This information was last updated on 27th August 2010.

June 16th - Recommended Mandatory Cash Offer for Preston North End Plc by Deepdale PNE Holdings Limited

August 6th - Recommended Mandatory Cash Offer For Preston North End - Update

August 27th - Proposed Cancellation Of Admission To AIM, Re-Registration As Private Company And Notice Of General Meeting

Description of Business Activities
The principal activities of the Group are the operation of a professional Football League Club, together with related ancillary activities.

The Club is incorporated in the United Kingdom.

Company reg no 1621060

Articles of Association - Preston North End plc
A PDF containing the Articles of Association of the Company may be accessed via the link below;

Articles of Association 2008

Articles of Association - Deepdale PNE Holdings Limited
A PDF containing the Articles of Association of the Company may be accessed via the link below;

Articles of Association - DPNE

Director Biographies

Maurice Lindsay: Executive Chairman
Maurice Lindsay was appointed Preston North End Chairman on Monday 21st June 2010.

Maurice has more than 30 years experience of sports administration in the North West and famously helped revitalise the fortunes of Wigan Rugby League Club before revolutionising the sport of rugby league as a whole when as Chief Executive of the Rugby Football League he introduced the hugely successful Super League era.

He has maintained strong links with Wigan throughout his career and in 2000 was appointed to the board of Wigan Athletic. It was during his time as a director with the Latics that Maurice became a leading voice on the Premier League committee and he was subsequently elected to the influential FA Council.

Maurice is also Chairman of Racecourse Data Technologies LTD, a company which supplies computerised betting systems to every racecourse in the UK and Ireland.


Derek Shaw: Director
Derek Shaw is a lifelong North End fan, who travels everywhere watching his beloved team, he has hardly missed a game in many decades and loves it as much as anyone to see the club having its current run of success. He is Chairman and owner of Ribble Valley Shelving Limited, a sponsor of the club's shirts in the early part of the 1990's - a very proud moment for Derek. He has been a Director of the Company since February 1994 and was appointed Deputy Chairman in 1997. After Bryan Gray's retirement from the board at the club's AGM in October 2001, Derek took over as Acting Chairman of the Football Club and the plc but the position was made permanent in August 2002.

David Taylor: Non-Executive Deputy Chairman
David Taylor is currently a Director of, and advisor to, a number of quoted and unquoted companies. Until February 2000 he was Chief Executive of Enterprise plc, a company listed on AiM. Prior to his appointment with Enterprise plc he was Chief Executive of English Partnerships and Manageing Director of AMEC Developments Limited, a subsiduary of AMEC plc. He was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the company in October 1996. At the 2003 AGM he was appointed Deputy Chairman.

Anthony Hughes: Non-Executive Director
Anthony Hughes, who joined the Board in June 2004, gained an LLB (Hons) at Sheffield University before starting his legal career at Pannone & Partners in Manchester. He joined Ricksons Solicitors in 1993 and became a partner in 1995 and has extensive experience in the field of litigation. In May 2001 he took on the role of managing partner for the firm, which has since enjoyed two consecutive years of record growth, along with excellent financial results. Anthony's long-term ambition with Ricksons is to give Preston its first top 100 law firm by the May 2007. Ricksons Solicitors has offices in Manchester, Preston and Leeds, and currently has 29 partners. Ricksons has been a small shareholder in Preston North End for a number of years and has been a corporate sponsor for the last four seasons. During this association with the club the Preston-based firm has provided PNE with advertising and sponsorship for players and the Great Room.

Paul Newsham: Non-Executive Director
Preston-born Paul is a lifelong North End fan and has also been involved in the corporate sponsorship of the club for several years and joined the Board in June 2004. He is managing partner at Haines Watts Chartered Accountants and has been a Great Room
season ticket holder since it opened, while Haines Watts have been prominent sponsors last season and will be again in 2004-5. He specialises in audit and corporate finance as well as general practice. As a partner of a growing accountancy firm he has extensive experience of running a business and larger organisations. Paul, 38, also acts for several big name regional companies and sports personalities. The former Archbishop Temple and Hutton Sixth Form College student entered accountancy from school by joining James Todd & Co in Preston. Paul qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1990 and joined Demacks in Leyland as an audit manager in October that year. A year later he became a salaried partner and then 12 months after that was made an equity partner. He helped develop the practice with Geoff Demack doubling its size and launching new financial services and IT arms. In 2002 Geoff Demack retired and the company became the Preston office of the £40m turnover national firm of Chartered Accountants, Haines Watts.

David Robinson: Non-Executive Director
The 49-year-old chartered surveyor is a lifelong Preston North End fan and is the managing partner of Frank Whittle Partnership. Preston-born, he has been heavily connected with the Club for the last 15 years since the conception of plans to develop the Deepdale stadium, that FWP helped bring to fruition.

Kevin Abbott: Finance Director
Kevin joined the Board in October 2006. Kevin worked at KPMG in Preston for 10 years between 1994 and 2004, where he worked on audit, accountancy and corporate finance matters for local and national companies. In 2004, Kevin took on a duel finance role with Preston North End and former Club sponsor New Reg Limited. He now works full-time at the Club, overseeing the financial and many operational aspects of the Company.

AIM Securities
There are currently 3,295,679 ordinary shares in issue. Significant shareholders include;

Friends of Preston North End Limited - 20.86%
Guild Ventures Limited - 28.02%
Hargreave Hale Nominees - 12.35%

Annual Report
A PDF file containing the 2007, 2008 and 2009 Annual Reports and Accounts may be accessed via the link below.

2007 Annual Report
2008 Annual Report
2009 Annual Report

The interim results for the six months to 31 December 2007, 2008 and 2009 may be accessed via the link below.

07/08 Interim Report
08/09 Interim Report
09/10 Interim Report

Notifications made to the London Stock Exchange
The following notifications have been made in the last 12 months.

26th August 2010 - Proposed Cancellation Of Admission
26th August 2010 - Offer Deadline - Replacement
25th August 2010 - Offer Deadline
6th August 2010 - Dispatch of Update to Offer Document
20th July 2010 - Further Loan Advance
13th July 2010 - Further Loan Agreement
8th July 2010 - Further Offer Update
7th July 2010 - Offer Update
1st July 2010 - Reminder As To The Offer Deadline
1st July 2010 - Public Dealing Disclosure
23rd June 2010 - Update As To HMRC Winding Up Petition
22nd June 2010 - Directorate Change
22nd June 2010 - Directorate Change
21st June 2010 - Loan Agreement/Payment of HMRC Debt
18th June 2010 - Public Dealing Disclosure
18th June 2010 - Public Opening Position Disclosure
18th June 2010 - Change In Significant Shareholding
16th June 2010 - Dispatch Of Offer Document
15th June 2010 - Change In Significant Shareholding
15th June 2010 - Public Opening Position Disclosure
15th June 2010 - Public Dealing Disclosure
15th June 2010 - Public Dealing Disclosure
15th June 2010 - Public Opening Position Disclosure
15th June 2010 - Public Dealing Disclosure
15th June 2010 - Directors Dealing
10th June 2010 - Public Opening Position Disclosure
7th June 2010 - Public Opening Position Disclosure
4th June 2010 - Public Dealing Disclosure
4th June 2010 - Public Dealing Disclosure
4th June 2010 - Public Opening Position Disclosure
4th June 2010 - Directors Dealing
4th June 2010 - Announcement
17th May 2010 - Temporary Suspension of Trading
14th May 2010 - Statement Regarding Suspension
13th May 2010 - Further Loan Advance
30th March 2010 - Half Yearly Report
19th March 2010 - Loan Agreements
12th March 2010 - Loan Agreements
23rd February 2010 - Loan Agreements
17th February 2010 - Loan Agreements
18th January 2010 - Directorate Change
6th January 2010 - Change of Manager
29th December 2009 - Change of Manager
19th November 2009 - Final Results
18th November 2009 - Extension to Loan Agreement

Admission document
The most recent prospectus may be accessed via the link below.

Prospectus

Bankers
The Governor and Company
of the Bank of Scotland
4th Floor, New Uberior House
11 Earl Grey Street
Edinburgh
EH3 9BN

Auditors
KPMG Audit Plc
Edward VII Quay
Navigation Way
Preston
PR2 2YF

Solicitors
McGrigors
Princes Exchange
1 Earl Grey Street
Edinburgh
EH 3 9AQ

Financial Advisors
WH Ireland
11 St James's Square
Manchester
M2 6WH

Registrars and Transfer Office
Equiniti Limited
Aspect House
Spencer Road
Lancing
West Sussex
BN99 6DA

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