Marstons Regulatory News (MARS)

29 Dec 2006 10:42

Wolverhampton& Dudley Breweries PLC29 December 2006 THE WOLVERHAMPTON & DUDLEY BREWERIES, PLC - ANNOUNCEMENT TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS In compliance with the Financial Services Authority's transitional provision 6 in connection with the implementation of the Transparency Directive, we hereby notify the market of the following; At 6 pm on 28 December 2006, The Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries, PLC (the Company): Ordinary shares • had 77,936,716 issued ordinary shares of 29.5p each admitted to trading. On a poll vote, an ordinary shareholder has one vote for every 25p of nominal value of ordinary share capital held in relation to all circumstances at general meetings of the Company; • held 1.116,903 ordinary shares in treasury and the voting rights of these treasury shares are automatically suspended; and • accordingly had maximum total voting rights of 90,647,378 attached to its 76,819,813 issued ordinary shares (excluding treasury shares). Preference shares • had 75,000 issued preference shares of £1 each admitted to trading. On a poll vote, a preference shareholder has one vote for every 25p of nominal value of preference share capital held in relation to all circumstances at general meetings of the Company; • held no preference shares in treasury; and • accordingly, had total voting rights of 300,000 attached to its preference shares. These total voting rights figures may be used by shareholders as the denominatorfor the calculations by which they will determine whether they are required tonotify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company underthe Financial Services Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange