11th Jun 2007 15:26
H&T Group PLC11 June 2007 H&T Group plc Results of EGM H&T Group plc ("H&T Group") trades under the H&T Pawnbrokers and Get>Go brandsand is the UK's leading pawnbroking business by size of pledge book. On 16 May 2007, H&T Group announced details of the proposed Placing of 3,600,000new Ordinary Shares at 204 pence per share, to raise approximately £7 millionnet of expenses. The Board of H&T Group is pleased to announce that, at the Extraordinary GeneralMeeting held earlier today, the Resolutions which were set out in the Notice ofExtraordinary General Meeting included in the circular to shareholders inrelation to the Placing dated 16 May 2007 (the "Circular") were duly passed. Application has been made for the Placing Shares to be admitted to trading onAIM and it is expected that Admission will become effective and that dealings inthe Placing Shares will commence at 8 a.m. on 12 June 2007. The net proceeds of the Placing will be used to finance the expansion of theGroup's store estate, in particular to fund acquisitions. Terms defined in the Circular have the same meaning in this announcement. 11 June 2007 ENQUIRIES: H&T Group plc Tel: 0870 9022 600John Nichols, Chief Executive Hawkpoint Partners Limited Tel: 020 7665 4500Lawrence Guthrie / Sunil Duggal Numis Securities Limited Tel: 020 7260 1000Oliver Hemsley / Charles Farquhar College Hill Tel: 020 7457 2020Gareth David / Paddy Blewer This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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