Examples of New ADRs in a sentence
Your Existing ADRs will automatically be exchanged for New ADRs and an appropriate notice will be provided to you and/or notation made on your account statement.
The Share Capital Consolidation will be carried out by subdividing and consolidating each Existing Ordinary Share and Existing ADR which will result in New Ordinary Shares and New ADRs being issued.
A U.S. Holder will be eligible for this reduced rate only if it has held the Existing Ordinary Shares or the Existing ADRs and/or (presumably, although there is no authority) the New Ordinary Shares or New ADRs for more than 60 days during the 121-day period beginning 60 days before the ex-dividend date.
Further, you should expect to receive during the week of August 22, 2005 (without the need to take any further action) book-entry credits representing the net proceeds from the sale of fractional entitlements to New ADRs, if any.
In addition, the New Ordinary Shares and New ADRs will carry the same voting rights, dividend rights and other rights as the Existing Ordinary Shares and Existing ADRs did immediately prior to the Share Capital Consolidation.
Holders of Existing ADRs: If you hold your Existing ADRs in certificated form, you must return a completed Share Consolidation Letter of Transmittal to the Depositary accompanied by any Existing ADR certificates held by you in order to be credited with New ADRs. Once a completed Share Consolidation Letter of Transmittal has been returned with your Existing ADR certificates, you will automatically become a Direct Registration System participant.
However, if you hold certificated Existing ADRs, you must return your ADRs and a completed Letter of Election and Transmittal to receive your £3.25 per ADR and to receive your New ADRs following the Share Capital Consolidation as described below.
New ADRs will be credited to the Agent Institution during the week of August 8, 2005.
As a result, if a holding of Existing ADRs does not divide exactly by 8, a fractional entitlement to New ADRs will arise.
This means that for every 8 Existing Shares that you own at 9.30 p.m. on 28 July 2006 you will receive 7 New Shares in place of your Existing Shares and 8 B Shares of 15 pence each, and for every 8 Existing ADRs that you own at 4.30p.m. (New York City time) on 28 July 2006 you will receive 7 New ADRs in place of your Existing ADRs and 80 B Shares of 15 pence each.