4 Oct 2013 11:05
4 October 2013
Huntsworth plc (the "Company")Result of General Meeting
The Board of Huntsworth plc is pleased to announce that at the General Meeting of the Company held today, all resolutions were passed. A poll was conducted on each resolution proposed at the meeting and the number of votes for and against each of the resolutions and the number of votes withheld were as follows:
Resolution | Votes For | Percentage of votes cast (%) | Votes Against | Votes withheld | |
1 | To authorise the directors to allot shares and to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with the allotment of those equity securities in respect of the Subscription (subject to and conditional on resolution 2 and 3 being validly passed). | 197,103,577 | 99.97 | 51,264 | 179,772 |
2 | To authorise the directors to allot further shares and to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with the allotment of those equity securities in respect of the Additional Subscription Right (subject to and conditional on resolution 1 and 3 being validly passed). | 197,101,077 | 99.88 | 230,723 | 2,813 |
3 | To appoint Oscar Zhao as a director (subject to and conditional on resolution 1 and 2 being validly passed and Admission). | 197,054,144 | 99.86 | 280,208 | 261 |
Votes were cast in respect of approximately 76.3% of the Company's issued share capital (including 2,289,054 ordinary shares held in treasury, which do not have voting rights).
It is expected that Admission of the 63,000,000 New Huntsworth Shares will occur at or around 8.00 a.m. on 7 October 2013.
The definitions used in this announcement shall have the same meaning given to them in the combined prospectus and circular published by the Company dated 18 September 2013.
Notes
1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the 'for' total
2. A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for or against a resolution
The full text of the resolutions is shown in the Notice of General Meeting which is available on the Company's website www.huntsworth.com.
In compliance with the LR9.6.2R, a copy of resolutions 1 and 2 is being submitted to the UK Listing Authority for publication through the National Storage Mechanism. This document will shortly be available for viewing at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
For further information contact:
Martin Morrow 020 7224 8778Company Secretary 4 October 2013
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