11 shareholders holding 30,259,554 shares with voting rights, accounting for 76.827% of the total shares were present and represented at the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of 24 November 2007.
The following decisions were taken at that meeting.
ITEM 1:
The General Meeting decided by 100% majority of the shareholders present and/or represented to issue:
a) An ordinary corporate bond of up to ? 100 million to refinance the company's existing borrowing and finance capital investments.
b) An ordinary corporate bond of up to ? 100 million to either increase the share of existing holdings or to make it possible to acquire more new holdings in enterprises in the sector. Moreover, the General Meeting authorised the Company's Board of Directors to negotiate the specific terms of the corporate bonds with bondholders, to take the relevant decisions and to take all steps necessary to implement this decision.
ITEM 2
The General Meeting decided by 100% majority of the shareholders present and/or represented to amend Articles 6, 12, 17 and 23 of the Company's Articles of Association relating to the issuing of corporate bonds.
ITEM 3
There were no other items or announcements.