20th Apr 2007 18:25
FirstGroup PLC20 April 2007 20 April 2007 FirstGroup plc Proposed Acquisition of Laidlaw International, Inc. Result of the special meeting of Laidlaw's shareholders On 9 February 2007 FirstGroup announced the proposed acquisition of LaidlawInternational, Inc. Earlier today the Board of FirstGroup announced that, at the ExtraordinaryGeneral Meeting of the Company, the Resolutions to approve, amongst otherthings, the acquisition of Laidlaw, were duly passed by FirstGroup'sshareholders. The Board of FirstGroup is now pleased to announce that Laidlaw's shareholdersalso approved the Acquisition at a special meeting held earlier today. The Acquisition remains conditional on, amongst other things, 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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