For immediate release 31 March 2011
Worthington Group PLC ("the Company")
Results of General Meeting
The Board announces that the resolutions put to the General Meeting held yesterday were all passed with a 99% majority in favour and accordingly:
Resolution 1
Transfer of Listing -
the New Ordinary Shares will be transferred out of the category of a "premium listing (commercial company)" on the Official List and into the category of a "standard listing" on the Official List. Transfer is expected to take place on or around 4 May 2011.
In addition, under the 2006 Act, the Company will make a "new issue" of one Ordinary Share to acquire all of the Deferred Ordinary Shares of the Company in consideration of the payment to Neville Registrars. This new Ordinary Share will rank pari passu with all existing Ordinary Shares, and application will be made for admission to trading on the Official List which is expected to take place on or around
Resolution 2
Adoption of new Articles of Association -
the New Articles will be adopted by the Company
Copies of the resolutions passed will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for viewing online at the following web-site address:
http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
Enquiries:
Anne Aylesbury, PD Cosec Limited, Company Secretary, Worthington Group plc on 0208 940 0963
Roland Cornish, Beaumont Cornish Limited on 020 7628 3396
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