EGM Statement

RNS Number : 2716I

Assura Group Limited

17 November 2008

 



17 November 2008

Assura Group Limited ('Assura' or the 'Company')

Announcement of results of EGM

Assura Group Limited (LSE: AGR), the UK healthcare company which partners with GPs, consultants and other healthcare professionals to deliver high quality patient care, pharmacy and innovative property solutions in primary care, announces that at its Extraordinary General Meeting held earlier today at 3300 Daresbury Business Park, Warrington, Cheshire WA4 4HS each of the three resolutions submitted to the meeting (as set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 28 October 2008) as Ordinary Business was proposed and passed by the appropriate majority on a show of hands.

Accordingly, the following matters were approved:

1. To approve the issue of New Ordinary Shares to INVESCO Asset Management Limited as a related party transaction;

2. To grant authority to allot shares in connection with the Placing of 81,081,080 New Ordinary Shares; and

3. To grant authority to allot shares following the Placing.

The proxy votes on each resolution were as follows:

Resolution	For	%For	Against	%Against	Total Votes	Votes Withheld
1	130,288,168	99.9996	600	0.0004	130,288,768	224,654
2	199,316,921	99.9997	600	0.0003	199,317,521	224,654
3	199,316,921	99.9997	600	0.0003	199,317,521	224,654

Resolutions 1 to 3 were all ordinary resolutions. The detailed terms of the resolutions are set out in the notice of the meeting which was included in the prospectus dated 28 October 2008.

Votes 'For' include votes at the discretion of the Chairman. 

Votes withheld are not counted in the count of the total votes or the calculations of the

percentages For or Against each resolution. 

Percentages are rounded to two decimal places. 

Total shares in issue at the date of the meeting were 235,944,780 Ordinary Shares of 10p each.

Two copies of the resolutions passed at the meeting have been submitted to the UKLA, and will shortly be available for inspection at the UKLA's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:

Financial Services Authority

25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London

E14 5HS

Tel: [phone]

Greg McMahon

Group Company Secretary and Head of Legal Services

Assura Group Limited
Tel: [phone]

Head office and UK branch registered address:

3300 Daresbury Business Park
Warrington
Cheshire

WA4 4HS

Registered at Companies House. Company number: FC 28394.

Branch registration number: BR010010

Registered in Guernsey. Registered number: 41230.

Registered Office: Second Floor, Albert House, South Esplanade,

St Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 3TX

Ends

Enquiries:

Assura Group	[phone]
Louise Bathersby/Greg McMahon

Financial Dynamics	[phone]
Ben Atwell/Emma Thompson

 

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