Vesuvius plc Prospectus

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9 Alent Information on the Operating and Financial Review of Alent is incorporated into this document by reference to Part VIII: “Operating and Financial Review” on pages 38 to 66 of the Alent Prospectus and the related definitions contained in Part XV: “Definitions” thereof. 80
PART IX HISTORICAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION The audited consolidated financial statements (including relevant accounting policies and notes) of Cookson for the years ended 31 December 2009, 31 December 2010 and 31 December 2011 and each auditor’s report thereon are incorporated into this document by reference to: • pages 57 – 119 (inclusive) of Cookson’s Annual Reports and Accounts 2009; • pages 46 – 104 (inclusive) of Cookson’s Annual Reports and Accounts 2010; and • pages 51 – 94 (inclusive) of Cookson’s Annual Reports and Accounts 2011. The consolidated financial statements for the years ended 31 December 2009, 31 December 2010 and 31 December 2011 were prepared in accordance with adopted IFRS. The consolidated financial statements for the years ended 31 December 2009, 31 December 2010 and 31 December 2011 were audited and the audit report for each year was unqualified. The unaudited consolidated interim financial statements of Cookson for the six months ended 30 June 2012 (including the comparative figures for the six months ended 30 June 2011) are incorporated into this document by reference to pages 24 – 38 (inclusive) of the interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2012. The financial information has been prepared with the objective of presenting, in line with the basis of preparation set out herein, the results, net assets and cash flows of Vesuvius in the form that will arise on Completion, as if it had been separate from Alent throughout the financial periods covered. Vesuvius plc has no trading history and therefore no separate financial information on Vesuvius plc has been included in this document. Sections A and B of this Part IX set out the audited consolidated financial information of Vesuvius for the financial years ended 31 December 2011, 31 December 2010 and 31 December 2009 and the related notes and the unaudited interim financial information for the six months ended 30 June 2012 and the six months ended 30 June 2011 and the related notes. The historical financial information for Alent for the years ended 31 December 2009, 31 December 2010 and 31 December 2011 and for the six months ended 30 June 2011 and 30 June 2012 is incorporated into this document by reference to Part IX: “Historical Financial Information”, pages 67 to 123 (inclusive) of the Alent Prospectus. The financial information contained in Sections A and B of this Part IX does not constitute statutory accounts within the meaning of section 434 of the Companies Act. 81
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Prospectus dated 1 November 2012 TH
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The Vesuvius Shares have not been a
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PART I SUMMARY Summaries are made u
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Element Disclosure requirement B.6
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Element Disclosure requirement SUMM
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Element Disclosure requirement Sect
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PART II RISK FACTORS In addition to
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provided by former owners of certai
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will remain with Vesuvius and all p
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things, taxes and transitional serv
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PART III IMPORTANT INFORMATION Pres
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(b) determine that such Vesuvius Sh
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(2) If either the Court Meeting or
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SPONSOR AND FINANCIAL ADVISER Roths
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Page 31 and 32: 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Source WS
Page 33 and 34: Foundry division sales (£ per tonn
Page 35 and 36: extreme thermo-mechanical stresses
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Page 39 and 40: customer base is evidenced by the f
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Page 47 and 48: Vesuvius’ products are largely si
Page 49 and 50: Net sales value Net sales value is
Page 51 and 52: For the year ending 31 December 201
Page 53 and 54: continued into 2012 with demand for
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Page 57 and 58: 1.4 Results of operations FY 2009 F
Page 59 and 60: The Foundry business facility in Pi
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Page 71 and 72: Acquisition of subsidiaries: a cash
Page 73 and 74: 3.1.3 Comparison of the year ended
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Page 85 and 86: Balance sheet Notes HY 2011 HY 2012
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Page 89 and 90: 6 Amortisation of intangible assets
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Page 97 and 98: Statement of cash flows FY 2009 FY
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Page 109 and 110: 5.4 Geographic analysis of external
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Page 121 and 122: FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 (£m) Steel
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charged in the income statement and
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In July 2010 the UK government anno
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(b) Other principal actuarial valua
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25.4 Defined benefit obligation The
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Defined benefit pension plans Other
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26 Share-based payments In accordan
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28.2 Operating lease commitments FY
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31 Dividends FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 201
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The acquisition of Metallurgica was
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(2) The annual incentive bonuses aw
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Allocations outstanding as at 1 Jan
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Nick Salmon Allocations outstanding
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mid-market closing price of Cookson
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Declaration For the purposes of Pro
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Notes: (1) The financial informatio
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Our work has not been carried out i
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Non-United Kingdom resident shareho
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is subject to US federal income tax
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PART XII DIRECTORS, RESPONSIBLE PER
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3 Directors’ interests 3.1 Direct
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The overall intention is that this
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François Wanecq François Wanecq i
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7.3 Board committees The principal
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Vesuvius Director Current directors
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PART XIII ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 1
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as if section 561(1) of the Compani
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2.10 The Vesuvius Shares are in reg
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meeting of the holders of the share
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Vesuvius Directors may be appointed
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Any Director who holds any executiv
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6.2 Save as disclosed in this parag
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9.1.4 Cookson stakeholder scheme Th
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There are two types of award that t
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discretionary bonus under any discr
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Participants who, at the request of
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Restricted share awards These are s
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If a participant ceases employment
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consigned precious metals is establ
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14 Significant subsidiaries and joi
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18.5 Rothschild, whose address is N
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PART XV DEFINITIONS The following d
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Cookson Shares the ordinary shares
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Pension Insurance Corporation Pensi
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Vesuvius Articles the articles of a
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SOLAR CRUCIBLE a brand name for a l
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