Aukett Group PLC
27 January 2004
For Immediate Release 27th January 2004
AUKETT GROUP PLC
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Aukett Group Plc, the international group of architects, designers and engineers
headquartered in London, held its AGM today, at which resolutions to adopt the
Report and Accounts for the year ended 30th September 2003 and to re-appoint the
Auditors (items 1 and 4 in the notice of meeting dated 11th December 2003) were
duly passed on a show of hands.
The outcome of the remaining items of business, in respect of which a poll was
demanded by the Chairman, will be announced after the polls have been conducted
at 10.00am on 25th February 2004 at the Company's registered office, to which
place and time the AGM was adjourned.
The Company also announces its intention to convene an extraordinary general
meeting to be on 25th February 2004. Notice of the EGM together with ballot
papers in relation to the polls will be despatched to shareholders in due
course.
Ian Mavor, Chairman, commenting:
'I was made aware on 26 January 2004 by representatives of shareholders who hold
a minority but significant share of the Company's stock that they were
dissatisfied at the progress being made by the turnaround team led by the Group
Managing Director, Mr Geoff Harwood. They demanded wholesale changes to the
Board and the immediate appointment of Mr Jose Luis Ripoll as Executive Chairman
and Mr Gerry Deighton and Mr Stephen Beckers as non-executive Directors. Mr
Ripoll is of Imagina Management SL based in Madrid and Mr Beckers is of Art &
Build based in Brussels. I offered to these representatives to convene an
extraordinary general meeting for the purpose of addressing their issues. This
offer was rejected. Notwithstanding, the Board intends to convene an
extraordinary general meeting to provide all shareholders with the opportunity
to consider these issues and to express their support for the composition of the
existing Board and, if appropriate, its stewardship of the Group. Notice to
convene an extraordinary general meeting to be held on 25th February 2004 will
be despatched to shareholders in due course.'
For further information contact:
Aukett Group Plc Binns & Co PR Ltd
Ian Mavor, Chairman Peter Binns
Tel: 020 7924 4949 Tel: 020 7786 9600
www.aukett.com peter.binns@binnspr.co.uk
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