Some Key Extracts from Circular6 Jun 2020 01:10
Once Proudfoot has returned to profitability, the medium-term plan is to sell the business. Once the Proudfoot business has been sold, the Board intends to return the net proceeds of such sale to shareholders (either by way of a dividend or distribution, or by placing the Company into voluntary liquidation).
The Company is currently subject to the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (City Code), which the Board understands to be considered by most shareholders (and particularly those within the 12% free float) to be a key element of the protections afforded to them.
Following the Delisting, shareholders will still be afforded the protections of the City Code (including the rules requiring any purchaser of a controlling/30%+ stake to make a mandatory offer to all shareholders), as the City Code will continue to apply to the Company following the Delisting.
The Board also currently intends to continue to maintain the Company’s status as a public company following the Delisting. This is because the Companies Act has more stringent rules for public companies than it does for private companies, which will afford shareholders greater protections following the Delisting than if the Board proposed to re-register the Company as a private company.