Avanta Serviced Office : Notice Of Closure Of Offer

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NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OR REGULATIONS OF SUCH JURISDICTION 28 JANUARY 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RECOMMENDED CASH OFFER FOR AVANTA SERVICED OFFICE GROUP PLC BY TOSCA VEHICLE LIMITED NOTICE OF CLOSURE OF OFFER

Further to the announcement made by Avanta Serviced Office Group plc ("Avanta") on 14
January 2015 that it had applied to the London Stock Exchange for the cancellation of trading in Avanta Shares on AIM (the "Cancellation"), to be effective at 7 a.m. on 12 February 2015,
Tosca Vehicle Limited ("TVL") announces that the Offer will close to acceptances at 5 p.m.
on 11 February 2015.
The Cancellation will significantly reduce the liquidity and marketability of any Avanta Shares held by persons who have not accepted the Offer and Avanta Shareholders should be aware that there may be no future market for Avanta Shareholders to realise their investment in Avanta.
Terms used but not defined in this announcement shall have the meaning given to them in the
Offer Document dated 10 December 2014.

Enquiries: Toscafund Asset Management LLP

Nigel Gliksten

Tel: [phone]

Whitman Howard Limited (financial adviser to TVL)

Ranald McGregor-Smith

Nick Lovering

Tel: [phone]

Avanta Serviced Office Group plc

Daniel Taylor, Chairman

Alan Pepper, Chief Executive Officer

Tel: [phone]

Shore Capital and Corporate Limited (Rule 3 financial adviser to Avanta) Stephane Auton

Patrick Castle

Tel: [phone]

Weber Shandwick

Nick Oborne

Tel: [phone]

Whitman Howard Limited is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority. Whitman Howard Limited is acting as financial adviser exclusively for Toscafund and TVL and no-one else in connection with the matters set out in this announcement and will not regard any other person as its client in relation to the matters referred to in this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than Toscafund

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and TVL for providing the protections afforded to clients of Whitman Howard Limited, nor for providing advice in relation to any matter referred to herein.
Shore Capital and Corporate Limited, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority, is acting exclusively for Avanta and for no-one else in connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to anyone other than Avanta for providing the protections afforded to clients of Shore Capital and Corporate Limited nor for providing advice in relation to the Offer or any other matter or arrangement referred to in this announcement.
This announcement is for information purposes only. It is not intended to and does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or invitation or the solicitation of any offer to sell or purchase any securities or the solicitation of any offer to otherwise acquire, subscribe for, sell or otherwise dispose of any security pursuant to the Offer or otherwise. The Offer will be made solely by means of the Offer Document and, in respect of Avanta Shares held in certificated form, the Form of Acceptance, which will contain the full terms and conditions of the Offer, including details of how the Offer may be accepted. Any decision in respect of, or other response to, the Offer should be made only on the basis of the information contained in those documents.
This announcement does not constitute a prospectus or prospectus equivalent document.

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