9th Apr 2009 14:21
9 April 2009
Not for release, publication or distribution in whole or in part in or into the United States, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Republic of Ireland or Japan
ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING PLC ("EDP" or "the Company")
Completion of Tender Offer
Further to the announcement on 7 April 2009, the Company has today, 9 April 2009, repurchased from Arden Partners plc, at 50p per EDP ordinary share, the 11,991,386 EDP ordinary shares acquired by Arden Partners plc under the tender offer and, following completion of the repurchase, 10,738,289 of those shares will be cancelled and 1,253,097 held in treasury.
Following the repurchase, there remain:
(i) 12,530,976 issued ordinary shares admitted to trading (excluding shares held in treasury).
Each ordinary share carries the right to one vote in relation to all circumstances at general
meetings of ordinary shareholders; and
(ii) 1,253,097 ordinary shares in treasury. The voting rights of treasury shares are automatically
suspended.
Accordingly, following this repurchase the Company had total voting rights of 12,530,976 EDP ordinary shares.
The total voting rights figure of 12,530,976 may be used by shareholders (and others with notification obligations) as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine whether they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Following completion of the tender offer and the repurchase of the 11,991,386 EDP ordinary shares by the Company the share interests of the directors of the Company, as at today's date, are as follows:
|
Director |
Number of EDP ordinary shares prior to the tender offer |
Percentage of issued ordinary share capital prior to the tender offer |
Number of EDP ordinary shares following completion of the tender offer |
Percentage of issued ordinary share capital following completion of the tender offer |
|
M. A. Heller |
3,568,550 |
14.55 |
3,468,550 |
27.7 |
|
J. H. Wassell |
15,000 |
0.06 |
15,000 |
0.12 |
|
P. A. Davey |
14,000 |
0.06 |
14,000 |
0.11 |
|
P. J. Davies |
30,000 |
0.12 |
30,000 |
0.24 |
|
C. R. Spicer |
10,000 |
0.04 |
10,000 |
0.08 |
Terms used in this announcement shall, unless the context otherwise requires, bear the meanings given to them in the Circular.
Enquiries
Julian Wassell (Chief Executive)
Electronic Data Processing PLC
Tel: 0114 2622007
John Stephan
BDO Stoy Hayward LLP (Financial Adviser to the Company)
Tel: 0121 352 6200
Toby Mountford
Citigate Dewe Rogerson
020 7638 9571 m:07710 356611
BDO Stoy Hayward LLP which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for the Company and no one else in relation to the matters described in this document and will not be responsible to any other person for the protections afforded to the clients of BDO Stoy Hayward LLP in relation to the matters referred to in this document.
Related Shares:
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