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Statement re possible offer
Statement re possible offer.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n RNS Number : 5556L Liberty PLC 07 May 2010 \n \n\nNOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO THE SAME WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION\n \nPRESS ANNOUNCEMENT\n \nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\n \n \n7 May 2010\n \nLiberty Plc (\"Liberty\")\n \nANNOUNCEMENT OF AN APPROACH TO LIBERTY PLC IN RELATION TO A POSSIBLE OFFER \n \nFurther to the Rule 2.4 announcement made today in relation to a possible offer by BlueGem Capital Partners LLP (\"BlueGem\") at an aggregate price of 186 pence per Liberty ordinary share, Liberty announces that it had, on 6 May 2010, also received an approach in relation to a possible offer from a third-party (the \"Other Party\"), unconnected with BlueGem. \n \nThis possible offer was for 185 pence per Liberty ordinary share in aggregate (the \"Other Possible Offer\") and comprised a mixture of a cash offer for the ordinary shares of Liberty and a special dividend payable to the Liberty ordinary shareholders. After due and careful consideration, the Other Possible Offer was rejected by the board of Liberty.\n \nThis announcement is being made without the consent of the Other Party. There can therefore be no certainty that an offer will be made by the Other Party nor to the terms on which such an offer would be made. \n \nFor further information, please contact: \n \nSeymour Pierce Limited +44 (0) 207 107 8000\nNicola Marrin\nJonathan Wright\n \nCopies of this announcement are available on Liberty's website,\nhttp://www.liberty.co.uk/fcp/content/InvestorInformation/content\n \nDisclosure requirements of the Takeover Code (the \"Code\")\n \nUnder Rule 8.3(a) of the Code, any person who is interested in 1% or more of any class of relevant securities of an offeree company or of any paper offeror (being any offeror other than an offeror in respect of which it has been announced that its offer is, or is likely to be,...