Earthport Regulatory News (EPO)

29 Jul 2005 12:37

Earthport PLC29 July 2005 For Immediate Release Stock Exchange Announcement 29th July 2005 earthport plc ("earthport" or "the Company") Result of Extraordinary General Meeting ("EGM") earthport plc, the electronic payments infrastructure company, is pleased toconfirm that all the resolutions put to shareholders in the Circular, dated 5thJuly 2005, were duly passed at the EGM held at 10.00 a.m. this morning, Friday29th July. At the meeting, Executive Chairman Mike Harrison reported that this result willenable the Company to take the next steps forward in its development. Thefunding to raise up to a further £5m for the Company, announced in the EGMCircular, will take place in the autumn. Trading in the New Ordinary Shares of 10p nominal value, which have been issuedon the basis of 1 for every 76 existing Ordinary Shares of 2.5p, will commenceon Monday 1st August 2005. New share certificates will be issued toshareholders by the Company's Registrars. End Enquiries: Mike Harrison - Chairman, earthport plc +44(0) 207 907 1100David Nabarro / Nigel Atkinson - Nabarro Wells & Co. Limited +44(0) 207 710 7400 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange