20th Feb 2006 12:31
MOP Acquisitions (LAF) Limited20 February 2006 20 February 2006 For immediate release Not for release, publication or distribution into Canada, Australia, Japan orthe United States Recommended Cash Offer by MOP Acquisitions (CS) Limited ("the Offeror"), a subsidiary of MOP Acquisitions (LAF) Limited for Crown Sports plc ("Crown Sports") Offer document posted Further to the announcement made on 17 February 2006, the Offeror announces thatthe Offer Document containing the full terms and conditions of the Offer for theentire issued and to be issued share capital of Crown Sports has been posted toCrown Sports Shareholders. ENQUIRIES MidOcean Crown SportsChristian Purslow 020 7201 4321 Ray Pierce 07976 282820Tracey Wells 020 7201 4310 Chairman LA FitnessFred Turok 020 7366 8012CEO LA Fitness PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 020 7212 4118 McQueen 020 7667 6861(Financial Adviser to the Offeror) (Financial Adviser to Crown Sports)Simon Boadle Luke Withnell Anne-Marie Harris College Hill 020 7457 2020(PR Adviser to LA Fitness)Matthew SmallwoodTom Baldock Terms used in this announcement shall have the same meaning given to them in theannouncement dated 17 February 2006. This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or an invitation topurchase any securities or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities,pursuant to the Offer or otherwise. The Offer will be made solely by the OfferDocument and the Form of Acceptance, which will contain the full terms andconditions of the Offer, including details of how the Offer may be accepted. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP which is authorised and regulated in the UnitedKingdom by the Financial Services Authority for designated investment business,is acting exclusively for the Offeror and MOP Acquisitions (LAF) Limited andno-one else in connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to anyother person for providing the protections afforded to clients ofPricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or for providing advice in relation to the Offer orto any other matter referred to in this document. This document has been issued by MOP Acquisitions (CS) Limited and has beenapproved as a financial promotion for the purposes of section 21 of theFinancial Services and Markets Act 2000 by the UK firm of PricewaterhouseCoopersLLP, 1 Embankment Place London WC2N 6RH. Although PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP hasapproved this document as a financial promotion, it is not by doing so providingany investment advice and it has no responsibility in respect of any decisionsor investments you make. McQueen, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom for the conductof investment business by the Financial Services Authority, is actingexclusively for Crown Sports in connection with the Offer and no-one else andwill not be responsible to anyone other than Crown Sports for providing theprotections afforded to customers of McQueen, nor for providing advice inrelation to the Offer. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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