| Announcement of Admission to Trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange of ordinary bearer A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, K, L, N, P, S and T-series shares and of Date of Commencement of Dealings | |
| Further to its announcement on 16 February 2016, Work Service S.A. (the "Company") is pleased to announce that all the issued ordinary bearer A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, K, L, N, P, S and T-series shares, in the number of 65,094,823 (say: sixty-five million ninety-four thousand eight hundred twenty-three), of PLN 0.10 each in the Company (the "Shares") have today been admitted to the standard listing segment of the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on London Stock Exchange plc's Main Market for listed securities (together, the "Admission"), under the ticker "WSE" and that dealings in the Shares commenced today on the London Stock Exchange at 8.00 a.m. GMT. The Shares, being Polish securities, are not capable of being settled through CREST (the system for the paperless settlement of trades in securities and the holding of uncertificated securities in the UK). Accordingly, in order to allow settlement within CREST, the Company has entered into depositary arrangements with Capita IRG Trustees Limited which will enable investors to hold Shares in the form of dematerialised depositary interests (the "Depositary Interests"). Further details on the Depositary Interests are set out in the summary document published on the Company's website at http://www.workservice.com/Investor-relations/Shares-on-stock/Prospectus. The Company indicates that pursuant the Act dated 29 July 2005 on Public Offering, the Conditions Governing the Introduction of Financial Instruments to Organised Trading, and on Public Companies (Journal of Laws 2013 item 1382, as amended) (the "Act"), the home Member State of the Company is Poland and the receiving Member State of the Company is United Kingdom. Pursuant to Article 56b Section 2 of the Act, the inside information of the Company, as well as current and periodical information of the Company will be drawn up in Polish and in English. About Work Service S.A. The Company was established in 1999 and is a supplier of human resource ("HR") services across Central Europe. It operates through its branch network in 11 CEE countries, including Poland, Russia, Germany, Czech Republic, Turkey, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia. The Company specializes in HR consulting services, as well as HR restructuring processes, permanent and temporary recruitment, and employee outsourcing. For further information, please contact: Adam Jenkins (Contact for Investors) Telephone: +48 508 040 140 Email: [email protected] Postal Address: Work Service S.A., ul. Gwia¼dzista 66, 53-413 Wrocław, PL Krzysztof Inglot (Press Officer) Telephone: +48 37 10 927 Mobile: +48 508 040 345 Email: [email protected] The technical dual listing was designed and project managed by ProPrimo consultants and implemented with the legal support from Kochański Zięba i Partnerzy law firm. Disclaimer This announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to purchase or subscribe for any shares or securities in any jurisdiction. The Shares will not be generally made available or marketed to the public in the UK or any other jurisdiction in connection with Admission. The publication or distribution of this announcement and the sale of the Shares or other securities in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law and therefore persons into whose possession this announcement comes should inform themselves about and observe any such restrictions. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any jurisdiction. The Shares have not been, and will not be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or under any securities laws of any state of the United States and may not be offered or sold in the United States, except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The Shares have not been approved or disapproved by the US Securities and Exchange Commission, any other federal or state securities commission in the United States or any other United States regulatory authority, nor have any such authorities passed upon or endorsed the accuracy or determined the adequacy of this announcement. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offence in the United States. The Shares were admitted to the standard listing segment of the Official List. A Standard Listing affords investors in the Company a lower level of regulatory protection than that afforded to investors in companies whose securities are admitted to the premium segment of the Official List, which are subject to additional obligations under the Listing Rules. Signatures of persons authorized to represent the Company Maciej Witucki – President of the Management Baord Dariusz Rochman – Vice-president of the Management Board Legal basis: Article 56 Section 1 Item 2 of the Act dated 29 July 2005 on Public Offering, the Conditions Governing the Introduction of Financial Instruments to Organised Trading, and on Public Companies (Journal of Laws 2013 item 1382, as amended) § 34 Section 1 Items 2 and 3 of the Regulation of the Minister of Finance dated 19 February 2009 on current and interim information provided by issuers of securities and on conditions for recognising as equivalent information required by the laws of a non-member state (Journal of Laws 2014, item 133, as amended) | |
