Johnston Press PLC Publication of Circular & General Meeting Notice (5020S)
December 21 2016 - 7:37AM
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RNS Number : 5020S
Johnston Press PLC
21 December 2016
21 December 2016
Johnston Press plc (the "Company")
Publication of Circular and Notice of General Meeting relating
to the disposal of Johnston Publishing East Anglia Limited
On 16 December 2016, Johnston Press plc ("Johnston Press" or the
"Company") announced that its subsidiary, Johnston Publishing
Limited, had conditionally agreed to sell the entire issued share
capital of Johnston Publishing East Anglia Limited, which will hold
13 publishing titles and associated websites in East Anglia and the
East Midlands (the "Disposal"). The Company is pleased to announce
that a circular in relation to the Disposal (the "Circular") has
been published and is being posted to shareholders today.
The Disposal 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 11
January 2017 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
Storing Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at
www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
Expected timetable of principal events
Announcement of the Disposal 16 December 2016
Publication of the Circular 21 December 2016
Latest time and date for receipt 10.00 a.m. on
of Forms of Proxy 9 January 2017
General Meeting 10.00 a.m. on
11 January 2017
Expected date for Completing 17 January 2017
of the Disposal
Long Stop Time for Shareholder 11.59 p.m. on
approval 31 March 2017
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
Henry Lerwill
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
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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