Publication of Circular and Notice of Meeting

RNS Number : 6851R

Ferguson PLC

01 July 2020

 

1 July 2020

FERGUSON PLC

PUBLICATION OF CIRCULAR AND NOTICE OF MEETING

On 15 April 2020, the Board of Ferguson plc ("Ferguson") announced its decision to seek shareholder approval for an additional listing of Ferguson Shares on a major US stock exchange (the "AdditionalUS Listing"), while retaining the Company's premium listing on the London Stock Exchange.

Further to that announcement, Ferguson announces that it has today published a Circular (the "Circular") outlining further details of the Additional US Listing, the necessary shareholder resolution to be considered at the General Meeting, which will be held on 29 July 2020 and the Notice of Meeting. The Circular will be distributed to Ferguson Shareholders together with a form of proxy for the General Meeting.

A copy of the Circular is available on Ferguson's website: www.fergusonplc.com and will also be submitted to, and will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

Unless stated otherwise, capitalised terms used in this announcement shall have the same meanings as in the Circular.

For further information please contact

Ferguson plc
Geoff Drabble, Chairman	Tel:	[phone]
Mark Fearon, Director of Corporate Communications and IR	Mobile:	[phone]
Media Enquiries
Mike Ward, Head of Corporate Communications	Mobile:	[phone]
Nina Coad, David Litterick (Brunswick)	Tel:	[phone]

Notes to editors:

Ferguson plc is a value-added distributor of plumbing and heating products to professional contractors principally operating in North America and the UK. Revenue for the year ended 31 July 2019 was $21.8 billion and ongoing trading profit was $1.6 billion. Ferguson plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: FERG) and is in the FTSE 100 index of listed companies. For more information, please visit  www.fergusonplc.com  or follow us on Twitter  https://twitter.com/Ferguson_plc .

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