Notice of EGM and Posting of Annual Report

21st August 2017

COLEFAX GROUP PLC ("Colefax" or the "Company")

Notice of EGM

and

Posting of Annual Report and Accounts and Notice of AGM

Colefax announces that it has today published and sent to shareholders a circular convening an extraordinary general meeting of the Company on 14 September 2017 at 11:15 a.m. (or as soon thereafter as the Annual General Meeting, convened on that day, has been completed).

The purpose of the meeting is to ask shareholders to approve the waiver by the Takeover Panel of any obligation that might otherwise fall on the Concert Party (being David Green, Michael Green and Tangent Industries Limited) to make a general offer pursuant to Rule 9 of the Code which would otherwise result from any purchases by the Company of its own shares pursuant to the market purchase authority which it is asking shareholders to approve at the Annual General Meeting, which has been convened for the same day at 11:00 a.m.

Further details are included in the circular which has been posted to shareholders today, along with the Company's Annual Report and Accounts. 

Copies of the circular are available from Rob Barker, Company Secretary, or on the Company's website: www.colefaxgroup.com