CREST NICHOLSON HOLDINGS PLC Bellway p.l.c. (LSE:BWY) submitted non-binding offer to acquire Crest Nicholson Holdings plc (LSE:CRST) for approximately £670 million on July 3, 2024. The consideration consists of common equity of Bellway p.l.c. at a ratio of 0.099 per common equity of Crest Nicholson Holdings plc. A total dividend at £0.04 per share will be paid by Bellway p.l.c. The Revised Proposal is subject to a number of pre-conditions, including completion of satisfactory due diligence.
The Board of Crest Nicholson has confirmed to Bellway that the Revised Proposal is at a value that it would be minded to recommend unanimously to Crest Nicholson's shareholders. In order to enable satisfactory due diligence to take place, Bellway has requested, and the Board of Crest Nicholson and the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers consented to, an extension to the PUSU Deadline. Bellway is required, by no later than August 8, 2024 either to announce a firm intention to make an offer for Crest Nicholson under Rule 2.7 of the Code or to announce that it does not intend to make an offer for Crest Nicholson, in which case the announcement will be treated as a statement to which Rule 2.8 of the Code applies.
This deadline may only be extended with the agreement of Crest Nicholson and the Panel in accordance with Rule 2.6(c) of the Code. There can be no certainty that a firm offer will ultimately be made for Crest Nicholson by Bellway, even if the pre-conditions are satisfied or waived. Bellway reserves the right to waive any pre-condition to the making of an offer.
A further announcement will be made as and when appropriate. Robert Redshaw, Ram Anand, Robert Johnson and Irina Dzuteska of Citigroup Global Markets Limited and Heraclis Economides, Derek Shakespeare, Simon Hollingsworth and Oliver Hardy of Numis Securities Limited acted as financial advisor to Bellway. Robert Mayhew, Osman Akkaya, Stuart Jempson and Mark Gunalan of Barclays Bank PLC and Philip Yates, Sam Barnett, Will Soutar and Thomas Bective of Jefferies International Limited acted as financial advisor to Crest Nicholson Holdings.
