5th May 2005 12:38
AGA Foodservice Group PLC05 May 2005 5th May 2005 AGA FOODSERVICE GROUP PLC ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT At the Annual General Meeting of Aga Foodservice Group plc today, the Chairman,Mr Vic Cocker said:"2004 was a very good year for the Aga Foodservice Group. Our trading resultswere well ahead of 2003 and our long term strategy to be a world leader inpremium consumer and commercial cookers and fridges was reflected in new productintroduction and extensions to our distribution structures. Looking to 2005, UK consumer markets are widely reported to have softened thisyear. However, our well established product development and internationalisationprogrammes are designed to ensure we can deal effectively with such cyclicalconditions. Today I should like to reiterate the comment I made in thepreliminary results announcement in March that strong marketing plans continueto drive leads and sales in our consumer operations. Further, in foodservicethere are more major accounts looking for the products and ideas we have tooffer. We continue to expect that the current year, backed by the investmentprogrammes we have in place, will show further progress." The summary of forms of proxy is attached. (-ENDS-) Enquiries: Vic Cocker, Chairman, Aga Foodservice Group plc 0121 711 6015 Jonathan Glass/Simon Sporborg, Brunswick Group Ltd 020 7404 5959 Aga Foodservice Group plc Annual General Meeting to be held on Thursday 5th May 2005 at 12.00 noon. Summary of Forms of Proxy received by 12 noon on Tuesday 3rd May 2005, being 48 hours before the meeting and conforming to regulation 41 of the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001, at Lloyds TSB Registrars Resolution For/Discretion Against Abstain No. of No of Votes % of % of Cap No. of No of Votes % of % of Cap No. of No. of Votes % of Cap Cards Vote Cards Vote Cards 1 998 81,998,560 99.76% 64.20% 2 200,304 0.24% 0.16% 5 182,217 0.14% 2 1,002 82,381,071 100.00% 64.50% 0 0 0.00% 0.00% 1 10 0.00% 3 988 82,350,297 99.96% 64.48% 13 30,674 0.04% 0.02% 2 110 0.00% 4 974 82,328,727 99.94% 64.46% 27 52,244 0.06% 0.04% 2 110 0.00% 5 976 82,328,588 99.94% 64.46% 25 52,383 0.06% 0.04% 2 110 0.00% 6 930 81,815,246 99.31% 64.06% 71 564,888 0.69% 0.44% 2 947 0.00% 7 980 80,309,187 97.49% 62.88% 28 2,070,237 2.51% 1.62% 1 1,657 0.00% 8 984 82,139,970 99.71% 64.31% 18 239,938 0.29% 0.19% 2 1,173 0.00% 9 962 80,430,218 97.63% 62.98% 45 1,950,853 2.37% 1.53% 1 10 0.00%10 954 82,313,460 99.92% 64.45% 48 67,611 0.08% 0.05% 1 10 0.00%11 972 82,317,728 99.93% 64.45% 29 60,047 0.07% 0.05% 2 3,306 0.00% Based on total issued share capital of 127,716,786N.B. The Discretion votes have been added to the For votes. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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