Result of AGM (9919X)

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RNS Number : 9919X

Discover Leisure PLC

15 December 2010

DISCOVER LEISURE PLC

("Discover Leisure" or "the Group")

Result of AGM

Discover Leisure plc, the specialist touring caravan, motor home and leisure industry retailer, is pleased to announce that at its Annual General Meeting held on 14 December 2010 all the Ordinary Resolutions and Special Resolutions were duly passed.

 
 Discover Leisure plc                Tel: [phone] 
 David Morrow, Chairman 
 Trevor Parker, Chief Executive 
 Neil Harwood, Finance Director 
 Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited        Tel: [phone] 
 Andrew Godber 
 Cubitt Consulting Limited          Tel: [phone] 
 Chris Lane / Samantha Boston 
 
 

Background Note

Discover Leisure is a leading specialist caravan, motor home and leisure industry retailer which floated on AIM in May 2005. The Group's strategy is to lead the consolidation and modernisation of caravan and motorhome retailing in the UK, which also creates opportunities to sell outdoor leisure products from its branches and over the internet.

In August 2005, Discover Leisure acquired the company which owned Harringtons Caravans. On 8 September 2006, it acquired Leisure World, which owned four caravan retail outlets, for GBP5.75 million, followed on 3 July 2007 by the acquisition of Barrons Holdings, a leading retailer of caravans, motor homes and associated accessories with seven retail branches across the country, for GBP20.0 million. On the same date, Mendip Caravan Centre, which operates three retail branches, was purchased for a total consideration of GBP2.2 million. On 12 March, 2008 Discover Leisure announced the acquisition of the motor homes dealership based on a five acre site in Cannock in Staffordshire from the Brownhills Group for GBP2.66 million.

With a rapid decline in the demand for leisure vehicles following the global financial crisis in 2008, the Group undertook a major restructuring of the business in 2009 including the proposal and subsequent approval of a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA), refinancing of its banking facilities and closure of eleven of its trading sites.

The Group now has 5 branches employing 260 people across the north of England. The branches are located at: Birtley (Tyneside), Delamere (Cheshire), Chorley (Lancashire), Darlington (County Durham) and York (Yorkshire). Its head office is situated in East Yorkshire.

The board consists of David Morrow, Chairman; Trevor Parker, Chief Executive; and Neil Harwood, Finance Director. The Non Executive Directors are Ian Currie and James Hayward.

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