Requisitioned General Meeting - Circular Posted

RNS Number : 6101L

Victoria PLC

06 September 2012

 



Victoria PLC

('Victoria', or the 'Company')

Requisitioned General Meeting - Circular Posted

Victoria PLC, (LSE: VCP) the international designers, manufacturers and distributors of innovative floorcoverings, announces that it has posted to shareholders a circular convening a general meeting (the "General Meeting") of the Company to be held at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole, National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham B40 1PP at 11.00 a.m. on 3 October 2012.

The Company announced on 15 August 2012 that it had received a valid requisition (the "Requisition") to convene a general meeting of the Company from HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited (the "Requisitioner") on behalf of New Fortress Finance Holdings Limited.  Pursuant to the Requisition, the following ordinary resolutions (the "Resolutions") will be proposed at the General Meeting:

1.   to remove Katherine Innes Ker as a director of the Company;

2.   to appoint Alexander Anton as a director of the Company;

3.   to remove David Garman as a director of the Company;

4.   to appoint Geoffrey Wilding as a director of the Company;

5.   to appoint Andrew Harrison as a director of the Company; and

6.   to remove any other director appointed after 13 August 2012.

The circular sets out the background to the Requisition and provides details of the reasons why the Board recommends that Shareholders should vote AGAINST all the Resolutions.

Whether or not they propose to attend the General Meeting in person, shareholders are requested to complete the proxy form enclosed with the circular and return it to the Company's registrars, Capita Registrars, PXS, The Registry, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 4TU so as to arrive as soon as possible, but in any event so as to be received before 11.00 a.m. on 1 October 2012 to be valid.

The circular and the form of proxy can be viewed at the Company's website www.victoriaplc.com.

In addition, in accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.1R, the Company is today submitting the circular and proxy form to the UK Listing Authority's online document viewing facility at The National Storage Mechanism - http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.

The circular and proxy form can also be viewed by clicking on the following links:

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/6101L_-2012-9-5.pdf

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/6101L_1-2012-9-5.pdf

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For more information contact:

Victoria PLC Katherine Innes Ker, Chairman Alan Bullock, Group Managing Director	[phone]
Seymour Pierce Jonathan Wright (Corporate finance) Jacqui Briscoe (Corporate broking)	[phone]
Pelham Bell Pottinger Olly Scott	[phone]

 

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