Last checked at 22 May 2014 15:33
GUINNESS PEAT GROUP plc
("GPG" or the "Company")
Announcement
Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
GPG announces that at the AGM, held in London, United Kingdom on 22 May 2014, all of the resolutions put to the meeting were duly passed by way of show of hands by the requisite majority.
The following table shows the proxy votes cast on each resolution:
Resolution | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes cast | Votes | |||
For | Against | as % of Issued | Withheld | ||||
Share Capital | |||||||
% | % | % | |||||
1 | Receipt of Annual Report 2013 | 784,811,706 | 99.10 | 7,146,100 | 0.90 | 56.28 | 620,973 |
2 | Approval of Remuneration Report | 781,305,413 | 98.83 | 9,284,992 | 1.17 | 56.18 | 1,988,374 |
3 | Approval of Remuneration Policy | 749,188,151 | 94.78 | 41,268,185 | 5.22 | 56.17 | 2,122,443 |
4 | Re-election of Blake Nixon | 662,946,214 | 83.72 | 128,933,729 | 16.28 | 56.27 | 698,836 |
5 | Re-election of Sir Ron Brierley | 534,132,604 | 67.44 | 257,850,502 | 32.56 | 56.28 | 599,743 |
6 | Election of Mike Clasper CBE | 784,032,191 | 99.03 | 7,677,611 | 0.97 | 56.26 | 873,047 |
7 | Election of Ruth Anderson | 780,595,399 | 98.70 | 10,263,218 | 1.30 | 56.20 | 1,724,232 |
8 | Re-appointment of Auditor | 791,750,943 | 99.98 | 149,384 | 0.02 | 56.27 | 682,522 |
9 | Approval of remuneration of Auditor | 791,772,960 | 99.97 | 267,633 | 0.03 | 56.28 | 542,256 |
10 | Authority to allot share capital | 727,436,256 | 94.27 | 44,212,316 | 5.73 | 54.83 | 20,103,761 |
11 | Authority to disapply pre-emption rights | 764,142,112 | 98.82 | 9,162,768 | 1.18 | 54.95 | 19,278,063 |
12 | Authority to purchase own shares | 784,318,449 | 99.06 | 7,450,365 | 0.94 | 56.26 | 814,129 |
13 | Authority to call general meetings on 14 clear days' notice | 731,149,730 | 92.43 | 59,914,622 | 7.57 | 56.21 | 1,518,497 |
14 | Approval of Long Term Incentive Plan | 740,263,384 | 94.68 | 41,622,083 | 5.32 | 55.56 | 10,697,382 |
15 | Approval of Deferred Annual Bonus Plan | 765,870,752 | 97.94 | 16,109,926 | 2.06 | 55.57 | 10,602,171 |
16 | Approval of Share Incentive Plan | 766,539,480 | 98.02 | 15,451,657 | 1.98 | 55.57 | 10,591,712 |
Notes:
· Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" column.
· A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "for" or "against" the resolution.
· Copies of the special business resolutions passed at the AGM are being submitted to the UK Listing Authority, and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK National Storage Mechanism which is located at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
Total Voting Rights
The total number of the Company's ordinary shares in issue and therefore the total number of voting rights as at the close of business (UK time) on 20 May 2014 was 1,407,233,327.
Audio Recording
An audio recording of the AGM has been made and will be available on the Company's website at www.gpgplc.com later today.
Chris Healy
Company Secretary
Guinness Peat Group plc
+44 20 7663 3992
22 May 2014
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