Publication of Circular and EGM Notice

RNS Number : 9057D

FBD Holdings PLC

30 March 2011

 



FBD Holdings plc

30 March 2011

Approval of Waiver of Offer Obligations under

Rule 37 of the Irish Takeover Rules

Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting

FBD Holdings plc ("FBD" or the "Company") announces that a Circular containing a Notice convening an Extraordinary General Meeting ("EGM") of the Company (hereinafter "the EGM Circular") has today issued to Shareholders.  Copies of the EGM Circular have been submitted to both the Irish Stock Exchange and the UK Listing Authority and it has also been published on the Company's website www.fbdgroup.com.

The EGM Circular is also being submitted to the National Storage Mechanism today and will be available for inspection or downloading at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

The purpose of the EGM is to propose an ordinary resolution for the approval of shareholders, on a poll vote, pursuant to a waiver of the requirements of Rule 37(a) of the Irish Takeover Rules which has been granted by the Irish Takeover Panel in recent weeks and which is subject to such approval.

The Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Irish Farm Centre, Old Naas Road, Bluebell, Dublin 12, Ireland on Friday 29 April 2011 at 1.00 p.m. or as soon as the Annual General Meeting convened for 12.00 noon for the same date and venue has concluded.  The following documents, in addition to the EGM Circular, have today been made available from the Company's website www.fbdgroup.com

·     Sample Form of Proxy for use for the Extraordinary General Meeting

·     2010 Annual Report

·     Details of Voting Rights

For Enquiries

FBD
Conor Gouldson, Company Secretary	[phone]

FBD Holdings plc      FBD House, Bluebell, Dublin 12, Ireland

Registered in Dublin, Ireland       Registered Number 135882

 

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