7th Oct 2005 13:00
SABMiller PLC07 October 2005 SABMiller plc Major Transaction in South America Results of Extraordinary General Meeting London and Johannesburg 7 October 2005. The board of SABMiller plc is pleased toannounce that, at the Extraordinary General Meeting held in London earliertoday, resolutions numbered 1 to 4 were approved by the requisite majorities.All voting was conducted on a poll, the results of which are set out below. Resolution VOTES FOR % FOR* VOTES AGAINST % AGAINST VOTES WITHHELD** 1 Ordinary Resolution to approve 549,269,552 96.32 20,990,106 3.68 2,920,191 the amendment to the Altria Relationship Agreement 2 Ordinary Resolution to approve 833,662,980 98.09 16,219,897 1.91 2,621,073 the Transaction 3 Special Resolution to give the 833,414,736 98.10 16,169,992 1.90 2,919,222 directors authority to allot and issue shares 4 Special Resolution to amend the 833,740,440 98.10 16,170,308 1.90 2,592,978 Articles of Association * Votes 'FOR' includes those votes giving the Chairman discretion. ** The "Votes withheld' are not counted towards the votes cast at theExtraordinary General Meeting. Full details of the resolutions were set out in the Notice of ExtraordinaryGeneral Meeting, contained in the circular to shareholders dated 14 September2005. Resolution number 5 set out in the Notice was withdrawn afterconsultation with certain institutional shareholders and was not put to a vote.Resolution number 5 is not integral to the completion of the Transaction nor isit critical for operational requirements Copies of all the resolutions passed have been submitted to the UK ListingAuthority ("UKLA") and will soon be available for inspection at the FSA'sDocument Viewing Facility, which is situated at: Financial Services Authority25 The North ColonnadeCanary WharfLondonE14 5HS Completion of the Transaction is subject to the admission to the Official Listof the Financial Services Authority and to trading on the London StockExchange's market for listed securities of the new SABMiller shares to be issuedpursuant to the transaction. Subject to the approval by the FSA of a prospectusrelating to the new SABMiller shares, SABMiller expects admission and completionof the Transaction to take place on 12 October 2005. A.O.C. Tonkinson, Group Secretary:Tel: 020 7659 0100 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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