EGM Statement

Ninth Floor (The) PLC 11 October 2002 Ninth Floor plc (the 'Company') announces that at the EGM held today all resolutions including those in relation to the Placing and Open Offer of up to 150,000,000 new ordinary shares and the change of the Company's name to Farsight plc, were approved by shareholders. The EGM resolutions included an ordinary resolution (the 'Whitewash Resolution') which approved the waiver by The Panel on Takeovers and Mergers of any obligation which might otherwise fall on the concert party, comprising Mr J Dalton, Mr R Davies and Mr M James and their connected parties, to make a general offer to the shareholders of the Company under Rule 9 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers as a result of the issue of new ordinary shares pursuant to the Placing and Open Offer. In accordance with the City Code, the Whitewash Resolution was conducted and passed following a poll of independent shareholders. Votes in favour of the Whitewash Resolution were received from holders of 21,852,901 ordinary shares in the Company, representing 98.21 per cent. of the votes cast by independent shareholders. Following the issue of the new ordinary shares, the shareholdings of the concert party have increased from 29.90 per cent. to 39.61 per cent. At the close of the Open Offer at 3.00 p.m. on Monday 7 October 2002, valid applications had been received in respect of 25,262,632 ordinary shares. The balance of 74,737,368 new ordinary shares the subject of the Open Offer were placed with the concert party. The Firm placing of up to 50,000,000 was fully subscribed. In aggregate the Company will issue 155,000,000 new ordinary shares resulting in the Company now having 302,477,072 ordinary shares in issue. Admission to trading on AIM of the 155,000,000 new ordinary shares is expected to take place on 14 October 2002. At the AGM of the Company also held today all resolutions were duly passed. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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