14th Jun 2007 13:21
Mothercare PLC14 June 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 14 June 2007 MOTHERCARE PLC (THE "COMPANY") RESULTS OF EGM At the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held today each of theordinary resolutions set out below were passed by shareholders: 1. THAT, subject to Resolutions 2 and 3 being passed, the proposedacquisition of the entire issued and to be issued share capital of ChelseaStores Holdings Limited (the "Proposed Acquisition") pursuant to the AcquisitionAgreement (as defined in the circular of the Company dated 25 May 2007accompanying this notice (the "Circular")) and the associated and ancillaryarrangements contemplated by the Acquisition Agreement and/or described in theCircular be and are hereby approved and that the Directors of the Company (orany duly authorised committee thereof) be and are hereby authorised to take allsuch steps as may be necessary or desirable in relation thereto and to implementthe same with such non-material modifications, variations, revisions, waivers oramendments as the Directors or any such committee may deem necessary, expedientor appropriate. 2. THAT the authorised share capital of the Company be and is herebyincreased from £47,883,706.50 to £52,500,000 by the creation of an additional9,232,587 ordinary shares of 50 pence each ranking equally in all respects withthe existing ordinary shares of 50 pence each in the capital of the Company. 3. THAT, subject to Resolution 2 being passed, in addition, and withoutprejudice, to all existing authorities the Directors be and are hereby generallyand unconditionally authorised in accordance with section 80 of the CompaniesAct 1985 to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot relevant securities(within the meaning of that section) up to a maximum aggregate nominal amount of£6,944,000 in connection with the Proposed Acquisition. This authority shallexpire on the second anniversary of the date on which this Resolution is passed. The results of the proxies are listed below: Resolution Number Proxies For Proxies Proxies Proxies Poll call Discretionary Against Abstentions/ Yes/No Withheld 1 47,411,282 29,971 19,231 72,802 No 2 47,410,822 32,793 16,484 73,187 No 3 46,680,111 32,941 746,754 73,480 No Two copies of the resolutions have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility at 25 The Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5HS. For further enquiries, contact: Mothercare: 01923 206 001Ben Gordon, Chief ExecutiveNeil Harrington, Finance Director Citigroup Capital Markets Limited (Financial adviser to Mothercare): 020 7986 4000Ian HartLouise Stonestreet Brunswick (PR adviser to Mothercare): 020 7404 5959Catherine HicksAnna Jones This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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