Statement re Possible Offer
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - ESSENTIALLY GROUP LIMITED ("Essentially" or the "Company") Announcement regarding possible offerThe board of Essentially notes the recent movement in the price ofthe Company's shares and announces that it is in preliminarydiscussions with a third party which may or may not lead to an offerbeing made for the entire issued share capital of the Company.Shareholders of the Company should be aware that there is nocertainty that an offer will be forthcoming.A further announcement will be made in due course.Rule 2.10 RequirementIn accordance with Rule 2.10 of the City Code on Takeovers andMergers, England confirms that it currently has in issue 225,675,535ordinary shares of 0.1p each.The International Securities Identification Number for the ordinaryshares is GB0032118878.Contact:Bart Campbell 020 7820 7000Essentially Group LimitedNick Wells/Beth McKiernan 020 7397 8900Cenkos Securities plcDealing Disclosure Requirements:-Under the provisions of Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers andMergers (the "Code"), if any person is, or becomes, "interested"(directly or indirectly) in one per cent. or more of any class of"relevant securities" of the Company, all "dealings" in any "relevantsecurities" of that company (including by means of an option inrespect of, or a derivative referenced to, any such relevantsecurities) must be publicly disclosed by no later than 3.30pm(London time) on the London business day following the date of therelevant transaction. This requirement will continue until the dateon which any offer becomes, or is declared, unconditional as toacceptances, lapses or is otherwise withdrawn or on which the "offerperiod" otherwise ends. If two or more persons act together pursuantto an agreement or understanding, whether formal or informal, toacquire an "interest" in "relevant securities" of the Company, theywill be deemed to be a single person for the purpose of Rule 8.3.Under the provisions of Rule 8.1 of the Code, all "dealings" in"relevant securities" of the Company by the Company or by thepotential offeror, or by any of their respective "associates", mustbe disclosed by no later than 12.00 noon (London time) on the Londonbusiness day following the date of the relevant transaction.A disclosure table, giving details of the companies in whose"relevant securities" "dealings" should be disclosed, and the numberof such securities in issue, can be found on the UK Panel onTakeovers and Mergers' (the "Panel") website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk."Interests in securities" arise, in summary, when a person has longeconomic exposure, whether conditional or absolute, to changes in theprice of securities. In particular, a person will be treated ashaving an "interest" by virtue of the ownership or control ofsecurities, or by virtue of any option in respect of, or derivativereferenced to, securities.Terms in quotation marks are defined in the Code, which can also befound on the Panel's website. If you are in any doubt as to whetheror not you are required to disclose a "dealing" under Rule 8, youshould consult the Panel.The Company's Directors accept responsibility for the informationcontained in this announcement. To the best of the knowledge andbelief of the Company's Directors (who have taken all reasonable careto ensure that such is the case), the information contained in thisannouncement is in accordance with the facts and does not omitanything likely to affect the import of such information.---END OF MESSAGE---This announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
Datum: 24.08.2009 - 13:30 Uhr
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