13th Jul 2007 16:32
3i Group PLC13 July 2007 3i Group Share Capital Consolidation and Application for Admission of New B Shares to the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange 3i Group plc (the "Company") announces that it has applied for 393,465,629consolidated ordinary shares of 73 19/22 pence each (the "Consolidated OrdinaryShares") resulting from the consolidation of all the existing 462,900,740ordinary shares of 62 69/88 pence each currently in issue and up to636,488,517 cumulative preference shares of one penny each (the "New B Shares")to be admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to tradingon the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities. TheConsolidated Ordinary Shares and New B Shares are expected to be admitted to theOfficial List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange at 8.00am on 16 July2007. In addition, the Company announces that it has made a block listing applicationfor 4,155,421 Consolidated Ordinary Shares. These represent the existing blocklisted and unissued shares which may fall to be issued under the Company's shareschemes, following the expected consolidation of the Company's share capitalfrom ordinary shares of 62 69/88 pence each into Consolidated OrdinaryShares. For further information please contact: Patrick Dunne3i Group Communications DirectorTel: +44 (0)20 7928 3131 13 July 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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