Result of EGM

Radstone Technology PLC 02 September 2003 NOT FOR RELEASE, DISTRIBUTION OR PUBLICATION, IN PART OR IN WHOLE, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN OR THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 2 September 2003 Radstone Technology PLC Results of EGM and Placing and Open Offer Radstone Technology PLC ("Radstone" or the "Company"), a supplier of rugged, high-performance embedded computer products, subsystems and support software for defence and aerospace applications, is pleased to announce that all resolutions proposed at the Extraordinary General Meeting ("EGM") held earlier today were duly passed. The EGM was convened to approve, inter alia, the acquisition of Interactive Circuits and Systems Limited ("ICS") and the issue of the New Radstone Shares in connection with the Acquisition and the Placing and Open Offer. The Open Offer of 3,541,414 New Radstone Shares to Qualifying Shareholders at 280 pence per Share closed at 3.00p.m. yesterday, 1 September 2003. By that time valid applications had been received for 3,185,452 Open Offer Shares, representing 89.9 per cent. of the Open Offer Shares. The Open Offer Shares, save for the 12,251 Open Offer Shares which the Directors had irrevocably undertaken to take up, had been conditionally placed with institutional and other investors by Evolution Beeson Gregory at the time of the announcement of the proposed acquisition of ICS and the placees have had their allocations reduced to satisfy valid applications by Qualifying Shareholders under the Open Offer. In addition, 142,137 New Radstone Shares to be issued in connection with the Placing and Open Offer, representing the New Radstone Shares which the Directors of Radstone irrevocably undertook not to take up under the Open Offer, have been conditionally placed with institutional and other investors by Evolution Beeson Gregory. The Acquisition and the Placing and Open Offer remain conditional, inter alia, on admission of the Placing and Open Offer Shares to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's market for listed securities. The Placing and Open Offer Shares are expected to be admitted to listing at 8.00 a.m. on 4 September 2003 and dealings in them will commence at that time. Completion of the Acquisition is expected to become fully unconditional on 4 September 2003. The Placing and Open Offer Shares are expected to be credited to the appropriate CREST stock account by 4 September 2003 and definitive share certificates in respect of the Placing and Open Offer Shares are expected to be despatched by no later than 8 September 2003. Terms used in this announcement have the same meanings as in the Circular sent to Shareholders on 8 August 2003. Contacts: Radstone Technology PLC Charles Paterson, Group Managing Director Tel: 01327 359 444 Jeff Perrin, Finance Director Close Brothers Corporate Finance Limited Andrew Cunningham Tel: 020 7655 3100 Evolution Beeson Gregory Limited Tim Worlledge Tel: 020 7488 4040 Buchanan Communications Limited Tim Thompson Tel: 020 7466 5000 Nicola Cronk Close Brothers Corporate Finance Limited and Evolution Beeson Gregory Limited are each acting exclusively for Radstone Technology PLC and for no one else in connection with the Acquisition and the Placing and Open Offer and will not be responsible to anyone other than Radstone Technology PLC for providing the protections afforded to clients of Close Brothers Corporate Finance Limited or Evolution Beeson Gregory Limited (as the case may be) or for providing advice in relation to the Acquisition, the Placing and Open Offer or on any other matter referred to in this announcement. The Directors and the Proposed Director of Radstone Technology PLC are the persons responsible for the information contained in this announcement. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the Directors and the Proposed Director (who have taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case) the information contained in this announcement is in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the import of such information. This announcement does not constitute or form part of any offer or invitation to sell or issue or the solicitation of an offer to purchase or subscribe New Radstone Shares in any jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful. This announcement is not for release, distribution or publication in or into the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan or the Republic of Ireland. The New Radstone Shares have not been, nor will they be, registered under the Securities Act or under the securities legislation of any state of the United States and no clearances in relation to the Placing and Open Offer have been, nor will they be, obtained from the securities commission of any province or territory of Canada nor has or will any document in relation to the New Radstone Shares be lodged for registration with the Registrar of Companies in the Republic of Ireland, nor has any prospectus been lodged with or registered by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. Accordingly, the New Radstone Shares to be issued pursuant to the Placing and Open Offer may not be offered, sold, renounced, delivered or transferred, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan or the Republic of Ireland, except pursuant to exemptions from the Securities Act or other applicable requirements of such jurisdictions. 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