Notice of EGM

Readybuy PLC 15 March 2005 Readybuy plc ('Readybuy' or 'the Company') Fundraising and Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting The Company is pleased to announce a two stage process of fundraising (the 'Fundraising') to fund the general working capital requirements of the Company. It is the Company's intention to raise the sum of up to £350,000 by way of a combination of:- (a) convertible loans in the sum of £100,000 (the 'Loans') from certain of the Directors and/or shareholders (the 'Lenders') of the Company (the 'First Stage Fundraising'); and (b) approximately £250,000 by way of a placing of 1,666,667 ordinary shares of 0.5p each in the capital of the Company ('Ordinary Shares') at 15p per share (the 'Second Stage Fundraising'). The Fundraising is conditional upon the approval of certain resolutions by the shareholders of the Company ('Shareholders') at an Extraordinary General Meeting ('EGM'). The First Stage Fundraising involves the making of Loans to the Company by the following Lenders in the sums referred to below:- Lender Amount of Loan (£) Ian William Currie, Richard Ian Hughes and Keith William Salisbury t/a Zeus Partners 20,000 Alwin Curtis Thompson 20,000 Colin Ernest Davies 20,000 Brian Paul Bennett 10,000 Kui Man (Gerry) Yeung 20,000 Kui Shum (Harry) Yeung 10,000 Total 100,000 The Loans are repayable on demand with the option for the Lender to capitalise the amounts of such Loans (but only at such time as the Second Stage Fundraising is completed to enable the Company to maximise the value of the Second Stage Fundraising) by the issue of Ordinary Shares at the same subscription price as that being proposed in respect of the Second Stage Fundraising, namely 15p per share. Accordingly, the Company has written to Shareholders convening an EGM to be held at the offices of Zeus Capital Limited, 3 Ralli Courts, West Riverside, Manchester M3 5FT at 10.00 a.m. on 8 April 2005. At the EGM, resolutions will be proposed to:- • authorise the Directors pursuant to Section 80 of the Companies Act 1985 (the 'Act') to allot relevant securities up to an aggregate nominal amount of £29,990.02; and • empower the Directors pursuant to Section 95 of the Act to allot equity securities (as defined in the Act) for cash, without complying with the statutory pre-emption rights, to the extent specified in the resolution. Contact:- Colin Davies Readybuy plc Tel: 07767 274412 David Youngman W.H. Ireland Limited Tel: 0161 832 6644 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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