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Update on arrangements for Future General Meeting
Update on arrangements for Future General Meeting.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n RNS Number : 8225K\n Future PLC\n 07 January 2021\n \n \n \n \n 7 January 2021\n \n \n NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF THAT JURISDICTION \n \n \n RECOMMENDED CASH AND SHARE ACQUISITION\n \n \n of\n \n \n GoCo Group plc\n \n \n by\n \n \n Future plc\n \n \n to be effected by means of a Scheme of Arrangement\nunder Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006\n \n \n Update on arrangements for Future General Meeting\n \n \n On 25 November 2020, the Boards of Future plc (\"Future\") and GoCo Group plc (\"GoCo Group\") announced that they had reached an agreement on the terms of a recommended acquisition of the entire issued and to be issued share capital of GoCo Group (the \"Acquisition\"). A circular in relation to the Acquisition (the \"Circular\") was posted to Future Shareholders on 14 December 2020. \n \n \n Future today provides an update on arrangements for Future Shareholders at the forthcoming Future General Meeting on Thursday 14 January 2021.\n \n \n The Future Board has been closely monitoring the evolving COVID-19 situation. The safety and security of our workforce and shareholders is paramount. Therefore, in compliance with the 'Stay at Home Measures' passed into law in England and Wales on 6 January 2021, the Future General Meeting, which will be held at the offices of Simmons & Simmons LLP at Citypoint, One Ropemaker Street, London EC2Y 9SS at 10.00 a.m. (London time) on Thursday 14 January 2021, will now take place as a closed meeting. Future will facilitate the minimum quorum of two shareholders required to conduct the Future General Meeting's business and any other Future Shareholder will be unable to attend in person.\n \n \n Future Shareholders should appoint the 'Chair of the meeting' to act as their proxy as any other named person will not be permitted to attend the Future General Meeting. Further details on the appointment of a proxy are included in the notice convening the Future General Meeting set out at the end of the Circular.\n \n \n The Future Board is keen to maintain engagement with Future Shareholders and, as set out in further detail in paragraph 21 of Part 1 of the Circular, Future has made the following arrangements with respe...