RNS Number : 8040B
e2v technologies PLC
02 November 2009
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e2v technologies plc (the "Company")
PUBLICATION OF PROSPECTUS
2 November 2009
The Company announces that a prospectus dated today (the "Prospectus") relating to the proposed Firm Placing of 31,428,571 Firm Placed Shares at 70 pence per Firm Placed Share and 9 for 7 Rights Issue of 120,854,782 New Shares at 28 pence per share, which includes a notice of a general meeting, has been approved by the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS.
Copies of the Prospectus will be posted to shareholders tomorrow and will also be available from tomorrow on the Company's website (www.e2v.com). The Prospectus can also be inspected from tomorrow at the offices of the Company at 106 Waterhouse Lane, Chelmsford Essex CM1 2QU and at the offices of Macfarlanes LLP at 20 Cursitor Street, London EC4A 1LT, during normal business hours on any weekday (except Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays).
Terms defined in the Prospectus have the same meanings in this announcement.
Contacts
For further information, please contact:
e2v technologies plc Tel: +44(0) 1245 493493
Keith Attwood, Chief Executive
Charles Hindson, Group Finance Director
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE, OR FORM PART OF, AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY ANY SECURITIES, NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OR PURCHASE OF SECURITIES IN THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH AFRICA OR SWITZERLAND OR ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL PRIOR TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH JURISDICTION. THE AVAILABILITY OF THE FIRM PLACING AND THE RIGHTS ISSUE TO PERSONS NOT RESIDENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM MAY BE AFFECTED BY THE LAWS OF THE RELEVANT JURISDICTIONS. SUCH PERSONS SHOULD INFORM THEMSELVES ABOUT AND OBSERVE ANY APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS.
This announcement is not for publication, distribution or release to persons in the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa or Switzerland and should not be distributed, forwarded to or transmitted in or into any jurisdiction where to do so might constitute a violation of local securities laws or regulations.
The securities discussed herein have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "US Securities Act") and may not be offered, sold, resold, taken up, exercised, renounced, transferred or delivered, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the US Securities Act. No public offering of the securities referred to herein is being made in the United States.
This announcement is an advertisement and does not constitute a prospectus. Nothing in this announcement should be interpreted as a term or condition of the Firm Placing or the Rights Issue. Any decision to purchase, otherwise acquire, subscribe for, sell or otherwise dispose of any Firm Placed Shares, Nil Paid Rights, Fully Paid Rights and/or New Shares must be made only on the basis of the information contained in and incorporated by reference into the Prospectus.
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