Announcement of Circular

RNS Number : 9042A

Barr(A.G.) PLC

07 August 2008

 



For immediate release                                                                                              7 August 2008

A.G.Barr p.l.c. 

Circular re: proposed acquisition of Groupe Rubicon Limited

Further to the announcement dated 5 August 2008 regarding the proposed acquisition of Groupe Rubicon Limited, the Board of A.G.Barr p.l.c. (the 'Company') announces that a Circular has today been posted to shareholders of the Company. 

The Circular gives further details of the acquisition and contains a notice of the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company to approve the proposed acquisition. The Extraordinary General Meeting will be held at the offices of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Lomond House, 9 George Square, Glasgow G2 1QQ at 11.00 a.m. on Monday, 25 August 2008. 

Copies of the Circular have been forwarded to the Financial Services Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility situated at: The Financial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS, telephone [phone]. 

A copy of the Circular will also shortly be available for inspection on the Company's website at www.agbarr.co.uk.

For further information please contact:

A.G.Barr p.l.c.                          Tel: [phone]

Roger White, Chief Executive

Alex Short, Finance Director

Buchanan Communications        Tel: [phone]

Tim Thompson / Nicola Cronk

NM Rothschild & Sons             Tel: [phone]

James Murray / Susan Tribe

 

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