Result of AGM
Brown (N.) Group PLC
19 July 2006
THE COMPANIES ACTS 1985 AND 1989
RESOLUTIONS
OF
N BROWN GROUP PLC
At the annual general meeting of the above named company (Company) held at
Griffin House, 40 Lever Street, Manchester, M60 6ES on 18 July 2006 at 2.30 pm,
the following resolutions were passed in the case of resolution number 9, as an
ordinary resolution and, in the case of resolutions 10,11 and 12 as special
resolutions of the Company:
ORDINARY RESOLUTION
9 That, in substitution for all existing authorities the directors of
the Company be and are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised in
accordance with section 80 of the Companies Act 1985 (Act) to exercise all
the powers of the Company to allot relevant securities (within the meaning
of section 80 of the said Act) up to an aggregate nominal amount of
£9,846,449.40,provided that this authority shall expire at the conclusion
of the next annual general meeting of the Company after the passing of this
resolution or, if earlier, 17 October 2007 and provided further that the
Company may before such expiry make any offers or agreements which would or
might require relevant securities to be allotted after such expiry.
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
10 That, subject to the passing of resolution 1 above, the directors of the
Company be and are hereby empowered pursuant to section 95(1) of the
Companies Act 1985 (Act) to allot equity securities (within the meaning of
section 94(2) of the Act) for cash pursuant to the authority conferred by
the said resolution 1 and to sell relevant shares (as defined by section
94(5) of the said Act) of the Company if, immediately before such sale, such
shares were held by the Company as treasury shares (within the meaning of
section 162A(3) of the said Act) as if section 89(1) of the Act did not
apply to any such allotment and/or sale, provided that this power shall be
limited to the allotment of equity securities and/or sale of relevant
shares:
(d) in connection with an offer (whether by way of rights issue, open offer
or otherwise) to the holders of ordinary shares where the equity
securities respectively attributable to the interests of all such
holders are proportionate (as nearly as may be) to the respective number
of ordinary shares held by them (notwithstanding that, by reason of such
exclusions or other arrangements as the directors may deem necessary or
desirable to deal with fractional entitlements or legal or practical
problems under the laws of, or the requirements of any recognised
regulatory body or any stock exchange in any territory, the equity
securities to be allotted and/or relevant shares to be sold are not
offered to all such holders in proportion to the number of ordinary
shares held by each of them); and
(e) otherwise than pursuant to paragraph (a) above, of equity securities up
to an aggregate nominal value of £1,476,967.41, and shall expire at the
conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the company after the
passing of this resolution or, if earlier, on 17 October 2007 save that
the company may before such expiry make any offers or agreements which
would or might require equity securities to be allotted, or relevant
shares to be sold, after such expiry.
11 That the directors of the company be authorised generally and
unconditionally to exercise all powers of the Company to make one or more
market purchases (as defined in Section 163(3) of the Companies Act 1985)
of its ordinary shares of 10p each in the capital of the Company, provided
that:
(f) the maximum number of ordinary shares which may be acquired is
29,539,348
(g) the minimum price which may be paid for any such ordinary share is 10p
(exclusive of expenses); and
(h) the maximum price which may be paid for any such ordinary share is an
amount equal to 105% of the average of the middle market quotation for
an ordinary share according to the London Stock Exchange Daily Official
List for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which
the purchase is contracted to take place (exclusive of expenses);
provided that the authority to purchase hereby conferred shall unless
previously renewed, varied or revoked, expire at the conclusion of the
next annual general meeting of the company after the passing of this
resolution or, if earlier, on 17 October 2007 but a contract of purchase
may be executed wholly or partly thereafter and a purchase of shares
may be made in pursuance of any such contract.
12 That the N Brown Group plc Long-Term Incentive Share Plan be renewed until
the expiry of the Company's financial year 2017.
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Chairman
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