REG - Westminster Group - Result of General Meeting & TVR

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21/12/2020 09:25

RNS Number : 3460J
  
Westminster Group PLC
  
21 December 2020
  
 

 
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE 7 OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION NO. 596/2014 ("MAR"). UPON THE PUBLICATION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, THIS INSIDE INFORMATION IS NOW CONSIDERED TO BE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN 
 
 
Westminster Group Plc
('Westminster', the 'Group' or the 'Company')
 
Result of General Meeting and Total Voting Rights
 
The Board of Westminster Group Plc, a leading supplier of managed services and technology-based security solutions worldwide, is pleased to announce that at the General Meeting held earlier today, all resolutions were duly passed by shareholders. 
 
Accordingly, the Share Capital Reorganisation and the Placing, which raised gross proceeds of £5.0 million, have been approved.  
 
Application has been made by the Company for, in aggregate, 286,527,511 Ordinary Shares, comprising the 125,000,000 Placing Shares and 161,527,511 Ordinary Shares arising from the Share Capital Reorganisation, to be admitted to trading on AIM.  It is expected that Admission will become effective and dealings will commence at 8.00 a.m. on 22 December 2020.
 
Following Admission, the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue will be 286,527,511. There are no Ordinary Shares held in treasury. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company on Admission will be 286,527,511.  This figure may be used by Shareholders as the denominator for the calculations to determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
 
The proxy votes cast in respect of each resolution are below:
 




No.


Ordinary Resolutions


For


Against


Votes withheld




 


 


 


 


 




1


To approve the Share Capital Reorganisation
 
 


46,214,593


10,318,446


41,104




2


To authorise the Directors to allot shares and grant rights up to an aggregate nominal amount of £150,000


46,212,593


10,320,446


41,104




 


 


 


 


 




 


Special Resolutions


 


 


 




 


 


 


 


 




3


To amend the Articles of Association pursuant to the Share Capital Reorganisation
 
 


46,214,593


10,318,446


41,104




4


To disapply pre-emption rights in respect of the allotment of equity securities up to an aggregate nominal amount of £150,000 


46,014,593


10,516,786


41,104




 
NOTES:
 
1.   Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman of the AGM have been included in the "For" total for the appropriate resolution.
 
2.   A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the percentage of shares voted "For" or "Against" any resolution.
 
3.   The number of Existing Ordinary Shares in issue at 6:00 p.m. on 18 December 2020 was 161,527,511 and at that time, the Company did not hold any shares in treasury. 
 
4.   Full details of the resolutions can be found at - 2020-12-04-Westminster-Group-Circular-Proxy.pdf (wsg-corporate.com)
 
Terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given in the section entitled "definitions" in the Company's announcement at 7.01 a.m. on 3 December 2020.
 
 
For further information please contact:
  




Westminster Group Plc


Media enquiries via Walbrook PR




Rt. Hon. Sir Tony Baldry - Chairman


 




Peter Fowler - Chief Executive Officer


 




Mark Hughes - Chief Financial Officer


 




 


 




Strand Hanson Limited (Financial & Nominated Adviser)


 




James Harris


020 7409 3494




Ritchie Balmer
 
Arden Partners plc (Broker)             
Richard Johnson (Corporate) 
Tim Dainton/Simon Johnson (Broking)
            


 
 
 
020 7614 5900




 


 




Walbrook (Investor Relations)


 




Tom Cooper


020 7933 8780




Paul Vann


 




Nick Rome


Westminster@walbrookpr.com 




 
 
Notes:
 
Westminster Group plc is a specialist security and services group operating worldwide via an extensive international network of agents and offices in over 50 countries.
 
Westminster's principal activity is the design, supply and ongoing support of advanced technology security solutions, encompassing a wide range of surveillance, detection (including Fever Detection), tracking and interception technologies and the provision of long-term managed services contracts such as the management and running of complete security services and solutions in airports, ports and other such facilities together with the provision of manpower, consultancy and training services. The majority of its customer base, by value, comprises governments and government agencies, non-governmental organisations (NGO's) and blue-chip commercial organisations.
 
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