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Medical House PLC
08 Febuary 2006
Placing and Subscription of up to 8,888,889
new ordinary shares, purchase of own shares and capital reduction
(the "Proposals")
Result of Extraordinary General Meeting
The Company announces that at the Extraordinary General Meeting
of the Company held this morning all of the resolutions were passed
by shareholders.
The Company announced full details of the Proposals on 1 February
2006. On the same date, a circular was sent to the Company's shareholders
giving further details of the Proposals and calling an Extraordinary
General Meeting whereby shareholders would approve the Proposals.
As a consequence of the approval by shareholders of the Proposals,
Tranche 1 of the Placing Shares (1,805,555 ordinary shares) and
Tranche 1 of the Subscription Shares (416,667 ordinary shares)
will now be issued and allotted. Tranche 2 of the Placing Shares
(5,416,667 ordinary shares), Tranche 2 of the Subscription Shares
(1,250,000 ordinary shares), the purchase of own shares by the
Company and the capital reduction remain conditional upon the
approval of the High Court, expected in approximately 6 to 8 weeks.
As a consequence of the issue and allotment of Tranche 1 of the
Placing Shares and Tranche 1 of the Subscription Shares, the shareholding
of Mr Ian Townsend, Chairman of the Company, will increase to
18,629,242 ordinary shares representing 29.25 % of the enlarged
issued share capital.
Application has been made for the shares being issued (2,222,222
ordinary shares) to be admitted to trading on AIM. It is expected
that dealings in these shares will commence on 3 March 2006.
For further information:
The Medical House PLC tel: 0114 261 9011
Ian Townsend, Chairman www.themedicalhouse.com
Buchanan Communications tel: 020 7466 5000
Tim Anderson
Nomura Code Securities tel: 020 7521 3000
Richard Potts
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