7th Dec 2007 13:52
Regus Group PLC07 December 2007 Regus Group PLC7 December 2007 RESULTS OF VOTING AT EGM - WHITEWASH APPROVED Regus Group PLC (the "Company") announces that at the Extraordinary GeneralMeeting held on 7 December 2007 (the "EGM") both of the resolutions as set outin the Notice of Meeting dated 22 November 2007 were approved by shareholders.These resolutions comprised ordinary resolutions which approved the waiver byThe Panel on Takeovers and Mergers of any obligation which might otherwise fallon Mark Dixon (or any entity through which Mr. Dixon holds shares in theCompany) to make a general offer to the shareholders of the Company pursuant toRule 9 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers as a result of: • the Company making purchases of its own shares pursuant to the buy-back authority granted at its most recent annual general meeting (the "Buy-Back Authority"), pursuant to which Mr. Dixon's percentage interest in the Company's shares could potentially increase from approximately 37.16 per cent. as at the date of the EGM to a maximum of approximately 41.03 per cent.; or • the Company making purchases of its own shares pursuant to the Buy-Back Authority and the exercise by Mr. Dixon of any of his existing share option awards under the Regus Group Share Option Plan, the Regus Co-Investment Plan and the Regus Group Long Term Incentive Plan, pursuant to which Mr. Dixon's interest in the shares of the Company could potentially increase from 363,613,783 such shares (representing approximately 37.16 per cent. of such shares in issue as at the date of the EGM) to a maximum of 367,523,634 such shares (representing approximately 41.28 per cent. of such shares in issue as at the date of the EGM). The results of voting at the EGM are as follows: Resolution For Against Withheld Total votes Resolution 1 340,071,867 131,162,884 1,442,651 471,234,751 (Approval ofwaiver ofofferobligation inconnectionwith sharebuy-backs) Resolution 2 341,495,711 131,163,755 17,936 472,659,466 (Approval ofwaiver ofofferobligation inconnectionwith exerciseof options) Shares in issue: 978,396,822 In accordance with Listing Rules 9.6.2R and 9.6.3R, two copies of each of theresolutions will shortly be forwarded to the UK Listing Authority's DocumentViewing Facility, which is situated at: Financial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS. Tel: 020 7066 1000 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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