Manroy PLC Result of general meeting (8513G)

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RNS Number : 8513G

Manroy PLC

12 May 2014

Manroy Plc

Result of General Meeting

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Manroy Plc

12 May 2014

Manroy Plc

("Manroy" or the "Company")

Result of General Meeting

Further to the Offer made by FN Herstal SA ("Herstal") for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Manroy, the full terms and conditions of which are set out in the Offer Document sent to shareholders on 25 April 2014, (the "Offer Document"), Manroy is pleased to announce that at its General Meeting held earlier today, the resolution to approve the payment to Maher Limited ("Maher") of $500,000 in satisfaction of the obligations of Manroy USA LLC to make such payments to Maher, subject to the terms of an agreement dated 27 March 2014 between the Company and Maher (the "Maher Advance"), was approved.

The ordinary resolution to approve the Maher Advance was passed on a poll by Independent Manroy Shareholders as follows:

 
            Number of shares   Percentage 
 For        11,473,169         100.0% 
 Against    0                  0.0% 
 
 

Next Steps

Completion of the Offer by Herstal remains subject to the satisfaction, or waiver by Herstal of the remaining conditions of the Offer as set out in the Offer Document. Details for acceptance of the Offer are contained in the Offer Document and the Form of Acceptance; acceptances for the Offer should be received by Capita, registrars to the Offer, by no later than 1.00pm (London Time) on 16 May 2014.

Unless otherwise stated, capitalised terms used herein have the same meaning as given to them in the Offer Document.

Enquiries:

Manroy Plc Tel: [phone]

Glyn Bottomley, Chief Executive

Opus Tel: [phone]

(Financial Adviser and Rule 3 Adviser)

Malcolm Strang / John McElroy

Allenby Capital Tel: [phone]

(Nomad & Corporate Broker)

Alex Price / Michael McNeilly

Bankside Tel: [phone]/

(PR Adviser) 07703 167 065

Richard Pearson / Simon Rothschild

DISCLAIMER

Opus Corporate Finance LLP ("Opus"), 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 Opus or for providing advice in relation to the matters described in this announcement.

Allenby Capital Limited ("Allenby Capital"), 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 Allenby Capital or for providing advice in relation to the matters described in this announcement.

A copy of this announcement will be made available (subject to certain restrictions relating to persons resident in restricted jurisdictions) at www.manroy.com by no later than 12.00 noon (London Time) on 13 May 2014, being the first business day following the date of this announcement.

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