SuperGroup PLC Result of General Meeting and Change of Name (2325B)

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RNS Number : 2325B

SuperGroup PLC

08 January 2018

SuperdryPlc

(formerly SuperGroup Plc)

("the Company")

Result of General Meeting and Change of Name

The Board is pleased to announce that at the General Meeting of the Company's shareholders held on 8 January 2018 the special resolution as set out in the Notice of Meeting was passed on a show of hands.

The following is a summary of the Forms of Proxy received up to 48 hours before the time of the Meeting by the Registrars, appointing the Chairman of the Meeting:

 
                                                                              % of 
                                                                             shares 
                                                                           on register 
                                                                            at 6.00pm 
                            For*               Against         Total           on 
                                                                votes       4 January       Votes 
                                                                cast          2018        withheld** 
-----------------  --------------------  -----------------  -----------  -------------  ------------ 
     Special           No.         %         No.       %        No.            %             No. 
    Resolution       of votes              of votes           of votes                     of votes 
=================  ===========  =======  ==========  =====  ===========  =============  ============ 
 1. That 
  the name 
  of the Company 
  be changed 
  to Superdry 
  Plc.              70,867,536   100.00      579      0.00   70,868,115      86.82           459 
-----------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -----  -----------  -------------  ------------ 
 

The total number of shares on the register at 6.00pm on 4 January 2018, being those eligible to be voted on at the General Meeting, was 81,619,909.

   *   Includes those votes giving the Chairman discretion. 

** A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and has not been counted in the calculation of the proportion

of the votes 'For' and 'Against' the resolution.

A copy of the special resolution approved by shareholders will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available shortly for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm and also via the Company's website at www.supergroup.co.uk

NOTIFICATION OF CHANGE OF COMPANY NAME

Further to shareholder approval at the General Meeting of the Company held earlier today, the Company is pleased to announce that its change of name from SuperGroup Plc to Superdry Plc was registered with Companies House today, and is now effective.

Trading in the Company's shares will commence under the new name Superdry Plc and the new TIDM code '(SDRY)' with effect from 9 January 2018. The Company's current ISIN and SEDOL will remain the same.

No new share certificates are being issued in respect of existing ordinary shares held in certificated form. Shareholders should retain their existing share certificates which will continue to be valid.

The Company's website will change to corporate.superdry.com with effect from 9 January 2018.

8 January 2018

 
 For further information: 
 Superdry Plc 
 Simon Callander            [phone] 
  Company Secretary          [e-mail] 
 

Notes to Editors

Superdry is a Global Digital Brand, obsessed with design, quality and fit and committed to relentless innovation. We design affordable, premium quality clothing, accessories and footwear which are sold around the world. We have a unique purpose to help our consumers feel amazing through wearing our clothes. We have a clear strategy for delivering continued growth via a disruptive multi-channel approach combining Ecommerce, Wholesale and physical stores. We operate in 55 countries, including our development markets of North America and China and have almost 5,000 colleagues globally.

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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