Intention to acquire Liberty minority shareholders

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RNS Number : 3481F
Standard Bank Group Limited
15 July 2021
 

Standard Bank Group Limited

The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited

15 July 2021

 

 

Standard Bank Group Limited's offer to acquire all of the Liberty Holdings Limited ("Liberty") ordinary shares not already owned by the group including an offer to acquire all of the shares from Liberty preference shareholders 

 

Standard Bank Group Limited's ("SBG", "Standard Bank" or "the group") shareholders are hereby notified that SBG and Liberty have issued a joint announcement relating to SBG's firm intention to make (i) an offer to acquire all of Liberty's issued ordinary shares not owned by SBG or a treasury shareholding subsidiary of Liberty and (ii) an offer to acquire all of Liberty's issued preference shares, which will result in the delisting of all Liberty ordinary shares and Liberty preference shares ("the Proposed Transaction"). The full announcement can be found on the SBG Investor Relations websitehttps://reporting.standardbank.com/ 

 

Further to the joint announcement, SBG's Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer will host an investor call at 17h30 (South Africa time) on 15 July 2021.  

 

A presentation relating to the Proposed Transaction will be made available on the SBG Investor Relations website during the course of today. The presentation and call registration details are available on the SBG Investor Relations websitehttps://reporting.standardbank.com/ 

 

A replay will be available on the Investor Relations website after the end of the call.   

 

 

For further information, please contact:

Ann Hunter

Standard Bank Group Limited
9th Floor
5 Simmonds Street, Johannesburg PO Box 2001
South Africa
Telephone number: +27 11 415 4194

 

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