Posting of Circular & Trading Update

RNS Number : 1696V

Petards Group PLC

09 January 2013

 



9 January 2013

Petards Group plc

("Petards" or "the Company")

Posting of Circular and Trading Update

Petards announces, further to its announcement of 21 December 2012, that a circular convening a general meeting for 25 January 2013 has today been posted to shareholders. A copy of the circular containing the Notice of General Meeting (the "Circular") is available on the Company's website.

The General Meeting has been requisitioned by Water Hall Group plc pursuant to section 303 of the Companies Act 2006. Water Hall is the registered holder of 3,259,933 ordinary shares in the Company representing approximately 29.99% of its issued ordinary share capital.

The Independent Directors of the Company strongly urge shareholders to vote their shares AGAINST the resolutions being proposed, as each of them will be doing in respect of their own shares at the General Meeting.

The Circular contains the following statement regarding current trading:

"The Independent Directors still expect the operating performance for the year to 31 December 2012 to be in line with current market expectations and similar to the level achieved in 2011.  In addition the Independent Directors remain optimistic about the prospects for an improved performance in the current financial year and beyond."

For further information:

Petards Group plc	www.petards.com
Andy Wonnacott, Finance Director	Tel: [phone]
WH Ireland Limited	www.wh-ireland.co.uk
Mike Coe / Marc Davies	Tel:  [phone]

 

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