9th Apr 2008 14:34
PartyGaming Plc09 April 2008 9 April 2008 PartyGaming Plc ("PartyGaming" or the "Company") 2007 Annual Report, Notice of 2008 Annual General Meeting and Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting PartyGaming, the world's leading listed online gaming company, has today postedits annual report for the year ended 31 December 2007 to the Company'sshareholders and depositary interest holders. The document can be found on theCompany's website, www.partygaming.com. The 2007 annual report incorporates thenotice of the Company's 2008 Annual General Meeting ("AGM"), which will be heldat 5.00 p.m. (Central European Time) on Thursday, 15 May 2008 at The CaletaHotel, Catalan Bay, Gibraltar. In addition, enclosed with the 2007 annual report, PartyGaming shareholders havebeen sent a circular giving notice of an Extraordinary General Meeting (the"EGM") to be held immediately after the AGM, to seek approval for: (i) the consolidation of the Company's share capital,replacing every ten existing ordinary shares of 0.0015 pence each with one newordinary share of 0.015 pence each ("New Shares"), including a consequentialchange to the Company's memorandum of association (the "Share CapitalConsolidation"); and (ii) the adoption of a new set of articles of association. The Share Capital Consolidation will take effect subject to, and with effectfrom, the amendment of the official list of the Financial Services Authority(the "Official List") to reflect the Share Capital Consolidation and theadmission of the New Shares to trading on the London Stock Exchange's mainmarket for listed securities. Application for such amendment and admission willbe made so as to enable dealings in the New Shares to commence as soon aspracticable after the record date of Friday, 16 May 2008. It is expected thatthe Official List will be amended with effect from, and dealings for normalsettlement in the New Shares will commence at, 8.00 a.m. (British Summer Time)on Monday, 19 May 2008. The EGM circular, proposed changes to the Company's memorandum of associationand new set of articles of association can be found on the PartyGaming website,www.partygaming.com. Copies of the 2007 annual report incorporating the notice of AGM, the EGMcircular, amended memorandum of association, proposed new set of articles ofassociation and the forms of proxy, forms of direction and nominee accountinstruction forms for the AGM and EGM will be available from today forinspection at the Financial Services Authority's Document Viewing Facility whichis situated at the Financial Services Authority, 25 The Colonnade, Canary Wharf,London E14 5HS. Contacts: PartyGaming Plc Robert Hoskin, Company Secretary +350 78700 Peter Reynolds, Director of Investor Relations +44 207 337 0100 John Shepherd, Director of Corporate Communications +44 207 337 0100 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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