24th Aug 2007 18:28
Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC24 August 2007 Not for release, distribution or publication directly or indirectly into theUnited States, Australia, Canada or Japan. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 24 AUGUST 2007 MONEYSUPERMARKET.COM GROUP PLC ANNOUNCES EXERCISE OF OVER-ALLOTMENT OPTION Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC ("moneysupermarket.com") announces that CreditSuisse Securities (Europe) Limited, acting as stabilising manager in connectionwith the initial public offering of moneysupermarket.com's ordinary shares("Global Offer"), gave notice on 24 August 2007 to exercise its over-allotmentoption in respect of 1,367,639 ordinary shares currently owned by Simon Nixon.All of the proceeds from the sale of these ordinary shares will be received bySimon Nixon who will continue to own 270,538,243 ordinary shares (approximately54.5 per cent. of the issued ordinary share capital in moneysupermarket.com). Including the exercise of the over-allotment option, the total size of theGlobal Offer was 216,524,639 ordinary shares or approximately £368,091,886. The stabilisation period ends on 25 August 2007. Further details of theover-allotment arrangements are set out in moneysupermarket.com's prospectusdated 11 July 2007, as supplemented by its pricing statement dated 26 July 2007. END Enquiries: Tulchan Communications Tel: +44 (0)20 7353 4200 David TrenchardDavid AllchurchCelia Gordon Shute moneysupermarket.com Tel: +44 (0)12 4439 9599 Paul Doughty, Chief Financial OfficerAlexander Cowen Wright, Head of Public Relations and Communications Credit Suisse Tel: +44 (0)20 7888 8888 George MaddisonAntony IsaacsChris Byrne Important This announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute anoffer of, or the solicitation of an offer to buy or to subscribe for, ordinaryshares to any person in any jurisdiction and is not for distribution orpublication into or in directly or indirectly the United States, Australia,Canada or Japan or any jurisdiction where to do so would be unlawful. The securities mentioned herein have not been and will not be registered underthe United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), orthe laws of any state of the United States. The securities may not be offered,sold or otherwise transferred within the United States except pursuant to anexemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registrationrequirements of the Securities Act and applicable state laws. There will be nopublic offering of securities in the United States. The securities offered andsold outside the United States are being offered in reliance on Regulation Sunder the Securities Act. Credit Suisse, Lehman Brothers International (Europe) and UBS Limited, each ofwhich is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the FSA, are actingfor moneysupermarket.com and no one else in connection with the Global Offer andwill not be responsible to anyone other than moneysupermarket.com for providingthe protections afforded to their respective clients, nor for providing advicein relation to the Global Offer, the contents of this announcement, or anytransaction or arrangement referred to herein. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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