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REG-Eurocastle Inv. Ltd New Share Offering
RNS Number:0322O
Eurocastle Investment Limited
24 June 2005
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN ARE NOT FOR PUBLICATION,
DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE IN, OR INTO, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, THE UNITED STATES,
CANADA, AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN.
EUROCASTLE INVESTMENT LIMITED
Contact:
HSBC Securities Services Guernsey Limited
Company Administrator
Attn: Julian Carey
Tel: + 44 1481 707000
Eurocastle New Share Offering Over-Allotment Option Exercised
Guernsey. 24 June 2005 - Eurocastle Investment Limited (LSE: ECT) today
announces that Morgan Stanley Securities Limited, as the stabilisation manager
of the Company's previously disclosed public offering of new shares, has
exercised in full its over-allotment option over 521,700 new shares of
Eurocastle at the offering price of e17.25 per share. The additional gross
proceeds from the over-allotment option of approximately e9 million raises the
total gross proceeds of the offering to approximately e99 million. The proceeds
of the offering will be used to pay down debt and to invest in European
credit-leased real estate and real estate debt.
Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank acted as Joint Global Coordinators, and Swiss
Finance and Property Corporation acted as Co-manager, of the offering.
It is expected that admission of the new shares to the Official List of the UK
Listing Authority will become effective, and that dealings of the new shares on
the London Stock Exchange will commence, on 29 June 2005.
About Eurocastle
Eurocastle Investment Limited is an investment company that invests in and
manages a diverse portfolio consisting primarily of European real estate related
debt and real estate assets. Eurocastle is managed by Fortress Investment Group
LLC.
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This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or invitation
to sell or issue, or any solicitation of an offer to purchase or subscribe for
securities and any subscription for or purchase of, or application for, shares
in the Company should only be made on the basis of information contained in the
listing particulars published on 15 June 2005, and the supplementary listing
particulars to be published on or about 24 June 2005, in connection with the
offering. The listing particulars, as so supplemented, contain certain detailed
information about the Company and its management, as well as financial
statements and other financial data.
This announcement does not constitute an offer of securities for sale in the
United States, nor may the Company's securities be offered or sold in the United
States absent registration or an exemption from registration as provided in the
U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
thereunder. There is no intention to register any portion of any offering in the
United States or to conduct a public offering of securities in the United
States. The Company is not, and will not be, registered under the U.S.
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and investors will not be entitled
to the benefits of such Act.
The information contained herein shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of the securities
referred to herein in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale
would be unlawful prior to registration, exemption from registration or
qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
The contents of this announcement include statements that are, or may deemed to
be "forward-looking statements". These forward-looking statements can be
identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the terms
"believes", "estimates", "anticipates", "expects", "intends", "may", "will" or
"should". By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties and readers are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements
are not guarantees of future performance. The Company's actual results and
performance may differ materially from the impression created by the
forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly
update or revise forward-looking statements, except as may be required by
applicable law and regulation (including the Listing Rules).
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