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Result of EGM

30th Nov 2011 10:58

RNS Number : 0499T
Flying Brands Limited
30 November 2011
 



 

FLYING BRANDS LIMITED

 

RESULT OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

 

 

Flying Brands Limited (the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Resolution put to shareholders at the Company's extraordinary general meeting held earlier today was duly passed on a show of hands.

 

Following shareholder approval, the Company expects each of the Retreat Farm Disposal and the Meadow Springs Disposal (as defined in the circular sent to shareholders on 14 November 2011) to complete on 2 December 2011.

 

The final proxy voting position as received by the Company in respect of the Resolution in advance of the meeting is set out below:

 

Votes

For

Against

Votes

cast

Number

% shares voted

Number

% shares voted

Withheld

9,870,541

9,867,959

99.97

2,582

0.03

0

 

Notes:

(i) Proxy appointments in respect of 69,965 shares which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "For" total.

 

(ii) Proxy appointments in respect of 270 shares which appointed third parties to vote in favour of the Resolution have been included in the "For" total.

 

(iii) In addition to the proxies described above, a shareholder holding 7,559,934 shares in the capital of the company appointed the Chairman as its corporate representative to vote in favour of the Resolution. The Chairman was therefore empowered to vote in favour of the Resolution by shareholders holding 17,427,623 shares (representing 62.08% of the Company's issued share capital).

 

(iv) Issued share capital at 30 November 2011: 28,073,735 shares.

 

(v) A "Vote Withheld" is not counted towards the votes cast "For" or "Against" the Resolution.

 

A copy of the Resolution passed at the extraordinary general meeting is available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

 

 

For further information, please contact:

 

Flying Brands Limited 01245 228 300

Stephen Cook, Chief Executive

Stuart Dootson, Group Finance Director

 

Smithfield Consultants 020 7360 4900

John Kiely

 

Notes to editors

 

Jersey based Flying Brands Limited (LSE: FBDU) is a multi brand and multi channel home shopping specialist. Founded in 1981, it was admitted to the Official List of the London Stock Exchange in 1993. The Group operates the following divisions: 

 

·; Gifts (Flying Flowers, Flowers Direct and Drake Algar  making the company one of the UK's leading florists)

·; Garden (Gardening Direct, one of the UK's largest mail order bedding plants and gardening products operations; Garden Bird Supplies, a leading provider of food and accessories for birds and other wildlife; Garden Centre Online an internet retailer of garden hardware products)

·; Entertainment (Listen2, a mail order audio books, nostalgic music, DVD and video home shopping retailer)

More information can be found at: www.flyingbrands.com

 

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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