12th Aug 2005 17:57
Aberdeen Asset Management PLC12 August 2005 Aberdeen Asset Management PLC12 August 2005 Publication of Shareholder documents and Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting Aberdeen Asset Management PLC (the "Company") has today published a shareholdercircular and prospectus in connection with the proposed acquisition of certainfund management businesses and contracts of Deutsche Bank AG and 3 for 2 RightsIssue of up to 486,000,000 New Ordinary Shares at 63p per Share. Both documentswill be posted to shareholders today. The circular gives notice of anExtraordinary General Meeting of the Company to be held at 10.30 a.m. on 31August 2005 at Donaldson House, 97 Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh, EH12 5HD. Copies of the above documents, each of which is dated 12 August 2005, have beensubmitted to the UK Listing Authority and are available for inspection at theDocument Viewing Facility, which is situated at: The Financial Services Authority25 The North ColonnadeCanary WharfLondonE14 5HSTel: 020 7676 1000 Contact: Maitland 020 7379 5151 Fiona Piper JPMorgan Cazenove 020 7588 2828 John PaynterIan HannamRichard LockeJames Wood-Collins EXPECTED TIMETABLE 2005Record Date for entitlements under the Rights Issue close of business on 26 August Latest time for receipt of Forms of Proxy for the Extraordinary 10.30 a.m. on 29 AugustGeneral Meeting Extraordinary General Meeting 10.30 a.m. on 31 August Despatch of Provisional Allotment Letters (to Qualifying as soon as practicable on 31 AugustNon-CREST Shareholders only) Admission and commencement of dealings in New Ordinary Shares, nil paid, on the London Stock Exchange 8.00 a.m. on 1 September Nil Paid Rights credited to stock accounts in CREST (Qualifying 8.00 a.m. on 1 Septemberas soon as practicable after CREST Shareholders only) Shares marked ''ex-rights'' by the London Stock Exchange 8.00 a.m. on 1 September Latest recommended time and date for requesting withdrawal of 4.30 p.m. on 19 SeptemberNil Paid Rights or Fully Paid Rights from CREST (i.e. if your Nil Paid Rights or Fully Paid Rights are in CREST and you wish to convertthem to uncertificated form) Latest time and date for depositing renounced Provisional 3.00 p.m. on 20 SeptemberAllotment Letters, nil paid or fully paid, into CREST or fordematerialising Nil Paid Rights or Fully Paid Rights into a CREST stock account Latest time and date for splitting Provisional Allotment 3.00 p.m. on 21 SeptemberLetters, nil paid or fully paid Latest time and date for acceptance and payment in full and 11.00 a.m. on 23 Septemberregistration of renounced Provisional Allotment Letters Expected date on which New Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to 8.00 a.m. on 26 Septemberthe Rights Issue will be credited to CREST stock accounts in uncertificated form Expected date for delivery of definitive share certificates for by 3 OctoberNew Ordinary Shares This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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