("Company" or "
RESULTS OF GENERAL MEETING HELD ON
All of the resolutions set out in the notice of the annual general meeting were duly passed.
A total of 52,979,557 shares were eligible to vote at the annual general meeting with each share carrying one vote on a poll. Proxies were received for use in connection with the annual general meeting with the following instructions (treating proxies giving discretion to the chairman as a "for" instruction):
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Resolution |
For |
Against |
Discretion |
Withheld |
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1. Annual report |
24,619,801
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1,232
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425,782
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nil |
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2. Directors' remuneration report |
24,523,806
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95,327
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425,782
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1,900
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3. Election of L A Shaw |
24,479,408
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136,859
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425,782
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4,766
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4. Re-election of P E Hadsley-Chaplin |
24,481,590
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137,943
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425,782
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1,500
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5. Declare a final dividend |
24,619,801
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1,232
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425,782
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nil |
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6. Appoint |
24,605,942
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13,973
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425,782
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1,118
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7. Authority to purchase own shares |
24,613,201
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7,832
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425,782
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nil |
Enquiries:
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Telephone: +44 (0)1892 516333 |
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Cavendish |
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7220 0500 |
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Telephone: +44 (0)20 7796 4133 |
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