23rd Dec 2005 10:26
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 23rd December 2005 Scott Tod Plc ("Scott Tod" or "Group") (Multi-faceted group focusing on cash and cash handling systems including: the deployment of ATMs, card vending and change machines and a Cash-in Transit business) RE: EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING - 20th January 2006Shareholders will have received from the Company a Notice of Annual GeneralMeeting and Notice of an Extraordinary General Meeting convened by theDirectors for 20th January 2006, pursuant to a requisition by Nicholas Tod andHarriet Tod, together with letters from the Company and the Chairman Mr Massiein relation to various matters concerning the Resolutions to be proposed atsuch Extraordinary General Meeting.Shareholders will also have received a separate Notice of Extraordinary GeneralMeeting sent out by Nicholas Tod and Harriet Tod.The Board accepts that Nicholas Tod has properly requisitioned an ExtraordinaryGeneral Meeting and that it should be held as soon as reasonably practicable.However the plethora of Notices with conflicting dates for the meeting isconfusing and it is right that so far as possible the position should beclarified for the benefit of shareholders as a whole.In the circumstances the Company has been advised and Nicholas Tod and HarrietTod have agreed that it is proper, and in the best interests of the Company andshareholders as a whole, for there to be a new Notice of Extraordinary GeneralMeeting circulated which clarifies the date and time that it will take place.Accordingly shareholders have been sent a further Notice convening anExtraordinary General Meeting of the Company to be held at Centurion House, 37Jewry Street, London EC3 on Friday 20th January 2006 at 11 am for the purposesset out therein.The pink Proxy Form enclosed with the letter sent on behalf of the Company on21st December 2005 remains valid for the purposes of such meeting and should bereturned to the Company's Registrars in accordance with the instructionsthereon.The Board regrets the inconvenience and confusion caused by thesecircumstances.For further information:Scott Tod PlcDavid Massie (Non-Executive Chairman) 020 7389 1770Cubitt ConsultingBrian Coleman-Smith 020 7367 5102Mobile 07802 724400 ENDSCOTT TOD PLCRelated Shares:
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