NOT FOR
RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY
OR INDIRECTLY, IN, INTO OR FROM THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER
JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE
RELEVANT LAWS OR REGULATIONS OF SUCH
JURISDICTION.
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
13 March 2024
FORWARD PARTNERS GROUP
PLC
("THE COMPANY" OR "FORWARD PARTNERS" OR
"FORWARD")
Rule 2.9
Announcement
In accordance with Rule 2.9 of the City Code on
Takeovers and Mergers, the Company confirms that, following
admission of the 231,330 new ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the
capital of the Company issued under the Forward LTIP ("Admission"), it has 134,844,447
ordinary shares of £0.01 each in issue and admitted to trading on
the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange and no shares held in
treasury. Therefore, the total number of shares with voting rights
in the Company following Admission is 134,844,447.
The International Securities Identification
Number (ISIN) for the Company's ordinary shares is GB00BKPGBB09 and
the Company's LEI number is 213800G3LF6776Y7IY64.
Enquiries:
Forward
Partners Group
plc
Via Alma PR
Nic Brisbourne (Chief Executive
Officer)
Liberum
Capital Limited
+44 (0)20 3100
2222
(Rule 3
Adviser, Financial Adviser, Nominated Adviser and Corporate Broker
to Forward Partners)
Chris Clarke
Mark Harrison
Lauren Kettle
Anake Singh
Alma
PR
+44 (0)20 3405 0205
(Financial PR
Adviser to Forward Partners)
David Ison
Andy Bryant
Will Ellis Hancock
Disclosure
requirements of the Takeover Code
Under Rule
8.3(a) of the Takeover Code, any person who is interested in 1 per
cent. or more of any class of relevant securities of an offeree
company or of any securities exchange offeror (being any offeror
other than an offeror in respect of which it has been announced
that its offer is, or is likely to be, solely in cash) must make an
Opening Position Disclosure following the commencement of the Offer
Period and, if later, following the announcement in which any
securities exchange offeror is first identified. An Opening
Position Disclosure must contain details of the person's interests
and short positions in, and rights to subscribe for, any relevant
securities of each of (i) the offeree company and (ii) any
securities exchange offeror(s). An Opening Position Disclosure by a
person to whom Rule 8.3(a) applies must be made by no later than
3.30 p.m. (London time) on the 10th Business Day (as defined in the
Takeover Code) following the commencement of the Offer Period and,
if appropriate, by no later than 3.30 p.m. (London time) on the
10th Business Day (as defined in the Takeover Code) following the
announcement in which any securities exchange offeror is first
identified. Relevant persons who deal in the relevant securities of
the offeree company or of a securities exchange offeror prior to
the deadline for making an Opening Position Disclosure must instead
make a Dealing Disclosure.
Under Rule
8.3(b) of the Takeover Code, any person who is, or becomes,
interested in 1 per cent. or more of any class of relevant
securities of the offeree company or of any securities exchange
offeror must make a Dealing Disclosure if the person deals in any
relevant securities of the offeree company or of any securities
exchange offeror. A Dealing Disclosure must contain details of the
dealing concerned and of the person's interests and short positions
in, and rights to subscribe for, any relevant securities of each of
(i) the offeree company and (ii) any securities exchange
offeror(s), save to the extent that these details have previously
been disclosed under Rule 8. A Dealing Disclosure by a person to
whom Rule 8.3(b) applies must be made by no later than 3.30 p.m.
(London time) on the business day following the date of the
relevant dealing. If two or more persons act together pursuant to
an agreement or understanding, whether formal or informal, to
acquire or control an interest in relevant securities of an offeree
company or a securities exchange offeror, they will be deemed to be
a single person for the purpose of Rule 8.3.
Opening
Position Disclosures must also be made by the offeree company and
by any offeror and Dealing Disclosures must also be made by the
offeree company, by any offeror and by any persons acting in
concert with any of them (see Rules 8.1, 8.2 and 8.4 of the
Takeover Code).
Details of
the offeree and offeror companies in respect of whose relevant
securities Opening Position Disclosures and Dealing Disclosures
must be made can be found in the Disclosure Table on the Panel's
website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk, including details of the
number of relevant securities in issue, when the Offer Period
commenced and when any offeror was first identified. You should
contact the Panel's Market Surveillance Unit on+44 (0) 20 7638 0129
if you are in any doubt as to whether you are required to make an
Opening Position Disclosure or a Dealing
Disclosure.