10th Aug 2007 07:01
Informa PLC10 August 2007 Not for release, publication or distribution in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, in or into or from the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan or any jurisdiction where to do so would constitute a violation of the relevant laws of such jurisdiction 10 August 2007 Recommended cash Offer for Datamonitor Informa plc - Delisting of Datamonitor plc The directors of Datamonitor, a subsidiary of Informa plc, announce that, following applications to the UK Listing Authority and the London Stock Exchange, the listing of Datamonitor's ordinary shares of 10 pence each (the "Shares") on the Official List has been cancelled and the Shares have ceased trading on the London Stock Exchange, in each case with effect from 8 a.m. thismorning. This follows the announcement by Informa plc on 13 July 2007 that the offer byInforma Acquisitions for all of the issued and to be issued share capital ofDatamonitor had been declared unconditional in all respects. Terms defined in the Offer Document dated 14 May 2007 have the same meaning inthis announcement. Enquiries Informa Tel: +44 20 7017 5000Peter RigbyDavid GilbertsonAnthony FoyeSusanna Kempe Greenhill (financial adviser to Informa) Tel: +44 20 7198 7400Simon BorrowsPeter Bell Maitland (PR adviser to Informa) Tel: +44 20 7379 5151William ClutterbuckEmma Burdett Greenhill, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by theFinancial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for Informa and InformaAcquisitions and no-one else in connection with the Acquisition and will not beresponsible to anyone other than Informa and Informa Acquisitions for providingthe protections afforded to clients of Greenhill nor for providing advice inrelation to the Acquisition or any other matters referred to in thisannouncement. LongAcre Partners, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom bythe Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for Datamonitor and noone else in connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to anyoneother than Datamonitor for providing the protections afforded to clients ofLongAcre Partners nor for providing advice in relation to the Offer. This announcement has been prepared for the purpose of complying with Englishlaw and the City Code and the information disclosed may not be the same as thatwhich would have been disclosed if this announcement had been prepared inaccordance with the laws of jurisdictions outside the UK. The availability of the Offer to persons who are not resident in the UnitedKingdom may be affected by the laws of the relevant jurisdiction in which theyare located. In particular, the Offer will not be made directly or indirectlyinto the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan. Persons who are not residentin the United Kingdom should inform themselves about, and observe, anyapplicable legal or regulatory requirements. Unless otherwise determined by Informa Acquisitions and permitted by applicablelaw and regulation, the Offer is not being, and will not be, made, directly orindirectly, in or into or by the use of the mails of, or by any other means(including, without limitation, electronic mail, facsimile transmission, telex,telephone, internet or other forms of electronic communication) of interstate orforeign commerce of, or any facility of a national securities exchange of anyjurisdiction where to do so would violate the laws of that jurisdiction and willnot be capable of acceptance by any such use, means or facility or from withinany such jurisdiction. Accordingly, unless otherwise determined by InformaAcquisitions, copies of this announcement are not being, and must not be,directly or indirectly, mailed, transmitted or otherwise forwarded, distributedor sent in, into or from any such jurisdiction and persons receiving thisannouncement (including, without limitation, custodians, nominees and trustees)must not mail or otherwise distribute or send it in, into or from suchjurisdiction, as doing so may invalidate any purported acceptance of the Offer.Any person (including, without limitation, any custodian, nominee and trustee)who would, or otherwise intends to, or who may have a contractual or legalobligation to, forward this announcement and/or any other related document toany jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom should inform themselves of, andobserve, any applicable legal or regulatory requirements of their jurisdiction. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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