Company Announcements

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS RESTRICTED AND IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN, SWITZERLAND, NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WHERE THE EXTENSION OR AVAILABILITY OF THE CAPITAL RAISING (AND ANY OTHER TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED THEREBY) WOULD (I) RESULT IN A REQUIREMENT TO COMPLY WITH ANY GOVERNMENTAL OR OTHER CONSENT OR ANY REGISTRATION FILING OR OTHER FORMALITY WHICH MARSHALLS PLC REGARDS AS UNDULY ONEROUS, OR (II) OTHERWISE BREACH ANY APPLICABLE LAW OR REGULATION.

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS AN ADVERTISEMENT AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A PROSPECTUS OR PROSPECTUS EQUIVALENT DOCUMENT. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO PURCHASE ANY SECURITIES IN ANY JURISDICTION, INCLUDING AN OFFERING OF NEW ORDINARY SHARES. ANY DECISION TO PURCHASE, SUBSCRIBE FOR, OTHERWISE ACQUIRE, SELL OR OTHERWISE DISPOSE OF ANY SECURITIES REFERRED TO IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MUST BE MADE SOLELY ON THE BASIS OF THE INFORMATION THAT IS CONTAINED IN AND INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THE COMBINED CIRCULAR AND PROSPECTUS REFERRED TO BELOW. A COPY OF THE PROSPECTUS IS AVAILABLE FROM THE REGISTERED OFFICE OF MARSHALLS PLC AND ON ITS WEBSITE AT WWW.MARSHALLS.CO.UK 

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT AN OFFER OF SECURITIES FOR SALE INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THE SECURITIES REFERRED TO HEREIN HAVE NOT BEEN, AND WILL NOT BE, REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT") OR UNDER ANY SECURITIES LAWS OR WITH ANY SECURITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES ABSENT REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. THERE WILL BE NO PUBLIC OFFERING OF THE SECURITIES REFERRED TO HEREIN IN THE UNITED STATES.

PLEASE SEE THE IMPORTANT NOTICES SECTION INCLUDED IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

7 April 2022

Marshalls plc
("Marshalls", the "Company" or the "Group")

Publication of Prospectus

Further to the announcement of the Proposed acquisition of Marley Group plc and Proposed Firm Placing and Placing and Open Offer released by the Company on 6 April 2022, the Company announces that the combined circular and prospectus in respect of the proposed Acquisition and Capital Raising (the "Prospectus") was approved today by the Financial Conduct Authority and has been published on the Company's website at www.marshalls.co.uk. 

The Prospectus contains further details of the Capital Raising and will be posted to Qualifying Shareholders that have elected to receive hard copies of shareholder documentation as soon as practicable. The Prospectus also contains a notice convening a general meeting to be held at 09.30 a.m. on 28 April 2022 at Landscape House Premier Way, Lowfields Business Park, Elland, West Yorkshire, HX5 9HT.

A copy of the Prospectus has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. 

The Prospectus is not, subject to certain exceptions, available (whether through the Company's website or otherwise) to shareholders in the United States or any other Restricted Jurisdiction.

Capitalised terms used but not defined in this announcement have the same meaning as set out in the announcement of the Proposed acquisition of Marley Group plc and Proposed Firm Placing and Placing and Open Offer released by the Company on 6 April 2022.

The LEI of the Company is 213800S21IFC367J5V62.

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This announcement should be read in its entirety. In particular, you should read and understand the information provided in the 'Important Notices' section below.  

IMPORTANT NOTICES

This announcement has been issued by, and is the sole responsibility of, the Company and has not been independently verified by the Sponsor and/or the Joint Bookrunners. No representation or warranty, express or implied, is or will be made as to, or in relation to, and no responsibility or liability is or will be accepted by the Sponsor or the Joint Bookrunners or by any of their respective affiliates or agents or any of its or their respective directors, officers, employees, members, agents, advisers, representatives or shareholders as to, or in relation to, the accuracy or completeness of this announcement or any other written or oral information made available to any interested party or its advisers, and any liability therefore is expressly disclaimed.

This announcement is not a prospectus but an advertisement and investors should not acquire any shares referred to in this announcement except on the basis of the information contained in the Prospectus published by the Company in connection with the Capital Raising.

The information contained in this announcement is for information purposes only and does not purport to be full or complete. No reliance may or should be placed by any person for any purpose whatsoever on the information contained in this announcement or on its accuracy or completeness. The information in this announcement is subject to change.

Neither this announcement nor any copy of it nor the information contained in it and any related materials is intended for publication or distribution in, and does not constitute an offer of securities in, any jurisdiction, including but not limited to, Australia, Canada, Japan, Switzerland, New Zealand, Singapore, the Republic of South Africa and the United States of America (the "United States"), where the extension or availability of the Capital Raising (and any other transaction contemplated thereby) would (i) result in a requirement to comply with any governmental or other consent or any registration filing or other formality which the Company regards as unduly onerous, or (ii) otherwise breach any applicable law or regulation, and is not for distribution to any securities analyst or other person in any of those jurisdictions.

This announcement is not for use in the United States and, subject to certain limited exceptions may not otherwise be released, published, re-transmitted or re-distributed, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, in, into or within the United States. No securities of the Company have been, or will be, registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "US Securities Act"), or under any securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States, and no securities of the Company may be offered, sold, pledged, taken up, resold, transferred or delivered, directly or indirectly, within the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the US Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States. There will be no public offering of the securities of the Company in the United States. The New Ordinary Shares, the Prospectus, the application form distributed in respect of the Capital Raising ("Application Form") and this announcement have not been recommended, approved or disapproved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, any state securities commission in the United States or any other US regulatory authority, nor have any of the foregoing authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the New Ordinary Shares or the accuracy or adequacy of the Application Form, the Prospectus or this announcement. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offence in the United States.

N. M. Rothschild & Sons Limited ("Rothschild & Co"), which is authorised and regulated by the FCA in the United Kingdom; Peel Hunt LLP ("Peel Hunt"), which is authorised and regulated by the FCA in the United Kingdom; and Numis Securities Limited ("Numis"), which is authorised and regulated by the FCA in the United Kingdom, are each acting exclusively for the Company and no one else in connection with the Capital Raising or any other transaction(s), arrangement(s) or matter(s) referred to in this announcement and will not regard any other person (whether or not a recipient of this announcement) as a client and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to their respective clients or for providing advice in connection with the Capital Raising referred to in this announcement or any other transaction(s), arrangement(s) or matter(s) referred to in this announcement.

This announcement has been prepared for the purpose of complying with the applicable law and regulation of the United Kingdom and information disclosed may not be the same as that which would have been disclosed if this announcement had been prepared in accordance with the laws and regulations of jurisdictions outside of the United Kingdom.

This announcement does not constitute a recommendation concerning any investor's options with respect to the Capital Raising. The price of shares and any income expected from them may go down as well as up and investors may not get back the full amount invested upon disposal of the shares. Past performance is no guide to future performance. The contents of this announcement are not to be construed as legal, business, financial or tax advice. Each investor or prospective investor should consult his, her or its own legal adviser, business adviser, financial adviser or tax adviser for legal, financial, business or tax advice.

The New Ordinary Shares to be issued or sold pursuant to the Firm Placing and Placing and Open Offer will not be admitted to trading on any stock exchange other than the London Stock Exchange.

Neither the content of the Company's website nor any website accessible by hyperlinks on the Company's website is incorporated in, or forms part of, this announcement.

Cautionary note regarding forward-looking statements

This announcement includes statements that are, or may be deemed to be, "forward-looking statements". These forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the terms "believes", "estimates", "anticipates", "expects", "intends", "plans", "goal", "target", "aim", "may", "will", "would", "could" or "should" or, in each case, their negative or other variations or comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements include all matters that are not historical facts. They appear in a number of places throughout this announcement and include statements regarding the intentions, beliefs or current expectations of the directors, the Company or the Group concerning, amongst other things, the results of operations, profitability, financial condition, liquidity, prospects, growth and strategies of the Company and the industry in which it operates.

Investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future and may be beyond the Company's ability to control or predict. The Company cautions investors that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. The Group's actual results of operations, profitability, financial condition, liquidity, prospects, growth and/or strategy and the development of the industry in which it operates may differ materially from the impression created by the forward-looking statements contained in this announcement. In addition, even if the results of operations, profitability, financial condition, liquidity, prospects, growth and/or strategy of the Group and the development of the industry in which it operates are consistent with the forward-looking statements contained in this announcement, those results or developments may not be indicative of results or developments in subsequent periods.

No representation or warranty is made as to the achievement or reasonableness of, and no reliance should be placed on, such forward-looking statements. No statement in this announcement is intended to be, nor may it be construed as, a profit forecast or be relied upon as a guide to future performance. The forward-looking statements contained in this announcement speak only as of the date of this announcement. None of the Company, Rothschild & Co, Numis or Peel Hunt are under any obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statement contained within this announcement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, other than in accordance with their legal or regulatory obligations (including under the Listing Rules, the Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the Prospectus Regulation Rules and the Market Abuse Regulation).

No statement in this announcement is intended as a profit forecast, project, prediction or estimate and no statement in this announcement should be interpreted to mean that earnings per share of the Company for the current or future financial years would necessarily match or exceed the historical published earnings per share of the Company.

Information to Distributors

Solely for the purposes of the product governance requirements of Chapter 3 of the FCA Handbook Product Intervention and Product Governance Sourcebook (the "UK Product Governance Requirements"), and disclaiming all and any liability, whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise, which any "manufacturer" (for the purposes of the UK Product Governance Requirements) may otherwise have with respect thereto, the New Ordinary Shares have been subject to a product approval process, which has determined that the New Ordinary Shares are: (i) compatible with an end target market of retail investors and investors who meet the criteria of professional clients and eligible counterparties, each as defined in Chapter 3 of the FCA Handbook Conduct of Business Sourcebook; and (ii) eligible for distribution through all distribution channels (the "Target Market Assessment"). Notwithstanding the Target Market Assessment, "distributors" (for the purposes of the UK Product Governance Requirements) should note that: the price of the New Ordinary Shares may decline and investors could lose all or part of their investment; the New Ordinary Shares offer no guaranteed income and no capital protection; and an investment in the New Ordinary Shares is compatible only with investors who do not need a guaranteed income or capital protection, who (either alone or in conjunction with an appropriate financial or other adviser) are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of such an investment and who have sufficient resources to be able to bear any losses that may result therefrom. The Target Market Assessment is without prejudice to the requirements of any contractual, legal or regulatory selling restrictions in relation to the Capital Raising. Furthermore, it is noted that, notwithstanding the Target Market Assessment, the Joint Bookrunners will only procure investors who meet the criteria of professional clients and eligible counterparties.

For the avoidance of doubt, the Target Market Assessment does not constitute: (a) an assessment of suitability or appropriateness for the purposes of Chapters 9A or 10A, respectively, of the FCA Handbook Conduct of Business Sourcebook; or (b) a recommendation to any investor or group of investors to invest in, or purchase, or take any other action whatsoever with respect to, the New Ordinary Shares. Each distributor is responsible for undertaking its own target market assessment in respect of the New Ordinary Shares and determining appropriate distribution channels.

Each distributor is responsible for undertaking its own target market assessment in respect of the New Ordinary Shares and determining appropriate distribution channels.

Unless the context otherwise requires, all references to time are to London time.