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DDT - Dimension Data Holdings Plc - Results Of Court Meeting And Extraordinary
General Meeting Of Subsidiary
Dimension Data Holdings Plc
Incorporated in Great Britain under the Companies Act 1985
Registration Number: 3704278
Share Code: DDT
Issuer code: DIDDT
ISIN number: GB0008435405
("Dimension Data" or "the Company")
RESULTS OF COURT MEETING AND EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SUBSIDIARY
Shareholders are referred to the announcement of Datacraft Asia Ltd released
today. The full text of which is set out below.
15 October 2008
Sponsor: J.P. Morgan Equities Limited
DATACRAFT ASIA LTD
(Incorporated in the Republic of
Singapore)
(Company Registration No.
199301842Z)
RESULTS OF COURT MEETING AND EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
The Board of Directors of Datacraft Asia Ltd (the "Company") refers to the
scheme of arrangement to privatise the Company (the "Scheme"), jointly announced
by the respective boards of Dimension Data Holdings plc and the Company on 22
July 2008, and to the Notice of Court Meeting and the Notice of Extraordinary
General Meeting both dated 22 September 2008.
All capitalised terms and references used in this announcement shall, unless
otherwise defined herein, have the same meaning and construction as defined in
the document dated 22 September 2008 issued by the Company in relation to the
Scheme and the Capital Distribution.
The Directors are pleased to announce that all resolutions relating to the
matters set out in the Notice of Court Meeting and the Notice of EGM were duly
passed at the Court Meeting and the EGM, both held on 15 October 2008.
Subject to the Scheme being sanctioned by the Court, the Capital Distribution
being confirmed by the Court and a copy of each of the orders of the Court being
lodged with the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority ("ACRA"), the
Scheme shall become effective upon the lodgement of the orders of the Court with
ACRA.
NOTICE OF BOOKS CLOSURE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Share Transfer Books and Register of Members of
the Company will be closed on 31 October 2008 for the purpose of determining
Scheme Shareholders` entitlements to the Cash Consideration under the Scheme and
the Capital Distribution.
Duly completed registrable transfers in respect of shares in the Company
received up to the close of business at 5.00 p.m. on 30 October 2008 by the
Company`s Share Registrar, Tricor Barbinder Share Registration Services (a
division of Tricor Singapore Pte. Ltd.), 8 Cross Street, #11-00 PWC Building,
Singapore 048424 will be registered to determine Members` entitlements to the
Cash Consideration. Members whose securities accounts with the Central
Depository (Pte) Ltd are credited with shares in the Company as at 9.00a.m. on
31 October 2008, will be entitled to the Cash Consideration.
KEY EVENTS AND INDICATIVE DATES
Shareholders should note the following events and their expected dates:
LAST DATE FOR TRADING OF THE SHARES : 24 October 2008
BOOKS CLOSURE DATE : 31 October 2008
EXPECTED EFFECTIVE DATE : 7 November 2008
EXPECTED DATE FOR PAYMENT OF CASH : On or before
CONSIDERATION 11 November 2008
EXPECTED DATE OF DELISTING OF THE SHARES : On or around
11 November 2008
The Directors of the Company (including any director who may have delegated
detailed supervision of this announcement) have taken all reasonable care to
ensure that the facts stated and opinions expressed in this announcement are
fair and accurate and that no material facts have been omitted from this
announcement, and they jointly and severally accept responsibility accordingly.
Where any information has been extracted from published or publicly available
sources, the sole responsibility of the Directors of the Company has been to
ensure through reasonable enquiries that such information is accurately
extracted from such sources or, as the case may be, reflected or reproduced in
this announcement.
By Order of the Board
Sandy Foo Fei Ying/Chew Puay Hoon
Company Secretary / Assistant Company Secretary
15 October 2008
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