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AISoftw@re:
amendment of Brainspark's shares,
the offer declared unconditional in
all respects
Milan, 6th
February 2002. On 5 February 2002
Beaumont Cornish announced that the
Offer had been declared
unconditional in all respects.
As
at 3.00 pm on 4 February 2002,
Beaumont Cornish had received valid
acceptances of the Offer in respect
of 55,011,104 Brainspark Shares,
representing approximately 44.63 per
cent. of the issued share capital of
Brainspark. Included in these
acceptances are those received
pursuant to irrevocable undertakings
to accept the Offer from certain
directors of Brainspark and certain
other Brainspark Shareholders in
respect of 52,332,280 Brainspark
Shares, representing approximately
42.45 per cent. of the issued share
capital of Brainspark. In
addition, AISoftw@re owns and
controls 7,200,000 Brainspark Shares
representing approximately 5.84 per
cent. of Brainspark issued share
capital. Accordingly, AISoftw@re
either owns or has received valid
acceptances in respect of 62,211,104
Brainspark Shares representing 50.47
per cent. of the issued share
capital of Brainspark.
The
above amends the acceptance figures
previously announced. Terms
defined in the Offer Document, dated
25 January 2002, have the same
meaning in this announcement save
where the context requires
otherwise.
Additional
information about the new
responsible positions in
Branispark's Board of Directors: Mr
Gardin (aged 47) is also a director
of AISoftw@re SpA, Sant Vicente
Group Inc., Knowledge Stones SpA.,
AISoftw@re Medical Solutions SpA,
AISoftw@re Professional Services
SpA, Ludonet SpA., Infusion S.p.A.,
Geosim Systems Ltd., ACS S.p.A., ODX
s.r.l. and SICI Sas di F. Gardin. He
has also been a director of Labornet
Sistemi S.p.A., Farm Multimedia
s.r.l., SIA s.r.l., Advanced
Computing Sys. s.r.l. and A.R.S
s.r.l. in the last five years. Mr
Gardin has confirmed that there is
no further information required to
be disclosed under Schedule 2(f) of
the AIM Rules.
Mr Agosta
(aged 57) is also a director of
AISoftw@re S.p.A, Mindmotion S.p.A.,
San Vicente Group Inc., Knowledge
Stones SpA., Labornet Sistemi
S.p.A., AISoftw@re Solutions &
Technologies SpA, Ludonet SpA., Farm
Multimedia Srl, AISoftw@re
Professional Services SpA. and
Infusion SpA. He has also been a
director of Legal Technology s.r.l.
and Network Services s.r.l. in the
last five years. Mr Agosta has
confirmed that there is no further
information required to be disclosed
under Schedule 2(f) of the AIM
Rules.
Mr Meacher (aged 38)
is also a director of Stock Academy
Limited. He has also been a director
of Robert Fleming & Co. Limited
and SchroderSalomonSmithBarney in
the last five years. Mr Meacher has
confirmed that there is no further
information required to be disclosed
under Schedule 2(f) of the AIM
Rules.
AISoftware AISoftw@re
was founded in 1983 and with
consolidated Group sales for the
year ended 31 December 2000 of
23,727,743 Euros, specializes in the
development of technologically
advanced software products for
decision-support,
knowledge-processing, data-mining
and internet and intranet solutions.
Its proprietary products target the
financial and healthcare industries.
AISoftw@re's solutions hold a
leading position in these dynamic
vertical markets in Europe.
AISoftw@re has been listed in Nasdaq
Europe (AISW) since November 1999
and on the Italian Nuovo Mercato
(AISW) since August 2000. The
company is pursuing a program of
growth based on international
expansion, aggressive recruitment,
acquisitions and equity investments
in software companies working in the
area of internet applications
development.
For further
information: Dott. Marco Mancini Phone
+39 02 28014.1 Fax +39 02 2610853 E-Mail:
mmancini@ais.it |