RNS Number : 3924U
PGI Group PLC
23 June 2009
PGI Group PLC
Results of Annual General Meeting
Results of a General Meeting
Directorate Change
Cancellation of listing and re-registration as a private limited company
Results of Annual General Meeting
PGI Group Plc is pleased to announce that the Annual General Meeting which was held on 23 June 2009 at 2.00 p.m. at the offices of Lovells LLP, Atlantic House, 50 Holborn Viaduct, London, EC1A 2FG all resolutions were duly passed. All resolutions were passed on a show of hands at the meeting. Certified copies of the approved 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, which is situated at:
Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS
Tel. No. (020) 7676 1000
Proxy votes received in advance of the meeting were as follows:
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Resolution
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For
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Against
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Withheld
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Discretionary
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1
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To receive the 2008 Annual Report.
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75,993,901
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676
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0
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117,616
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2
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To approve the 2008 Remuneration Report.
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75,990,087
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3,832
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0
|
118,274
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3
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To re-appoint Mr R L Pennant-Rea as a director.
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75,986,579
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2,676
|
0
|
122,938
|
|
4
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To re-appoint Mr S N Roditi as a director.
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75,986,479
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2,776
|
0
|
122,938
|
|
5
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To re-appoint Mr C E Ryan as a director.
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75,986,579
|
2,676
|
0
|
122,938
|
|
6
|
To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors.
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75,966,118
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28,132
|
0
|
117,943
|
|
7
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To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors.
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75,965,574
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27,798
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331
|
118,490
|
|
8
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To declare a dividend
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75,994,250
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0
|
0
|
117,943
|
|
9
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To renew the directors' authority to allot shares.
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75,959,884
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18,550
|
7,276
|
126,483
|
|
10
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To dis-apply statutory pre-emption rights. *
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75,959,528
|
18,455
|
9,057
|
125,153
|
|
11
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To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares. *
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75,977,529
|
8,370
|
2,802
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123,492
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* Special Resolution.
Results of a General Meeting
PGI Group Plc is pleased to announce that a General Meeting which was held on 23 June 2009 at 2.30 p.m. at the offices of Lovells LLP, Atlantic House, 50 Holborn Viaduct, London, EC1A 2FG all resolutions were duly passed as Special Resolutions. All resolutions were passed on a show of hands at the meeting. Certified copies of the approved 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, which is situated at:
Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS
Tel. No. (020) 7676 1000
Proxy votes received in advance of the meeting were as follows:
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|
Resolution
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For
|
Against
|
Withheld
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Discretionary
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|
1
|
To approve the cancellation of the listing of ordinary shares of 25p each in PGI Group Plc.
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36,381,321
|
752,266
|
407
|
212,288
|
|
2
|
To approve the re-registration of the Company as a private company with the name of PGI Group Limited. (Conditionally upon and subject to the cancellation of the listing of the Company's ordinary shares).
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36,381,321
|
106,710
|
637
|
857,614
|
Directorate Change
PGI Group Plc announces that Dr Julius Makoni, a Non Executive Director, resigned from the Board with effect from 23 June 2009.
Cancellation of listing of the ordinary shares on the Official List and trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange and re-registration as a private limited company
At a general meeting of PGI Group PLC (the 'Company') held on 23 June 2009 resolutions to:
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cancel the listing of the Company's ordinary shares on the Official List and their trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange (the 'Listing'); and
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re-register the Company as a private limited company after cancellation of the Listing has become effective,
were duly passed by the requisite majority of shareholders present at the meeting.
Following the passing of the resolutions, the Company now intends to write to the UK Listing Authority to formally request that the Listing be cancelled with effect from Wednesday 22 July 2009. It is anticipated that the last day of trading in the Company's shares on the main market of the London Stock Exchange will be Tuesday 21 July 2009.
Following cancellation of the Listing becoming effective the directors shall apply to the Companies' Registrar to re-register the Company as a private limited company which is to be renamed 'PGI Group Limited'.
23 June 2009
For further information:
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PGI
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020 7236 6135
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Geoff Moores, Financial Director
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Panmure Gordon
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020 7459 3600
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Andrew Potts
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