Carlton shareholders approve merger

Shareholders in Carlton today overwhelmingly approved the group’s £4.5bn (€6.5bn) merger with Granada to create a single new ITV company.

At a meeting at London’s Queen Elizabeth II conference centre, shareholders voted 99.9% in favour of the deal, which is due to take effect on February 2. Just 30,000 of the 394.9 million votes were against the merger, with 394.8 million in favour.