Merger Update
September 04 2009 - 11:09AM
UK Regulatory
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Gateway VCT PLC
04 September 2009
Gateway VCT PLC
General Meeting Results and Merger Update
4 September 2009
This announcement is made by Gateway VCT PLC ("the Company") in connection with
the scheme of reconstruction for the merger of Guinness Flight Venture Capital
Trust PLC ("Guinness Flight VCT") with the Company ("the Scheme"), details of
which were contained in the Company's circular to shareholders dated 31 June
2009 ("the Circular").
The board of directors of the Company ("the Board") is pleased to announce that
the resolution proposed at the general meeting of the Company held today was
duly passed. A copy of the resolution passed at the general meeting will be
submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for
inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, whose
address is as set out at the bottom of this announcement.
Accordingly, by way of implementation of the Scheme, the Company has been placed
into members' voluntary liquidation and the assets and liabilities of the
Company transferred to Guinness Flight VCT in consideration for the issue of
ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the capital of Guinness Flight VCT
("Guinness Flight VCT Shares"). The total number of Guinness Flight VCT Shares
issued to the Company's shareholders was 10,972,864, at a deemed issue price of
40.947896556p per share.
Application will shortly be made for all the Guinness Flight VCT Shares issued
pursuant to the Scheme to be admitted to the Official List and to trading on the
main market of the London Stock Exchange. It is expected that admission will
become effective and that trading will commence on 7 September 2009.
As part of the Scheme, the suspension of the listing of the Company's shares
took place at 7.30am today and the cancellation of the Company's shares will
take place from the commencement of trading on 7 September 2009.
The UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, is situated at:
Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS
Telephone: 020 7066 1000
For further enquiries please contact:
David Russell of Maven Capital Partners UK LLP
Company Secretary
Telephone: 0141 306 7555
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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