WNS Wensum

    RNS Number : 5108K
  Wensum Company PLC
  22 December 2008
   

    22 December 2008

    The Wensum Company plc ("Wensum" or the "Company")

    Completion of Acquisition / Total Voting Rights/ Rule 17 Disclosures 

    The Company (AIM: WNS) is pleased to announce the completion of the acquisition of Crown East Group Limited by way of reverse takeover
announced by the Company on 4 December 2008 and approved by the Shareholders of the Company at the General Meeting held on 19 December 2008.
 

    The Enlarged Issued Share Capital has been admitted to trading on AIM today.

    Following Admission, the Company would like to confirm the following:

    *     With effect from Admission, Sandra Badman has resigned from the board of Wensum and the following directors have joined the Board:
Rt Hon Stephen Dorrell MP (as Deputy Chairman); Paul Curtis (as Chief Executive); Lars Maynard (as Finance Director); and John Newman (as a
non-executive Director). Further information on the new Directors as required by paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 to the AIM Rules is set out in
the Admission Document.
    *     Information on the interests of the Directors and of certain significant shareholders in the share capital of the Company is set
out in the Admission Document.
    *     The Company's nominated adviser and broker is now Smith & Williamson Corporate Finance Limited of 25 Moorgate, London EC2R 6AY
    *     The Company's accounting reference date will change to 31 December and it will be reporting its results for the period ended 31
December 2008 by 30 June 2009.
    *     The Company's registered office will be Gosforth Road, Derby, Derbyshire DE24 8HU

    Following admission of the Consideration Shares, the Company's issued share capital consists of 19,583,916 Ordinary Shares with a
nominal value of 5 pence each ("Ordinary Shares"), with equal voting rights. The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in Treasury.  The
above figure of 19,583,916 Ordinary Shares may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they
will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under
the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules. 

    Defined terms used in this announcement have the meaning set out in the Admission Document dated 4 December 2008 which contains details
of the transaction and is available on the Company's website: www.wensum.co.uk

    Enquiries


 WensumStuart Lyons, Chairman                                     01293 422700
                                                                              
 Smith & Williamson Corporate Finance Limited(Nominated Adviser  020 7131 4000
 and Broker)Azhic BasirovDavid Jones

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