Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC
Posting of circular convening a general meeting
In order to meet continuing demand for shares in Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC (the "Company"), the board of directors of the Company (the "Board") is seeking shareholder approval to renew the disapplication of statutory pre-emption rights on the issue of shares in the capital of the Company.
Accordingly, the Company has today issued a circular convening a general meeting (the "General Meeting") to be held at 12 noon on Friday, 1 March 2013 at the offices of Baillie Gifford & Co, Calton Square, 1 Greenside Row, Edinburgh EH1 3AN.
At the General Meeting, a resolution will be put to shareholders to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in relation to the allotment of shares up to an aggregate nominal value of £163,277.50, representing approximately 5 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital as at 4 February 2013.
The Board believes that the authority sought at the General Meeting will provide sufficient flexibility to enable demand for shares to be satisfied in the period from the General Meeting to the Company's next annual general meeting.
A copy of the circular is available for inspection on the Company's website at www.shinnippon.co.uk.
A copy of the circular will also be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
Baillie Gifford & Co
Company Secretaries
6 February 2013
Enquiries
James Budden (Baillie Gifford & Co, Company Secretaries)
Tel: 0131 275 2816