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GUINNESS PEAT GROUP PLC
ANNOUNCEMENT
Results of Shareholder Meeting
Guinness Peat Group plc ("GPG" or the "Company") announces that at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held in London on 22 May 2009, all of the resolutions put to the meeting were duly passed.
Board Appointment
At the meeting GPG's chairman, Sir Ron Brierley, advised that the Board would be appointing Mr Ron Langley as a non-executive director.
Proxy Votes
Valid proxy appointments and associated voting instructions appointing the Chairman of the meeting or any of the directors were as follows:
| Voting Rights | ||||
| Resolution | Brief Description | For | Against | Withheld |
| 1. | To receive the directors' Report & Accounts. | 583,215,960 | 40,546,961 | 766,771 |
| 2. | To receive and approve the directors' remuneration report. | 424,430,051 | 144,630,080 | 55,469,561 |
| 3. | To re-elect Sir Ron Brierley a director. | 592,167,454 | 5,403,502 | 15,469,261 |
| 4. | To appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor. | 623,745,587 | 163,218 | 620,887 |
| 5. | To authorise the directors to fix the remuneration of the auditor. | 623,725,473 | 275,461 | 528,758 |
| 6. | To authorise the directors to allot securities. | 544,346,624 | 78,854,775 | 1,328,293 |
| 7. | To approve the Capitalisation Issue 2009. | 569,911,892 | 54,192,371 | 425,429 |
| 8. | To authorise the directors generally to offer scrip dividend alternatives. | 623,618,367 | 540,377 | 370,948 |
| 9. | To disapply statutory pre-emption provisions (Companies Act 1985, s.95) (Special Resolution). | 620,861,503 | 554,866 | 3,112,519 |
| 10. | To authorise the Company generally to make market purchases of its own ordinary shares. (Companies Act, s.166) (Special Resolution) | 623,715,907 | 177,054 | 635,927 |
| 11. | To convene General Meetings (other than AGMs) on 14 days notice. (Special Resolution) | 597,124,791 | 20,951,772 | 6,452,325 |
Notes:
1. The total number of the Company's shares in issue and consequent voting rights at 22 May 2009 is 1,454,496,558.
2. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman or other directors have been included in the "For" total.
3. Any proxy appointments in respect of a named individual rather than "the Chairman of the meeting" or another director of the Company have been excluded from this disclosure. Had these been included, they would in all cases in aggregate have increased the votes in favour of the resolutions.
2009 Capitalisation Issue
Consequent upon the approval of Resolution 7 application is being made to the UK Listing Authority for the listing of up to 145,449,655 Shares in respect of the proposed allotment of shares on 5 June 2009 in respect of the Capitalisation Issue 2009. Application will also be made for the official quotation of these shares on the Australian Stock Exchange, where they will be quoted (and will trade) as CHESS Depository Instruments on completion of allotment procedures. These Shares have been accepted for quotation on the New Zealand Stock Exchange and will be quoted on completion of allotment procedures. Confirmation in respect of this allotment will be announced as it occurs.
J R Russell
Company Secretary
Guinness Peat Group plc
+44 20 7484 3370
22 May 2009