Persimmon PLC Proposed Return of Cash to Shareholders (7077F)
February 24 2015 - 5:20AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 7077F
Persimmon PLC
24 February 2015
NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO THE
UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN, THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH
AFRICA
OR NEW ZEALAND
Persimmon Plc (the 'Company')
Proposed Return of Cash to Shareholders
24 February 2015
The Company is today posting a circular (the "Circular") to its
Shareholders containing the notice of a General Meeting of the
Company and giving details of a proposed return of cash ("Return of
Cash") (being approximately GBP291 million in aggregate). As
described in our Final Results announcement made earlier today, the
proposal is to make a Return of Cash to shareholders of 95 pence
per ordinary share, which will be paid on 2 April 2015. The
proposed 95 pence per ordinary share would be the third payment
under the Capital Return Plan, and is an acceleration of the
payment previously intended to be made on 6 July 2015.
The Board proposes to effect the Return of Cash through a bonus
issue of B Shares and/or C Shares in the same manner as the
previous Capital Return Plan payments made in June 2013 and in July
2014. This is intended to enable shareholders, subject to
applicable overseas restrictions, to elect to receive their Return
of Cash proceeds as either a return of capital (the "Capital Option
(B Shares)") of as dividend income (the "Income Option (C Shares)")
or any combination of the two.
Subject to shareholder approval being obtained, for every one
existing ordinary share held at 6.00pm on 19 March 2015, 95 pence
is to be returned through the issue of either one B Share, which
will be redeemed by the Company for 95 pence, or one C Share, on
which a dividend of 95 pence will be paid, after which the C Share
will be automatically reclassified as a Deferred Share. The
Deferred Shares will subsequently be repurchased by the Company for
an aggregate consideration of one penny and cancelled.
A General Meeting of the Company will be held on 19 March 2015,
at which the approval of the Return of Cash will be proposed. The
special resolution to approve the Return of Cash will adopt new
amended articles of association of the Company that incorporate the
terms of the B Shares, C Shares and Deferred Shares and are fully
explained in the Circular.
The expected timetable of the proposed Return of Cash is as
follows:
-- the latest time and date for receipt of shareholders' forms
of proxy and CREST proxy instructions to vote on the resolution to
approve the Return of Cash is 3.00 pm on 17 March 2015;
-- the record date for the entitlement to B Shares and/or C
Shares under the Return of Cash is 6.00 pm on 19 March 2015;
-- the latest time and date for receipt of shareholders' Forms
of Election in respect of the Capital Option (B Shares) and Income
Option (C Shares) is 11.00 am on 27 March 2015;
-- payments are expected to be made to Shareholders and CREST accounts by 2 April 2015.
The Circular will be available later today on the Company's
website, corporate.persimmonhomes.com, and will be submitted to the
National Storage Mechanism, where it will be available for
inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.
The release, publication or distribution of this announcement in
certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law and therefore
persons in such jurisdictions into which this announcement is
released, published or distributed should inform themselves about
and observe such restrictions.
This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer
to sell or the solicitation of an offer to subscribe for any
securities, nor the solicitation of any vote or approval in any
jurisdiction, nor shall there be any sale, issue or transfer of the
securities referred to in this announcement in any jurisdiction in
contravention of applicable law.
None of the B Shares, C Shares or Deferred Shares have been or
will be registered under the US Securities Act or the state
securities laws of the United States and none of them may be
offered or sold in the United States unless pursuant to a
transaction which has been registered under the US Securities Act
and/or relevant state securities laws or which is not subject to
the registration requirements of the US Securities Act or such
laws, either because of an exemption therefrom or otherwise.
None of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, any state
securities commission in the United States, nor any other
securities commission or regulatory authority has approved or
disapproved of the securities described in this document or
determined if this document is truthful, complete or accurate. Any
representation to the contrary is a criminal offence in the United
States.
Enquiries:
Persimmon plc
Jeff Fairburn, Group Chief Executive
Mike Killoran, Group Finance Director
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 642199
Citigate Dewe Rogerson
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7638 9571
This information is provided by RNS
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