16th Jun 2005 12:21
Ted Baker PLC16 June 2005 16 June 2005 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 11 May 2005appearing 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 20,501,865 shares for the resolution (representing 87.27% ofshares voted) and 2,988,833 shares against the resolution (representing 12.73%of shares voted). The votes for the resolution were cast by 89 shareholdersrepresenting approximately 78% in number of those voting. If Ted Baker exercises the full authority granted pursuant to resolution 2, setout in the notice of meeting dated 11 May 2005, to purchase back its own sharesup to 4,298,980 ordinary shares (representing approximately 10 per cent. of thecompany's issued share capital) the holding of Raymond Kelvin, Chief Executiveof Ted Baker, will as a result increase to approximately 44.81 per cent. of thevoting rights in the company. Enquiries: Ted Baker Tel: 020 7255 4800 Lindsay Page, Finance DirectorCharles Anderson, Company Secretary Hudson Sandler Tel: 020 7796 4133Noemie de Andia This information is also available on Ted Baker's Investor Relations site atwww.tedbaker.co.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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