Last checked at 24 Feb 2010 11:58
24 February 2010
Holidaybreak plc ("the Company")
Result of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
Holidaybreak plc is pleased to announce that all resolutions put to today's AGM were duly passed on a show of hands, with proxies representing more than 83% of all shares having been received. The results of the proxy votes received in advance of the meeting were as shown below:
| Resolution | Votes for | Votes against | Discretion | Withheld |
| 1. To receive and consider the Directors' Report, Auditors Report and the audited financial statements
| 58,977,401 99.91% | 40,945 0.07% | 11,480 0.02% | 0
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| 2. To declare a final dividend on the ordinary shares in the Company
| 58,766,036 99.55% | 251,856 0.43% | 11,934 0.02% | 0
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| 3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report
| 56,958,768 99.96% | 8,312 0.01% | 19,173 0.03% | 2,043,573
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| 4. To re-elect Bob Baddeley as a Director
| 57,914,582 98.68% | 754,261 1.29% | 16,488 0.03% | 344,495
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| 5. To re-elect James Greenbury as a Director
| 57,799,704 97.92% | 1,212,191 2.05% | 14,820 0.03% | 3,111
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| 6. To reappoint John Coleman as a Director
| 57,501,537 97.98% | 1,167,880 1.99% | 14,860 0.03% | 345,549
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| 7. To reappoint Deloitte LLP as auditors of the Company
| 56,299,722 96.68% | 1,923,820 3.30% | 12,134 0.02% | 794,150
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| 8. To authorise the Audit Committee to fix the auditors' remuneration
| 57,434,016 97.30% | 1,580,518 2.68% | 12,222 0.02% | 3,070
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| 9. To authorise political donations and political expenditure
| 57,439,410 98.38% | 932,027 1.60% | 10,492 0.02% | 647,897
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| 10. To authorise Directors to allot relevant securities
| 58,971,177 99.90% | 41,639 0.07% | 16,288 0.03% | 722
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| 11. To disapply pre-emption rights
| 58,699,606 99.97% | 8,225 0.01% | 14,094 0.02% | 307,901
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| 12. To authorise the purchases of own shares
| 59,004,713 99.96% | 11,801 0.02% | 13,312 0.02% | 0
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| 13. To authorise the Company to call general meetings on 14 clear days' notice
| 57,688,869 97.73% | 1,325,922 2.25% | 14,458 0.02% | 577 |
| 14. To amend the Company's Articles of Association
| 57,413,219 97.83% | 1,255,573 2.14% | 16,476 0.03% | 344,558
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| Total issued share capital at 22 February 2010 | 70,571,606 |
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One of the resolutions approved the payment of a final dividend for 2009 of 7.9p per ordinary share, bringing the total for the year to 11.80p (interim dividend for 2009 restated for the rights issue).
Copies of the Resolutions passed at the AGM are being submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UKLA Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at Financial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5HS.