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PROACTIS Holdings PLC
21 May 2021
Proactis Holdings PLC
Notice of cyber security incident
Proactis Holdings PLC, ("Proactis", the "Group" or the
"Company"), the business spend management solution provider, today
reports that it is currently managing a cyber security incident
after detecting unauthorised access to a limited number of its
internal systems. None of the customer systems provided by the
Group have been affected by the incident.
The Company has notified the relevant regulators and law
enforcement agency, including the Information Commissioner's
Office, and has appointed external cyber security experts whose
investigations are on-going.
Proactis took immediate action to close down access to those
affected systems and has been carefully re-establishing them in
consultation with those experts. There is currently no evidence
that any data has been extracted or lost, although the
investigation remains ongoing.
With regard to the recommended acquisition of the Company as
announced on 30 April 2021, Pollen Street Capital Limited has been
made aware of this incident.
Tim Sykes, Chief Executive Officer of Proactis, said: "We take
IT security extremely seriously and are currently working with
specialist cyber security professionals to investigate the
incident.
"We have robust business continuity plans in place and are
continuing to analyse the situation. The latest assessment is that
there is no evidence of data having been taken from our internal
systems or destroyed, though investigations remain ongoing and we
are taking a highly cautious approach. Consequently, we have taken
the decision to advise those potentially affected by this incident
so that they can take precautions if they so wish.
"Sadly, the risk of cyber attacks at the moment is very high. I
am grateful that our network segmentation and wider IT
infrastructure monitoring have limited the impact of this
incident."
For further information, please contact:
Proactis Holdings PLC
Tim Sykes, Chief Executive Officer 01937 545070 investorcontact@proactis.com
Richard Hughes, Chief Financial Officer
finnCap Ltd
Carl Holmes/Emily Watts - Corporate Finance
Andrew Burdis/Richard Chambers - ECM 0207 220 0500
Alma PR 020 3405 0205
Hilary Buchanan/Sam Modlin/David Ison Proactis@almapr.co.uk
Notes to Editors:
Proactis creates, sells and maintains software and services
which enable organisations to streamline, control and monitor all
indirect expenditure. Its solutions are used in approximately 1,100
buying organisations around the world from the commercial, public
and not-for-profit sectors.
finnCap, which is authorised and regulated by the FCA in the
United Kingdom, is acting exclusively for Proactis as financial
adviser and no one else in connection with the Acquisition and will
not be responsible to anyone other than Proactis for providing the
protections afforded to clients of finnCap or for providing advice
in relation to the Acquisition or any other matters referred to in
this announcement. Neither finnCap nor any of its subsidiaries,
affiliates or branches owes or accepts any duty, liability or
responsibility whatsoever (whether direct, indirect, consequential,
whether in contract, in tort, under statute or otherwise) to any
person who is not a client of finnCap in connection with this
announcement, any statement contained in this announcement or
otherwise.
Dealing and opening position disclosure requirements
Under Rule 8.3(a) of the Takeover Code, any person who is
interested in one per cent. or more of any class of relevant
securities of an offeree company or of any securities exchange
offeror (being any offeror other than an offeror in respect of
which it has been announced that its offer is, or is likely to be,
solely in cash) must make an Opening Position Disclosure following
the commencement of the offer period and, if later, following the
announcement in which any securities exchange offeror is first
identified.
An Opening Position Disclosure must contain details of the
person's interests and short positions in, and rights to subscribe
for, any relevant securities of each of (i) the offeree company and
(ii) any securities exchange offeror(s). An Opening Position
Disclosure by a person to whom Rule 8.3(a) applies must be made by
no later than 3.30 p.m. (London time) on the 10(th) business day
following the commencement of the offer period and, if appropriate,
by no later than 3.30 p.m. (London time) on the 10(th) business day
following the announcement in which any securities exchange offeror
is first identified. Relevant persons who deal in the relevant
securities of the offeree company or of a securities exchange
offeror prior to the deadline for making an Opening Position
Disclosure must instead make a Dealing Disclosure.
Under Rule 8.3(b) of the Takeover Code, any person who is, or
becomes, interested in one per cent. or more of any class of
relevant securities of the offeree company or of any securities
exchange offeror must make a Dealing Disclosure if the person deals
in any relevant securities of the offeree company or of any
securities exchange offeror. A Dealing Disclosure must contain
details of the dealing concerned and of the person's interests and
short positions in, and rights to subscribe for, any relevant
securities of each of (i) the offeree company and (ii) any
securities exchange offeror, save to the extent that these details
have previously been disclosed under Rule 8. A Dealing Disclosure
by a person to whom Rule 8.3(b) applies must be made by no later
than 3.30 p.m. (London time) on the business day following the date
of the relevant dealing. If two or more persons act together
pursuant to an agreement or understanding, whether formal or
informal, to acquire or control an interest in relevant securities
of an offeree company or a securities exchange offeror, they will
be deemed to be a single person for the purpose of Rule 8.3.
Opening Position Disclosures must also be made by the offeree
company and by any offeror and Dealing Disclosures must also be
made by the offeree company, by any offeror and by any persons
acting in concert with any of them (see Rules 8.1, 8.2 and 8.4).
Details of the offeree and offeror companies in respect of whose
relevant securities Opening Position Disclosures and Dealing
Disclosures must be made can be found in the Disclosure Table on
the Takeover Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk,
including details of the number of relevant securities in issue,
when the offer period commenced and when any offeror was first
identified. You should contact the Panel's Market Surveillance Unit
on +44 (0)20 7638 0129 if you are in any doubt as to whether you
are required to make an Opening Position Disclosure or a Dealing
Disclosure.
Publication on a website
In accordance with Rule 26.1 of the Takeover Code, a copy of
this announcement will be made available, subject to certain
restrictions relating to persons resident in Restricted
Jurisdictions, on Proactis' website at
https://www.proactis.com/uk/investors/ by no later than 12 noon
(London time) on the first Business Day following the date of this
announcement. For the avoidance of doubt, neither the contents of
these websites nor any website accessible from hyperlinks is
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