31 Aug 2012 10:13
This announcement replaces the Consort Medical plc Result of Annual General Meeting released yesterday at 14.55 hours under RNS number 1287L. The word 'Yes' in the Poll Column should read 'No' for all resolutions. All other details remain unchanged. The full announcement text is repeated below.
Consort Medical plc
Result of Annual General Meeting Held on 30 August 2012
The Annual General Meeting ('AGM') of the Company was held at 2pm on Thursday 30 August 2012 at the Company's Registered Office, Breakspear Park, Breakspear Way, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire HP2 4TZ.
All of the resolutions put to the meeting were duly passed on a show of hands. A summary of the forms of proxy for each resolution, received up to 48 hours before the time of the AGM, is set out below.
Resolution | FOR | % of Votes | DISCRETION | % of Votes | AGAINST | % of Votes | WITHHELD* | Poll Yes/No | |
1. | To receive Annual Report and Accounts | 21,027,394 | 99.98 | 1,935 | 0.01 | 152 | 0.01 | 454,806 | No |
2. | To approve the directors' remuneration report | 12,357,316 | 85.71 | 2,222 | 0.02 | 2,057,095 | 14.27 | 7,067,654 | No |
3. | To declare a final dividend of 12.1 p per ordinary share | 21,028,042 | 99.98 | 1,935 | 0.01 | 152 | 0.01 | 454,158 | No |
4. | To re-elect Dr Peter Fellner as a director | 17,381,752 | 99.81 | 1,935 | 0.01 | 31,990 | 0.8 | 4,068,610 | No |
5. | To elect Richard Cotton as a director | 21,005,262 | 99.88 | 1,935 | 0.01 | 22,932 | 0.11 | 454,158 | No |
6. | To elect Steve Crummett as a director | 21,007,409 | 99.89 | 1,935 | 0.01 | 20,785 | 0.10 | 454,158 | No |
7. | To elect Ian Nicholson as a director | 20,878,882 | 99.89 | 1,935 | 0.01 | 20,452 | 0.10 | 583,018 | No |
8. | To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors | 21,008,426 | 99.89 | 7,453 | 0.04 | 14,137 | 0.07 | 454,271 | No |
9. | To authorise the directors to allot shares | 20,314,927 | 99.79 | 7,772 | 0.04 | 34,399 | 0.17 | 1,127,189 | No |
10. | To authorise the directors to allot equity securities for cash | 16,934,123 | 80.52 | 7,772 | 0.04 | 4,088,234 | 19.44 | 454,158 | No |
11. | To authorise the directors to make market purchases of the Company's shares | 20,999,355 | 99.85 | 7,772 | 0.04 | 23,154 | 0.11 | 454,006 | No |
12. | To approve the calling of a general meeting on not less than 14 days' notice | 20,838,801 | 99.09 | 7,772 | 0.04 | 183,556 | 0.87 | 454,158 | No |
Where shareholders have appointed the Chairman of the AGM as their proxy with discretion as to voting, these votes have been cast in favour of all the resolutions.
* Abstentions are not votes and are not included in the % calculations
Issued Share Capital at meeting date: 29,027,314 Number of votes per share: 1
The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of AGM on the Company's website (www.consortmedical.com).
The Company confirms that a copy of all the special business resolutions passed at the AGM has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do
For further information, please contact:
Consort Medical plc | |
Jonathan Glenn, Chief Executive | Tel: +44 (0) 1442 867920 |
Richard Cotton, Group Finance Director | Tel: +44 (0) 1442 867920 |
Brunswick | |
Jon Coles/Justine McIlroy/Amie Gramlick | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7404 5959 |
Consort Medical plc is a leader in medical devices for inhaled drug delivery, self-injection and anaesthesia. The Group develops drug delivery systems for the pharmaceutical industry and disposable airway management products for critical care settings in hospitals.
Consort Medical's Bespak division develops and manufactures drug delivery devices and diagnostic disposable devices, including metered dose inhaler valves, actuators, compliance aids, dry powder devices, and autoinjectors. The King Systems division develops and manufactures disposable devices for anaesthetists and emergency medical practitioners, including video laryngoscopes, disposable facemasks, breathing circuits and laryngeal tubes. The Group has facilities in Kings Lynn, Cambridge, Nelson and Hemel Hempstead in the UK, and Indianapolis, Indiana and Kent, Ohio in the US. Consort Medical is a public company quoted on the full list of the London Stock Exchange (LSE: CSRT).