Asterand PLC Result of AGM and GM (8100I)
July 30 2012 - 7:40AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMATD
RNS Number : 8100I
Asterand PLC
30 July 2012
30 July 2012
Asterand Plc
("Asterand" or the "Company")
Result of Annual General Meeting and General Meeting
The Board is pleased to announce that all resolutions put to the
Annual General Meeting held today were duly passed, with the
exception of resolution 6. Resolution 6 was in respect of the
disapplication of pre-emption rights.
Further to the announcement made on 13 July 2012, the Board is
also pleased to announce that all Resolutions put to the General
Meeting held today were duly passed. The Company will therefore
proceed with the proposals to: (i) dispose of the Human Tissue
Business; (ii) cancel the listing of the Ordinary Share on the
Official List and the admission to trading of the Ordinary Shares
on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange; and, (iii) change
the name of the Company to BioSeek plc.
Completion of the Disposal and the settlement of the Secured
Debt is expected to occur in the next few days. The change of name
to BioSeek plc expected to occur on or around 3 August 2012 at
which time the Company's website will also change. Further
announcements will be made in due course.
It is expected that the last day of dealing in the Ordinary
Shares on the Main Market will be 28 August 2012. Cancellation of
the listing of Ordinary Shares on the Official List and the
admission to trading of the Ordinary Shares on the Main Market of
the London Stock Exchange is expected to take effect at 8.00 a.m.
on 29 August 2012.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 a copy of the resolutions
passed at the Annual General Meeting and at the General Meeting
will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism, where
they will be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
and will also be made available for viewing on the Company's
website at www.asterand.co.uk.
Except as otherwise defined herein, capitalised terms have the
same meanings as set out in the Circular dated 13 July 2012.
For further information, please contact:
Asterand plc
Jack Davis, Chairman and Interim Tel: + 44 (0) 1763 211 600
Chief Executive Officer / + 1 (313) 263-0960
Alan Fishman, Interim Chief As above
Financial Officer
Daniel Stewart & Company Plc
Antony Legge Tel: +44 (0) 20 7776 6550
Matt Wilson
Beaumont Cornish Limited -
Sponsor
Roland Cornish Tel: +44 (0) 20 7628 3396
Emily Staples
Covington Associates LLC
Steven Mermelstein Tel: +1 (914) 420-4510
David Wood
A copy of this announcement will be available at
www.asterand.co.uk. The content of the website referred to in this
announcement is not incorporated into and does not form part of
this announcement.
Daniel Stewart & Company Plc, which is authorised and
regulated in the United Kingdom by the FSA, is acting exclusively
for the Company and no-one else in connection with the Disposal and
will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for
providing the protections afforded to clients of Daniel Stewart
& Company Plc nor for giving advice in relation to the Disposal
or any other matters referred to in this announcement.
Beaumont Cornish Limited, which is authorised and regulated in
the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting
exclusively for the Company as sponsor under the requirements of
the Listing Rules, in relation to the Disposal and is neither
taking responsibility for the commercial assessment of the
Disposal, which remains the sole responsibility of the Board, nor
for any matters outside the duties of a sponsor, as prescribed by
the Listing Rules, nor is it advising any other person and
accordingly will not be responsible to any person other than the
Company for providing the protections afforded to the clients of
Beaumont Cornish Limited or for providing advice in relation to the
Disposal or any other matters referred to in this announcement.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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