17th Mar 2005 17:23
RPC Group PLC17 March 2005 NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES,CANADA, AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN For immediate release, 17 March 2005 RPC Group Plc ("RPC" or the "Company") Result of Placing RPC announces the successful completion of the placing (the "Placing") announcedearlier today. A total of 8,707,074 new ordinary shares of 5 pence each (the "Placing Shares") have been placed by JPMorgan Cazenove and Panmure Gordon at aprice of 258 pence per Placing Share, raising £22.5 million before expenses. The Placing Shares will be issued credited as fully paid and will rank paripassu in all respects with RPC's existing ordinary shares, including the rightto receive all future dividends declared after the date of issue. Application has been made for admission of the Placing Shares to listing on theOfficial List of the UK Listing Authority and to being admitted to trading onthe London Stock Exchange on its main market for listed securities (together "Admission"). It is expected Admission will become effective and dealings in thePlacing Shares will commence on 22 March 2005. The Placing remains conditionalon the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions in the Placing Agreement. Enquiries to: RPC Group plc 01933 410 064 Ron Marsh, Chief Executive Chris Sworn, Finance Director JPMorgan Cazenove Limited 020 7588 2828 Dermot McKechnie Shona Graham Panmure Gordon & Co., Limited 020 7187 2000 Andrew Godber Gilbert Ellacombe Jo Munro Merlin Financial 020 7653 6620 Vanessa Maydon Peter Otero Neither this announcement nor any copy of it may be taken, transmitted ordistributed, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States, Canada, Japanor Australia. Any failure to comply with this restriction may constitute aviolation of Canadian, Japanese, Australian, or US securities law. The information contained herein is not for publication or distribution topersons in the United States of America. This announcement is not an offer ofsecurities for sale into the United States. The securities referred to hereinhave not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act 1933, asamended, and may not be offered or sold without registration thereunder orpursuant to an available exemption therefrom. There will be no public offer ofthe securities referred to herein in the United States. JPMorgan Cazenove Limited and Panmure Gordon & Co., Limited, which areauthorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority, are acting for RPCin connection with the Placing and no-one else and will not be responsible toanyone other than RPC for providing the protections afforded to their respectiveclients or for providing advice in relation to the Placing or any other matterreferred to in this announcement. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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