Merger Update
12 August 2010 - 4:33PM
UK Regulatory
TIDMOSA
OCTOPUS SECOND AIM VCT PLC (RENAMED OCTOPUS THIRD AIM VCT PLC)
General Meeting Results and Merger Update
12 August 2010
This announcement is made by Octopus Second AIM VCT plc ("the Company") in
connection with the proposed merger of the Company with Octopus IHT AIM VCT plc
("IHT AIM VCT") ("Scheme") details of which were contained in the Company's
circular to shareholders ("the Circular") dated 9 July 2010.
The board of directors of the Company ("the Board") is pleased to announce that
the resolution, to approve the Company being placed in liquidation, appoint the
liquidators and cancel the listing of the Company's shares, proposed at the
general meeting of the Company held today was duly passed.
Details of the proxy votes received in respect of the resolution passed at the
general meeting are set out below:
Votes Percentage of Votes Cast (%)
For 3,943,675 94.18%
Against 122,172 2.92%
Discretion 121,616 2.90%
Withheld 75,126 -
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 IHT AIM VCT in consideration for the issue of new
ordinary shares of 0.01 pence each in the capital of IHT AIM VCT ("IHT AIM VCT
Shares"). The total number of IHT AIM VCT Shares issued to the Company's
shareholders was 20,489,637, at a deemed issue price of 63.20209575p per share.
Application will shortly be made for all the IHT AIM 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 13 August 2010.
As part of the Scheme, the suspension of the listing of the Company's shares
took place at 7.30 am today and the cancellation of the Company's shares will
take place from the commencement of trading on 13 August 2010.
As a result of the passing of the resolution at the general meeting of the
Company today and the Scheme becoming unconditional, the name of the Company has
been changed to Third AIM VCT plc.
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:
Celia Whitten FCIS
Company Secretary
8 Angel Court
London
EC2R 7HP
Telephone: 0207 710 2849
[HUG#1437670]
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Source: Octopus Second AIM VCT PLC via Thomson Reuters ONE
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