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Result of Placing

5th Mar 2014 07:04

RNS Number : 5589B
J.P. Morgan Securities PLC.
05 March 2014
 

NOT FOR PUBLICATION, RELEASE OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN, THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH IT WOULD BE UNLAWFUL TO DO SO. PLEASE SEE THE IMPORTANT NOTICE AT THE END OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

 

PLACING OF 48,579,760 ORDINARY SHARES IN JUPITER FUND MANAGEMENT PLC

(THE "COMPANY") BY FUNDS ADVISED BY TA ASSOCIATES MANAGEMENT LP

 

4 March 2014

 

Further to the announcement released earlier today, the funds advised by TA Associates Management L.P. (the "TA Funds") announce that they have sold 48,579,760 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 406 pence per share (the "Placing"). The TA Funds have raised aggregate gross sale proceeds of approximately £197.2 million through the Placing. Following completion of the Placing, the TA Funds will not hold any ordinary shares in the Company and will no longer be entitled under their Relationship Agreement with the Company to be represented on the board of the Company.

 

The proceeds of the Placing are payable in cash on usual settlement terms, and closing of the Placing is expected to occur on a T+3 basis on 7 March 2014, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain customary conditions.

 

J.P. Morgan Securities plc (which conducts its UK investment banking activities as J.P. Morgan Cazenove) ("J.P. Morgan Cazenove") is acting as sole bookrunner in connection with the Placing.

 

 

Enquiries:

 

J.P. Morgan Cazenove +44 (0)20 7742 4000

Jonathan Wilcox

Greg Chamberlain

Barry Meyers

 

IMPORTANT NOTICE

 

MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO TAKE PART IN THE PLACING. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND ANY OFFER OF SECURITIES TO WHICH IT RELATES ARE ONLY ADDRESSED TO AND DIRECTED AT (1) IN ANY MEMBER STATE OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA, PERSONS WHO ARE QUALIFIED INVESTORS WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 2(1)(E) OF EU DIRECTIVE 2003/71/EC AND ANY RELEVANT IMPLEMENTING MEASURES (THE "PROSPECTUS DIRECTIVE"); AND (2) IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, PERSONS WHO (I) HAVE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN MATTERS RELATING TO INVESTMENTS WHO FALL WITHIN ARTICLE 19(5) OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 (FINANCIAL PROMOTION) ORDER 2005 (AS AMENDED) (THE "ORDER"); OR (II) FALL WITHIN ARTICLE 49(2)(A) TO (D) OF THE ORDER OR (III) ARE PERSONS TO WHOM AN OFFER OF THE PLACING SHARES MAY OTHERWISE LAWFULLY BE MADE (ALL SUCH PERSONS REFERRED TO IN (1) AND (2) TOGETHER BEING REFERRED TO AS "RELEVANT PERSONS"). THE INFORMATION REGARDING THE PLACING SET OUT IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MUST NOT BE ACTED ON OR RELIED ON BY PERSONS WHO ARE NOT RELEVANT PERSONS. ANY INVESTMENT OR INVESTMENT ACTIVITY TO WHICH THIS ANNOUNCEMENT RELATES IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO RELEVANT PERSONS AND WILL BE ENGAGED IN ONLY WITH RELEVANT PERSONS.

 

This announcement and the information contained herein is for information purposes only and does not constitute or form part of any offer or an invitation to acquire or dispose of securities in the United States, Canada, Australia, South Africa or Japan or in any other jurisdiction in which such an offer of solicitation is unlawful.

 

The Placing Shares have not been, and will not be, registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "US Securities Act"), or under the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States, and, absent registration, may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the US Securities Act and the securities laws of any relevant state or other jurisdiction of the United States. There will be no public offering of the Placing Shares in the United States or elsewhere.

 

The Placing Shares have not been approved or disapproved by the US Securities and Exchange Commission, any state securities commission or other regulatory authority in the United States, nor have any of the foregoing authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the Placing or the accuracy or adequacy of this announcement. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offence in the United States.

 

No prospectus or offering document has been or will be prepared in connection with the Placing. Any investment decision to buy securities in the Placing must be made solely on the basis of publicly available information. Such information is not the responsibility of and has not been independently verified by any of TA Associates Management L.P., the TA Funds or J.P. Morgan Cazenove or any of their respective affiliates.

 

Neither this announcement nor any copy of it may be taken, transmitted or distributed, directly or indirectly, in or into or from the United States (including its territories and possessions, any state of the United States and the District of Columbia), Canada, Australia, South Africa or Japan. Any failure to comply with this restriction may constitute a violation of United States, Canadian, Australian, South African or Japanese securities laws.

 

The distribution of this announcement and the offering or sale of the Placing Shares in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. No action has been taken by TA Associates Management L.P., the TA Funds or J.P. Morgan Cazenove or any of their respective affiliates that would, or which is intended to, permit a public offer of the Placing Shares in any jurisdiction or possession or distribution of this announcement or any other offering or publicity material relating to the Placing Shares in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. Persons into whose possession this announcement comes are required by TA Associates Management L.P., the TA Funds and J.P. Morgan Cazenove to inform themselves about and to observe any applicable restrictions.

 

J.P. Morgan Cazenove, which is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority, is acting only for TA Associates Management L.P. and the TA Funds in connection with the Placing and will not be responsible to anyone other than TA Associates Management L.P. and the TA Funds for providing the protections offered to the clients of J.P. Morgan Cazenove, nor for providing advice in relation to the Placing or any matters referred to in this announcement.

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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