22nd Mar 2006 07:02
Pittards PLC22 March 2006 Further to the announcement made by Pittards plc (the "Company") today at 12.00noon the Company has today despatched a circular ("Circular") to the holders ofits ordinary shares of 25 pence each and to the holders of its 9.5 per cent.preference shares of £1 each (together "Shareholders"), convening anextraordinary general meeting, a meeting of ordinary shareholders and a meetingof preference shareholders (the "Meetings"). The Meetings have been convened inorder to seek authority from the Shareholders to a proposed share capitalreorganisation, a proposed waiver of Rule 9 of the City Code on Takeovers andMergers and a proposed increase in the directors' authorities to issue and allotnew ordinary shares. The Meetings are to be held at Novotel Bristol Centre, Victoria Street, BristolBS1 6HY on 13 April 2006 commencing at 1.00 p.m. Copies of this Document are available for inspection at the registered office ofthe Company, Pittards plc, Sherborne Road, Yeovil, Somerset BA21 5BA and fromthe offices of the Company's solicitors, Bevan Brittan LLP, Fleet Place House, 2Fleet Place, Holborn Viaduct, London EC4M 7RF, during normal business hours onany weekday (Saturdays and public holidays excepted) from today until the expiryof one month after the Meetings. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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