UKGI00002057 - Email chain from Will Gibson to Tim McInnes, RE: Prospectus - POL comments.
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From: Gibson Will (ShEx)[/O=DTI/OU=DTIHQ/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WGIBSON]
Sent: Wed 18/09/2013 5:04:52 PM (UTC)
To: Mcinnes Tim (ShEx:
Subject: RE: Prospectus - POL comments
Not unreasonably!
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From: Mcinnes Tim (ShEx)
Sent: 18 September 2013 18:04
To: Gibson Will (ShEx)
Subject: Re: Prospectus - POL comments
Not unhelpful - I just don't want things to go nuclear until that's all we have remaining.
Apparently her line is "how can they expect us to distribute prospectuses with this wording in it..."
Tim
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From: Gibson Will (ShEx)
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 06:00 PM
To: McInnes Tim (ShEx)
Subject: RE: Prospectus - POL comments
Alice coming in to see Mark tomorrow - this will be raised.
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From: Mcinnes Tim (ShEx)
Sent: 18 September 2013 18:01
To: Gibson Will (ShEx)
Subject: Re: Prospectus - POL comments
Yes. And I just had Martin on the phone... Alice is properly up for a fight. I've bought some time but let's see what Emma
can set up.
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Tim
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From: Gibson Will (ShEx)
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 05:59 PM
To: McInnes Tim (ShEx)
Subject: FW: Prospectus - POL comments.
I assume we already have chapter and verse on the outstanding issues in that they are the ones you have raised - is that
correct?!
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higher skills across the economy. BIS: working together for growth
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From: Gibson Will (ShEx)
Sent: 18 September 2013 17:56
To: ‘jonathan. lewis
Subject: RE: Prospe
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Thanks Jonathan.
We will do - just to echo Tim's point re sign-off, I have just come from a meeting with POL's CEO where she was voicing
her concerns that not of POL's comments had been picked up so they have definitely not signed off their wording! That
said, we will ensure that we have chapter and verse from POL on what they feel is outstanding.
Will Gibson I Executive Director I Shareholder Executive BIS, 1 Victoria Street, London SW1H OET I
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higher skills across the economy. BIS: working together for growth
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From: jonathan.lewis,
Sent: 18 September
To: Mcinnes Tim (ShEx); Payne Emma (ShEx); Gibson Will (ShEx)
Subject: RE: Prospectus - POL comments
ok - let me know as and when you want to speak
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From: Mcinnes Tim (ShEx’
Sent: 18 September 2013 17:44
To: LEWIS, Jonathan; Payne Emma (ShEx); Gibson Will (ShEx)
Subject: Re: Prospectus - POL comments
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Jonathan,
Thanks for this and for fighting our corner. I'm not sure if I agree with any of their points - in particular certainly nor
around POL signing off any wording - so we'll talk at this end re. best ways to move forward.
Tim
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From: jonathan.lewis:
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 0: PM
To: McInnes Tim (ShEx); Payne Emma (ShEx)
Subject: FW: Prospectus - POL comments
Tim - I explained to S&M the POL points and sent the attached markup. Please see the two emails below from S&M
setting out the POL position. Could you look at these and let me know your thoughts? With the strength of this opposition,
given it is RM's prospectus after all, there is only a limited amount of further pushing I think we can actually do. From a
legal perspective, I would not advise pushing further. Let me know thoughts in due course -- happy to discuss.
Best
Jonathan
From: PAPANICHOLA, John
Sent: 18 September 2013 17:13
To: Dunn, Alex; LEWIS, Jonathan
Cc: JONES, Tim (TW); phillip.sharg
Subject: RE: Prospectus - POL comments
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It's probably also worth relaying that the NED who made the point on Horizon, Les Owen, used to be a POL NED and so
probably feels he has a particular right to comment on this. As Alex says, POL itself has signed-off on all the POL text
(following comment and debate - including on the Horizon disclosure).
John
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From: Dunn, Alex
Sent: 18 September 2013 17:06
To: ‘jonathan.I .
Cc: tim.jones APANICHOLA, John; phillip.sharp¢.
Subject: RE: Prospectus - POL comments
Thanks, Jonathan. I will work through these and we can then discuss.
But, as you note, this is the company’s prospectus and all of these points have been discussed at length with them
previously in drafting meetings and follow-up sessions etc.
I will look through your mark-up in detail but please note that the Horizon point was raised specifically by one of the non-
executive directors who was adamant that a reference to this must appear in the prospectus. We had drafted the revised
paragraph so that it was consistent with the report and POL's press release. POL have reviewed this section and had no
comments on it (as it is now drafted) so I am surprised that it should be of concern to the POL team within BIS. I think
this will need to stay as drafted.
The IT separation section has also been subject to detailed discussions (both at operational and legal level) between RM
and POL, the wording reflects the position that RM is happy with following those discussions.
That too will need to stay as drafted. In particular, RM feels that there is a risk of reputational and other damage if the
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separation, per se, is not successfully achieved (following recent high profile corporate failures to achieve separations on
time and on budget). This particular point is of concern to senior executives within RM.
Kind regards,
Alex
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