Travis Perkins Plc Recommended Cash And Shares -11-

5th Jul 2010 07:00

+-------------------------------------------+--------------------+ | Travis Perkins plc | +44 (0)1604 683 | | | 222 | +-------------------------------------------+--------------------+ | Geoff Cooper, Chief Executive Officer | | | Paul Hampden Smith, Finance Director | | +-------------------------------------------+--------------------+ | | | +-------------------------------------------+--------------------+ | HSBC Bank plc (Joint Financial Adviser) | +44 (0)20 7991 | | | 8888 | +-------------------------------------------+--------------------+ | Charles Packshaw | | | Simon Cloke | | | James Pincus | | +-------------------------------------------+--------------------+ | | | +-------------------------------------------+--------------------+ | Nomura (Joint Financial Adviser) | +44 (0)20 7102 | | | 1000 | +-------------------------------------------+--------------------+ | Michael Pescod | | | Andrew McNaught | | | Oliver Tucker | | +-------------------------------------------+--------------------+ | | | +-------------------------------------------+--------------------+ | Credit Suisse (Joint Corporate Broker) | +44 (0)20 7888 | | | 8888 | +-------------------------------------------+--------------------+ | John Hannaford | | | Will MacLaren | | +-------------------------------------------+--------------------+ | | | +-------------------------------------------+--------------------+ | Citi (Joint Corporate Broker) | +44 (0)20 7986 | | | 4000 | +-------------------------------------------+--------------------+ | Andrew Seaton | | | Robert Redshaw | | +-------------------------------------------+--------------------+ | | | +-------------------------------------------+--------------------+ | Square1 Consulting (PR Adviser) | +44 (0)20 7929 | | David Bick | 5599 | | Mark Longson | | +-------------------------------------------+--------------------+ | | | +-------------------------------------------+--------------------+ | | | +-------------------------------------------+--------------------+ | BSS | | +-------------------------------------------+--------------------+ | | | +-------------------------------------------+--------------------+ | The BSS Group plc | +44 (0)116 256 | | | 7038 | +-------------------------------------------+--------------------+ | Gavin Slark, Group Chief Executive | | | Roddy Murray, Group Finance Director | | +-------------------------------------------+--------------------+ | | | +-------------------------------------------+--------------------+ | Lazard (Lead Financial Adviser) | + 44 (0)20 7187 | | | 2000 | +-------------------------------------------+--------------------+ | Richard Stables | | | Vasco Litchfield | | +-------------------------------------------+--------------------+ | | | +-------------------------------------------+--------------------+ | RBS Hoare Govett (Corporate Broker and | + 44 (0)20 7678 | | Financial Adviser) | 8000 | +-------------------------------------------+--------------------+ | John MacGowan | | | Simon Hardy | | | Nick Adams | | +-------------------------------------------+--------------------+ | | | +-------------------------------------------+--------------------+ | Hogarth (PR Adviser) | +44 (0)20 7357 | | | 9477 | +-------------------------------------------+--------------------+ | Andrew Jaques | | | Rachel Hirst | | +-------------------------------------------+--------------------+ HSBC Bank plc, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for Travis Perkins and no one else in connection with the Acquisition and this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than Travis Perkins for providing the protections afforded to clients of HSBC Bank plc nor for providing advice in connection with the Acquisition or this announcement or any matter referred to herein. Nomura, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for Travis Perkins and no one else in connection with the Acquisition and this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than Travis Perkins for providing the protections afforded to clients of Nomura nor for providing advice in connection with the Acquisition or this announcement or any matter referred to herein. Credit Suisse, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for Travis Perkins and no one else in connection with the Acquisition and this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than Travis Perkins for providing the protections afforded to clients of Credit Suisse nor for providing advice in connection with the Acquisition or this announcement or any matter referred to herein. Citi, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for Travis Perkins and no one else in connection with the Acquisition and this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than Travis Perkins for providing the protections afforded to clients of Citi nor for providing advice in connection with the Acquisition or this announcement or any matter referred to herein. Lazard, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for BSS and no one else in connection with the Acquisition and this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than BSS for providing the protections afforded to clients of Lazard nor for providing advice in connection with the Acquisition or this announcement or any matter referred to herein. RBS Hoare Govett, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for BSS and no one else in connection with the Acquisition and this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than BSS for providing the protections afforded to clients of RBS Hoare Govett nor for providing advice in connection with the Acquisition or this announcement or any matter referred to herein. The sources and bases of information set out in this announcement are contained in Appendix II. The definitions of certain expressions used in this announcement are contained in Appendix III. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT A PROSPECTUS. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE OR FORM PART OF AN OFFER TO SELL OR ANY INVITATION TO PURCHASE OR SUBSCRIBE FOR ANY SECURITIES OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO PURCHASE, OTHERWISE ACQUIRE, SUBSCRIBE FOR, SELL OR OTHERWISE DISPOSE OF ANY SECURITIES OR THE SOLICITATION OF ANY VOTE OR APPROVAL IN ANY JURISDICTION PURSUANT TO THE ACQUISITION OR OTHERWISE. ANY ACCEPTANCE OR RESPONSE TO THE ACQUISITION SHOULD BE MADE ONLY ON THE BASIS OF THE INFORMATION REFERRED TO IN THE SCHEME DOCUMENT AND THE COMBINED CIRCULAR AND PROSPECTUS. Shareholders of Travis Perkins and BSS are advised to read carefully the formal documentation in relation to the Acquisition once it has been despatched. The proposals of the Acquisition will be made solely through the Scheme Document, which will contain the full terms and conditions of the Scheme, including details of how to vote with respect to the Scheme. Any acceptance or other response to the proposals should be made only on the basis of the information in (MORE TO FOLLOW) Dow Jones Newswires July 05, 2010 02:00 ET (06:00 GMT)