Withdrawal of Requisition for General Meeting

RNS Number : 5969E

Hornby PLC

09 May 2017

Hornby plc

("Hornby" or "the Company")

9 May 2017

Withdrawal of Requisition of General Meeting

Further to its announcements dated 10 April 2017 and 25 April 2017, Hornby today announces that on 8 May 2017 it received a letter 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 "Requisitionists"), withdrawing with immediate effect the requirement for the Company to proceed with convening the requisitioned general meeting under section 303 of the Companies Act 2006.

As announced on 25 April 2017, the requisitioned general meeting has already been convened and is scheduled to take place on 16 May 2017 at 11.00 a.m. at the offices of the Company's solicitors, Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP at Adelaide House, London Bridge, London EC4R 9HA.

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