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FBD Holdings plc
30 March 2009
Approval of Waiver of Offer Obligations under
Rule 37 of the Irish Takeover Rules
Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting
FBD Holdings plc ("FBD" or the "Company") announces that a Circular containing a Notice convening an Extraordinary General Meeting ("EGM") of the Company is being posted to shareholders with the Annual Report and Accounts for 2008 today. The EGM is to be held on 29 April 2009 at 1.00 p.m. or as soon as the Annual General Meeting of the Company, which is to be held at 12.00 noon on the same date, has concluded. These meetings will be held at FBD House, Bluebell, Dublin 12, Ireland.
The purpose of the EGM is to propose an ordinary resolution for the approval of shareholders on a poll vote pursuant to a waiver of the requirements of Rule 37(a) of the Irish Takeover Rules which has been granted by the Irish Takeover Panel in recent weeks and which is subject to such approval.
The Circular (containing the Notice of EGM) will also be made available today on the Company's website www.fbdgroup.com.
Copies of the Circular (containing the Notice of EGM) have been submitted to the Irish Stock Exchange and the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at:
Companies Announcements Office
The Irish Stock Exchange
28 Anglesea Street
Dublin 2
and
Document Viewing Facility
UK Listing Authority
Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London E14 5HS
For Enquiries
FBD
Conor Gouldson, Company Secretary + 353 1 409 3208
FBD Holdings plc FBD House, Bluebell, Dublin 12, Ireland
Registered in Dublin, Ireland Registered Number 135882