Rules 8.1, 8.2 and 8.4).

Details of the offeree and offeror companies in respect of whose relevant securities Opening Position Disclosures and Dealing Disclosures must be made can be found in the Disclosure Table on the Takeover Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk, including details of the number of relevant securities in issue, when the offer period commenced and when any offeror was first identified. You should contact the Panel's Market Surveillance Unit on +44 (0)20 7638 0129 if you are in any doubt as to whether you are required to make an Opening Position Disclosure or a Dealing Disclosure.

PUBLICATION ON WEBSITE AND AVAILABILITY OF HARD COPIES

A copy of this announcement and the Scheme Document (together with all documentation incorporated by reference) is, and will be, available during the course of the Offer, free of charge, subject to any applicable restrictions to persons in jurisdictions outside the United Kingdom, at the Straight website at http://www.straight.co.uk and the One51 website at http://www.one51.com.

Save where expressly stated in this announcement, neither the contents of the Straight website, the One51 website, nor those of any other website accessible from hyperlinks on the Straight and the One51 websites, are incorporated into, or form part of, this announcement.

You may request a hard copy of this announcement and/or the Scheme Document, together with any information expressly incorporated by reference in this announcement or the Scheme Document, and any of the accompanying documents by contacting the registrars to Straight, Capita Asset Services, on 0871 664 0321, if calling from within the United Kingdom, or, +44 (0)20 8639 3399, if calling from outside the United Kingdom. Calls to the 0871 664 0321 number from within the United Kingdom cost 10 pence per minute from a BT landline; other providers or other network costs may vary. Calls to the +44 (0)20 8639 3399 number from outside the United Kingdom will be charged at applicable international rates. Different charges may apply to calls from mobile telephones and calls may be recorded and randomly monitored for security and training. Lines are open from 9.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Monday to Friday. Alternatively you may submit a request in writing to Capita Asset Services at Corporate Actions, The Registry, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham BR3 4TU, United Kingdom. The helpline cannot provide advice on the merits of the Acquisition nor give any financial, legal or tax advice.

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