28th Mar 2013 13:00
28 March 2013
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Raven Russia Limited ("Raven Russia" or the "Company")
Proposed Purchase of 1 in every 33 Ordinary Shares of 1p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at 75p per share by way of a tender offer ("the Tender Offer")
Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2012 and Notice of Annual General Meeting
Raven Russia is today posting a circular to its shareholders containing full details of the Tender Offer, its Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2012 and a notice of Annual General Meeting convened for 1.00 pm on Wednesday 7 May 2013.
On 11 March 2013, the Board of Raven Russia announced in its results for the year ended 31 December 2012, that the Company intended to offer to purchase 1 in every 33 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 17,859,068 (assuming no valid exercise of the Company's warrants).
If the maximum number of 17,859,068 Ordinary Shares is acquired (assuming no valid exercise of the Company's warrants in the period), this will result in an amount of £13.4 million being paid by the Company to its shareholders. It is intended the Ordinary Shares purchased under the Tender Offer 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 6pm on Friday 3 May 2013, 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 April 2013 in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Instrument. No Ordinary Shares will be purchased in relation to the Tender Offer unless the relevant resolution to be proposed at the Annual General Meeting is passed.
Copies of the circular, tender offer forms, notice of meeting and form of proxy 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
Cardew Group Tel: + 44 (0) 207 930 0777
Alexandra Stoneham
James Clark
N+1 Singer Tel: +44 (0) 207 496 3000
Corporate Finance- James Maxwell
Sales - Alan Geeves / James Waterlow
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 £425 million. The company operates out of offices in Guernsey, Moscow and Cyprus and has to date completed a portfolio of circa 1.3 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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