Metropolitan - Adjournment of General Meeting
Metropolitan Holdings Limited
Registration number 2000/031756/06
JSE code: MET
NSX code: MTD
ISIN code: ZAE000050456
("Metropolitan" or "the Company")
Adjournment of General Meeting
Shareholders are referred to the announcement released on SENS on 18 August
2005, the circular issued to shareholders on 5 September 2005, the revised terms
released on SENS on 27 September 2005 and the revised notice issued to
shareholders on 28 September 2005, all relating to the second phase of
Metropolitan"s Black Economic Empowerment transaction (the "Transaction").
In light of the recent release of the government"s new Broad-based Black
Economic Empowerment Codes of Good Practice, there are shareholders who wish to
have more time to consider the impact of these Codes on the Transaction.
Accordingly at the general meeting held today, 2 November 2005, shareholders
approved the adjournment of the general meeting until 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, 22
November 2005.
The remaining salient dates are listed below:
2005
Results of the general meeting released on SENS on Tuesday, 22 November
Results of the general meeting published in the Wednesday, 23 November
South African and Namibian press on
Expected date of issue of the "A2" and "A3" Monday, 5 December
Metropolitan preference shares
These dates and times are subject to change. Any such change will be
released on SENS and published in the press.
Cape Town
2 November 2005
Sponsor to Metropolitan in South Africa
Merrill Lynch Global Markets & Investment Banking Group
Sponsor to Metropolitan in Namibia
Simonis Storm Securities
Date: 02/11/2005 03:00:03 PM Produced by the JSE SENS Department
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