31st Oct 2005 11:42
Linton Park PLC31 October 2005 Linton Park Plc ("Linton Park") Camellia Plc ("Camellia") 31 October 2005 Result of Linton Park Court Meeting and Results of Camellia ExtraordinaryGeneral Meeting The Independent Directors of Linton Park and the Board of Camellia are pleasedto announce that, at the Linton Park Court Meeting held earlier today, theIndependent Shareholders of Linton Park approved the proposal for Linton Park tobecome a wholly-owned subsidiary of Camellia to be implemented by means of ascheme of arrangement under section 425 of the Companies Act 1985 (the "Scheme"). At the Extraordinary General Meeting of Camellia's shareholders also heldearlier today, Camellia's shareholders passed (i) the ordinary resolutiongranting authority to Camellia's directors to allot up to 248,011 new ordinaryshares of 10 pence each in Camellia and (ii) the special resolution adopting newarticles of association of Camellia. The Camellia Directors intend to use thisauthority to allot the Camellia shares required to implement the Scheme. The Scheme remains conditional, inter alia, on (i) the Scheme being sanctionedby the Court and (ii) permission being granted for the shares in Camellia to beissued pursuant to the Scheme to be admitted to the Official List and to tradingon the London Stock Exchange's market for listed securities. Subject to theseconditions, the Scheme is expected to become effective on 17 November 2005. Enquiries Camellia 01622 746655 Malcolm Perkins Linton Park 01622 746655 Tom Lupton KPMG Corporate Finance 020 7311 1000 Tom Franks Susan Walker Teather & Greenwood Limited 020 7426 9000 Jeff Keating Sindre Ottesen KPMG Corporate Finance, a division of KPMG LLP which is authorised and regulatedin the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority for investmentbusiness activities, is acting exclusively as financial adviser for Camellia inrelation to the proposal and is not acting for any other person in relation tosuch proposal and will not be responsible to anyone other than Camellia foradvice in relation to the contents of this announcement, or the proposal or anyarrangement referred to herein. Teather & Greenwood Limited, which is authorised and regulated in the UnitedKingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for LintonPark and for no one else in relation to the proposal and will not be responsibleto anyone other than Linton Park for providing the protections afforded toclients of Teather & Greenwood Limited or for giving advice in relation to theproposal, the contents of this announcement or any other arrangement or matterreferred to herein. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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