This announcement replaces RNS number 7381D released on 21 May 2012 at 09.49. The correct date of the announcement, 21 May 2012, now appears at the end of the announcement.
Class Meeting Result
At the adjourned Class Meeting of the Company's Preference Shareholders held this morning, the following resolution, giving the Directors the authority to purchase the Company's Ordinary and Preference Shares, was passed as a Special Resolution:
THAT the holders of the Cumulative Convertible Redeemable Preference Shares of 1p each in the Company hereby sanction the passing and implementation of Resolution 20 set out in the Company's Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 5 April 2012 and each and every contract to purchase shares entered into within the terms of the authority thereby conferred.
21 May 2012