13th Apr 2006 09:58
Guinness Peat Group PLC13 April 2006 Guinness Peat Group plc COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT AUSTRALIAN STOCK EXCHANGE SECONDARY TRADING NOTICE This announcement is not for release, distribution or publication, whetherdirectly or indirectly and whether in whole or in part, into or in the UnitedStates, Canada and Japan, and it does not constitute an offer of securities forsale into any of those jurisdictions. It is a copy of an Announcement made byGuinness Peat Group plc on the Australian Stock Exchange in accordance with itsobligations there and is released in London for information only. "In accordance with Guinness Peat Group plc's ("GPG") obligation as a listedissuer in Australia, in respect of the 51,000,000 ordinary shares of 5p eachwhich GPG has announced that it has issued, GPG is providing the followingNotice under the Australian Corporations Act 2001: Secondary Trading Notice In accordance with section 708A(5)(e) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Australia)("the Act"), GPG advises that: (a) GPG issued 51,000,000 fully paid ordinary shares in GPG ("theShares") and caused the issue of the CDIs on 13 April 2006 (in Australia)without disclosure to investors under Part 6D.2 of the Act; (b) this announcement constitutes a notice given under paragraph (5)(e) of section 708A of the Act; (c) as at the date of this notice GPG has complied with section 674of the Act; (d) as at the date of this notice GPG has complied with theprovisions of Chapter 2M of the Act as they apply to GPG; and (e) as at the date of this notice, there is no information that hasbeen excluded from a continuous disclosure notice in accordance with the listingrules of the Australian Stock Exchange and that investors and their professionaladvisers would reasonably require for the purpose of making an informedassessment of: a. the assets and liabilities, financial position and performance, profits andlosses and prospects of GPG; or b. the rights and liabilities attaching to the Shares Goldman Sachs JBWere (NZ) Limited is the lead manager and sole book runner forthe Placement." JR Russell Company Secretary 13 April 2006 For queries please contact: New Zealand: Tony Gibbs (Director) Tel: 0064 9 379 8888 Australia: Gary Weiss (Director) Tel: 00 612 8298 4300 London: Blake Nixon: (Director) Tel: 020 7484 3370 The Shares have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Actof 1933, as amended (the "US Securities Act") and may not be offered or sold inthe United States absent registration or exemption from registration under theUS Securities Act. There will be no public offering of the Shares (or any othersecurities) in the United States. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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