Hirequip NZ to Sell Equipment Hire - Update
Hirequip New Zealand to Sell its Equipment Hire Business to Pes Finance Limited - Update
Further to its announcement on 27 November 2006, that it had conditionally sold its equipment hire and related businesses to PES Finance Limited, listed hire company Hirequip New Zealand Limited today announced that the purchaser has confirmed satisfaction of three of the five conditions under the agreement for sale and purchase.
The satisfied conditions
are:
* the consent of the New Zealand Overseas
Investment Office
* the approval of the transaction by
the investment committee of Nikko Principal Investments
Limited
* the approval of the transaction by the board of
directors of Nikko Principal Investments Japan Limited;
and
The two remaining conditions are:
* Hirequip
shareholder approval by way of an ordinary resolution at the
meeting to be held next Monday, 18 December 2006; and
*
No event occurring which would entitle the financiers of the
purchaser to withhold finance to fund the settlement of the
purchase (a "no material adverse change" type clause will be
included within the purchaser's financing documents in
accordance with common market practice).
ENDS