POCHIN'S PLC Pochin's PLC ("Pochin's" or the "Company")
Intended Delisting and Cancellation of Securities from the London Stock Exchange
The Company announces that applications have been made to the UK Listing Authority for the cancellation of the listing of the Company's ordinary shares of 25 pence each (ISIN GB000692601) ("Ordinary Shares") on the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to the London Stock Exchange plc ("LSE") for the cancellation of the admission to trading of the Ordinary Shares on the Main Market of the LSE.
The Company is de-listing as a result of the Offer by Middlewich Limited ("Middlewich") for the
Company having been declared unconditional in all respects on 10 July 2014.
As Middlewich has, by virtue of acceptances of the Offer, acquired Pochin's shares carrying over 75 per cent. of the voting rights of Pochin's, the 20 Business Days' notice period for the cancellation of the listing, and for the cancellation of the admission to trading, of the Ordinary Shares has commenced. The last day of dealings in the Ordinary Shares on the LSE is expected to be 7 August
2014. The cancellation of the listing and of trading on the LSE of the Ordinary Shares is expected to take effect at or about 8.00 a.m. on 8 August 2014.
Contact: Pochin's PLC
Richard Fildes, Chairman 01606 833 333
Nigel Rawlings, Finance Director
SPARK Advisory Partners Limited
Sean Wyndham-Quin 0113 370 8975
Miriam Greenwood 0203 368 3553
Mark Brady 0113 370 8971
SPARK Advisory Partners Limited, which is regulated in the United Kingdom by The Financial Conduct Authority, is acting for the Company in relation to the matters described in this announcement and is not advising any other person and accordingly will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to customers of SPARK Advisory
Partners Limited or for providing advice in relation to the matters described in this announcement.
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