Cable and Wireless Communications : Suspension of Listing and Trading

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

13 May 2016

Recommended Acquisition

of

Cable & Wireless Communications Plc ('CWC' or the 'Company')

by

Liberty Global plc ('Liberty Global')

Suspension of listing and trading of CWC Shares

On 16 November 2015, the Liberty Global Directors and the CWC Directors announced that they had reached agreement regarding the terms of a recommended acquisition through which Liberty Global will acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of CWC (the 'Offer Announcement').

Pursuant to the terms of the Scheme and Listing Rule 5.3, CWC announces that the listing of CWC Shares on the Official List and the trading of CWC Shares on the London Stock Exchange have been suspended, effective from 5.00 p.m. (London time) today.

The Court sanctioned the Scheme at the Court Hearing on 11 May 2016 and the Effective Date of the Scheme is expected to be 16 May 2016.

The de-listing of CWC Shares from the Official List and the cancellation of trading of CWC Shares on the London Stock Exchange have been applied for and are expected to take effect at 8.00 a.m. on 16 May 2016.

Capitalised terms used but not defined in this announcement have the meanings set out in the Scheme Document.

Enquiries:
CWC
Kunal Patel	Tel: [phone]
Mike Gittins	Tel: [phone]

Evercore Partners International LLP (lead financial adviser and Rule Tel: [phone] adviser to CWC)

Bernard Taylor

Julian Oakley

J.P. Morgan Cazenove (financial adviser and corporate broker to CWC) Tel: [phone]

David Mayhew

Alex Watkins

Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch (corporate broker to CWC) Tel: [phone]

Matt Hall

Maitland (public relations adviser to CWC) Tel: [phone]

Neil Bennett

Daniel Yea

Important notices relating to financial advisers

Evercore Partners International LLP ('Evercore'), which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority, is acting as financial adviser exclusively for CWC and no one else in connection with the matters referred to in this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than CWC for providing the protections afforded to clients of Evercore nor for giving advice in connection with the matters referred to in this announcement. Neither Evercore nor any of its subsidiaries, branches or affiliates owes or accepts any duty, liability or responsibility whatsoever (whether direct or indirect, whether in contract, tort, under statute or otherwise) to any person who is not a client of Evercore in connection with this announcement, any statement contained herein or otherwise.

J.P. Morgan Limited, which conducts its UK investment banking business as J.P. Morgan Cazenove ('J.P. Morgan Cazenove'), is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority. J.P. Morgan Cazenove is acting as financial adviser exclusively for CWC and no one else in connection with the Transaction and the contents of this announcement and will not regard any other person as its client in relation to the matters in this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than CWC for providing the protections afforded to clients of J.P. Morgan Cazenove, or for providing advice in relation to the Transaction, the contents of this announcement or any other matters referred to herein.

Deutsche Bank AG is authorised under German Banking Law (competent authority: European Central Bank) and, in the United Kingdom, by the Prudential Regulation Authority. It is subject to supervision by the European Central Bank and by BaFin, Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, and is subject to limited regulation in the United Kingdom by the Prudential Regulation Authority and Financial Conduct Authority. Details about the extent of its authorisation and regulation by the Prudential Regulation Authority, and regulation by the Financial Conduct Authority, are available on request or from www.db.com/en/content/eu_disclosures.htm.

Deutsche Bank AG, acting through its London branch ('DB'), is acting as corporate broker to CWC and no other person in connection with this announcement or its contents. DB will not be responsible to any person other than CWC for providing any of the protections afforded to clients of DB, nor for providing any advice in relation to any matter referred to herein. Without limiting a person's liability for fraud, neither DB nor any of its subsidiary undertakings, branches or affiliates nor any of its or their respective directors, officers, representatives, employees, advisers or agents owes or accepts any duty, liability or responsibility whatsoever (whether direct or indirect, whether in contract, in tort, under statute or otherwise) to any person who is not a client of DB in connection with this announcement, any statement contained herein or otherwise.

Further information

This announcement is for information purposes only and is not intended to, and does not, constitute or form part of any offer, invitation, inducement or the solicitation of an offer to purchase, otherwise acquire, subscribe for, sell or otherwise dispose of or exercise rights in respect of any securities, or the solicitation of any vote or approval of an offer to buy securities in any jurisdiction, pursuant to the Transaction or otherwise, nor shall there be any sale, issuance or transfer of securities of CWC or Liberty Global pursuant to the Transaction in any jurisdiction in contravention of applicable law. The Acquisition is intended to be implemented by way of the Scheme pursuant to the terms of the Scheme Document, which contains the full terms and conditions of the Transaction. The Scheme will be followed by the Merger. Any decision, vote or other response in respect of the Transaction should be made only on the basis of information contained in the Scheme Document. CWC Shareholders are advised to read the formal documentation in relation to the Transaction carefully.

This announcement does not constitute a prospectus or prospectus-equivalent document.

Overseas jurisdictions

The release, publication or distribution of this announcement in jurisdictions other than the United Kingdom and the ability of CWC Shareholders who are not resident in the United Kingdom to participate in the Transaction may be restricted by laws and/or regulations of those jurisdictions. This announcement has been prepared for the purpose of complying with English law, the Code and the Listing Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority and the information disclosed may not be the same as that which would have been disclosed if this announcement had been prepared in accordance with the laws of jurisdictions outside the United Kingdom.

Unless otherwise determined by Liberty Global and CWC or required by the Code and permitted by applicable law and regulation, the Transaction will not be made, directly or indirectly, in, into or from a Restricted Jurisdiction where to do so would violate the laws of that jurisdiction and no person may vote in favour of the Transaction by any use, means, instrumentality or form within a Restricted Jurisdiction or any other jurisdiction if to do so would constitute a violation of the laws of that jurisdiction. Accordingly, copies of this announcement and any formal documentation relating to the Transaction are not being, and must not be, directly or indirectly, mailed or otherwise forwarded, distributed or sent in or into or from any Restricted Jurisdiction and persons receiving such documents (including custodians, nominees and trustees) must not mail or otherwise forward, distribute or send them in or into or from any Restricted Jurisdiction. If the Acquisition is implemented by way of an Offer (unless otherwise permitted by applicable law and regulation), the Offer may not be made, directly or indirectly, in or into, or by the use of mails or any means or instrumentality (including, but not limited to, facsimile, email or other electronic transmission, telex or telephone) of interstate or foreign commerce of, or any facility of a national, state or other securities exchange of, any Restricted Jurisdiction and the Offer may not be capable of acceptance by any such use, means, instrumentality or facilities.

The availability of New Liberty Global Class A Ordinary Shares, New Liberty Global Class C Ordinary Shares, New LiLAC Class A Ordinary Shares and New LiLAC Class C Ordinary Shares under the Transaction to CWC Shareholders who are not resident in the United Kingdom may be affected by the laws of the relevant jurisdiction in which they are resident. In particular, securities to be issued pursuant to the Transaction have not been and will not be registered under the relevant securities laws of Japan and the relevant clearances have not been, and will not be, obtained from the securities commission of any province of Canada. No prospectus in relation to the securities to be issued pursuant to the Transaction has been, or will be, lodged with, or registered by, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. Accordingly, such securities are not being, and may not be, offered, sold, resold, delivered or distributed, directly or indirectly in or into Australia, Canada or Japan or any other jurisdiction if to do so would constitute a violation of relevant laws of, or require registration thereof in, such jurisdiction (except pursuant to an exemption, if available, from any applicable registration requirements or otherwise in compliance with all applicable laws).

Therefore, any persons who are subject to the laws and regulations of any jurisdiction other than the United Kingdom or CWC Shareholders who are not resident in the United Kingdom should inform themselves about and observe any applicable requirements in their jurisdiction. Any failure to comply with the applicable requirements may constitute a violation of the laws and/or regulations of any such jurisdiction.

None of the securities referred to in this announcement have been approved or disapproved by the SEC, any state securities commission in the United States or any other US regulatory authority, nor have such authorities passed upon or determined the adequacy or accuracy of the information contained in this announcement. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offence in the United States.

Further details in relation to CWC Shareholders in overseas jurisdictions is contained in the Scheme Document.

Publication on website

A copy of this announcement will be made available, free of charge and subject to certain restrictions relating to persons in Restricted Jurisdictions, on CWC's website at http://www.cwc.com/ by no later than 12 noon (London time) on the Business Day following the date of this announcement. For the avoidance of doubt, the content of such websites are not incorporated into, and do not form part of, this announcement.

Each of the CWC Directors accept responsibility for the information contained in this announcement. To the best of the knowledge and belief of each of the CWC Directors (who have taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case), the information contained in this announcement for which they are responsible is in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the import of that information.