AGM Information • Aug 22, 2014
AGM Information
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| RESOLUTIONS | FOR | AGAINST | WITHHELD2 | PERCENTAGE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ordinary Resolutions | |||||
| 1. | To receive the Company's audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2013 |
147,300,822 | 747,377 | 280 | 99.50 |
| 2. | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy |
132,963,855 | 14,530,236 | 554,388 | 90.15 |
| 3. | To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration |
102,131,849 | 44,035,683 | 1,880,947 | 69.87 |
| 4. | To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP, London, England as auditors |
141,717,712 | 6,156,955 | 173,812 | 95.84 |
| 5. | To authorise the Board to set the auditors' remuneration |
147,563,018 | 477,985 | 7,476 | 99.68 |
| 6. | To approve the reduction of the Company's share premium account |
148,048,079 | 0 | 400 | 100.00 |
| 7. | To elect Simon Fraser as a Director of the Company |
139,995,429 | 8,050,886 | 2,164 | 94.56 |
| 8. | To re-elect Richard Brindle as a Director of the Company3 |
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| 9. | To re-elect Emma Duncan as a Director of the Company |
142,384,627 | 5,661,688 | 2,164 | 96.18 |
| 10. | To re-elect Samantha Hoe-Richardson as a Director of the Company |
147,808,121 | 238,194 | 2,164 | 99.84 |
| 11. | To re-elect Alex Maloney as a Director of the Company |
143,540,637 | 4,505,678 | 2,164 | 96.96 |
| 12. | To re-elect Robert Spass as a Director of the Company |
140,479,987 | 7,394,190 | 174,302 | 95.00 |
| 13. | To re-elect William Spiegel as a Director of the Company |
141,939,399 | 6,099,440 | 9,640 | 95.88 |
| 14. | To re-elect Martin Thomas as a Director of the Company |
147,718,855 | 327,460 | 2,164 | 99.78 |
| 15. | To re-elect Elaine Whelan as a Director of the Company |
147,889,126 | 157,189 | 2,164 | 99.89 |
| 16. | To approve an amendment to the Company's Memorandum of Association |
148,047,189 | 726 | 564 | 99.99 |
1All the resolutions at the Annual General Meeting were taken on a poll vote.
2A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of votes for and against a resolution.
3Resolution 8 was not put by poll to the AGM due to the retirement and resignation of Richard Brindle as a director and CEO of
the Company, as previously announced on 16 April 2014 after the circulation of the AGM notice to shareholders.
| RESOLUTIONS | FOR | AGAINST | WITHHELD2 | PERCENTAGE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17. | To grant the Company a general and unconditional authority to allot shares |
147,750,135 | 297,680 | 664 | 99.80 |
| 18. | To approve amendments to the Company's Bye-laws |
147,957,149 | 91,046 | 284 | 99.94 |
| Special Resolutions4 | |||||
| 19. | To authorise the Company to allot shares for cash on a non pre-emptive basis (Note: 75 per cent approval required) |
140,998,581 | 6,898,091 | 151,807 | 95.34 |
| 20. | To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares (Note: 75 per cent approval required) |
148,045,473 | 1,006 | 2,000 | 99.99 |
| Resolution pursuant to Bye-law 88.25 | |||||
| 21. | To approve amendments to Bye-laws 90.A and B (Note: 66 per cent of votes attaching to all shares in issue required) (Note: 66 per cent of votes attaching to all shares in issue required) |
147,955,033 | 91,046 | 2,400 | 99.94 |
4 A Special Resolution must be passed by a majority of not less than three-fourths of such Members as (being entitled to do so) vote in person or by proxy at a general meeting of the Company of which notice specifying the intention to propose the resolution as a special resolution has been duly given.
5 Amendment of Bye-law 90 requires a resolution of the Members including the affirmative vote of not less than 66% per cent of the votes attaching to all shares in issue. Based on the total number of shares in issue on the AGM record date (21 March 2014) of 183,186,835 (excluding shares held in Treasury), resolution 21 received an affirmative vote of 80.77%
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