18th May 2009 11:12
NOT FOR RELEASE OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO JAPAN, AUSTRALIAOR SOUTH AFRICA
18 May 2009
DSG international plc ("DSGi" or the "Group")
RESULTS OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
The Board of Directors of DSGi announces that all of the resolutions (the "Resolutions") put forward at today's Extraordinary General Meeting were passed by way of a poll.
A summary of the votes received in respect of the Resolutions is set out below.
Total number of Ordinary Shares of 2.5 pence in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") in issue: 1,772,442,268
Total number of shareholders voting: 1,434 representing approximately 1.1 billion Ordinary Shares amounting to approximately 64.58% of the issued ordinary share capital.
|
Resolution |
For |
Against |
Withheld |
|
Resolution 1: To authorise the directors of the Company to allot certain securities |
1,114,518,744 |
19,942,294 |
10,608,058 |
|
Resolution 2: That, subject to certain conditions, the directors of the Company be empowered to allot certain equity securities as if section 89(1) of the Companies Act 1985 did not apply to such allotment |
1,098,084,739 |
36,125,843 |
10,858,514 |
|
Resolution 3: To approve the terms of a placing of certain securities |
869,733,824 |
1,034,016 |
274,301,256 |
The voting figures will also be displayed shortly on the Company's corporate website: www.dsgiplc.com
In accordance with the UK Listing Authority rules, copies of the Resolutions will shortly be available for inspection at the Financial Services Authority's Document Viewing Facility which is situated at: the Financial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS.
It is expected that admission of the Placing Shares and the New Shares (nil paid) to the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market and commencement of dealings in Placing Shares and New Shares (nil paid) will become effective at 8.00am on 19 May 2009.
Contacts
For further information, please contact:
DSG international plc:
David Lloyd-Seed, Group Director of Communications +44 (0)17 2720 5065
Mark Webb, Head of Media Relations +44(0)17 2720 5019
DISCLAIMER
This announcement is not a prospectus and does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to subscribe for any securities being issued in connection with the proposed placing of new Ordinary Shares and issue of further Ordinary Shares by way of rights (the "Securities"), in any jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful.
These materials are not for distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the Australia, Japan, or South Africa. These materials do not constitute or form a part of any offer or solicitation to purchase or subscribe for securities in the United States.
The Securities have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "US Securities Act") or under any securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States and may not be offered, sold, taken up, exercised, resold, renounced, transferred or delivered, directly or indirectly, within the United States except pursuant to an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the US Securities Act and in compliance with any applicable securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States. There will be no public offer of any of the Securities in the United States.
The Securities have not been and will not be registered under the securities laws of Australia, Japan or South Africa and may not be offered, sold, taken up, exercised, resold, renounced, transferred or delivered, directly or indirectly, within such jurisdictions except pursuant to an applicable exemption from and in compliance with any applicable securities laws. There will be no public offer in any of Australia, Japan or South Africa.
Neither the content of DSGi's website nor any website accessible by hyperlinks on DSGi's website is incorporated in, or forms part of, this announcement.
The distribution of this announcement and/or the Prospectus and/or the Provisional Allotment Letters and/or the transfer of any of the Securities into jurisdictions other than the United Kingdom may be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession this announcement comes should inform themselves about and observe any such restrictions. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
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