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Meggitt PLC27 March 2007 Immediate Release 27 March 2007 NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION OR PUBLICATION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN OR SOUTH AFRICA. MEGGITT PLC RESULTS OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING ACQUISITION OF K&F INDUSTRIES, HOLDINGS, INC. AND RIGHTS ISSUE Meggitt PLC announces that at the Extraordinary General Meeting held today forthe purposes of passing an ordinary resolution relating to the acquisition of K&F Industries Holdings, Inc. and to the Rights Issue announced on 6 March 2007,the resolution put to the meeting was duly passed without amendment. It is expected that Admission will take place and that trading of the Nil PaidRights on the main market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchangewill commence at 8.00 a.m. on 28 March 2007. It is expected that Nil Paid Rightswill be credited to the stock accounts of Qualifying CREST Shareholders andenabled in CREST as soon as practicable after 8.00 a.m. on 28 March 2007.Provisional Allotment Letters in relation to the New Shares to be issuedpursuant to the Rights Issue will today be posted to Qualifying Non-CRESTShareholders. The latest time and date for acceptance and payment in full underthe Rights Issue is 11.00 am on 17 April 2007. Terms used in this Announcement shall have the same meanings as set out in theProspectus dated 6 March 2007. Copies of the resolution, along with copies of the combined circular andprospectus, will shortly be available for inspection at the Financial ServicesAuthority's Document Viewing Facility which is situated at: the FinancialServices Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5HS(telephone 020 7066 1000). Enquiries Meggitt 01202 597597Terry Twigger, Chief ExecutiveStephen Young, Group Finance DirectorPhilip Green, Group Corporate Affairs Director Rothschild 020 7280 5000Robert Leit(C)?oRavi Gupta Merrill Lynch 020 7996 1000Simon FraserAndrew Fairclough Buchanan Communications 020 7466 5000Charles RylandJeremy Garcia N M Rothschild & Sons Limited is acting exclusively for Meggitt and for no-oneelse in relation to the Acquisition and the Rights Issue, and will not beresponsible to any other person for providing the protections afforded toclients of N M Rothschild & Sons Limited nor for providing advice in connectionwith the Acquisition or the Rights Issue. Merrill Lynch International is acting exclusively for Meggitt and for no-oneelse in relation to the Rights Issue, and will not be responsible to any otherperson for providing the protections afforded to clients of Merrill LynchInternational nor for providing advice in connection with the Rights Issue.This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of anoffer to buy New Shares or to take up entitlements to Nil Paid Rights in anyjurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful. Neither thisannouncement, nor the Prospectus, nor the Provisional Allotment Letter will bedistributed in or into the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan or SouthAfrica. This announcement is not an offer of securities for sale in, into or from theUnited States, Australia, Canada, Japan or South Africa. The New OrdinaryShares, Provisional Allotment Letters, Nil Paid Rights and Fully Paid Rightshave not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933 (asamended) or under any relevant securities laws of any state or otherjurisdiction of the United States, and will not qualify for distribution underany of the relevant securities laws of Australia, Canada, Japan or South Africa.Accordingly, the New Ordinary Shares, Provisional Allotment Letters, Nil PaidRights and/or Fully Paid Rights may not be offered, sold, taken up, exercised,resold, renounced, transferred or delivered, directly or indirectly, within theUnited States, Australia, Canada, Japan or South Africa. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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