AGM 2006 Results
Annual General Meeting held on Thursday 6 April 2006 at 12.00 noon.
Voting at the meeting
All resolutions were passed on a show of hands.
Proxies received by 12.00 noon on Tuesday 4 April 2006
Proxies received in respect of: 139,549, 966 shares
45.9% of shares in issue
| Resolutions |
Votes in favour |
% in favour |
Votes against |
Abstentions |
Ordinary Business
1 To receive and adopt the Company's annual accounts
and the Directors' and Auditors' reports. |
139,299,966 |
99.8 |
250,000 |
0 |
2 To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.
|
99,872,428 |
71.6 |
35,325,944 |
4,351,594 |
| 3 To re-elect John Lawrence Arbuthnott as a Director. |
139,299,851 |
99.8 |
115 |
0 |
4 To re-elect Roger Steven McDowell as a Director. |
139,257,177 |
99.8 |
42,789 |
250,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
5 To reappoint Deloitte & Touche LLP as auditors to the Company.
|
139,299,966 |
99.8 |
0 |
250,000 |
| 6 To authorise the Directors to fix the auditors' remuneration. |
139,299,851 |
99.8 |
115 |
250,000 |
7 To authorise the Directors to allot shares under section 80,
Companies Act 1985.
|
139,531,504 |
99.9 |
1,000 |
17,462 |
|
|
|
|
|
Special Business
8 To display staturtory pre-emption rights under
section 89, Companies Act1985 (special resolution).
|
139,269,838 |
99.8 |
278,462 |
1,666 |
9 To authorise the Company to make market purchases
of its own ordinary shares (special resolution). |
139,531,838 |
99.9 |
17,462 |
666 |
|
|
|
|
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Notes
i) The 'Votes in favour' include votes cast at the chairman's discertion