3rd Jun 2005 09:25
IG Group Holdings plc03 June 2005 3 June 2005 IG Group Holdings plc THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN IG Group Holdings plc ("IG"), announces that in relation to the Global Offer ofOrdinary Shares of 0.005p each, UBS Limited ("UBS") has given notice of theexercise of the Overallotment Option in respect of 7,950,659 Ordinary Shares,taking the total number of Ordinary Shares sold pursuant to the Global Offer to191,219,713. As a result of the exercise of the Overallotment Option, netproceeds of approximately £9.5 million are receivable by the institutionalinvestors that provided the Overallotment Option. IG will receive none of thenet proceeds arising from the exercise of the Overallotment Option. Terms used in this announcement have the same meanings as defined in IG's pricerange prospectus dated 13 April 2005 and the supplementary prospectus dated 28April 2005, as appropriate. This document does not constitute, and should not be construed as, an offer tosell or the solicitation or inducement of an offer to buy ordinary shares in IG.Any offer, solicitation of an offer or invitation to acquire Ordinary Shares ismade by means of the prospectus dated 13 April 2005 and the supplementaryprospectus dated 28 April 2005 each relating to IG and any acquisition ofOrdinary Shares should be made solely on the basis of the information containedin those documents and any supplements thereto. The price and value of sharescan go down as well as up. Persons needing advice should consult a professionaladviser. UBS, Bridgewell Limited, Numis Securities Limited and Lexicon Partners Limitedare acting for IG and for no one else in connection with the offer of shares inIG and none of UBS, Bridgewell Limited, Numis Securities Limited or LexiconPartners Limited will be responsible to anyone other than IG for providing theprotections afforded to their respective clients or for providing advice inrelation to the offer of shares in IG or any other matter referred to herein. This document, and any materials attached hereto, are not an offer of securitiesfor sale in the United States. The shares in IG are not being registered underthe US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and may not beoffered or sold in the United States (as such term is defined in Regulation Sunder the Securities Act) unless they are registered or exempt fromregistration. No public offering of the shares in IG is being made in the UnitedStates. This document is not for distribution in or into the United States,Canada, Australia or Japan. No money, securities or other consideration is beingsolicited by this document or any materials attached hereto or the informationthey contain in the United States or any other jurisdiction in which such offeris not authorised or to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such an offeror invitation. Stabilisation/FSA This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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