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Result of Capital Raise

25th Oct 2011 11:35

RNS Number : 7947Q
John Laing Infrastructure Fund
25 October 2011
 



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This announcement is an advertisement and not a prospectus. This announcement does not constitute or form part of, and should not be construed as, any offer for sale or subscription of, or solicitation of any offer to buy or subscribe for, any shares in John Laing Infrastructure Fund Limited (the "Company") or securities in any other entity, in any jurisdiction, including the United States, nor shall it, or any part of it, or the fact of its distribution, form the basis of, or be relied on in connection with, any contract or investment decision whatsoever, in any jurisdiction. This announcement does not constitute a recommendation regarding any securities.

25 October 2011

 

John Laing Infrastructure Fund Limited (the "Company" or "JLIF")

 

Successful raising of £130.7 million to fund new PFI / PPP project acquisitions

 

On 28 September 2011, JLIF announced details of a proposed Issue of New Shares to fund the acquisition of a number of new projects. The Board of JLIF is pleased to announce today that the offer period for New Shares has now closed and that, on the basis of applications received through the Open Offer (and associated Excess Application Facility) and Offer for Subscription and orders taken through the Placing, 124.4 million New Shares will be issued raising Gross Issue Proceeds of £130.7 million for the Company.

The Net Issue Proceeds will be used to acquire the New Portfolio from John Laing Group[1]comprising stakes in nine new projects and an additional stake in Abbotsford Hospital in Canada and to repay debt incurred by the Fund in acquiring a 50% stake in the Forth Valley Royal Hospital.

Application has been made for the 124,445,678 New Shares to be admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities with effect from 8.00 a.m. on Friday, 28 October 2011. Thereafter JLIF will have a total of 422,232,698 shares issued and outstanding.

The Company expects to be eligible to be considered for inclusion in the FTSE UK 250 Index at the next FTSE quarterly review meeting on 7 December 2011.

Commenting on today's announcement, Paul Lester, Chairman of JLIF, said:

"We are delighted to have raised £130.7 million in such highly volatile stockmarket conditions and when the investment capacity of some investors has been reduced significantly. We have found investors continue to be attracted to our proven, low risk model, which seeks to provide a high, predictable dividend yield, at a time when other financial instruments are offering historically low returns.

We intend to use the proceeds quickly to acquire a portfolio of high quality PFI / PPP assets, as set out in our recently published prospectus, and to use debt to acquire the remaining third party portfolio."

 

 

For further information, please contact:

 

John Laing Infrastructure Fund 020 7901 3326

David Marshall

Andrew Charlesworth

 

J.P. Morgan Cazenove 020 7588 2828

Christopher Nicholls

William Simmonds

Edward Gibson-Watt

 

Finsbury 020 7251 3801

Faeth Birch

Philip Walters

 

 

Terms used in this Announcement shall have the same meanings as set out in the Prospectus published by the Company on 28 September 2011.

 

The contents of this announcement, which have been prepared by and are the sole responsibility of the Company, have been approved solely for the purposes of section 21(2)(b) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 by John Laing Capital Management Limited of Allington House, 150 Victoria Street, London SW1E 5LB United Kingdom ("JLCM").

JLCM is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the FSA, and is acting exclusively for the Company and no-one else in connection with the Issue and will not regard any other person (whether or not a recipient of this announcement) as a client in relation to the Issue and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to its clients nor for giving advice in relation to the Issue, the contents of this announcement or any transaction or arrangements referred to in this announcement.

Apart from the responsibilities and liabilities, if any, which may be imposed by FSMA or the regulatory regime established thereunder, none of JLCM or any of its respective affiliates or any of its directors, officers, employees, advisers or agents accepts any responsibility or liability whatsoever for, or makes any representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information in this announcement (or whether any information has been omitted from this announcement) or any other information relating to the Company, its subsidiaries or associated companies, whether written, oral or in a visual or electronic form, and howsoever transmitted or made available or for any loss howsoever arising from any use of this announcement or its contents or otherwise arising in connection therewith.

This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for shares in any jurisdiction. In particular, this announcement is not for distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Africa or any other jurisdiction where local law or regulations may result in a risk of civil, regulatory, or criminal exposure or prosecution if information or documentation concerning the Issue or this document is sent or made available to a person in that jurisdiction (a "Restricted Jurisdiction"), or to any resident of the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Africa or any other Restricted Jurisdiction or to any U.S. Person as defined in Regulation S of the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

The New Shares have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act or under any of the relevant securities laws of any state of the United States. Accordingly the New Shares may not be offered, sold or delivered directly or indirectly in or into the United States. The New Shares have not been, and will not be, registered under any of the relevant securities laws of Canada, Australia, Japan or South Africa. Accordingly, unless an exemption under such act or laws is applicable, the New Shares may not be offered, sold or delivered directly or indirectly in or into Canada, Australia ,Japan or South Africa.

This announcement does not constitute a recommendation concerning the Issue. All investments are subject to risk, including the loss of the principal amount invested. Past performance is no guarantee of future returns. You should always seek expert legal, financial, tax and other professional advice before making any investment decision. This announcement includes statements that are, or may be deemed to be, "forward-looking statements". These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements typically containing words such as "believes", "considers", "intends", "expects", "anticipates", "targets", "estimates", "will", "may", or "should" and words of similar import.

By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future. Certain important factors could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements. Given these risks and uncertainties, potential investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results.

No representation or warranty, express or implied, is or will be made as to, or in relation to, and no responsibility is or will be accepted by J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. (which conduct its UK investment banking business as J.P. Morgan Cazenove) or by any of its affiliates or agents as to, or in relation to, the accuracy and completeness of this announcement or any other written or oral information made available publicly to any interested party or its advisers, and any liability therefor is expressly disclaimed.

J.P. Morgan Cazenove, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the FSA, is acting exclusively for the Company and is not advising any other person or treating any other person as its customer in relation to the Issue or to the matters referred to in this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to clients of J.P. Morgan Cazenove or for affording advice in relation to the Issue.


[1] Note: includes a 10 per cent. stake in the Edinburgh schools project to be acquired from John Laing Pension Trust Limited, which is not a member of John Laing Group.

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