1 Aug 2008 08:29
1 August 2008
Care UK Plc ("Care UK" or the "Company")
Admission to Trading
Completion of Acquisition
The Board of Care UK is pleased to announce that the Admission of 4,666,666 New Ordinary Shares to trading on the Official List of the London Stock Exchange occurred at 8.00a.m. today. Accordingly Care UK announces that the acquisition of PHG has completed. The New Ordinary Shares rank pari passu with the Existing Ordinary Shares of 10p in all respects.
Following Admission of the New Ordinary Shares, the Company announces that its share capital consists of 61,549,098 ordinary shares of 10p each with voting rights. The Care UK Plc Employee Benefit Trust holds 519,140 ordinary shares subject to options in the Company, which it has agreed not to vote.
Therefore, the total number of voting rights in Care UK is 61,029,958.
The above figure (61,029,958) may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Care UK under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Capitalised terms have the same meaning as per the circular sent to Shareholders on 8 July 2007
For further information please contact:
| Care UK | 01206 752 552 |
| Michael Parish/ Paul Humphreys | |
| Investec | 0207 597 5970 |
| Richard Jones/ Patrick Robb/ Martin Smith | |
| Weber Shandwick Financial | 0207 067 0700 |
| Louise Robson/ Stephanie Badjonat |