Babcock International Group PLC
15 June 2007
Babcock International Group PLC
15 June 2007
Babcock International Group PLC
Result of EGM
On 10 May 2007 the Board of Babcock announced the proposed acquisition of
Devonport Management Limited ('DML') conditional on Babcock Shareholder approval
and certain consents required by the selling shareholders from the Ministry of
Defence.
The Board of Babcock announces that, at the Extraordinary General Meeting held
earlier today, the Resolution to approve the acquisition of DML, details of
which were set out in the notice of Extraordinary General Meeting including in
the circular to Babcock's shareholders dated 30 May 2007, was duly passed.
The Resolution was passed on a show of hands. Proxies were lodged as follows:
Votes For % Votes Against % Votes Withheld
151,452,244 99.97 57,373 0.03 485,474
The consents required by the selling shareholders from the MoD are expected to
be received shortly.
A signed copy of the Resolution has been submitted to the UK Listing Authority
and will be shortly available for inspection at the UKLA Document Viewing
Facility situated at Financial Services Authority, 25 North Colonnade, Canary
Wharf, London E14 5HS.
Terms used in this Announcement shall have the same meaning as set out in the
Circular dated 30 May 2007.
Babcock Tel: +44 (0) 20 7291 5000
Peter Rogers, Chief Executive
Bill Tame, Finance Director
JPMorgan Cazenove Tel: +44 (0) 20 7588 2828
(Financial advisers, sponsor & broker to Babcock)
Dermot McKechnie
Andrew Truscott
Financial Dynamics Tel: +44 (0) 20 7269 7121
(PR for Babcock)
Andrew Lorenz
Richard Mountain
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