Result of EGM

RNS Number : 9564B

Barr(A.G.) PLC

26 August 2008

 



For immediate release                                                                                                    25 August 2008

A.G.Barr p.l.c. 

Acquisition of Groupe Rubicon Limited: result of Extraordinary General Meeting

At the Extraordinary General Meeting of A.G.Barr p.l.c. held on the 25 August 2008 to consider the resolution approving the acquisition of Groupe Rubicon Limited and the associated and ancillary arrangements, the ordinary resolution put to the meeting was duly passed. 

The acquisition of Groupe Rubicon Limited is expected to complete on Friday 29 August 2008.

The proxy votes cast in respect of the resolution were as follows:  

Votes for:                              9,223,263 (i)

Votes against:                       16,668

Votes withheld/abstentions:    48,884(ii)

Notes:

(i) The 'Votes for' figures include those votes giving the Chairman discretion on casting the votes.

(ii) A 'Vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the total number of votes cast on a resolution.

Certified copies of the document setting out the resolutions passed by the Company at the meeting have been submitted to the Document Viewing Facility of the Financial Services Authority. These copies will shortly be available for viewing at the Document Viewing Facility, at the address below, from 9.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. on every weekday except bank holidays.

Document Viewing Facility

The Financial Services Authority

25 The North Colonnade

Canary Wharf

London E14 5HS

Tel: [phone]

For further information please contact:

A.G.Barr p.l.c.                          Tel: [phone]

Roger White, Chief Executive

Alex Short, Finance Director

Buchanan Communications        Tel: [phone]

Tim Thompson / Nicola Cronk

NM Rothschild & Sons               Tel: [phone]

James Murray / Susan Tribe

 

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