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ASTRAZENECA PLC - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2016
Results of Annual General Meeting held on 29 April 2016
AstraZeneca PLC announced the results of the voting at its Annual General Meeting today. As proposed in the Notice of AGM, all Resolutions were decided by poll vote. Resolutions 1 - 8 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 9 - 11 were passed as special resolutions.
RESOLUTION | VOTES FOR | % OF VOTES CAST | VOTES AGAINST | % OF VOTES CAST | VOTES CAST IN TOTAL | TOTAL VOTES CAST AS A % OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL | VOTES WITHHELD | |
1 | To receive the Company's Accounts and the Reports of the Directors and Auditor for the year ended 31 December 2015
| 924,514,473 | 99.61 | 3,665,459 | 0.39 | 928,179,932 | 73.40% | 8,998,621 |
2 | To confirm dividends
| 933,191,043 | 99.69 | 2,915,972 | 0.31 | 936,107,015 | 74.03% | 1,071,537 |
3 | To re-appoint KPMG LLP, London as Auditor
| 929,918,594 | 99.56 | 4,151,154 | 0.44 | 934,069,748 | 73.87% | 3,108,804 |
4 | To authorise the Directors to agree the remuneration of the Auditor
| 934,984,319 | 99.89 | 988,556 | 0.11 | 935,972,875 | 74.02% | 1,204,865 |
5a | To re-elect Leif Johansson as a Director
| 861,678,834 | 94.69 | 48,321,545 | 5.31 | 910,000,379 | 71.96% | 27,177,942 |
5b | To re-elect Pascal Soriot as a Director
| 935,167,473 | 99.93 | 697,471 | 0.07 | 935,864,944 | 74.01% | 1,342,796 |
5c | To re-elect Marc Dunoyer as a Director
| 931,875,086 | 99.58 | 3,920,615 | 0.42 | 935,795,701 | 74.00% | 1,380,982 |
5d | To re-elect Cori Bargmann as a Director
| 935,157,654 | 99.93 | 635,873 | 0.07 | 935,793,527 | 74.00% | 1,384,110 |
5e | To re-elect Geneviève Berger as a Director
| 935,199,102 | 99.93 | 622,099 | 0.07 | 935,821,201 | 74.00% | 1,356,436 |
5f | To re-elect Bruce Burlington as a Director
| 933,026,505 | 99.70 | 2,762,355 | 0.30 | 935,788,860 | 74.00% | 1,389,088 |
5g | To re-elect Ann Cairns as a Director
| 933,220,149 | 99.72 | 2,618,183 | 0.28 | 935,838,332 | 74.01% | 1,339,989 |
5h | To re-elect Graham Chipchase as a Director
| 919,686,570 | 98.97 | 9,526,012 | 1.03 | 929,212,582 | 73.48% | 7,965,366 |
5i | To re-elect Jean-Philippe Courtois as a Director
| 933,177,891 | 99.72 | 2,593,420 | 0.28 | 935,771,311 | 74.00% | 1,406,637 |
5j | To re-elect Rudy Markham as a Director
| 923,984,532 | 98.74 | 11,766,347 | 1.26 | 935,750,879 | 74.00% | 1,427,442 |
5k | To re-elect Shriti Vadera as a Director
| 927,479,182 | 99.11 | 8,287,726 | 0.89 | 935,766,908 | 74.00% | 1,410,552 |
5l | To re-elect Marcus Wallenberg as a Director
| 870,828,312 | 95.76 | 38,511,577 | 4.24 | 909,339,889 | 71.91% | 27,837,158 |
6 | To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration for the year ended 31 December 2015 | 836,396,151 | 89.61 | 96,959,428 | 10.39 | 933,355,579 | 73.81% | 3,822,290 |
7 | To authorise limited EU political donations
| 908,106,542 | 97.83 | 20,185,176 | 2.17 | 928,291,718 | 73.41% | 8,886,009 |
8 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares
| 849,809,843 | 90.97 | 84,303,774 | 9.03 | 934,113,617 | 73.87% | 3,064,122 |
9 | To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights
| 922,425,478 | 98.82 | 11,009,374 | 1.18 | 933,434,852 | 73.82% | 3,742,888 |
10 | To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares
| 926,166,577 | 98.96 | 9,722,078 | 1.04 | 935,888,655 | 74.01% | 1,289,613 |
11 | To reduce the notice period for general meetings
| 829,946,353 | 88.85 | 104,116,202 | 11.15 | 934,062,555 | 73.87% | 3,115,081 |
Issued capital
As at 27 April 2016, the number of issued shares of the Company was 1,264,542,488 ordinary shares, which was the total number of shares entitling the holders to attend and vote for or against all the resolutions at the AGM. In accordance with the Company's Articles of Association, on a poll every member present in person or by proxy has one vote for every share held.
A C N Kemp
Company Secretary
29 April 2016