Notice of EGM

Brulines (Holdings) PLC 24 October 2007 Brulines (Holdings) plc ('Brulines' or the 'Company') Notice of EGM Brulines (AIM:BRU), the leading provider of volume and revenue protection systems for draught alcoholic drinks in the UK licensed on-trade, announces that the Company is today posting a circular to shareholders containing notice of an Extraordinary General Meeting ('EGM') at which a resolution will be proposed to give the Company authority to undertake market purchases of its own shares. At the EGM a resolution will be put before shareholders to authorise the Company to buy ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the capital of the Company on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange up to a maximum of 2,411,610 ordinary shares of 10 pence each representing approximately 10% of the Company's issued share capital. At 24 October 2007 options to subscribe for shares in respect of 1,243,500 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company were outstanding, representing approximately 5.16% of the issued ordinary share capital at that date and approximately 5.73% of the issued ordinary share capital assuming the exercise in full by the Company of the authority being sought at the EGM to purchase its own shares and cancellation of such shares on purchase. The Directors intend to use the share purchase authority with discretion and purchases would only be made from funds not required for other purposes and in the light of market conditions prevailing at the time. In reaching a decision to purchase any ordinary shares, the Directors would take account of the Company's cash resources, the effect of such purchase on the group's business, any impact on earnings per share and the benefits for shareholders generally. Any shares purchased by the Company would either be cancelled immediately or held as treasury shares. The holding of shares as treasury shares would give the Company the ability to sell the shares held in treasury quickly and cost effectively and would provide the Company with additional flexibility in the management of its capital base. Recommendation The Directors consider the proposed resolution to be in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders and would promote the success of the Company for the benefits of its shareholders as a whole. Accordingly the Directors recommend that shareholders vote in favour of the resolution. Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting Notice is given that an Extraordinary General Meeting of Brulines (Holdings) plc (the 'Company') will be held at Grant Thornton UK LLP, St George House, 40 Great George Street, Leeds LS1 3DQ on 21 November 2007 at 10:00 am to consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolution which will be proposed as a special resolution: That the Company be generally and unconditionally authorised for the purposes of section 166 of the Companies Act 1985 ('Act') to make market purchases (within the meaning of section 163 of the Act) of ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the capital of the Company ('ordinary shares') provided that: (a) the maximum aggregate number of ordinary shares hereby authorised to be purchased is 2,411,610 representing 10% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital at the date of this notice; (b) the minimum price, exclusive of any expenses, which may be paid for an ordinary share is 10 pence; (c) the maximum price, exclusive of any expenses, which may be paid for any such share is an amount equal of 105% of the average of the middle market quotations for an ordinary share taken from the AIM appendix to the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the five business days immediately preceding the date on which such share is contracted to be purchased; (d) the authority hereby conferred shall expire on the earlier of 21 November 2008 or the close of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company; and (e) the Company may make a contract for the purchase of ordinary shares under this authority before the expiry of this authority, which would or might be executed wholly or partly after the expiry of such authority, and may make purchases of ordinary shares in pursuance of such a contract as if such authority had not expired. For further enquiries, please contact: Brulines (Holdings) plc James Dickson, Chief Executive Mark Foster, Finance Director Tel: +44 (0) 1642 358 800 mark.foster@brulines.com www.brulines.com Grant Thornton UK LLP (Nominated Adviser) Gerry Beaney / Fiona Kindness Tel: +44 (0) 20 7383 5100 Media enquiries: Abchurch Justin Heath / Emma Johnson Tel: +44 (0) 113 203 1340 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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