12th Jun 2007 11:55
Ted Baker PLC12 June 2007 12 June 2007 TED BAKER PLC EGM STATEMENT The Board of Ted Baker announces that at the Extraordinary General Meeting heldtoday, the resolutions set out in the notice of meeting dated 9th May 2007appearing in the circular to shareholders of the company of the same date werepassed by the requisite majorities of Ted Baker shareholders. The results of the poll on resolution 1 to approve the waiver of Rule 9 of theCity Code on Takeovers and Mergers granted by the Panel on Takeovers andMergers, conditional on the passing of that resolution on a poll of independentshareholders, were 18,897,340 shares for the resolution (representing 87.9% ofshares voted) and 2,605,841 shares against the resolution (representing 12.1% ofshares voted). The votes for the resolution were cast by 81 shareholdersrepresenting 75% in number of those voting. If Ted Baker were to exercise the full authority granted pursuant to resolution2, to buy back 4,319,803 ordinary shares (representing approximately ten percent. of the company's issued share capital) the holding of Raymond Kelvin,Founder and Chief Executive of Ted Baker, would increase to approximately 42.54per cent. of the voting rights in the company. Enquiries: Ted Baker Tel: 020 7255 4800 Lindsay Page, Finance Director Hudson Sandler Tel: 020 7796 4133Michael Sandler / Kate Hough This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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