SRV GROUP PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE JUNE 5, 2007 AT 6.00 P.M. EET
SRV GROUP PLC'S RETAIL OFFERING SUSPENDED
Not for release, publication or distribution, in whole or in part, in or into
the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan.
The Board of Directors of SRV Group Plc have decided to suspend the retail
offering in accordance with the terms of the offering. The retail offering has
been suspended as of today, Tuesday, June 5, 2007 at 6.00 P.M. due to
over-subscription. The institutional offering and the employee offering will
continue in accordance with the original terms and conditions of the offering.
The final decisions on the offer price, allocation of the shares and other
conditions, will be made on or about June 11, 2007. The decision will be
published by a stock exchange release.
The listing of shares of SRV is scheduled to commence on the Pre-List of the
Helsinki Stock Exchange on or about June 12, 2007 and on the Official List on or
about June 15, 2007.
SRV Group Plc
Eero Heliövaara
CEO
Distribution:
Helsinki Stock Exchange
This document is not a prospectus and as
such does not constitute an offer to sell securities. Investors should not
subscribe for any securities referred to in this document, except on the basis
of the information contained in a prospectus. Offers will not be made directly
or indirectly in any jurisdiction where prohibited by applicable law or where
any registration or prospectus or other requirements would apply in addition to
those undertaken in Finland.
These materials are not an offer for sale of securities in the United States or
in any jurisdiction of the European Economic Area. Securities may not be offered
or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from
registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended. SRV Group Plc
has not registered, and does not intend to register, any portion of any offering
of its securities in the United States, and does not intend to conduct a public
offering of its securities in the United States.
This press release may not be distributed or sent into the United States,
Australia, Canada or Japan. This document is only being distributed to and is
only directed at (i) persons who are outside the United Kingdom or (ii) to
investment professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services
and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the “Order”) or (iii)
high net worth entities, and other persons to whom it may lawfully be
communicated, falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such
persons together being referred to as (“Relevant persons”). The offer shares are
only available to, and any invitation, offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase
or otherwise acquire such offer shares will be engaged in only with, Relevant
persons. Any person who is not a Relevant person should not act or rely on this
press release or any of its contents.
This press release is an advertisement for the purposes of applicable measures
implementing Directive 2003/71/EC (such Directive, together with any applicable
implementing measures in the relevant home Member State under such Directive,
the (“Prospectus Directive”).
Any offer of securities to the public that may be deemed to be made pursuant to
this communication in any EEA Member State that has implemented Prospectus
Directive is only addressed to qualified investors in that Member State within
the meaning of the Prospectus Directive.
This press release includes forward-looking statements. These forward-looking
statements include all matters that are not historical facts, statements
regarding SRV's intentions, beliefs or current expectations concerning, among
other things the SRV's results of operations, financial condition, liquidity,
prospects, growth, strategies and the industry in which SRV operates. By their
nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties because they
relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the
future, and speak only as of the date they are made. SRV cautions you that
forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and that its
actual results of operations, financial condition and liquidity and the
development of the industry in which SRV operates may differ materially from
those made in or suggested by the forward-looking statements contained in this
presentation. In addition, even if SRV's results of operations, financial
condition and liquidity and the development of the industry in which SRV
operates are consistent with the forward-looking statements contained in this
press release, those results or developments may not be indicative of results or
developments in future periods. SRV does not undertake any obligation to review
or confirm expectations or estimates or to release publicly any revisions to any
forward-looking statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that
arise after the date of this press release.
Stabilisation / The Financial Services Authority (FSA), United Kingdom