Johnston Press PLC Publication of Circular & General Meeting Notice (5020S)

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RNS Number : 5020S

Johnston Press PLC

21 December 2016

21 December 2016

Johnston Press plc (the "Company")

Publication of Circular and Notice of General Meeting relating to the disposal of Johnston Publishing East Anglia Limited

On 16 December 2016, Johnston Press plc ("Johnston Press" or the "Company") announced that its subsidiary, Johnston Publishing Limited, had conditionally agreed to sell the entire issued share capital of Johnston Publishing East Anglia Limited, which will hold 13 publishing titles and associated websites in East Anglia and the East Midlands (the "Disposal"). The Company is pleased to announce that a circular in relation to the Disposal (the "Circular") has been published and is being posted to shareholders today.

The Disposal is subject to the approval of shareholders of the Company and, accordingly, the Circular contains a notice convening a general meeting of the Company to be held at 10.00 a.m. on 11 January 2017 at the offices of Ashurst LLP, Broadwalk House, 5 Appold Street, London, EC2A 2HA (the "General Meeting").

The Circular will also shortly be available to view or download on the Company's website www.johnstonpress.co.uk. In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.1R, a copy of the Circular and the accompanying form of proxy have been submitted to the National Storing Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

Expected timetable of principal events

 
 Announcement of the Disposal       16 December 2016 
 
 Publication of the Circular        21 December 2016 
 
 Latest time and date for receipt      10.00 a.m. on 
  of Forms of Proxy                   9 January 2017 
 
 General Meeting                       10.00 a.m. on 
                                     11 January 2017 
 
 Expected date for Completing        17 January 2017 
  of the Disposal 
 
 Long Stop Time for Shareholder        11.59 p.m. on 
  approval                             31 March 2017 
 

References in this announcement to time are to London time, unless specified otherwise.

For further information please contact:

 
 Johnston Press 
 Ashley Highfield, Chief Executive 
  Officer                                  020 7612 2601 
 David King, Chief Financial Officer       020 7612 2602 
 
 Bell Pottinger 
 Dan de Belder                             020 3772 2561 
 Henry Lerwill 
 Panmure Gordon (Sponsor and Joint 
  Broker) 
 Dominic Morley / Andrew Potts 
  / Alina Vaskina (Corporate Finance) 
  Charles Leigh-Pemberton (Corporate 
  Broking)                                 020 7886 2500 
 
 Liberum (Joint Broker) 
 Neil Patel                                020 3100 2000 
 
 Ingenious Corporate Finance (Financial 
  Adviser) 
 Toby Ramsden                              020 7319 4159 
 Graham Smith                              020 7319 4162 
 

This information is provided by RNS

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