Notice of General Meeting

RNS Number : 9935X

Barr(A.G.) PLC

26 August 2009

 



For immediate release                                                                                              26 August 2009

A.G.BARR p.l.c. (the 'Company')

Notice of General Meeting

The board of directors of the Company (the 'Board') announces that a notice convening a general meeting (the 'General Meeting') has today been posted to shareholders of the Company (the 'Notice of General Meeting'). 

The General Meeting will be held at the offices of Dickson Minto W.S., 16 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh EH2 4DF at 10 a.m. on 18 September 2009.

The General Meeting has been convened to consider and, if thought fit, pass a resolution to subdivide the Company's issued and to be issued share capital (the 'Share Subdivision'). It is proposed that each of the Company's issued and to be issued ordinary shares of 25 pence each be subdivided into two ordinary shares of 12.5 pence each (together the 'New Ordinary Shares').

The Share Subdivision will double the number of ordinary shares in issue and, the Board believes, may improve the liquidity and marketability of the ordinary shares. The Board also believes that the Share Subdivision may enable the Company to attract more private investors and broaden its shareholder base.

If the resolution to approve the Share Subdivision is passed at the General Meeting, it is expected that the Official List of the UK Listing Authority (the 'UKLA') will be amended to reflect the Share Subdivision with effect from 21 September 2009 (the 'Effective Date').  

New share certificates in respect of each shareholder's holding of New Ordinary Shares will be sent to the holders of certificated shares following the Effective Date. Shareholders who hold their shares in uncertificated form will have their CREST accounts credited on the Effective Date.

The New Ordinary Shares will have the ISIN code GB00B44GZQ21.

The Company expects to announce its interim results for the six months ended 1 August 2009 on 29 September 2009.

Two copies of the Notice of General Meeting have been forwarded to the Financial Services Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UKLA's Document Viewing Facility situated at: 

The Financial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS.

A copy of the Notice of General Meeting will also shortly be available 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]

Nicola Cronk

Christian Goodbody

 

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