29th Jan 2016 10:57
29 January 2016
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ISG plc ("ISG" or the "Company")
Response to revised unsolicited offer
The Board of ISG, which is being advised by Numis Securities Ltd ("Numis"), notes today's announcement by Cathexis UK Holdings Limited ("Cathexis") of a revised unsolicited offer for ISG of 171p per share, following the earlier very low level of shareholder acceptance (1.70%) of Cathexis' unsolicited offer of 143p per share.
The Board will be writing to shareholders with its formal response to the revised offer once the revised offer document has been posted. In the meantime, shareholders are strongly advised to take no action and, in particular, not to sell their ISG shares.
ALL ISG SHAREHOLDERS ARE ADVISED TO TAKE NO ACTION WHATSOEVER.
Enquiries:
ISG plc
David Lawther, Chief Executive Officer | 020 7392 5250 |
Jonathan Houlton, Group Finance Director |
Numis
Michael Meade | 020 7260 1000 |
Stuart Ord | |
Ben Stoop | |
Instinctif | |
Matthew Smallwood, Helen Tarbet | 020 7457 2020 |
Disclaimer
Numis Securities Limited, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority, is acting exclusively for ISG and no one else in connection with the Offer and the contents of this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than ISG for providing the protections afforded to its clients nor for providing advice in connection with the Offer or any matter referred to herein.
Publication on Website
A copy of this announcement will be available on the Company's website (www.isgplc.com) by no later than 12 noon (London time) on 1 February 2016. The content of the website referred to in this announcement is not incorporated into and does not form part of this announcement.
Responsibility statement
The Directors of ISG accept responsibility for the information contained in this announcement. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the Directors, who have taken all reasonable care to ensure such is the case, the information contained in this announcement is in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the import of such information.
Related Shares:
ISG.L