Last checked at 10 Jan 2013 11:00
10 January 2013
James Halstead plc ("James Halstead" or the "Company")
Issue of Equity and Total Voting Rights
Pursuant to the authority granted to the Company at its Annual General Meeting on 7 December 2012, the Company confirms that it will on 11 January 2013 issue 103,325,594 ordinary shares of 5p each ("Ordinary Shares") by means of a bonus issue. One new Ordinary Share will be issued for every existing Ordinary Share held as at 10 January 2013. Application has been made for the new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM.
In addition, application has been made for 1,000,000 new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM under the Company's blocklisting in relation to the James Halstead Group Share Option Plan (1998).
Following this issue of equity, James Halstead's capital will consist of:
·; 206,651,188 ordinary shares of 5p each with voting rights;
·; 200,000 5.5% cumulative preference shares with no voting rights (except in the case that payment of a dividend is over six months in arrears); and
·; 16,042,530 'B' shares of 1p each with no voting rights.
James Halstead does not hold any ordinary shares in Treasury.
Therefore, the total number of voting rights in James Halstead will be 206,651,188.
The above figure of 206,651,188 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, James Halstead under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Enquiries:
Malcolm Shilton
Company Secretary
Tel: 0161 767 2500