20 Nov 2009 10:33
20 November 2009
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E2V TECHNOLOGIES PLC
RESULTS OF GENERAL MEETING
The Board is pleased to announce that at the General Meeting of e2v technologies plc held this morning all the resolutions (the "Resolutions") put to the General Meeting in connection with the Firm Placing and the Rights Issue were duly passed, without amendment, by the required majority on a show of hands.
Full details of the Resolutions are set out in the Notice of General Meeting contained in the prospectus published by the Company and sent to shareholders on 2 November 2009 (the "Prospectus"), a copy of which is available on the Company's website.
A summary of the proxy votes received in advance of the General Meeting in respect of the Resolutions is set out below.
Total number of shareholders voting: 150 representing approximately 50,668,012 Ordinary Shares amounting to approximately 80.98% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company.
| Resolutions | Votes In Favour | Votes Against | Votes Withheld |
| Resolution 1: To authorise the Directors of the Company to allot Ordinary Shares in connection with the Firm Placing and the Rights Issue | 50,533,832 | 3,881 | 130,299 |
| Resolution 2: To disapply the pre-emption rights in relation to the allotment of Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Firm Placing and the Rights Issue | 50,503,471 | 4,606 | 131,938 |
| Resolution 3: To approve the terms of the Firm Placing | 50,505,110 | 4,606 | 130,299 |
| Resolution 4: To approve the subscription by Aberforth for Firm Placed Shares | 37,140,083 | 3,881 | 13,496,051 |
In accordance with the Listing Rules, copies of the Resolutions will shortly be available for inspection at the Financial Services Authority's Document Viewing Facility which is situated at:
Financial Services Authority
25 The North ColonnadeCanary Wharf
London E14 5HS
It is expected that admission of the Firm Placed Shares and the New Shares (nil paid) to the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securties and commencement of dealings in the Firm Placed Shares and New Shares (nil paid) will become effective at 8.00 a.m. on 23 November 2009. It is further expected that Provisional Allotment Letters in relation to the New Shares (nil paid), pursuant to the Rights Issue will be posted to Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholders (other than Excluded Overseas Shareholders) later today and Nil Paid Rights are expected to be credited to stock accounts, and enabled for settlement, in CREST for Placees and Qualifying CREST Shareholders (other than Excluded Overseas Shareholders) on 23 November 2009. The latest time and date for acceptance and payment in full under the Rights Issue is 11.00 a.m. on 7 December 2009. For full details of the timetable for, and the terms and conditions of, the Firm Placing and the Rights Issue please refer to the Prospectus.
Terms defined in the Prospectus have the same meanings in this announcement.
Enquiries:
e2v technologies plc Tel: +44(0) 1245 493493
Keith Attwood, Chief Executive
Charles Hindson, Group Finance Director
www.e2v.com
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE, OR FORM PART OF, AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY ANY SECURITIES, NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OR PURCHASE OF SECURITIES IN THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH AFRICA OR SWITZERLAND OR ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL PRIOR TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH JURISDICTION. THE AVAILABILITY OF THE FIRM PLACING AND THE RIGHTS ISSUE TO PERSONS NOT RESIDENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM MAY BE AFFECTED BY THE LAWS OF THE RELEVANT JURISDICTIONS. SUCH PERSONS SHOULD INFORM THEMSELVES ABOUT AND OBSERVE ANY APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS.
This announcement is not for publication, distribution or release to persons in the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa or Switzerland and should not be distributed, forwarded to or transmitted in or into any jurisdiction where to do so might constitute a violation of local securities laws or regulations.
The securities discussed herein have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "US Securities Act") and may not be offered, sold, resold, taken up, exercised, renounced, transferred or delivered, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the US Securities Act. No public offering of the securities referred to herein is being made in the United States.
This announcement is an advertisement and does not constitute a prospectus. Nothing in this announcement should be interpreted as a term or condition of the Firm Placing or the Rights Issue. Any decision to purchase, otherwise acquire, subscribe for, sell or otherwise dispose of any Firm Placed Shares, Nil Paid Rights, Fully Paid Rights and/or New Shares must be made only on the basis of the information contained in and incorporated by reference into the Prospectus.