MELROSE INDUSTRIES PLC Earlier today Melrose Industries PLC announced that its proposed Scheme of Arrangement had been approved by the requisite majority of shareholders at a Court Meeting held this morning. Voting was carried out via a Poll at the meeting and details of the result are shown below (which includes proxy votes received prior to the meeting):
Votes FOR | % of votes cast FOR | Votes AGAINST | % of votes cast AGAINST | Total Issued Share Capital voted | Total % of issued Share Capital voted | Votes Withheld | |
To approve the Scheme of Arrangement | 776,868,966 | 99.99% | 39,146 | 0.01% | 776,908,112 | 78.06% | 0 |
Following the successful outcome of the Court Meeting this morning a General Meeting was held at which the five special resolutions were approved. Details of proxy votes received prior to the meeting for each of the resolutions are shown below:
Votes FOR | % of votes cast FOR | Votes AGAINST | % of votes cast AGAINST | Total Issued Share Capital voted | Total % of issued Share Capital voted | Votes Withheld | |
1 - To implement the Scheme of Arrangement | 770,773,229 | 99.99% | 38,948 | 0.01% | 774,096,785 | 77.78% | 3,284,608 |
2 - To approve the Initial Reduction of Capital | 770,773,586 | 100.00% | 35,578 | 0.00% | 774,096,785 | 77.78% | 3,287,621 |
3 - To approve the allotment and issue of the B Shares | 770,733,072 | 99.99% | 38,843 | 0.01% | 774,096,785 | 77.78% | 3,324,870 |
4 - To approve the Proposed Return of Capital | 770,737,994 | 99.99% | 72,915 | 0.01% | 774,096,785 | 77.78% | 3,285,876 |
5 - To approve the Share Capital Consolidation | 770,732,672 | 99.99% | 76,155 | 0.01% | 774,096,785 | 77.78% | 3,287,958 |
Where shareholders appointed the Chairman as their proxy with discretion as to voting, their votes were cast in favour of the resolution and their shares have been included within the votes 'FOR' column.
A vote 'WITHHELD' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of percentages of the votes cast against a resolution.
Prior to the meeting there were 995,206,966 ordinary shares of 7/55p in issue.
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