20th Apr 2007 14:55
FirstGroup PLC20 April 2007 20 April 2007 FirstGroup plc Proposed Acquisition of Laidlaw International, Inc. - Result of FirstGroup EGM On 9 February 2007 FirstGroup announced the proposed acquisition of LaidlawInternational, Inc. The Acquisition is conditional upon, amongst other things,the approval of the shareholders of both FirstGroup and Laidlaw. The Board of FirstGroup announces that, at the Extraordinary General Meetingheld earlier today, the Resolutions to approve, amongst other things, theacquisition of Laidlaw, details of which were set out in the notice ofExtraordinary General Meeting included in the circular to FirstGroup'sshareholders dated 26 March 2007, were duly passed by FirstGroup's shareholderson a poll. The results of the poll are shown below. Resolution Votes For % Votes Against % Votes Withheld1. To approve the 258,086,437 99.68 841,131 0.32 650,172proposed acquisition ofthe entire issued sharecapital of LaidlawInternational, Inc.2. To increase the 258,019,931 99.65 907,286 0.35 650,523authorised share capital3. To authorise the 256,806,556 99.24 1,976,616 0.76 794,568directors to allotrelevant securities4. To authorise the 257,726,230 99.63 955,385 0.37 896,125directors to incurborrowings5. To authorise the 254,038,966 98.28 4,443,893 1.72 1,094,881directors to disapplypre-emption rights The current issued share capital of FirstGroup plc is 434,950,135 ordinaryshares of 5 pence per share (excluding treasury shares). Two signed copies of the resolutions passed as special business have beensubmitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available forinspection at the UKLA Document Viewing Facility situated at Financial ServicesAuthority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS. The special meeting of shareholders of Laidlaw will be held later today, and anappropriate announcement made. The Acquisition remains conditional, amongst other things, on the receipt ofnecessary antitrust approvals in the US and Canada. The Board has no furtherupdate on the likely completion date. Terms used in this Announcement shall have the same meanings as set out in theCircular dated 26 March 2007. FirstGroupMoir Lockhead, Chief Executive Tel: +44 (0) 207 291 0505Dean Finch, Finance Director Tel: +44 (0) 207 291 0512Rachael Borthwick, Corporate Communications Director Tel: +44 (0) 207 291 0508 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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