Result of General Meeting
August 18 2009 - 7:48AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 6293X
Luminar Group Holdings PLC
18 August 2009
18 August 2009
Luminar Group Holdings plc
("Luminar" or the "Company")
Result of General Meeting
On 31 July 2009, Luminar announced a share issue to raise gross proceeds of
GBP37.5 million (approximately GBP35.7 million net of expenses) through the
issue of 39,473,685 New Ordinary Shares by way of a Firm Placing and Placing and
Open Offer at a price of 95 pence per New Ordinary Share. The Firm Placing and
Placing and Open Offer are conditional, amongst other things, on the approval of
Shareholders.
The board of Luminar is pleased to announce that at the General Meeting of its
Shareholders held at 9.30 a.m. today, the Resolutions, as set out in the Notice
of General Meeting sent to Qualifying Shareholders on 31 July 2009, were duly
passed without amendment.
Details of the proxy votes received prior to the General Meeting were as
follows:
+------------+------------+--------+--------+-------+-----------+--------+------------+
| Resolution | For | Discretion to | Against | Withheld* |
| | | Chairman | | |
+------------+---------------------+----------------+--------------------+------------+
| | Number | % |Number | % | Number | % | Number |
+------------+------------+--------+--------+-------+-----------+--------+------------+
| 1 | 46,299,796 | 85.46% | 30,855 | 0.06% | 7,846,745 | 14.48% | 292,946 |
| | | | | | | | |
+------------+------------+--------+--------+-------+-----------+--------+------------+
| 2 | 33,013,260 | 83.85% | 31,765 | 0.08% | 6,328,916 | 16.07% | 127,695 |
| | | | | | | | |
+------------+------------+--------+--------+-------+-----------+--------+------------+
* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and will not be counted in the
calculation of the proportion of votes for and against each resolution.
Details will be available on the Company's website at www.luminar.co.uk shortly.
The Firm Placing and Placing and Open Offer remain conditional upon the
Placing Agreement becoming unconditional in all respects and Admission. It is
expected that Admission will become effective, and dealings in the New Ordinary
Shares will commence, at 8.00 a.m. on 19 August 2009.
In accordance with the UK Listing Authority's Listing Rules, a copy of the
Resolutions passed will shortly be available to the public for inspection at the
UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility which is situated at The UK
Listing Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS.
This announcement should be read in conjunction with the full text of the
Prospectus published by Luminar on 31 July 2009. Copies of the Prospectus are
available at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility and on the
Company's website at www.luminar.co.uk.
Terms defined in the Prospectus published on 31 July 2009 have the same meanings
in this announcement.
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| Luminar | 01908 544 100 |
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| Stephen Thomas, Chief Executive | |
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| Robert McDonald, Finance Director | |
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| | |
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| College Hill | 020 7457 2020 |
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| Matthew Smallwood | |
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| | |
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| Numis Securities Limited | 020 7260 1000 |
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| Lee Aston, Brent Nabbs, Corporate | |
| Finance | |
| Mark Lander, Corporate Broking | |
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| | |
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| Altium | 020 7484 4040 |
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| Phil Adams, Sam Fuller, Corporate | |
| Finance | |
| Chloe Ponsonby, Corporate Broking | |
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Numis Securities Limited, which is authorised and regulated in the United
Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting as joint sponsor, joint
financial adviser, joint bookrunner and joint broker exclusively to the Company
and for no one else in connection with the Capital Reorganisation, the Firm
Placing and Placing and Open Offer and Admission and will not be responsible to
anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to its
clients or for providing advice in relation to the Capital Reorganisation, the
Firm Placing and Placing and Open Offer and Admission or any other matters
referred to in this announcement.
Altium Capital Limited, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom
by the Financial Services Authority, is acting as joint sponsor, joint financial
adviser, joint bookrunner and joint broker exclusively to the Company and for no
one else in connection with the Capital Reorganisation, the Firm Placing and
Placing and Open Offer and Admission and will not be responsible to anyone other
than the Company for providing the protections afforded to its client or for
providing advice in relation to the Capital Reorganisation, the Firm Placing and
Placing and Open Offer and Admission or any other matters referred to in this
announcement.
This announcement has been issued by, and is the sole responsibility of, Luminar
Group Holdings plc. Apart from the responsibilities and liabilities, if any,
which may be imposed by the FSMA, neither of Numis nor Altium nor any of their
affiliates, parent undertakings, subsidiary undertakings or subsidiaries of
their parent undertakings or any of their respective directors, officers,
employees or advisers or any other person accepts any responsibility whatsoever
and makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, for or in respect
of the contents of this announcement or as to the accuracy or completeness or
fairness of the information or opinions contained in this announcement and,
without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, no responsibility or
liability is accepted by any of them for any such information or opinions or for
any errors or omissions.
Important notice:
This announcement does not constitute or form part of any offer or invitation to
sell or issue, or any solicitation of any offer to acquire any New Ordinary
Shares, nor shall it (or any part of it), or the fact of its distribution, form
the basis of, or be relied on in connection with or act as any inducement to
enter into, any contract or commitment whatsoever with respect to the proposed
Firm Placing and Placing and Open Offer or otherwise.
The distribution of this announcement in certain jurisdictions may be restricted
by law and such distribution could result in violation of the laws of such
jurisdictions. In particular, this announcement is not for distribution in
Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, The Republic of South Africa and the
United States.
The information in this announcement may not be forwarded or distributed to any
other person and may not be reproduced in any manner whatsoever. Any forwarding,
distribution, reproduction or disclosure of this information in whole or in part
is unauthorised. Failure to comply with this directive may result in a violation
of the US Securities Act or the applicable laws of other jurisdictions.
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