12 May 2017
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This announcement is not a prospectus within the meaning of directive 2003/71/EC (the Prospectus Directive) and does not constitute or form part of an offer to sell or issue or a solicitation to buy, subscribe for or otherwise acquire any securities in any jurisdiction, including in or into or from the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand or the Republic of South Africa. Investors should not purchase any transferable securities referred to in this announcement except on the basis of information in the prospectus (the "Prospectus") published by Arena Hospitality Group d.d. in connection with the proposed public offering and admission of its ordinary registered shares to the Official List of the Zagreb Stock Exchange. The Prospectus is available on Arena Hospitality Group d.d.'s website at www.arenaturist.com, subject to applicable securities laws.
PPHE Hotel Group Limited
Public Invitation and Subscription Statement of Arena Hospitality Group d.d.
PPHE Hotel Group Limited (the "Company"), which together with its subsidiaries (the "Group") owns, leases, develops, operates and franchises full service upscale, upper upscale and lifestyle hotels in major gateway cities, regional centres and select resort destinations, predominantly in Europe, announces that its 77.09% owned subsidiary, Arena Hospitality Group d.d ("Arena"), has today published a public invitation and a subscription statement ("Documents") in connection with its public offering of shares.
A copy of the Documents, in Croatian and English, are available on Arena's website at www.arenaturist.com.
Enquiries:
PPHE Hotel Group Limited |
Chen Moravsky, Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer |
Tel: +44 (0)20 7034 4800 |
Hudson Sandler Financial Public Relations |
|
Wendy Baker / Jocelyn Spottiswoode |
Tel: +44 (0)20 7796 4133 |
Notes to editors
The Company is a Guernsey registered company and through its subsidiaries, jointly controlled entities and associates, owns, leases, operates, franchises and develops full-service upscale, upper upscale and lifestyle hotels in major gateway cities, regional centres and select resort destinations, predominantly in Europe.
The majority of the Group's hotels operate under the Park Plaza® Hotels & Resorts or art'otel® brands. The Group has an exclusive licence from Carlson Hotels Worldwide Inc., one of the world's largest hotel groups, to develop and operate Park Plaza® Hotels & Resorts in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
The art'otel® brand is wholly owned by the Group.
The Group has a controlling ownership interest (77.09% of the share capital) in Arena Hospitality Group, one of Croatia's best-known hospitality groups.
The Group's portfolio of owned, leased, managed and franchised hotels comprises 39 hotels offering a total of approximately 9,000 rooms. The Group's development pipeline includes two new hotels, which are expected to add an additional 500 rooms by the end of 2019.
Our Company:
www.pphe.com
Our Brands:
www.parkplaza.com
www.artotels.com
www.arenaturist.com
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Forward-looking statements
This announcement may contain certain "forward-looking statements' which reflect the Company's and/or the Directors' current views with respect to financial performance, business strategy and future plans, both with respect to the Group and the sectors and industries in which the Group operates. Statements which include the words "expects", "intends", "plans", "believes", "projects", "anticipates", "will", "targets", "aims", "may", "would", "could", "continue" and similar statements are of a future or forward-looking nature. All forward-looking statements address matters that involve risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, there are or will be important factors that could cause the Group's actual results to differ materially from those indicated in these statements. Any forward-looking statements in this announcement reflect the Group's current views with respect to future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions relating to the Group's operations, results of operations and growth strategy. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this announcement. Subject to any legal or regulatory obligations, the Company undertakes no obligation publicly to update or review any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to the Group or individuals acting on behalf of the group are expressly qualified in their entirety by this paragraph. Nothing in this announcement should be considered as a profit forecast.
