Tomkins Shareholders Approve EGM Resolutions.LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 1997--Tomkins PLC (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :TKS), the international manufacturing company, announced that its shareholders passed each resolution proposed at an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held earlier today. Consequently the ordinary dividend of 8.39 pence declared on July 7 will be paid on October 6 as a Foreign Income Dividend to ordinary shareholders on the register on August 15. Tomkins comprises a broad range of low-risk technology manufacturing companies. Tomkins' US interests include The Gates Rubber Company, Denver, CO, the world's leading manufacturer of power transmission belts and a major producer of hose and connector products. Other interests include, Murray, Inc., Brentwood, TN, one of the leading US producers of power lawnmowers, snow blowers and bicycles; Red Wing Corporation, Fredonia, NY, the largest US manufacturer of private label grocery products; Smith & Wesson Smith & Wesson U.S. gun manufacturer. The company has its roots in an 1852 partnership between Horace Smith (1808–93) and Daniel B. Wesson (1825–1906), who designed and marketed a lever-action, repeating magazine handgun that held a self-contained cartridge. Corporation, Springfield, MA, manufacturer of handguns, handcuffs hand·cuff n. A restraining device consisting of a pair of strong, connected hoops that can be tightened and locked about the wrists and used on one or both arms of a prisoner in custody; a manacle. Often used in the plural. tr.v. and the Identi-Kit system; and Tomkins Industries, Dayton, OH, a leading manufacturer of components for residential, commercial, and industrial buildings, materials handling and the transportation industry. Tomkins shares trade in the US in ADR ADR - Astra Digital Radio form (each equal to four ordinary shares) on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the symbol TKS; its ordinary shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. . CONTACT: Tomkins PLC Anthony Spiro 011-44-181-871-4544 or Taylor Rafferty Associates Brian J. Rafferty 212-889-4350 |
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