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Publication of RWS Circular and Notice of GM
Publication of RWS Circular and Notice of GM.
About this update from Rws Holdings Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n RNS Number : 2815Z\n RWS Holdings PLC\n 17 September 2020\n \n \n \n \n \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 OR REGULATIONS OF THAT JURISDICTION. \n \n \n THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS AN ADVERTISEMENT AND NOT A PROSPECTUS OR PROSPECTUS EQUIVALENT DOCUMENT AND INVESTORS SHOULD NOT MAKE ANY INVESTMENT DECISION IN RELATION TO THE NEW RWS SHARES EXCEPT ON THE BASIS OF INFORMATION IN THE SCHEME DOCUMENT AND THE RWS CIRCULAR.\n \n \n 17 September 2020\n \n \n \n \n \n RWS Holdings plc (\"RWS\")\n \n \n Publication of RWS Circular and Notice of General Meeting\n \n \n \n \n \n On 27 August 2020, the boards of RWS and SDL plc (\"\n \n SDL\n \n ) announced they had reached agreement on the terms of a recommended all-share combination of RWS and SDL, pursuant to which RWS will acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of SDL, to be effected by means of a court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement between SDL and SDL Scheme Shareholders under Part 26 of the Companies Act (the \"\n \n Combination\n \n \"). The Combination will create the world's leading language services and technology group.\n \n \n RWS is pleased to announce a shareholder circular (the \"\n \n RWS\n \n \n \n Circular\n \n \") will be published today that contains information on the background to, and reasons for, the Combination and includes a notice convening a general meeting of the Company (the \"\n \n RWS\n \n \n \n General Meeting\n \n \"). The RWS General Meeting will be held at 10:00 a.m. on 9 October 2020 at Europe House, Chiltern Park, Chiltern Hill, Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, SL9 9FG. The RWS Circular is expected to be posted to RWS Shareholders shortly.\n \n \n Given the evolving situation regarding Covid-19 and the changing restrictions on social contact, public gatherings and non-essential travel, RWS Shareholders will not be permitted to attend the RWS General Meeting in person, save for those RWS Shareholders permitted by the chairman of the meeting to attend to establish a quorum. Instead, shareholders should appoint the chairman of the meeting, rather than a third party, as their proxy by the relevant time. A copy of the RWS Circular will ...