Johnston Press PLC Publication of Circular & General Meeting Notice (8424Q)

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RNS Number : 8424Q

Johnston Press PLC

02 March 2016

Johnston Press plc

Publication of Circular and Notice of General Meeting relating to acquisition of the business and certain assets of the i newspaper

On 12 February 2016, Johnston Press plc ("Johnston Press" or the "Company") announced that it had conditionally agreed to acquire the business and certain assets of the i newspaper (the "Acquisition"). The Company is pleased to announce that a circular in relation to the Acquisiton (the "Circular") has been published and is being posted to shareholders today.

The Acquisition is subject to the approval of shareholders of the Company and, accordingly,the Circular contains a notice convening a general meeting of the Company to be held at 10.00 a.m. on 21 March 2016 at the offices of Ashurst LLP, Broadwalk House, 5 Appold Street, London, EC2A 2HA (the "General Meeting").

The Circular will also shortly be available to view or download on the Company's website www.johnstonpress.co.uk. In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.1R, a copy of the Circular and the accompanying form of proxy have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

Expected timetable of principal events

 
 Announcement of the Acquisition      12 February 
                                             2016 
 Publication of the Circular         2 March 2016 
 Latest time and date for receipt    10 a.m on 17 
  of Forms of Proxy                    March 2016 
 General Meeting                     10 a.m on 21 
                                       March 2016 
 Expected date for Completion       10 April 2016 
  of the Acquisition 
 Long Stop Time for Shareholder       9 a.m on 10 
  approval                             April 2016

References in this announcement to time are to London time, unless specified otherwise.

For further information please contact:

 
 Johnston Press 
 Ashley Highfield, Chief Executive 
  Officer                                  020 7612 2601 
 David King, Chief Financial Officer       020 7612 2602 
 
 Bell Pottinger 
 Dan de Belder                             020 3772 2561 
 
 Panmure Gordon (Sponsor and Joint 
  Broker) 
 Dominic Morley / Andrew Potts 
  / Alina Vaskina (Corporate Finance) 
  Charles Leigh-Pemberton (Corporate 
  Broking)                                 020 7886 2500 
 
 Liberum (Joint Broker) 
 Neil Patel                                020 3100 2000 
 
 Ingenious Corporate Finance (Financial 
  Adviser) 
 Toby Ramsden                              020 7319 4159 
 Graham Smith                              020 7319 4162

This information is provided by RNS

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