Metro Baltic Horizons PLC Issue of legal proceedings (1073O)
October 08 2012 - 1:00AM
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RNS Number : 1073O
Metro Baltic Horizons PLC
08 October 2012
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Metro Baltic Horizons plc
Issue of legal proceedings
For immediate release
8 October 2012
The board of Metro Baltic Horizons plc ("MBH" or the "Company")
announces that the Company has issued legal proceedings against its
former directors and professional advisers, including MCM and its
principal, Mart Habakuk, and TAS (formerly Metro Frontier Limited,
a wholly owned subsidiary of MCM) and its former principal, James
Kenny.
Together with two if its wholly owned subsidiaries, Pedragon
Investments Limited and Goldbrick Investments Limited, the Company
has issued legal proceedings in the High Court of Justice of the
Isle of Man against Mr Robin James, Ms Kristel Meos, Mr Gunner Okk,
Tolmain Advisory Services Limited (formerly Metro Frontier
Limited), Metro Capital Management AS, Mr Mart Habakuk, Mr James
Kenny, Mr Paul McGuinness, M G Capital Limited and McGuinness
Investments OU.
The claims are for damages for negligence, breach of contract
and/or breach of fiduciary duty (as applicable) arising out of the
actions of the Defendants, in particular, that the Defendants (or
certain of them together or separately) between 2007 and 2009
caused the Company's subsidiaries to enter into a series of
detrimental property and related financial transactions, as a
result of which the Group sustained substantial losses, currently
estimated to be approximately EUR26.6m.
Ronan Reid, Chairman, MBH, commented: "The launch of the legal
proceedings announced today underlines our determination to recover
on behalf of our shareholders the losses that were caused to Metro
Baltic Horizons by reason of the actions and inaction of its former
directors and professional advisers."
Enquiries
MBH Holdings PLC
Ronan Reid Tel: +353 1 6333843
Fairfax I.S. PLC Nominated Adviser
James King, David Floyd Tel: 020 7598 5368
Further Information
This announcement will be available on MBH's website
http://www.metrobaltichorizons.com/ as soon as practicable in
accordance with AIM Rule 26.
This information is provided by RNS
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