Requisition for General Meeting

RNS Number : 9936B

Hornby PLC

10 April 2017

 

Hornby plc

("Hornby" or "the Company")

10 April 2017

Requisition of General Meeting

Hornby announces that on 7 April 2017 it received a letter from Ian Alexander Anton enclosing a notice pursuant to sections 168 and 303 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act") requisitioning a general meeting of the Company's shareholders (the "Requisition").  The Requisition is signed on behalf of ROY Nominees Limited and HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited (Account 883031), together representing the beneficial owners of c.20 per cent. of the paid-up capital of the Company carrying voting rights at general meetings of the Company.

The Requisition requires the Company to call a general meeting for the purposes of considering ordinary resolutions to remove Roger Timothy Canham from office as a director of the Company with immediate effect and to appoint Ian Alexander Anton as a director of the Company with immediate effect.

The Board of Directors currently intends, in accordance with section 304 of the Act, to call such a general meeting within 21 days of the date of receipt of the Requisition and to hold such general meeting on a date not more than 28 days after the date of the notice convening such general meeting.

Shareholders are advised to take no action at this time. Further announcements will be made in due course.

Enquiries:

Capital Access Group	020 3763 3400
Scott Fulton Jessica Bradford	07788 144993
Numis Securities Limited	020 7260 1000
Oliver Cardigan (Nomad) Paul Gillam
Tom Ballard

 

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