19th Apr 2006 15:47
Tarsus Group PLC19 April 2006 Tarsus Group plc (the 'Company') Result of Annual General Meeting and Scrip Dividend Alternative and Directors' Shareholdings Annual General Meeting The Annual General Meeting of Tarsus Group plc was held earlier today. All the resolutions proposed at the annual general meeting were passed. Thoseresolutions include a resolution authorising the Directors to allot a number ofordinary shares of 5p each ("Ordinary Shares") in the capital of the Company.The Directors propose to use that authority to allot Ordinary Shares to thoseshareholders who have elected to receive the final cash dividend ("theDividend") for the year ended 31 December 2005 to which they would otherwise beentitled in the form of Ordinary Shares under the scrip dividend alternativeoffered by the Company in respect of that dividend ("the Scrip DividendAlternative"). A copy of the resolutions has been submitted to the UK Listing Authority, andwill be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document ViewingFacility, which is situated at: Financial Services Authority25 The North ColonnadeCanary WharfLondon E14 5HS Telephone Number: (0)20 7676 1000 Scrip Dividend Alternative Elections under the Scrip Dividend Alternative have been received from 253shareholders in respect of 5,132,330 Ordinary Shares (representing 9.6 per cent.of the existing issued share capital) and, as a result, the Board of the Companyhas allotted 56,559 new Ordinary Shares ('New Ordinary Shares') (representingapproximately 0.1 per cent. of the existing issued share capital). These NewOrdinary Shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing OrdinaryShares. Application will be made for the admission of the New Ordinary Shares tothe Official List and to the London Stock Exchange's market for listedsecurities and dealings are expected to commence on 28 April 2006. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue following the allotment of the NewOrdinary Shares will be 53,542,531. Payments of approximately £1 million in aggregate will be made on 28 April 2006in respect of the Dividend to those shareholders who did not make an electionunder the Scrip Dividend Alternative. Directors' Shareholdings Roger Pellow elected to take the Scrip Dividend Alternative in respect of his2,274 shares as notified to the Company today. Following the allotment of NewOrdinary Shares, he is interested in 2,299 shares representing 0.004 per cent.of the issued share capital of the company. 19 April 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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