Result of First Meeting

 
TIDMAOT 
 
Anglo & Overseas Plc 
 
3 March 2011 
 
Result of the First Meeting 
 
The Board of Anglo & Overseas Plc (the "Company") announces that at the First 
Meeting of the Company held today, 3 March 2011, the special resolution 
approving the scheme of reconstruction of the Company (the "Scheme") was duly 
passed. 
 
The special resolution was passed on a show of hands. The result of the proxy 
votes on the special resolution was as follows: 
 
Votes for*:       15,734,236 Ordinary Shares 
 
Votes against:    312,588 Ordinary Shares 
 
Votes withheld**: 205,118 Ordinary Shares 
 
* the "Votes for" include 599,575 votes giving the Chairman discretion. 
 
** A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation 
of the votes for or against the special resolution. 
 
A copy of the special resolution will be submitted to the National Storage 
Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http:// 
www.hemscott.com/nsm.do. 
 
The last date for receiving Forms of Election was 1 March 2011. The results of 
the Elections are shown in the table below: 
 
Option                               Number                   % 
 
Rollover Option                  51,455,910               70.3% 
 
Cash Option                      21,686,971               29.7% 
 
Total Elections                  73,142,881              100.0% 
 
A further general meeting of the Company (the "Second Meeting") will be held on 
10 March 2011 at 11.00 a.m. at which a resolution will be proposed for the 
winding-up of the Company, the appointment of liquidators and the grant of 
appropriate powers to the liquidators. The Scheme will not become effective 
unless, inter alia, the resolution is passed. Shareholder entitlements pursuant 
to the Scheme will be announced by the Company in due course following the 
Second Meeting, assuming that the Scheme becomes effective. 
 
Capitalised terms used in this announcement have the same meaning as in the 
Circular dated 4 February 2011. 
 
Expected Timetable 
 
All references are to UK time 
 
                                                                           2011 
 
Calculation Date                               the close of business on Monday, 
                                                                        7 March 
 
Latest time and date for receipt of forms of     11.00 a.m. on Tuesday, 8 March 
proxy for the Second Meeting 
 
Amendment to the Official List and dealings in  8.00 a.m. on Wednesday, 9 March 
Reclassified Shares commence on the London 
Stock Exchange 
 
Dealings in Reclassified Shares suspended       7.30 a.m. on Thursday, 10 March 
 
Second Meeting                                 11.00 a.m. on Thursday, 10 March 
 
Effective Date for implementation of the                     Thursday, 10 March 
Proposals and commencement of the liquidation 
of the Company 
 
Admission to listing of EP Global Shares          8.00 a.m. on Friday, 11 March 
issued pursuant to the Scheme 
 
EP Global Shares issued in uncertificated form                 Friday, 11 March 
pursuant to the Scheme credited to CREST 
accounts of Shareholders entitled thereto 
 
CREST payments made in respect of cash                         Friday, 11 March 
entitlements 
 
Cheques despatched to Shareholders in respect               by Monday, 14 March 
of cash entitlements 
 
Definitive certificates in respect of EP       week commencing Monday, 14 March 
Global Shares issued in certificated form 
pursuant to the Scheme despatched to 
Shareholders entitled thereto 
 
Enquiries 
 
Kenneth Greig                                                     0131 270 3800 
 
Colin Buchanan 
 
Mhairi Macdonald 
 
Edinburgh Partners Limited 
 
William Simmonds                                                  020 7588 2828 
 
Edward Gibson-Watt 
 
J.P. Morgan Cazenove 
 
 
 
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