Last checked at 17 Apr 2015 14:55
17 April 2015
Breedon Aggregates Limited
("Breedon Aggregates" or the "Company")
Result of AGM
The Annual General Meeting of Breedon Aggregates Limited was held on Friday 17 April 2015 at the St. Pierre Park Hotel, Rohais, St. Peter Port, Guernsey at 2.00pm.
All resolutions proposed at the meeting were passed on a show of hands. The number of votes which were lodged by proxy for and against each of the resolutions put before the Meeting, and the number of votes withheld, were as follows:
Votes for | % of shares voted | Votes against | Votes total | Votes withheld | |
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS | |||||
1. To adopt the Financial Statements and the reports of the Directors and of the Auditor for the year ended December 31, 2014 | 856,367,008 | 99.99% | 50,531 | 856,417,539 | 13,250 |
2. To re-appoint the Auditor | 781,525,722 | 91.25% | 74,901,817 | 856,427,539 | 3,250 |
3. To authorise the Directors to determine the fee payable to the Auditor | 682,376,589 | 79.68% | 174,050,950 | 856,427,539 | 3,250 |
4. To re-appoint Simon Vivian as a director | 856,398,505 | 100.00% | 10,000 | 856,408,505 | 16,250 |
5. To re-appoint David Warr as a director | 856,364,539 | 99.99% | 50,000 | 856,414,539 | 16,250 |
6. To authorise the Directors to allot shares | 850,411,191 | 99.30% | 6,017,598 | 856,428,789 | 2,000 |
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS | |||||
7. To authorise the Directors to allot shares without applying pre-emption rights | 818,172,042 | 97.48% | 21,172,510 | 839,344,552 | 17,086,237 |
8. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares | 856,380,789 | 99.99% | 47,500 | 856,428,289 | 2,500 |
Notes:
1 "Votes for" include those giving the Chairman discretion, and the percentages are rounded to two decimal places.
2 "Votes withheld" are not votes in law, and are not included in the votes "for" or "against" a resolution.
3 The total number of ordinary shares eligible to vote was 1,069,512,954
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For further information:
Breedon Aggregates Limited
Simon Vivian, Group Chief Executive
Rob Wood, Group Finance Director
01332 694010
Stephen Jacobs, Head of Communications
07831 764592
Cenkos Securities (NOMAD and Joint Broker)
Max Hartley, 020 7397 8900
Peel Hunt (Joint Broker)
Justin Jones / Mike Bell, 020 7418 8900
More about Breedon Aggregates
Breedon Aggregates is the largest independent aggregates business in the UK after the four global majors. It operates 53 quarries, 27 asphalt plants, 60 ready-mixed concrete plants and three concrete block plants in England and Scotland and employs approximately 1,200 people. The group has strong asset backing, with over 500 million tonnes of mineral reserves and resources in the UK. Breedon Aggregates' strategy is to grow through consolidation of the UK heavyside building materials sector.
www.breedonaggregates.com