31st Aug 2006 10:58
Guinness Peat Group PLC31 August 2006 GUINNESS PEAT GROUP PLC ANNOUNCEMENT Results of Shareholder Meeting Guinness Peat Group plc announces that at its Extraordinary General Meeting heldin London on 31 August 2006, all of the resolutions put to the meeting were dulypassed. Valid proxy appointments and associated voting instructions appointing theChairman of the meeting were as follows: Resolution Brief Description For Against 1. To increase the authorised share capital 371,079,633 581,247 2. To authorise the directors to allot shares and to disapply 370,598,161 965,090 statutory pre-emption rights in relation to the capital note offer. 3. For the purposes of the ASX Listing Rules, to approve the 370,481,688 714,078 issue of shares on 12 April 2006. Notes to the disclosures: 1. Any Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "For" total. 2. Votes withheld did not exceed 240,000 on any resolution. J R Russell Company Secretary 31 August 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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