Aukett Swanke Regulatory News (AUK)

14 Apr 2005 14:34

Aukett Group PLC14 April 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 14 April 2005 AUKETT GROUP PLC ("Aukett" or the "Company") RESULT OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING ("EGM") The Company is pleased to announce that at the EGM held at 11.00am today, allresolutions have been passed by the requisite majority as follows: Resolution 1: to approve the acquisition of Fitzroy Robinson Limited (the "Acquisition"); Resolution 2: to approve the waiver of Rule 9 of the City Code in respect of the Acquisition (on a poll); Resolution 3: intentionally withdrawn; Resolution 4: to approve the amendment of the Articles of Association of the Company; Resolution 5 : to approve the increase of the authorised share capital of the Company; Resolution 6: to authorise the directors of the Company pursuant to Section 80 of the Companies Act 1985 (as amended) ("the Act") to allot the New Ordinary Shares and further relevant securities; Resolution 7: to empower the directors of the Company pursuant to Section 95 of the Act to make allotments of equity securities; and Resolution 8: to approve the change of name of the Company to Aukett Fitzroy Robinson plc. For resolutions decided on a show of hands, the following levels of proxyappointments and associated instructions were received prior to the meeting: Resolution 1 For 19,060,904 Discretionary 900,586 Against 39,488 (95.30%) (4.50%) (0.20%) Resolution 4 For 19,064,740 Discretionary 916,626 Against 19,612 (95.32%) (4.58%) (0.10%) Resolution 5 For 19,069,864 Discretionary 916,626 Against 14,488 (95.34%) (4.58%) (0.08%) Resolution 6 For 19,059,265 Discretionary 916,626 Against 25,087 (95.29%) (4.58%) (0.13%) Resolution 7 For 19,059,265 Discretionary 916,626 Against 25,087 (95.29%) (4.58%) (0.13%) Resolution 8 For 6,746,050 Discretionary 13,182,695 Against 72,233 (33.73%) (65.91%) (0.36%) For Resolution 2 decided on a poll the votes were as follows: Resolution 2 For 19,902,175 Against 98,803 (99.51%) (0.49%) Following the EGM, the acquisition of Fitzroy Robinson Limited was completed(subject to trading of the new Ordinary Shares of 1p each issued as part of theconsideration, becoming effective) and, as previously announced, theappointments of Nicholas Thompson and Raul Curiel to the Board as ChiefExecutive and Director of European Operations respectively have been approvedand Messrs Paul Newman and Stephen Embley have stepped down from the main boardto concentrate on the development of the UK operations, with Mr Paul Newman asChairman of the UK Operational Board and Stephen Embley as Chairman of the UKRegional Management Board and joint managing director of the UK OperationalBoard. John Vincent's appointment as the other joint managing director of the UKOperational Board has also been approved. In accordance with the City Code, it is confirmed that, as previously announced,the vendors of Fitzroy Robinson Limited who qualify as a concert party for thepurposes of the City Code have been allotted 72, 392, 431 Ordinary Shares of 1peach in aggregate, representing 49.99 per cent of the enlarged ordinary sharecapital of the Company. Admission is expected to become effective and trading in the New Ordinary Sharesto commence the London Stock Exchange's market for listed securities on15 April2005. A further announcement will be made regarding the date on which the change ofname becomes effective. The Company's Annual General Meeting will be held onTuesday 21 April 2005 at 12 noon at 2 Great Eastern Wharf, Parkgate Road, LondonSW11 4TT. Contact: Patrick Carter, Aukett Group PLC on 020 7924 8651 Roland Cornish, Beaumont Cornish Limited on 020 7628 3396. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange