Reduction of Capital Effective

RNS Number : 1393S

Westminster Group PLC

12 November 2021

 

Westminster Group Plc

('Westminster', the 'Group' or the 'Company')

Reduction of Capital Effective

Westminster, the specialist security and services group operating worldwide via an extensive international network of agents and offices in over 50 countries (LSE:WSG), announces a further update on its reduction of capital that was approved by the Company's shareholders at its Annual General Meeting held on 24 June 2021 ("Reduction of Capital").

Following the announcement made on 3 November 2021, the Board is pleased to announce that the Reduction of Capital has become effective. This follows the Court Order approving the Reduction of Capital having been registered at Companies House.

The Company confirms that, following the Reduction of Capital, the issued share capital of the Company remains at 330,514,660 ordinary shares of £0.001 pence each; there are no shares held in treasury. The total number of voting rights in the Company also remains at 330,514,660. The Company no longer has any Deferred Shares in issue.

For further information please contact:

Westminster Group Plc	Media enquiries via Walbrook PR
Rt. Hon. Sir Tony Baldry - Chairman
Peter Fowler - Chief Executive Officer
Mark Hughes - Chief Financial Officer
Strand Hanson Limited (Financial & Nominated Adviser)
James Harris	020 7409 3494
Ritchie Balmer Rob Patrick Arden Partners plc (Broker)  Richard Johnson (Corporate) Tim Dainton/Simon Johnson (Broking)	020 7614 5900
Walbrook (Investor Relations)
Tom Cooper	020 7933 8780
Paul Vann
Nick Rome	[e-mail]

Notes:

Westminster Group plc is a specialist security and services group operating worldwide via an extensive international network of agents and offices in over 50 countries.

Westminster's principal activity is the design, supply and ongoing support of advanced technology security solutions, encompassing a wide range of surveillance, detection (including Fever Detection), tracking and interception technologies and the provision of long-term managed services contracts such as the management and running of complete security services and solutions in airports, ports and other such facilities together with the provision of manpower, consultancy and training services. The majority of its customer base, by value, comprises governments and government agencies, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and blue-chip commercial organisations.

The Westminster Group Foundation is part of the Group's Corporate Social Responsibility activities. www.wg-foundation.org  

The Foundation's goal is to support the communities in which the Group operates by working with local partners and other established charities to provide goods or services for the relief of poverty and the advancement of education and healthcare particularly in the developing world.

The Westminster Group Foundation is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, CIO, registered with the Charities Commission number 1158653.

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE 7 OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION NO. 596/2014 ("MAR") WHICH IS PART OF UK LAW BY VIRTUE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018. UPON THE PUBLICATION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, THIS INSIDE INFORMATION IS NOW CONSIDERED TO BE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN

 

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