LARD Laird Group

RNS Number:0959U
Laird Group PLC
09 May 2008




                                                                      9 May 2008

                     THE LAIRD GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

                        RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

                                   9 MAY 2008

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held today the voting results were
as set out below.

Proxy votes, expressed as number of votes and as a percentage of shares voted,
were received in respect of a total number of 131,784,583 shares and in respect
of the following Resolutions:

Ordinary Business                           For or at     Against        "Vote
                                           Discretion               Withheld"*

To receive and adopt the Report of the    131,673,742     109,953          888
Directors and Accounts to 31 December          99.92%       0.08%    Less than
2007                                                                    0.001%

To declare a final dividend               131,781,149       3,434            0
                                               99.99%   Less than
                                                           0.001%

To re-elect Mr N J Keen as a Director     128,893,101   2,886,029        5,453
                                               97.81%       2.19%    Less than
                                                                        0.001%

To re-elect Mr P J Hill as a Director     131,170,287     612,567        1,729
                                               99.54%       0.46%    Less than
                                                                        0.001%

To re-elect Mr M L Rapp as a Director     131,170,428     612,426        1,729
                                               99.54%       0.46%    Less than
                                                                        0.001%

To re-elect Mr A M Robb as a Director     129,363,749   2,419,105        1,729
                                              98.16%       1.83%     Less than
                                                                        0.001%
To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as        127,909,278   3,875,304            0
Auditors and to authorise the Board to         97.06%       2.94%
fix their remuneration
                                                

Special Business                           For or at      Against        "Vote
                                          Discretion                Withheld"*

Ordinary Resolutions
To approve the Directors' Remuneration   108,742,086    2,638,598   20,403,898
Report                                        97.63%        2.37%       11.49%

To approve the new Share Price            96,057,812   35,232,708      494,062
Improvement Plan                              73.16%       26.84%        0.28%

To give the Directors the authority to   130,741,719    1,036,519        6,345
allot shares                                  99.21%        0.79%   Less than
                                                                         0.001%

Special Resolutions

To change the Company's name to Laird    131,775,965        4,167        4,451
PLC                                           99.99%    Less than    Less than
                                                           0.001%       0.001%

To disapply pre-emption rights           131,095,660      681,469        7,454
                                              99.48%        0.52%    Less than
                                                                        0.001%

To authorise the Company to purchase its 131,456,585      324.621        3,377
own ordinary shares                           99.75%        0.25%    Less than
                                                                        0.001%

To amend the Articles of Association     131,666,717      112,793        5,073
                                              99.91%        0.09%    Less than
                                                                        0.001%

* A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation
of the proportion of the votes "for" and "against" a resolution and therefore
the figures shown for "vote withheld" are a percentage of issued share capital.




For enquiries: The Laird Group PLC                 Maitland
               Peter Hill, Chief Executive         Brian Hudspith
               Jonathan Silver, Finance Director   Charlotte Walsh
               Tel: 020 7468 4040                  Tel: 020 7379 5151





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