31st Mar 2008 16:22
Devro PLC31 March 2008 DEVRO PLC Annual General Meeting Annual Report and Accounts Devro plc ('the company') announces that its Annual General Meeting ('AGM')will be held at 12 noon on 1 May 2008 at the Westerwood Hotel, St Andrews Drive,Cumbernauld G68 0WE Copies of the following documents arc being despatched to shareholders today: • the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2007 which also includes the Notice convening the AGM; and • the form of proxy for use at the AGM. These documents have today been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and willshortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's DocumentViewing Facility, situated at the Financial Services Authority, 25 The NorthColonnade, Canary Wharf, London E15 5HJ. At the forthcoming AGM a proposal will be put before the shareholders to adopt anew set of Articles of Association for the Company to ensure that the Company'sArticles of Association are consistent with those provisions of company law,including in particular the Companies Act 2006, which have come into force sincethe existing Articles of Association were adopted on 8 May 2003 (and amended byspecial resolution passed on 6 May 2004) and certain provisions of the 2006 Actwhich will come into force on 1 October 2008. A copy of the proposed newArticles of Association and a copy of the Company's existing Articles ofAssociation marked to show the differences between those Articles and theproposed new Articles of Association have also been submitted to the UK ListingAuthority and will shortly be available for inspection through the DocumentViewing Facility. Copies will also be available for inspection at the Company'sregistered office and at the offices of Clifford Chance LLP, 10 Upper BanksStreet, London E14 5JJ during usual business hours and at the AGM from 11:45 amuntil the close of the meeting. Contact: John Meredith, Company Secretary Telephone: 01236 878207 31 March 2008 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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