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SAB - SABMiller Plc - Result of Court Meeting and General Meeting
SABMiller plc
JSEALPHA CODE: SAB
ISSUER CODE: SOSAB
ISIN CODE: GB0004835483
SABMILLER PLC
Result of Court Meeting and General Meeting
The board of SABMiller plc announces the results of the polls taken on
resolutions at the Court Meeting and subsequent General Meeting held earlier
today to approve the scheme of arrangement relating to the broad-based black
economic empowerment transaction, as set out in the Circular dated 9 December
2009. All of the resolutions were approved by substantial majorities (99.99%).
Full details of the poll results are set out below and will also be available on
the Company`s website: www.sabmiller.com
The result of the Poll at the Court Meeting was as follows:
Votes for: % For Votes % Against Total Shares %of Issued
Against Voted Share
Capital
Voted (ii)
Number
of votes 1,366,139,286 99.99 71,786 0.01 1,366,211,072 86.72
cast
The number of shareholders who voted: FOR 590, AGAINST 22.
The result of the Poll at the General Meeting were as follows:
Ordinary Resolutions Votes % Votes % Total % of Votes
For (i) Against Against Shares Issued Withheld
Voted Share (iii)
Capital
Voted
(ii)
1 That:
(a) the
Transaction 1,369,500,909 99.99 25,909 0.01 1,369,526,818 86.93 3,023,278
(as defined in the
circular dated 9
December 2009 from
the Company to its
shareholders
(the "Circular"))
be approved;
(b) the Directors be
authorised to implement
the Exchange Agreement,
Implementation Agreement
(each as defined in the
Circular) and additional
arrangements so that the
Transaction can be
carried into effect; and
(c) authority be given to
the directors under
section 551 of the
Companies Act 2006 to
allot ordinary shares
for the purposes of
the Transaction.
2 That the
directors of 1,368,008,741 99.99 24,939 0.01 1,368,033,680 86.84 4,516,416
The South African
Breweries Limited be
authorised to adopt
the SAB Zenzele Employee
Trust.
Notes:
(i) Votes `For` include those votes giving the Chairman discretion
(ii) At 11 January 2010 there were 1,575,360,119 shares in issue with the right
to vote.
(ii) The votes `Withheld` are not counted towards the votes cast `For` or
`Against` at the General Meeting.
Implementation of the Scheme remains subject to the Court sanctioning the Scheme
at the Court hearing, which is expected to take place on 3 February 2010.
Subject to the Scheme receiving the sanction of the Court the effective date of
the Scheme is expected to be 4 February 2010.
Copies of the resolutions passed at the General Meeting have been submitted to
the UK Listing Authority and will soon be available for inspection at the UK
Listing Authority`s Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at Financial
Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS.
John Davidson, General Counsel and Group Company Secretary.
ENDS
13 January 2010
Date: 13/01/2010 16:53:10 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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