Trading: TSX: ROC
TORONTO, July 25 /CNW/ - Rothmans Inc. today announced that it held its
annual and special meeting of shareholders today at The Westin Prince Hotel at
11:00 a.m.
During the meeting, shareholders:
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- elected John Barnett, Douglas Bassett, John Caldwell, Robert
Carew, Pierre Des Marais III, the Hon. Paule Gauthier, Pierre
Gravelle, Joe Heffernan and Richard H. McCoy as directors;
- appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC as auditors and authorized
the directors to fix the remuneration thereof; and
- approved the adoption of a shareholder rights plan on
substantially the same terms as the rights plan originally adopted
in 2003 which was scheduled to terminate at the meeting in
accordance with its terms.
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Details of each of these matters were contained in the management
information circular dated June 16, 2006 mailed to all shareholders of
Rothmans Inc.
About Rothmans Inc.
Rothmans Inc. is a widely held, publicly traded Canadian company that
participates in the Canadian tobacco industry through 60%-owned Rothmans,
Benson & Hedges Inc., Canada's second largest tobacco company. RBH currently
employs 741 people at its head office in Toronto, its sales offices across
Canada and its manufacturing facilities in Brampton, Ontario and QuDebec City,
QuDebec where it has been operating for over 100 years. Rothmans is Canada's
only publicly traded company with interests exclusively in the tobacco
industry and is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol ROC.
