Hill & Smith Hldgs PLC
27 October 2000
Hill & Smith Holdings PLC - Recommended Offer for Ash &
Lacy plc
The Board of Hill & Smith Holdings PLC ('Hill & Smith')
is pleased to announce that at the extraordinary general
meeting of Hill & Smith held earlier today, shareholders
approved the resolutions necessary to implement Hill &
Smith's recommended offer for Ash & Lacy plc.
PRESS ENQUIRIES
For further information contact:
For Hill & Smith:
Hill & Smith 01902 357910
David Winterbottom (Chairman)
David Grove (Chief Executive)
Old Mutual Securities 0121 710 4501
Richard Welton
Rawlings PR 01756 770376
John Rawlings
Catriona Valentine
The directors of Hill & Smith accept responsibility for
the information contained in this announcement and, to
the best of their knowledge and belief (having taken all
reasonable care to ensure that such is the case), the
information contained in this announcement is in
accordance with the facts and does not omit anything
likely to affect the import of such information.
Old Mutual Securities, which is regulated in the United
Kingdom by The Securities and Futures Authority Limited,
is acting exclusively for Hill & Smith and no one else in
connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to
anyone other than Hill & Smith for providing the
protections afforded to customers of Old Mutual
Securities or for giving advice in relation to the Offer.
The Offer is not being made, directly or indirectly, in
or into the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan.
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