3rd Aug 2005 13:04
BPB PLC03 August 2005 3 August 2005 BPB plc ("BPB") BPB confirms rejection of Saint-Gobain offer BPB plc ("BPB") notes the announcement made this afternoon by Saint-Gobain of aunilateral cash offer for BPB at 720p per share. Further to its announcement earlier today, the Board of BPB (the "Board") has nohesitation in advising shareholders to reject this unwelcome offer. The Board's detailed views will be sent to shareholders when the formal offerdocument from Saint-Gobain has been issued. In the meantime shareholders arestrongly urged to take no action in relation to their BPB shares. The Directors of BPB have received financial advice from Rothschild. Inproviding this advice, Rothschild has placed reliance on the commercialassessment of the Directors. Enquiries James Murgatroyd, FinsburyTel: +44 (0)20 7251 3801 N M Rothschild & Sons Limited ("Rothschild"), which is authorised and regulatedin the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting for BPB andno-one else in connection with the matters referred to herein and will not beresponsible to anyone other than BPB for providing the protections afforded toclients of Rothschild or for giving advice in relation to such matters. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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