£4.00m
0.000p
47.50p
Publishing Technology PLC
25 April 2008
25 April 2008
Publishing Technology PLC
Result of Extraordinary General Meeting ("EGM")
The Board of Publishing Technology PLC ("Publishing Technology" or the
"Company") which designs, installs and hosts software systems for publishers and
information providers, is pleased to announce that all resolutions proposed at
today's EGM, as set out in the circular to shareholders dated 1 April 2008 (the
"Circular"), were duly passed.
Following the passing of resolution 1, the reorganisation of the Company's
issued share capital, as set out in the Circular, has taken place so that the
ordinary shares of 1p have been re-designated as new ordinary shares of 0.1p
("New Ordinary Shares"). Application has been made for these New Ordinary
Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM, together with the additional New
Ordinary Shares being issued pursuant to the loan note conversion and the
Placing, as set out in the Circular.
It is expected that Admission to AIM of the issued and to be issued New Ordinary
Shares will become effective at 8am on Monday 28 April 2008 whereupon there will
be 841,361,040 ordinary shares of 0.1p each in issue. The ISIN of the New
Ordinary Shares remains unchanged: ISIN - GB0002619715.
George Lossius, chief executive of Publishing Technology, said: "I am pleased
that shareholders have approved our share capital reorganisation, which will
provide a strong foundation for the continued growth of this business. Our
trading outlook remains positive, and I am delighted that this week saw us
launch innovative new online publishing platforms on behalf of two significant
clients, namely the International Monetary Fund and BBC Monitoring."
For further information please contact:
Publishing Technology PLC
George Lossius/Alan Moug 01865 397800
FinnCap, nominated adviser and broker
Geoff Nash/Rose Herbert 020 7600 1658
The Communication Group plc
Richard Evans 020 7630 1411 / 0775 108 7291
Kit Bingham 020 7630 1411 / 0788 074 8672
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