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11 April 2012
Flying Brands Limited (the "Company")
Posting of Circular and Notices of two Extraordinary General Meetings
Further to the Company's announcements of 21 February 2012 and 30 March 2012, the Company announces that a circular (the "Circular") relating to the proposed disposal of the Gifts Division (the "Gifts Disposal"), and the proposed disposal of the Garden Bird Supplies, Garden Centre Online and Listen2 businesses (the "BG&L Disposal"), has been approved by the UK Listing Authority and has today been posted to Shareholders. The Gifts Disposal and the BG&L Disposal are subject to shareholder approval being granted at an extraordinary general meeting of the Company to be held at 10.00 a.m. on 27 April 2012 at Jersey Bowl, L'Avenue de la Reine Elizabeth II, St Peter JE3 7BP (the "Disposals EGM"). Further details of the Gifts Disposal and the BG&L Disposal, including the notice of the Disposals EGM, are contained within the Circular.
The Board is also seeking Shareholder approval for the proposed transfer of the ordinary shares of the Company out of the "premium listing (commercial company)" category on the Official List into the "standard listing" category (the "Transfer of Listing"). Further details of the Transfer of Listing, and a notice of the extraordinary general meeting of the Company to be held at 10.00 a.m. on 4 May 2012 at Jersey Bowl, L'Avenue de la Reine Elizabeth II, St Peter JE3 7BP to approve the Transfer of Listing, are contained within the Circular.
Copies of the Circular will shortly be available for inspection at the UKLA's National Storage Mechanism, which can be found at www.hemscott.com. Copies of the Circular will also be available from the Company's offices at Retreat Farm, St Lawrence, Jersey, JE3 1GX, Channel Islands, and will shortly be available to view on the Company's website (www.flyingbrands.com).
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms in this announcement shall have the same meanings as those defined in the Circular.
For further information, please contact:
Flying Brands Limited | 01245 228 300 |
Stuart Dootson, Finance Director | |
Singer Capital Markets Limited | 020 3205 7500 |
Claes Spang | |
Nick Donovan | |
Smithfield Consultants | 020 7360 4900 |
John Kiely |