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8 Jun 2012 16:45
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RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
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Ticker: (Bloomberg) INM.ID/ INM.LN and (Reuters) INME.I/ INME.L
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Dublin/London 8th June 2012: Independent News & Media PLC today announces the results of the resolutions proposed at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on 8 June 2012 at Citywest Hotel, Saggart, County Dublin.
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Resolutions 2(a), 2(b), 2(c), 2(d), 2(e), 2(g), 2(h), 4 and 6 were decided on a poll with all other resolutions being passed by shareholders on a show of hands. As announced on 7 June, Mr. Lothar Lanz resigned as a Director of the Company effective 6 June 2012. Consequently, Resolution 2(f), as set out in the Notice of Meeting, was withdrawn at the AGM and not put to a vote of shareholders.
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The results of the polls on Resolutions 2(a), 2(b), 2(c), 2(d), 2(e), 2(g), 2(h), 4 and 6 and the level of proxy votes, lodged in advance of the meeting, on the other resolutions are set out below.
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The proposals to elect or re-elect Mr. James Osborne and Mr. Donal Buggy as Directors of the Company were defeated following a poll. Accordingly, Mr. James Osborne and Mr. Donal Buggy cease to be Directors of the Company with immediate effect.
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Resolution | Total Vote | Total For | Total Against | Total Withheld | Total 3rd Party Discretion | |
1 | Report & Accounts | 251,307,733 | 139,303,022 | 10,059 | 350,388 | 111,644,264 |
2A | Election & Re-Election of Directors: James Osborne | 374,538,542Β | 82,508,480 | 221,751,268 | 70,278,794 | -Β |
2B | Vincent Crowley | 374,538,542Β | 339,336,422 | 35,149,476 | 52,644 | -Β |
2C | Donal Buggy | 374,538,542Β | 155,266,089 | 219,180,771 | 91,682 | -Β |
2D | Paul Connolly | 374,538,542Β | 293,269,418 | 81,119,652 | 149,472 | -Β |
2E | Lucy Gaffney | 374,538,542Β | 267,509,775 | 36,744,744 | 70,284,023 | -Β |
2G | Frank Murray | 374,538,542Β | 322,123,123 | 52,321,643 | 93,776 | -Β |
2H | D. Reid Scott | 374,538,542Β | 249,208,229 | 54,999,870 | 70,330,443 | -Β |
3 | Authorising Directors to fix remuneration of Auditors | 251,307,733 | 139,053,545 | 280,205 | 348,246 | 111,625,737 |
4 | Consideration of the report on Directors' Remuneration | 374,538,542Β | 163,921,657 | 210,146,810 | 470,075 | -Β |
5 | Directors' authority to allot shares | 251,307,733 | 139,113,743 | 205,120 | 363,097 | 111,625,773 |
6 | *Dis-application of pre-emption rights | 374,538,542Β | 290,209,035 | 83,834,553 | 494,954 | |
7 | *Authorising the purchase and reissue of own shares | 251,307,733 | 125,811,443 | 13,522,344 | 347,949 | 111,625,997 |
8 | *Convening of EGM's on 14 days notice | 251,307,733 | 136,203,813 | 3,126,699 | 347,006 | 111,630,215 |
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*Special Resolution
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For information: Pat Walsh, Murray Consultants Tel: +353 1 498 0300 +353 87 226 9345 pwalsh@murrayconsult.ie
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