16 August 2013
F W Thorpe Plc
("FW Thorpe" or the "Company")
Result of Extraordinary General Meeting and Total Voting Rights
The Board of F W Thorpe is pleased to announce that at the EGM held today the resolutions to approve the Share Split and the adoption of the new articles of association were duly passed.
Each Existing Share is being sub-divided into 10 ordinary shares of 1 pence each ("New Shares"). Immediately following the Share Split becoming effective, there will be 118,935,590 New Shares allotted, called up and fully paid. Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for the admission of the New Shares to trading on AIM, and dealings in the New Shares are expected to commence at 8.00 a.m. on 19 August 2013. At that time, the Existing Shares will be removed from AIM and will no longer be traded.
The New Shares will have the ISIN code GB00BC9ZLX92
Defined terms used in this announcement have the same meaning as in the Circular sent to Shareholders on 26 July 2013.
In accordance with the Disclosure and Transparency Rules we would like to notify the market of the following:
The Company's issued share capital consists of 118,935,590 ordinary shares with a nominal value of 1 pence each. The Company holds 1,960,000 ordinary shares in Treasury.
The total number of voting rights in the Company is, therefore, 116,975,590.
The figure of 116,975,590 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
For further information, please contact:
F W Thorpe Plc Tel: 01527 583200
Andrew Thorpe - Chairman and Joint Chief Executive
Craig Muncaster - Group Financial Director
N+1 Singer - Nominated Adviser Tel: 020 7496 3000
Richard Lindley
