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Proposed name change and notice of General Meeting
Proposed name change and notice of General Meeting.
About this update from Mpac Group Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 8574A Molins PLC 03 January 2018 \n\n \n 3rd January 2018\nMOLINS PLC\nProposed name change and notice of General Meeting\n \nMolins plc announces that a circular convening a General Meeting of Molins plc (the \"Company\") will be sent to shareholders today and made available to view on the Company's website at www.molins.com. The meeting will be held on 22 January 2018 at 11.00 a.m. at the offices of Panmure Gordon, One New Change, London, EC4M 9AF (the \"General Meeting\"). The purpose of this meeting is to consider and, if deemed appropriate, to approve a resolution to change the name of the Company to \"Mpac Group plc\". \n \nAs previously announced on 8 June 2016 (the \"Announcement\"), as part of the sale by the Company of the Instrumentation & Tobacco Machinery business (as defined in the Announcement) to G.D S.p.A, the Company agreed to transfer the name \"Molins\" to MPRD Limited which means that the Company is required to change its name and remove all associated \"Molins\" branding. \n \nAs a result, the Company initiated a process to identify a new corporate name aligned to its new strategic direction. Mpac Group plc was chosen as it is a name grounded in our business's rich heritage and which looks forward to our future as a world leading end-to-end packaging machinery provider.\n \n \nDirectors' recommendation\n \nYour directors consid...