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Clarkson PLC ("the Company)
The Company announces the result of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on 12 May 2010 as set out in the AGM notice, all resolutions were duly passed on a show of hands.
The proxy votes received were as follows:-
| Description | In favour | Votes Cast % | Against | Votes Cast % | Discretion | Votes Cast % | Withheld | |
| 1 | Report & Accounts | 12,062,436 | 99.45% | 800 | 0.01% | 65,881 | 0.54% | 2,402 |
| 2 | Remuneration Report | 11,207,126 | 92.64% | 842,862 | 6.97% | 46,884 | 0.39% | 34,646 |
| 3 | Dividend | 12,060,382 | 99.43% | 22,851 | 0.19% | 45,884 | 0.38% | 2,402 |
| 4 | Re-elect J D Woyda | 11,892,214 | 98.54% | 129,512 | 1.07% | 46,084 | 0.39% | 63,708 |
| 5 | Re-elect E Warner | 11,909,041 | 98.70% | 102,163 | 0.85% | 54,506 | 0.45% | 65,808 |
| 6 | Re-appoint Auditors | 12,002,257 | 99.18% | 53,291 | 0.44% | 46,084 | 0.38% | 29,886 |
| 7 | Auditors remuneration | 12,064,397 | 99.53% | 3,779 | 0.03% | 52,686 | 0.44% | 10,657 |
| 8 | Authority to allot shares | 11,899,571 | 99.17% | 53,522 | 0.45% | 46,384 | 0.38% | 132,041 |
| 9 | Waive pre-emption rights* | 11,850,274 | 97.92% | 168,535 | 1.39% | 82,993 | 0.69% | 29,717 |
| 10 | Purchase own shares* | 11,981,863 | 98.82% | 76,986 | 0.63% | 66,581 | 0.55% | 6,089 |
| 11 | Adopt new Articles* | 12,012,738 | 99.24% | 10,777 | 0.09% | 81,161 | 0.67% | 26,843 |
| 12 | Notice of general meeting* | 11,914,953 | 98.36% | 152,261 | 1.26% | 46,584 | 0.38% | 17,721 |
| 13 | Approval of Sharesave Plan | 12,012,955 | 99.23% | 46,155 | 0.38% | 46,584 | 0.39% | 25,825 |
* Special resolution
At the date of the AGM, the number of issued shares of the Company was 18,984,691 shares which was the total number of shares entitling the holders to attend and vote for or against all resolutions.
Two copies of the approved resolutions concerning special business have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:
Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS
Tel. No. (020) 7676 1000
For further details contact: Mr Stephen Deasey - Company Secretary, Clarkson PLC
Tel: +44(0) 20 7334 3171
13 May 2010
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