21st Feb 2007 12:50
Brown (N.) Group PLC21 February 2007 N Brown Group plc Return of Value Results of EGM N Brown Group plc (the "Company") announces that, at the Extraordinary GeneralMeeting of the Company held earlier today to approve, among other things, theReturn of Value and Share Capital Consolidation, each of the ordinary andspecial resolutions put to Shareholders was duly passed.Proxy appointments were validly made in respect of 209,084,022 Existing OrdinaryShares; being 70.66 per cent. of the issued share capital of 295,906,293Existing Ordinary Shares. All the resolutions were passed at the meeting on ashow of hands, however, a summary of the proxy votes received by the Companyprior to the meeting was as follows: Resolution Votes for and discretionary Votes against Votes withheld 1. Return of Value and Share 207,742,335 9,025 1,332,662Consolidation 2. To authorise theDirectors to allot 207,715,196 8,241 1,360,585New Ordinary Shares 3. To disapply 207,608,815 12,693 1,462,514pre-emption rights The Record Date for the Return of Value and Share Capital Consolidation is 5.00p.m. on 21 February 2007. The latest time and date for dealings in ExistingOrdinary Shares is also 5.00 p.m. on 21 February 2007. Notes: All definitions used in the Circular to Shareholders dated 25 January 2007 applyto this announcement. Two copies of all the resolutions passed by the Company other than resolutionsconcerning ordinary business have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority,and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority'sDocument Viewing Facility, which is situated at: Financial Services Authority25 The North ColonnadeCanary WharfLondonE14 5HSTel: 0207 066 1000 Enquiries: N Brown Group plc: 0161 238 2202Alan White, CEODean Moore, CFO Credit Suisse: 020 7888 8888John Hannaford Gavin Anderson: 020 7554 1400Fergus Wylie This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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