Smart Metering Systems PLC Posting of Circular and Notice of General Meeting (6447X)
November 27 2017 - 11:02AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMSMS
RNS Number : 6447X
Smart Metering Systems PLC
27 November 2017
For Immediate Release
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, INCLUDING THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS
RESTRICTED AND IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN
WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED
STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A
VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OR REGULATIONS OF THAT JURISDICTION.
PLEASE SEE THE IMPORTANT NOTICES AT THE END OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.
PLEASE SEE THE IMPORTANT NOTICES AT THE END OF THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT.
27 November 2017
Smart Metering Systems plc
("SMS" or the "Company")
Posting of Circular and Notice of General Meeting
The Company confirms that, further to the announcements of 24
November 2017, copies of the Circular (incorporating the Notice of
General Meeting) together with the Form of Proxy, have been sent to
eligible Shareholders today.
The Circular and Notice of General Meeting will shortly be
available on the Company's website at www.sms-plc.com.
The General Meeting will be held at 9.00 a.m. on 20 December
2017 at the offices of CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP at 1
West Regent Street, Glasgow G2 1AP for the purpose of passing
certain Resolutions in relation to the proposed Placing.
The Company has received irrevocable undertakings from Miriam
Greenwood, Graeme Bissett, Karen MacDiarmid and Alan Foy to vote in
favour of the Resolutions in respect of their respective entire
holdings of existing Ordinary Shares representing, in aggregate,
approximately 7.9 per cent. of the existing Ordinary Shares.
The expected timetable set out in the Company's initial
announcement of 24 November 2017 remains unchanged.
Capitalised terms not otherwise defined in the text of this
announcement have the meanings given in the Company's announcement
of 24 November 2017.
For further information, please contact:
Smart Metering Systems
plc +44 (0) 141 249 3850
Alan Foy, CEO
David Thompson, CFO
Craig McGinn, Company
Secretary
+44 (0) 131 220 6939 /
Cenkos Securities PLC +44 (0) 207 397 8900
Nominated Adviser, Broker
and Joint Bookrunner
Iain Macarthur / Neil
McDonald
Barclays Bank PLC +44 (0) 20 7623 2323
Joint Bookrunner
Neal West / Eddie Siow
/ Phil Drake
Macquarie Capital (Europe)
Limited +44 (0) 20 3037 2000
Joint Bookrunner
Ben Bailey / Alex Reynolds
/ Nick Stamp
Rothschild: +44 (0) 20 7280 5000
Financial Adviser
Emmet Walsh / Peter Nicklin
/ Jonathan Finn / Yuri
Shakhmin
Kreab +44 (0) 20 7074 1800
Matthew Jervois / Daniel
Holgersson
About Smart Metering Systems plc
With its business established in 1995, Smart Metering Systems
plc, headquartered in Glasgow, connects, owns and operates gas and
electricity meters on behalf of major energy companies. The
Company's full end to end energy management services and
consultancy business support large blue chip companies in the UK,
through a network of offices in Bolton, Cambridge, Cardiff,
Doncaster, Livingston, Normanton and Rugby.
The Company's services also include infrastructure design,
installation, consultancy and project management services for new
gas, electricity, water and telecoms connections for licenced
energy and telecoms suppliers, end consumers and the UK's licenced
electricity Distribution Network Owners (DNO's).
The Company was admitted to the AIM market in July 2011 and is
now part of the FTSE AIM 50 index.
For more information on SMS please visit the Company's website:
www.sms-plc.com.
IMPORTANT NOTICES
This Announcement and the information contained in it is
restricted and is not for publication, release or distribution, in
whole or in part, directly or indirectly, in, into or from the
United States, Australia, Canada, South Africa or Japan or any
other state or jurisdiction in which publication, release or
distribution would be unlawful, restricted or unauthorised (each a
"Restricted Territory"). This Announcement is for information
purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell or issue, or
the solicitation of an offer to buy, acquire or subscribe for
shares in the capital of the Company in any Restricted Territory or
any other state or jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation
is not authorised or to any person to whom it is unlawful to make
such offer or solicitation. The securities referred to in this
Anouncement have not been and will not be registered under the
United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), or with any securities regulatory authority of any state or
other jurisdiction of the United States and may not be offered,
sold, taken up, resold, transferred or delivered, directly or
indirectly, in, into or within the United States except pursuant to
registration under the Securities Act or an exemption from, or in a
transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the
Securities Act and in compliance with any applicable securities
laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
END
IOEKMMZMVNDGNZM
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
November 27, 2017 12:02 ET (17:02 GMT)
Smart Metering Systems (LSE:SMS)
Historical Stock Chart
From Mar 2024 to Apr 2024
Smart Metering Systems (LSE:SMS)
Historical Stock Chart
From Apr 2023 to Apr 2024