5th Sep 2014 07:00
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Raven Russia Limited ("Raven Russia" or the "Company")
Proposed Purchase of 1 in every 30 Ordinary Shares of 1p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at 75p per share by way of a tender offer ("the Tender Offer")
2014 Interim Results
Raven Russia is today posting a circular to its shareholders containing full details of the Tender Offer, which will close at 1.00 pm on 2 October 2014, and the 2014 Interim Results.
On 26 August 2014, the Board of Raven Russia announced in its 2014 Interim Results, that the Company intended to offer to purchase 1 in every 30 Ordinary Shares by way of a tender offer at a price of 75p per share. The Tender Offer will also present tendering shareholders with an opportunity to sell more than their pro rata entitlement (up to their entire holding of Ordinary Shares) to the extent that other shareholders tender less than their pro rata entitlement. In such case, surplus tenders will be accepted in proportion to the number of additional Ordinary Shares tendered so that the total number of Ordinary Shares purchased does not exceed 25,128,636 (assuming no valid exercise of the Company's warrants).
If the maximum number of 25,128,636 Ordinary Shares is acquired (assuming no valid exercise of the Company's warrants in the period), this will result in an amount of approximately £18.8 million being paid by the Company to its shareholders. It is intended that up to 8,085,803 Ordinary Shares purchased under the Tender Offer will be held as treasury shares and, thereafter, the remainder will be cancelled and not available for re-issue.
The Tender Offer is open to all holders of Ordinary Shares on the Company's register at 6.00 pm on Thursday 2 October 2014, who may participate by tendering all or a proportion of their holding of Ordinary Shares at 75p per share. Warrantholders who wish to participate in the Tender Offer will be required to exercise their warrants by 19 September 2014 in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Instrument.
Copies of the circular, the tender offer form and 2014 Interim Results will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm . In addition, the documents will be available on the Raven Russia website (www.ravenrussia.com) and may also be obtained from the Company Secretary.
Enquiries
Raven Russia Limited Tel: + 44 (0) 1481 712955
Anton Bilton
Glyn Hirsch
Novella Communications Tel: +44 (0) 203 151 7008
Tim Robertson
Ben Heath
N+1 Singer Tel: +44 (0) 20 7496 3000
Corporate Finance - James Maxwell
Sales - Alan Geeves / James Waterlow
Barclays Bank Plc
Tom Boardman / Tom Macdonald Tel: +44 (0) 20 7623 2323
Kinmont
Jonathan Gray Tel: + 44 (0) 207 087 9100
Kinmont Limited is advising Raven Russia in relation to the Tender Offer and no one else and will not be responsible to anyone other than Raven Russia for providing the protections afforded to customers of Kinmont Limited nor for providing advice in relation to the Tender Offer.
About Raven Russia
Raven Russia was founded in 2005 to invest in class A warehouse complexes in Russia and lease to Russian and International tenants. Its Ordinary Shares, Preference Shares and Warrants are listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange with a market capitalisation of approximately £550 million. The Company operates out of offices in Guernsey, Moscow and Cyprus and has to date completed a portfolio of circa 1.4 million square metres of Grade "A" warehouses in Moscow, St Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don and Novosibirsk. For further information visit the Company's website: www.ravenrussia.com
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