Result of EGM
December 09 2003 - 10:18AM
UK Regulatory
RNS Number:0506T
iSoft Group PLC
09 December 2003
9 December 2003
iSOFT Group plc
ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULT OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN OR INTO
THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE TO
DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION.
iSOFT Group plc ("iSOFT") announces that the resolutions proposed at the
Extraordinary General Meeting held today in respect of, inter alia, the
recommended Merger Offer with Torex PLC ("Torex") were duly passed by the iSOFT
Shareholders.
The Closing Date of the Merger Offer was extended to 3.00pm on Thursday 18
December 2003, in an announcement by iSOFT on 5 December following the first
closing date of the Merger Offer on 4 December.
Torex Shareholders who have not accepted the Merger Offer are urged, if their
Torex Shares are in certificated form (that is, not in CREST), to complete and
return their Form of Acceptance as soon as possible and by no later than 3.00pm
on 18 December 2003 or, if their Torex Shares are held in uncertificated form
(that is, in CREST), to ensure that an Electronic Acceptance is made by them, or
on their behalf, which settles as soon as possible and by no later than 3.00pm
on 18 December 2003.
A copy of the resolutions are available for inspection at the UK Listing
Authority's Document Viewing Facility situated at 25 The North Colonnade, Canary
Wharf, London E14 5HS.
Application has been made to the UK Listing Authority for the listing of, and to
the London Stock Exchange for the Admission of, up to 102,721,328 of iSOFT
Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each fully paid to the Official List.
Terms defined in the Merger Offer document dated 13 November 2003 have the same
meaning in this announcement unless the context otherwise requires.
Enquiries:
iSOFT Group plc +44(0)161 935 8800
Tim Whiston, Finance Director
Hoare Govett Limited +44(0)20 7678 8000
Chris Fielding
Financial Dynamics +44(0)20 7831 3113
Giles Sanderson
Hoare Govett Limited, which is regulated in the UK by the Financial Services
Authority, is acting exclusively for iSOFT in connection with the Merger and no
one else and will not be responsible to anyone other than iSOFT for providing
the protections afforded to clients of Hoare Govett Limited nor for providing
advice in relation to the Merger.
The Merger Offer is not being made, directly or indirectly, in or into, or by
the use of mails or any means or instrumentality (including, without limitation,
telephonically or electronically) of interstate or foreign commerce of, or any
facility of a national securities exchange of, the United States, Canada,
Australia or Japan and the Merger Offer will not be capable of acceptance by any
such use, means, instrumentality or facilities from or within the United States,
Canada, Australia or Japan. Accordingly, copies of this announcement and any
related documents are not being, and must not be, in whole or in part, directly
or indirectly, mailed or otherwise forwarded, distributed or sent in or into or
from the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan and persons receiving this
announcement and any related document (including, without limitation,
custodians, nominees and trustees) must not mail or otherwise forward,
distribute or send them, in whole or in part, in or into or from the United
States, Canada, Australia or Japan or such other jurisdiction where to do so
would constitute a violation of the relevant laws of such jurisdiction. Doing so
may render invalid any purported acceptance of the Merger Offer.
This information is provided by RNS
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