+---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | "Overseas Persons" | Scheme Shareholders who are resident in, ordinarily | | | resident in, or citizens of, jurisdictions outside the | | | United Kingdom where, as relevant, the Mix and Match | | | Facility or the sale, issue or transfer of the Loan Notes | | | would be a contravention of applicable law | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | "Panel" | the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | "Pounds", "pence" and | the lawful currency of the United Kingdom | | "GBP" | | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | "RBS Hoare Govett" | RBS Hoare Govett Limited | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | "Record Date" | the record date in respect of the Interim Dividend | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | "Reduction Court Order" | the order of the Court confirming the Capital Reduction | | | under section 648 of the Companies Act 2006 and | | | authorising the re-registration of BSS as a private | | | limited company under section 97 of the Companies Act 2006 | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | "Registrar of Companies" | the Registrar of Companies in England and Wales, within | | | the meaning of the Companies Act 2006 | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | "Regulatory Condition" | the Condition set out in paragraph 3A of Appendix I to | | | this announcement | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | "Regulatory Information | a "Regulatory Information Service" as defined in the | | Service" | Listing Rules | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | "Reorganisation Record | the time and date specified as such in the Scheme | | Time" | Document, expected to be 6.00 p.m. on the Business Day | | | immediately preceeding the date on which the Reduction | | | Court Order is made | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | "Scheme" | the proposed scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the | | | Companies Act 2006 between BSS and the Scheme | | | Shareholders, the terms of which are to be set out in the | | | Scheme Document, with or subject to any modification, | | | addiction or condition thereto approved or imposed by the | | | Court and agreed to by BSS and Travis Perkins | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | "Scheme Court Order" | the order of the Court sanctioning the Scheme under Part | | | 26 of the Companies Act 2006 | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | "Scheme Court Hearing" | the hearing by the Court to sanction the Scheme | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | "Scheme Document" | the document to be dispatched to Scheme Shareholders in | | | relation to the Scheme comprising the particulars required | | | by Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006 | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | "Scheme Meeting" | the meeting of Scheme Shareholders to be convened by order | | | of the Court under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006 to | | | consider and, if thought fit, approve the Scheme (with or | | | without amendment), and any adjournment thereof | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | "Scheme Shareholders" | holders of Scheme Shares | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | "Scheme Shares" | the BSS Shares: | | | | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | | (i) | in issue at the date of the | | | | Scheme Document; | +---------------------------+----------------------------+---------------------------------+ | | (ii) | issued after the date of the | | | | Scheme Document and before the | | | | Scheme Voting Record Time; and | +---------------------------+----------------------------+---------------------------------+ | | (iii) | issued at or after the Scheme | | | | Voting Record Time and before | | | | the Reorganisation Record Time | (MORE TO FOLLOW) Dow Jones Newswires July 05, 2010 02:00 ET (06:00 GMT)