Recommended Mandatory Cash Offer for Preston North End Plc by Deepdale PNE Holdings Limited
NOTE: INFORMATION RELATING TO THE OFFER IS BEING MADE AVAILABLE ON THIS PART OF THE PRESTON NORTH END WEBSITE IN GOOD FAITH AND FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY.
Access to the Offer
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For regulatory reasons, Preston North End must ensure that persons seeking to access this part of the Preston North End website are made aware of the appropriate regulations for the country which you are in. To allow you to view details relating to the Offer on this part of the Preston North End website, you have to read the following. If you are unable to agree you should exit this webpage.
Overseas persons
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The Offer is not being made, directly or indirectly, in, into or by use of the mails of, or by means of any instrumentality (including, without limitation, telephonically or electronically) of interstate or foreign commerce of, or any facilities of a national securities exchange of, the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan or any other jurisdiction if to do so would constitute a violation of the relevant laws of such jurisdiction. The Offer does not constitute an offer in the United State, Canada, Australian, Japan or any such jurisdiction and the Offer will not be capable of acceptance otherwise from or within the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan or any other such jurisdiction.
Basis of access to information relating to the Offer
The information relating to the Offer that can be accessed via this part of the Preston North End website is being made available in good faith and for information purposes only. Any person seeking access to this part of the Preston North End website represents and warrants to Preston North End that they are doing so for information purposes only. Making further information relating to the Offer available in electronic format is not intended to and does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to subscribe for or buy or an invitation to purchase or subscribe for any securities or the solicitation of any vote or approval in any jurisdiction pursuant to the Offer or otherwise, nor shall there be any sale, issuance or transfer of the securities in any jurisdiction in contravention of applicable law.
Preston North End shareholders should seek advice from an independent financial adviser as to the suitability of any action for the individual concerned. Any shareholder action required in connection with the Offer will only be set out in documents sent to or made available to Preston North End shareholders and any decision made by such shareholders should be made solely and only on the basis of information provided in those documents.
Acorn Corporate Finance Limited, which is regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting for Deepdale and no one else in connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to anyone other than Deepdale for providing the protections afforded to customers of Acorn Corporate Finance or for providing advice in relation to the Offer or any other matter referred to herein.
WH Ireland Limited, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for Preston North End and no one else in connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to anyone other than Preston North End for providing the protections afforded to the customers of WH Ireland Limited nor for providing advice in relation to the Offer or any other matter referred to herein.
Forward-looking statements
Some of the information contained in this part of the Preston North End website may include statements that are or may be deemed to be "forward-looking statements". These statements are prospective in nature and are not based on historical facts, but rather on the current expectations of the management of Deepdale and Preston North End about future events and are naturally subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances which could cause actual events to differ materially from the future events expected or implied by the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements contained in this part of the Preston North End website include statements about the expected effects of the Offer on Preston North End, Deepdale, the expected timing and scope of the Offer, synergies, other strategic options and all other statements in this part of the Preston North End website other than historical facts. Forward-looking statements may (but will not always) include, without limitation, statements typically containing words such as "targets", "plans", "aims", "intends", "expects", "anticipates", "believes", "estimates", "will", "may", "budget", "forecasts" and "should" and words of similar import. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and have not been reviewed by the auditors of Deepdale or Preston North End. There are a number of factors that could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, changes in economic conditions, changes in the level of capital investment, success of business and operating initiatives and restructuring objectives, customers' strategies and stability, changes in the regulatory environment, fluctuations in interest and exchange rates, the outcome of litigation, government actions and natural phenomena such as floods, earthquakes and hurricanes. Other unknown or unpredictable factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Investors should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements and neither Deepdale nor Preston North End, nor any of their respective advisors, associates, directors or officers undertakes any obligation to update publicly, express by disclaim or revise forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except to the extent legally required or provides any representation, assurance or guarantee that the occurrence of events expressed or implied in any forward looking statement in this announcement will actually occur.
Responsibility
The directors of Preston North End accept responsibility for the information contained on this part of the website, other than that relating to Deepdale or other members of the Deepdale group. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the directors of Preston North End (who have taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case), such information is in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the import of such information.
Subject to any continuing obligations under applicable law, the Takeover Code or any relevant listing rules, Preston North End expressly disclaims any obligation to disseminate, after the date of the posting of information relating to the Offer on this part of the Preston North End website, any updates or revisions to any statements in the Offer to reflect any change in expectations or events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statements are based.
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