Documents to be published on a website following the making of an offer
The following documents must be published on a website from the time the offer document or offeree board circular, as appropriate, is published (or, if later, the date of the relevant document):
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memorandum and articles of association of the offeror or the offeree company or equivalent documents;
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any report, letter, valuation or other document any part of which is exhibited or referred to in any document published by or on behalf of the offeror or the offeree company (other than the service contracts of offeree company directors and any material contracts that are not entered into in connection with the offer);
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any written consents of an independent financial adviser to the inclusion of its advice in the relevant document in the form and context in which it is included (Rule 23.2(a));
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any material contract entered into by an offeror or the offeree company, or any of their respective subsidiaries, in connection with the offer that is:
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described in the offer document or offeree board circular (asĀ appropriate) in compliance with Rule 24.3(a), Rule 24.3(b) or RuleĀ 25.7(a); or
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entered into after the publication of the offer document or offeree board circular (as appropriate);
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where a profit forecast or quantified financial benefits statement has been published:
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the reports of the reporting accountants and of the financial advisers (Rules 28.1(a) and (b)); and
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the written consents of the reporting accountants and of the financial advisers to the inclusion of their reports in the relevant document in the form and context in which they are included (Rule 23.2(b)) and, if appropriate, the confirmations that their reports continue to apply (Rule 27.2(d));
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where an asset valuation has been published:
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the valuation report (Rule 29.4(d));
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the written consent of the valuer to the inclusion of its valuation report in the relevant document in the form and context in which it is included (Rule 23.2(c)); and
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if appropriate, the confirmation by the valuer that an updated valuation would not be materially different (Rule 29.5(a) and Rule 27.2(d));
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where the Panel has given consent to aggregation of dealings, a full list of all dealings (Note 2 on Rule 24.4); and
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all derivative contracts which in whole or in part have been disclosed under Rules 24.4(a) and (c) and Rules 25.4(a) and (c) or in accordance with Rule 8.1, Rule 8.2 or Rule 8.4. Documents in respect of the last mentioned must be published from the time the offer document or the offeree board circular is published or from the time of disclosure, whichever is the later.