31 January
2024
Pendragon
PLC ("Pendragon" or the "Company")
EBT
Admission and Total Voting Rights
Further to the announcement on 28
December 2023, the Company today issued 40,979,118 new Ordinary
Shares (the "EBT Shares")
to Accuro Trustees (Jersey) Ltd, trustee of the Pendragon Employee
Benefit Trust (the "EBT"),
which shall be used to satisfy awards and options granted under
certain of the Company's employee share incentive arrangements.
Admission of the EBT Shares to the premium listing segment of the
Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main
market for listed securities (the "Main Market") ("EBT Admission") occurred at 8.00 a.m.
today.
The EBT Shares have been issued
fully paid and rank pari
passu in all respects with the existing Ordinary
Shares.
Following EBT Admission, the
Company's issued share capital consists of 1,462,923,285 Ordinary
Shares, representing a total ordinary share capital of
£73,146,176.15. The voting rights attached to the Ordinary Shares
are on the basis of one vote per Ordinary Share, representing total
voting rights of 1,462,923,285. There are no shares held in
treasury.
The above figure (1,462,923,285) may
be used by Shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by
which they will determine if they are required to notify their
interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under
the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
Enquiries:
Jefferies International Limited (Sponsor, Financial Adviser
and Joint Corporate Broker)
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+44 (0) 20 7029 8000
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Philip Noblet
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Thomas Bective
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Jordan Cameron
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Berenberg (Joint Corporate
Broker)
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+ 44 (0) 20 3207 7800
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Ben Wright
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Headland Consultancy (PR &
Communications)
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+44 (0) 20 3805 4822
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Henry Wallers
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Jack Gault
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IMPORTANT
NOTICE
The contents of this announcement
have been prepared by and are the sole responsibility of
Pendragon.
This announcement contains inside
information. The person responsible for arranging this announcement
on behalf of Pendragon is Richard Maloney, Group General Counsel
and Group Company Secretary.
Jefferies International Limited
("Jefferies"), which is authorised and regulated in the United
Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority, is acting solely for
the Company, and for no-one else, as financial adviser in
connection with Admission and the Transaction (as amended by the Transaction Amendments) and as sponsor in connection with Admission and the Disposal
and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for
providing the protections afforded to its clients or for providing
advice to any other person in relation to Admission, the Disposal
and the Transaction (as amended by the
Transaction Amendments), the content of
this announcement or any other matters described in this
announcement. To the fullest extent permitted by law, neither
Jefferies nor any of its affiliates assumes any responsibility
whatsoever for or makes any representation or warranty express or
implied, in relation to the contents of this announcement,
including its accuracy, completeness or verification or for any
other statement made or purported to be made by it, or on its
behalf and nothing contained in this announcement is, or shall be,
relied upon as a promise or representation in this respect whether
as to the past, present or future, in connection with the Company,
the Group, the Disposal Group, the Continuing Group, Admission, the
Disposal or the Transaction (as amended by
the Transaction Amendments). Jefferies and
its affiliates accordingly disclaims to the fullest extent
permitted by law all and any duty, responsibility and liability
whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise which it might
otherwise be found to have in respect of this announcement or any
such statement or otherwise.
This announcement is not intended
to, and does not constitute, or form part of, any offer to sell or
an invitation to purchase or subscribe for any securities or a
solicitation of any vote or approval in any
jurisdiction.
This announcement has been prepared
for the purpose of complying with the applicable law and regulation
of the United Kingdom and information disclosed may not be the same
as that which would have been disclosed if this announcement has
been prepared in accordance with the laws and regulations of
jurisdictions outside the United Kingdom.