Hodder Headline PLC - Offer Wholly Unconditional
02 Juni 1999 - 4:47PM
UK Regulatory
RNS No 2050f
HODDER HEADLINE PLC
2 June 1999
Not for release, distribution or publication
in or into the USA, Canada, Australia or Japan
WH Smith Group PLC ("WH Smith")
Recommended cash offer for Hodder Headline PLC ("Hodder Headline")
Offer declared unconditional in all respects
Further to the announcement on 25 May 1999 that WH Smith had agreed to
acquire further shares in Hodder Headline which resulted in a total
shareholding representing 51.9 per cent. of Hodder Headline's issued ordinary
share capital, WH Smith today announces that settlement of these share
purchases has occurred.
Accordingly, the Offer for the share capital of Hodder Headline has been
declared unconditional in all respects. The Offer and the Loan Note
Alternative will remain open for acceptance until 3.00 p.m. on 18 June 1999.
2 June 1999
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WH Smith 0171 514 9622/3/4
Richard Handover, Group Chief Executive
Keith Hamill, Finance Director
Tim Blythe, Corporate Affairs Director
Schroders 0171 658 6000
Robert Swannell
Cazenove 0171 588 2828
Edmund Byers
Schroders, which is regulated by The Securities and Futures Authority
Limited, is acting for WH Smith and no one else in connection with the Offer
and will not be responsible to anyone other than WH Smith for providing the
protections afforded to the customers of Schroders or for providing advice in
relation to the Offer or any matter referred to herein or in the Offer
Document.
END
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