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TheWorks.co.uk plc shareholders approved a resolution at a General Meeting held on 4 April 2024. Of the 40,467,960 votes cast, 99.76% (40,372,583) were in favour, representing 64.75% of the issued share capital voted. Following this, the Company will apply to cancel its Official List and Main Market listing, effective 8:00 a.m. on 3 May 2024, and simultaneously apply for admission of its Ordinary Shares to AIM from the same time.
| Date | 4 Apr 2024 |
| Time | 09:51:50 |
| Category | AGMs and other meetings |
| ID | 3316J |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
4 April 2024
TheWorks.co.uk plc
("The Works" or the "Company")
Results of the General Meeting
The Company announces that the Resolution put to the General Meeting of the Company held at 9.30 a.m. on 4 April 2024 was approved by the requisite majority of shareholders by a poll, and therefore the Company will apply to: (i) cancel the listing of the Ordinary Shares on the Official List and to remove such Ordinary Shares from trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange; and (ii) admit the Ordinary Shares to trade on AIM.
A copy of the Resolution passed at the General Meeting will shortly be available for inspection via the Financial Conduct Authority's National Storage Mechanism located at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and on the Company's website.
The following table provides details of the results of the poll in respect of the Resolution:
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No |
RESOLUTION |
VOTES FOR |
% |
VOTES AGAINST |
% |
TOTAL VOTES |
% OF ISC VOTED |
VOTES WITHHELD |
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1 |
(a) Cancel the listing of the issued ordinary shares in the Company on the premium segment of the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority and to remove such ordinary shares in the Company from trading on the London Stock Exchange plc's main market for listed securities; and (b) Apply for admission of the issued ordinary shares in the Company to trading on AIM, the market of that name operated by London Stock Exchange plc |
40,372,583 |
99.76 |
95,377 |
0.24 |
40,467,960 |
64.75 |
71 |
Next Steps
It is expected that the last day of dealings in the Ordinary Shares on the Main Market will be 2 May 2024. Cancellation of the listing of the Ordinary Shares on the Official List is expected to take effect at 8.00 a.m. on 3 May 2024, and dealing in the Ordinary Shares is expected to commence on AIM, at 8.00 a.m. on 3 May 2024.
In connection with the application of Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM, the Company expects to submit to AIM shortly a pre-admission announcement (Schedule One announcement) in accordance with Rule 2 of the AIM Rules for Companies and publish on its website a document containing all information that will be required to be included in an AIM Admission Document which is not currently public.
Except as otherwise defined herein, capitalised terms have the same meanings as set out in the Circular dated 19 March 2024.
Neither the content of the Company's website nor the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement nor, unless previously published by means of a recognised information service, should any such content be relied upon in reaching a decision as to whether or not to acquire, continue to hold, or dispose of, securities in the Company.
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Enquiries: TheWorks.co.uk plc Gavin Peck, CEO Rosie Fordham, CFO
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via Sanctuary Counsel |
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Singer Capital Markets (Nomad and Broker) Peter Steel Alaina Wong Jalini Kalaravy
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020 7496 3000
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Sanctuary Counsel (PR Adviser) Ben Ullmann Rachel Miller Kitty Ryder |
020 7340 0395 |