17 Mar 2014 11:01
News Release
17 March 2014
Result of General Meeting
Interserve Plc, the international support services and construction group, announces that at the General Meeting of the Company, duly convened and held today at the offices of Ashurst LLP, Broadwalk House, 5 Appold Street, London EC2A 2HA, the resolution to approve the acquisition of the facilities services business from a subsidiary of Rentokil Initial Plc for a cash consideration of £250 million, as set out in the Notice of General Meeting dated 28 February 2014, was passed on a show of hands. Completion of the deal is expected to take place on 18 March 2014.
Details of the proxy votes received by the Company prior to the General Meeting are set out below:-
Resolution (full text of the resolution is set out in the notice of general meeting) | For | Against | Total shares voted | Total votes cast as % of Company's issued share capital | Withheld (1) | ||
No. of votes
88,716,953
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99.9% | No. of votes
93,093
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0.1% |
88,879,508
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99.9%
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451,993
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That the acquisition of the facilities services business of Rentokil Initial plc as described in the Circular dated 28 February 2014 be approved |
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(1)A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation
of the proportion of the votes validly cast.
The issued share capital
of the Company as at the date of the General Meeting was 142,032,586 ordinary
shares of 10p each.
A copy of this resolution has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism
and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.
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For further information please contact:
Robin O'Kelly, Interserve +44 (0) 118 932 0123
Richard Campbell/Michael Kinirons, Capital MSL +44 (0) 20 3219 8800
About Interserve
Interserve's vision is to redefine the future for people and places. We are one of the world's foremost support services and construction companies, operating in the public and private sectors in the UK and internationally. We offer advice, design, construction, equipment, facilities management and front-line public services. Interserve is based in the UK and is listed in the FTSE 250 index. We have gross revenue of £3.1 billion and a workforce of over 75,000 people worldwide.
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