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[{"type":"text","content":"\n Hilton Food Group PLC\n17 May 2007\n\n Hilton Food Group plc\n\n Admission to Official List\n\n\nThis announcement and the information contained herein is not for publication,\ndistribution or release, in whole or in part, in, or into, directly or\nindirectly, the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and\nJapan or any other jurisdiction where such publication, distribution or release\nwould be unlawful.\n\n\nThis announcement is an advertisement and not a prospectus. Investors should not\npurchase any shares referred to in this announcement except on the basis of\ninformation in the prospectus published on 11 May 2007 (the 'Prospectus') by\nHilton Food Group plc ('Hilton' or the 'Company' and, together with its\nsubsidiaries, the 'Group') in connection with Admission (as defined below) and\nthe offer of ordinary shares in the capital of the Company (the 'Shares') to\ncertain institutional and other sophisticated investors and selected persons\n(the 'Offer'). The Prospectus has been delivered to the document viewing\nfacility of the Financial Services Authority and is available from Hilton's\nregistered office at 2-8 Interchange, Latham Road, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire\nPE29 6YE and from the office of Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited ('Panmure Gordon')\nat 155 Moorgate, London EC2M 6XB.\n\n\n\n HILTON FOOD GROUP PLC\n\n Admission to the Official List of the Financial Services Authority\n\n\nHilton Food Group plc ('Hilton') announces that its Shares have been admitted to\nthe Official List of the Financial Services Authority and to trading on the main\nmarket of the London Stock Exchange plc ('Admission') and that dealings in the\nShares commenced at 8:00 a.m. today under the ticker symbol 'HFG'.\n\n\nPanmure Gordon is acting as sponsor, financial adviser and sole bookrunner in\nconnection with the Admission and Offer.\n\n\nCommenting on today's announcement, Robert Watson, Chief Executive of\n\nHilton Food Group plc, said:\n\n'We are delighted to be joining the main market of the London Stock Exchange\ntoday following the successful Offer. The Board would like to extend a warm\nwelcome to all the Company's new shareholders, and looks forward to updating\nthem and the market on our progress in due course. This is an exciting time for\nHilton and we look forward to a successful future as a listed company.'\n\n\...