Johnston Press PLC Result of General Meeting (9290T)
January 11 2017 - 8:28AM
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RNS Number : 9290T
Johnston Press PLC
11 January 2017
Johnston Press plc
Result of General Meeting
A general meeting of Johnston Press plc (the "Company") was held
at 10.00 a.m. on 11 January 2017 at the offices of Ashurst LLP,
Broadwalk House, 5 Appold Street, London EC2A 2HA.
The ordinary resolution relating to the disposal of the entire
issued share capital of Johnston Publishing East Anglia Limited
(the "Resolution"), as set out in the notice of general meeting
contained in the circular sent to shareholders on 21 December 2016,
was duly passed on a poll.
The total number of shares in issue at the record date and time
for voting was 105,877,777. Proxy appointments were received from
shareholders holding an aggregate of 64,836,957 shares,
representing 61.24 per cent. of the issued share capital.
The table below shows the votes received for and against the
Resolution.
% of Total votes Votes
Votes For(1) % of votes Votes Against votes cast withheld(2)
The Resolution 64,763,621 99.89 73,336 0.11 64,836,957 18,423
(1) Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman
have been included in the "For" total.
(2) A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is therefore not
counted towards the proportion of votes "For" and "Against" the
Resolution.
The voting figures will also shortly be available to view on the
Company's website www.johnstonpress.co.uk. In accordance with
Listing Rule 9.6.1R, a copy of the Resolution has been submitted to
the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for
inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
For further information please contact:
Johnston Press
Ashley Highfield, Chief Executive Officer 020 7612 2601
David King, Chief Financial Officer 020 7612 2602
Bell Pottinger
Dan de Belder 020 3772 2561
Henry Lerwill 020 3772 2570
Panmure Gordon (Sponsor and Joint Broker)
Dominic Morley / Andrew Potts / Alina Vaskina
(Corporate Finance)
Charles Leigh-Pemberton (Corporate Broking) 020 7886 2500
Liberum (Joint Broker)
Neil Patel 020 3100 2000
Ingenious Corporate Finance (Financial
Adviser)
Toby Ramsden 020 7319 4159
Graham Smith 020 7319 4162
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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