CADBURY SCHWEPPES PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY TENDER OFFER FOR DR PEPPER SEVEN-UP COMPANIES, INC. AND UNDERWRITTEN ENHANCED SCRIP DIVIDEND ALTERNATIVE RESULTS OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING.LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--February 27, 1995--The Board of Cadbury Schweppes Public Limited Company(NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CADBY)announced that, at an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held earlier today, resolutions were passed approving inter alia [Latin, Among other things.] A phrase used in Pleading to designate that a particular statute set out therein is only a part of the statute that is relevant to the facts of the lawsuit and not the entire statute. : - the Tender Offer by the Company for Dr Pepper/Seven-Up Companies, Inc. ("DPSU DPSU Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc. DPSU Dufferin-Peel Secondary Unit: A Local Affiliation with the Oecta (Ontario English Catholic Teacher's Association) "); and - the Underwritten Enhanced Scrip Dividend scrip dividend An unusual type of dividend involving the distribution of promissory notes that call for some type of payment at a future date. Scrip dividends generally signal that a firm is short of cash. Compare liability dividend. Alternative ("UESDA"). The last time for election to accept the UESDA and the related Kleinwort Benson Cash Offer is 3:00 p.m. today, Monday, February 27, 1995. Dealings in new Ordinary Shares arising under the UESDA are expected to commence on Tuesday, February 28, 1995. The latest time for acceptance and payment of the First Instalment of the Rights Issue is also 3:00 p.m. today, Monday, February 27, 1995. Dealings in partly-paid Stock Units arising under the Rights Issue are expected to commence on Tuesday, February 28, 1995. The Tender Offer for DPSU will expire at midnight New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. time on Wednesday, March 1, 1995 unless it is extended. CONTACT: London Cadbury Schweppes plc 011-4471-409-1313 Chris Milburn - Director, Corporate Communications Dora McCabe - Group Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Manager or London Kleinwort Benson Limited 011-4471-623-8000 Henry Somerset - Director or New York Gavin Anderson & Company 212-373-0200 David Jackson or Cameron King |
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