21st Nov 2006 17:10
Ryanair Holdings PLC21 November 2006 EGM CIRCULAR BEING POSTED Ryanair announces that it is today issuing a circular to its shareholdersconvening an extraordinary general meeting of the Company for 10.00 a.m. on 14December, 2006 at which resolutions in respect of the proposed Acquisition ofAer Lingus and the recently announced stock split, will be considered and votedupon. The Extraordinary General Meeting will be held at The Great SouthernHotel, Dublin Airport, Co. Dublin, Ireland. A copy of the this document has been submitted to the Irish Stock Exchange andthe UK Listing Authority, and will shortly be available for inspection at thefollowing locations: 1. Company Announcements Office,Irish Stock Exchange,28 Anglesea Street,Dublin 2,Ireland.Tel: + 353 1 6174200 2. Financial Services Authority,25 The North Colonnade,Canary Wharf,London E14 5HS,United Kingdom.Tel: + 44 207 066 1000. Enquiries: Ryanair Telephone: +353 1 812 1212Howard Millar Davy Corporate Finance Telephone: +353 1 679 6363(Financial Adviser to Ryanair)Hugh McCutcheonEugenee Mulhern Morgan Stanley Telephone: +44 20 74255000(Financial Adviser to Ryanair)Gavin MacDonaldColm DonlonAdrian Doyle Murray Consultants Telephone: +353 1 498 0300(Public Relations Advisers to Ryanair)Pauline McAlester Telephone: +353 87 255 8300 This announcement does not constitute an offer or an invitation to offer topurchase or subscribe for any securities. Any response by Aer Lingusshareholders in relation to the Offer should only be made on the basis of theinformation contained in the Offer Document or any document by which the Offeris made. The directors of Ryanair accept responsibility for the information contained inthis announcement. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the directors ofRyanair (who have taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case),the information contained in this announcement for which they acceptresponsibility is in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything likelyto affect the import of such information. Terms defined in the circular issued by Ryanair today have the same meaning inthis announcement unless otherwise stated. Any person who is the holder of 1 per cent. or more of any class of shares inAer Lingus or Ryanair may be required to make disclosures pursuant to Rule 8.3of the Irish Takeover Panel Act, 1997, Takeover Rules 2001 to 2005, as applied,with amendments by the European Communities (Takeover Bids (Directive 2004/25/EC)) Regulations 2006. Davy Corporate Finance, which is regulated in Ireland by the FinancialRegulator, is acting exclusively for Ryanair and no one else in connection withthe Offer, and will not be responsible to anyone other than Ryanair forproviding the protections afforded to clients of Davy Corporate Finance nor forproviding advice in relation to the Offer, the contents of this document or anytransaction or arrangement referred to in this announcement. Morgan Stanley & Co. Limited is acting exclusively for Ryanair and no one elsein connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to anyone other thanRyanair for providing the protections afforded to clients of Morgan Stanley &Co. Limited nor for providing advice in relation to the Offer, the contents ofthis document or any transaction or arrangement referred to in thisannouncement. The availability of the Offer to persons outside Ireland may be affected by thelaws of the relevant jurisdiction. Such persons should inform themselves aboutand observe any applicable requirements. The Offer will not be made, directly orindirectly, in or into Australia, Canada, Japan, South Africa, the United Statesor any other jurisdiction where it would be unlawful to do so, or by use of themails, or by any means or instrumentality (including, without limitation,telephonically or electronically) of interstate or foreign commerce, or by anyfacility of a national securities exchange of any jurisdiction where it would beunlawful to do so, and the Offer will not be capable of acceptance by any suchmeans, instrumentality or facility from or within Australia, Canada, Japan,South Africa, the United States or any other jurisdiction where it would beunlawful to do so. Accordingly, copies of this announcement and all otherdocuments relating to the Offer are not being, and must not be, mailed orotherwise forwarded, distributed or sent in, into or from Australia, Canada,Japan, South Africa, the United States or any other jurisdiction where it wouldbe unlawful to do so. Persons receiving such documents (including, withoutlimitation, nominees, trustees and custodians) should observe theserestrictions. Failure to do so may invalidate any related purported acceptanceof the Offer. Notwithstanding the foregoing restrictions, Ryanair reserves theright to permit the Offer to be accepted if, in its sole discretion, it issatisfied that the transaction in question is exempt from or not subject to thelegislation or regulation giving rise to the restrictions in question. Ends. Tuesday, 21st November 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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