Wagon(WAGN)

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Wagon PLC
30 June 2008
 



NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN OR INTO AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN, SOUTH AFRICA OR THE UNITED STATES



30 June 2008


Wagon plc


Result of General Meeting



Wagon plc ("Wagon" or "the Company") announces that all resolutions put forward at today's General Meeting were passed on a poll. The results of the poll are as follows:


No.
Ordinary Resolution
For
% of total votes
Against
% of total votes
Withheld
1
Approve Capital Reorganisation and increase of authorised capital and authorise allotment of relevant securities
 78,033,719
99.43
446,087
0.57
229,443
2
Approve Rule 9 Waiver
60,553,524
99.28
441,224
0.72
17,714,501
3
Approve Property Disposal
78,142,847
99.57
336,284
0.43
230,118

 

 

No.
Special Resolution
For
% of total votes
Against
% of total votes
Withheld
4
Disapplication of pre-emption rights
78,028,219
99.42
451,587
0.58
229,443
5
Approve cancellation of listing on Official List and application for listing on AIM in the event that the free float requirement is breached
78,033,619
99.43
446,863
0.57
228,767




It should be noted that a vote withheld is not a vote in law and has not counted in the calculation of the proportions of votes "For" and "Against" the specified resolutions.


As a result of Resolution 1 having been passed, and with effect from close of business today, each issued ordinary share of 25 pence in the capital of the Company will be sub-divided and re-classified into one new ordinary share of one penny and one non-voting deferred share of 24 pence.


Christopher Clark, Chairman of Wagon, commented:


"The Board is pleased with the strong support the re-financing proposals have received from shareholders.  We firmly believe that they are in the best interests of shareholders as a whole and we now urge shareholders to take up their rights to subscribe for Rights Issue Shares under the Rights Issue. The refinancing proposals ensure the Company is in a stronger financial position to continue pursuing its strategy."


For further information


Wagon plc
0121 770 4030
Jürgen von Heyden, Chief Executive
 
Richard Cotton, Finance Director
 
 
 
Hoare Govett Limited (Financial adviser, sponsor and broker)
020 7678 8000
Luke Simpson
 
Justin Jones
 
 
 
Hogarth Partnership
020 7357 9477
James Longfield
 
Anthony Arthur
 

 

 

In accordance with the Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority, copies of the resolutions passed at the General Meeting will be lodged shortly with the Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:


Financial Services Authority

25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
LONDON

E14 5HS


Telephone Number: 020 7066 1000 


Notes:

1) Reference to times in this document are to London time, unless otherwise stated.

2) The dates set out in the expected timetable above or elsewhere in this document or in the Provisional Allotment Letters may be adjusted by Wagon, in which event details of the new dates will be notified to the FSA, the London Stock Exchange and, where appropriate, to Qualifying Shareholders.

3) If you have any queries relating to the procedure for acceptance and payment, you should contact the Company's Registrars, Equiniti, Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing, West Sussex BN99 6DA on 0871 384 2901 or from outside the United Kingdom on +44 121 415 0253. Please note that Equiniti cannot provide financial, tax or investment advice on the Rights Issue or as to whether or not you should take up your rights under the Rights Issue.

4) Subject to certain restrictions relating to Qualifying Shareholders with registered addresses outside the UK, details of which are set out in the Prospectus.



Terms used in the Prospectus shall have the same meaning when used in this announcement, unless the context requires otherwise.



This announcement is an advertisement and not a prospectus and investors should not subscribe for or purchase any Nil Paid Rights, Fully Paid Rights or Rights Issue Shares referred to in this announcement except on the basis of information in the Prospectus which has been published by Wagon on 5 June 2008 in connection with the Rights Issue. Copies of the Prospectus will be available from the Company's registered office. This announcement does not constitute, or form part of an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to subscribe for or buy, any Rights Issue Shares. Any decision to invest in the Rights Issue Shares should only be made on the basis of information in the Prospectus which contains further details relating to Wagon in general as well as a summary of the risk factors to which an investment in the Rights Issue Shares is subject. 


This announcement is not an offer of securities for sale in the United States. The Nil Paid Rights, the Fully Paid Rights, the Rights Issue Shares and the Provisional Allotment Letters will not be offered or sold in the United States or to or for the account or benefit of a person located in the United States unless registered under the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from such registration. The Nil Paid Rights, the Fully Paid Rights, the Rights Issue Shares and the Provisional Allotment Letters have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act and no public offering of the Nil Paid Rights, the Fully Paid Rights, the Rights Issue Shares or the Provisional Allotment Letters will be made in the United States.


This announcement does not constitute an offer of Nil Paid Rights, Fully Paid Rights, Rights Issue Shares or Provisional Allotment Letters to any person with a registered address in, or who is resident in, Australia, Canada, Japan or South Africa. None of the Nil Paid Rights, the Fully Paid Rights, the Rights Issue Shares or the Provisional Allotment Letters has been or will be registered under the relevant laws of any state, province or territory of Australia, Canada, Japan or South Africa. The Prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy Rights Issue Shares or to take up entitlements to Nil Paid Rights in any jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful. Subject to certain limited exceptions, neither the Prospectus, the Provisional Allotment Letter nor this announcement will be distributed in or into Australia, Canada, Japan or South Africa.

Hoare Govett Limited, which is regulated and authorised in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively as financial adviser, sponsor and broker to Wagon and for no-one else in connection with the Rights Issue, the Rule 9 Waiver, the Capital Reorganisation and the Property Disposal and will not be responsible to anyone other than Wagon for providing the protections afforded to clients of Hoare Govett or for providing advice in relation to the Rights Issue, the Rule 9 Waiver, the Capital Reorganisation and the Property Disposal, the contents of this announcement and the accompanying documents or any matters or arrangements referred to herein or therein.


Hoare Govett may, in accordance with applicable legal and regulatory provisions, engage in transactions in relation to the Nil Paid Rights, the Fully Paid Rights, the Rights Issue Shares and/or related instruments for their own account. Except as required by applicable law or regulation, Hoare Govett does not propose to make any public disclosure in relation to such transactions. 


The release, publication or distribution of this announcement in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law and therefore persons in such jurisdictions into which this announcement is released, published or distributed should inform themselves about and observe such restrictions. 


Prices and values of, and income from, shares may go down as well as up and an investor may not get back the amount invested. It should be noted that past performance is no guide to future performance. Persons needing advice should consult an independent financial adviser.


The statements contained in this announcement that are not historical facts may be "forward-looking'' statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond Wagon's control and all of which are based on Wagon's current beliefs and expectations about future events. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believes'', "expects'', "may'', "will'', "could'', "should'', "intends'', "estimates'', "plans'', "assumes'' or "anticipates'' or the negative thereof or other variations thereon or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy that involve risks and uncertainties. In addition, from time to time, Wagon or its representatives have made or may make forward-looking statements orally or in writing. Furthermore, such forward-looking statements may be included in, but are not limited to, press releases or oral statements made by or with the approval of an authorised executive officer of Wagon. These forward-looking statements and other statements contained in this announcement regarding matters that are not historical facts involve predictions. No assurance can be given that such future results will be achieved; actual events or results may differ materially as a result of risks and uncertainties facing Wagon and its subsidiaries. Such risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to vary materially from the future results indicated, expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements contained in this announcement speak only as of the date of this announcement and neither Wagon nor the Sponsor undertakes no duty to, and will not necessarily, update any of them in light of new information or future events, except to the extent required by applicable law, the Prospectus Rules, the Listing Rules and the Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules.


Without limitation, the contents of the websites of the Group do not form part of this announcement.




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