30th Jun 2006 15:42
Balfour Beatty PLC30 June 2006 Not for release, publication or distribution, in whole or part, in, into or from any jurisdiction where to do so would constitute a violation of the relevant laws in that jurisdiction FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 30 June 2006 RECOMMENDED CASH OFFER by BALFOUR BEATTY for BIRSE GROUP Posting of Offer Documentation Further to the announcement made on 26 June 2006 of a recommended cash offer byBalfour Beatty plc ("Balfour Beatty") for Birse Group plc ("Birse") (the "Offer"), Balfour Beatty announces that the offer document containing the fullterms and conditions of the Offer (the "Offer Document") has been posted toBirse Shareholders today. If you hold your Birse Shares, or any of them, in certificated form (that is,not in CREST), to accept the Offer in respect of those Birse Shares (and, ifrelevant, to elect for the Loan Note Alternative) you should complete, sign andreturn the Form of Acceptance which has been posted to you with the OfferDocument (together with your share certificates and any other documents oftitle) as soon as possible and, in any event, so as to be received by CapitaRegistrars not later than 1.00 p.m. on 21 July 2006. If you hold your Birse Shares, or any of them, in uncertificated form (that is,in CREST), to accept the Offer in respect of those Birse Shares (and, ifrelevant, to elect for the Loan Note Alternative) you should follow theprocedure for Electronic Acceptance through CREST so that the TTE instructionsettles as soon as possible and, in any event, not later than 1.00 p.m. on 21July 2006. If you hold your Birse Shares, or any of them, as a CREST sponsoredmember, you should contact your CREST sponsor as only your CREST sponsor will beable to send TTE instructions to CRESTCo. Copies of the Offer Document and Form of Acceptance are and will remainavailable for collection by Birse Shareholders from the offices of CapitaRegistrars, Corporate Actions, The Registry, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent,BR3 4TU during normal business hours on any weekday (Saturdays and publicholidays excepted) until the end of the Offer Period. Balfour Beatty plc Tel: 020 7216 6800Ian Tyler (Chief Executive)Anthony Rabin (Finance Director)Tim Sharp (Head of Corporate Communications) Citigroup Global Markets Limited Tel: 020 7986 4000(Financial Adviser to Balfour Beatty plc)Jan SkarbekJames Ireland Hoare Govett Tel: 020 7678 8000(Corporate Broker to Balfour Beatty plc)Bob PringleNeil Collingridge Gainsborough(PR Adviser to Balfour Beatty plc)Tel: 020 7190 1700Duncan MurrayAndy Cornelius Citigroup Global Markets Limited, which is authorised and regulated by the FSA,is acting exclusively for Balfour Beatty and no one else in connection with theOffer and will not be responsible to anyone other than Balfour Beatty forproviding the protections afforded to clients of Citigroup Global MarketsLimited or for providing advice in connection with the Offer or any othermatters referred to herein. This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, any offer for, or anysolicitation of any offer for, securities. Any acceptance or other response tothe Offer should be made only on the basis of information referred to in theOffer Document. The Offer is not being made, directly or indirectly, in, into or from anyjurisdiction where to do so would violate the laws in that jurisdiction, and theOffer is not capable of acceptance from or within any such jurisdiction.Accordingly, copies of the Offer Document, the Form of Acceptance and anyaccompanying document are not being, and must not be, directly or indirectly,mailed or otherwise forwarded, distributed or sent in, into or from anyjurisdiction where to do so would violate the laws in that jurisdiction, andpersons receiving the Offer Document, the Form of Acceptance and anyaccompanying document (including custodians, nominees and trustees) must notmail or otherwise distribute or send them in, into or from any jurisdictionwhere to do so would violate the laws in that jurisdiction, as doing so mayinvalidate any purported acceptance of the Offer. The Loan Notes which may be issued pursuant to the Loan Note Alternative havenot been, nor will they be, listed on any stock exchange and have not been, norwill they be, registered under the Securities Act or under any relevant laws ofany state or other jurisdiction of the United States, nor has a prospectus inrelation to the Loan Notes been, nor will one be, lodged with, or registered by,the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, nor have any steps beentaken, nor will any steps be taken, to enable the Loan Notes to be offered incompliance with applicable securities laws of Japan. Accordingly, unless anexemption under relevant securities laws is available, the Loan Notes may not beoffered, sold, resold, delivered or transferred, directly or indirectly, in orinto a Loan Note Restricted Jurisdiction in which an offer of the Loan Noteswould constitute a violation of the relevant laws of, or require registration ofthe Loan Notes in, such jurisdiction or to, or for the account or benefit of, aperson located in a Loan Note Restricted Jurisdiction. In accordance with normal United Kingdom market practice, Balfour Beatty or anyperson acting on their behalf may from time to time make certain market orprivate purchases of, or arrangements to purchase, directly or indirectly, theBirse Shares other than pursuant to the Offer. Any information about suchpurchases will be publicly announced as required by law or regulation in theUnited Kingdom and the United States. Terms used in this announcement shall have the meaning given to them in theOffer Document. 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