Result of Meeting

RNS Number : 3371A

Hill & Smith Hldgs PLC

31 July 2008

 

HILL & SMITH HOLDINGS PLC

Result of General Meeting

Hill & Smith Holdings PLC ('Hill & Smith' or the 'Company') announced on 15 July 2008 that the Company had posted to shareholders a circular setting out full details of the proposed acquisition of the outstanding 31.8% minority shareholding in its subsidiary Zinkinvent GmbH and the proposed disposal of the Benelux and German businesses of Zinkinvent.

The Company was required under the Listing Rules to obtain shareholder approval of the proposed acquisition and the proposed disposal, and a General Meeting of Hill & Smith shareholders to consider these transactions was held at 11.00 a.m. today.

The Directors of Hill & Smith are pleased to announce that resolutions to approve both the proposed acquisition and the proposed disposal were approved at the General Meeting.

A copy of both resolutions is being sent to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility which is located at: Financial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS (Tel: [phone]).

Enquiries:

Derek Muir, Chief Executive

Hill & Smith Holdings PLC

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Mobile: [phone]

Edward Carter

Freshwater UK

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