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28 Apr 2011 15:42
AGM Statement
Johnston Press plc (the "Company") - Results of Annual General Meeting.
Annual General Meeting - 28 April 2011
At the Company's Annual General Meeting held at the Caledonian Hilton Hotel, Princes Street, Edinburgh on 28 April 2011, the following resolutions were passed on a show of hands. The table below shows the proxy votes received up to 48 hours before the time of the Annual General Meeting by the Company's Registrars, Computershare Investor Services plc, appointing the Chairman of the Meeting as proxy:
Resolution | For incl Discretionary | Against | Votes withheld | TOTAL exc votes withheld | % For |
1 To receive the Accounts for the 52 week period ended 1 January 2011 and the reports of the Directors and Auditors thereon | 365,338,964 | 53,938 | 26,241 | 365,392,902 | 99.99% |
2 To receive the Directors' Remuneration Report for the 52 week period ended 1 January 2011 | 333,563,083 | 31,627,895 | 228,164 | 365,190,978 | 91.34% |
3 To elect Kjell Aamot as a Director of the Company | 365,039,942 | 199,233 | 179,968 | 365,239,175 | 99.95% |
4 To re-elect Danny Cammiade as a Director of the Company | 354,398,389 | 403,111 | 10,617,643 | 354,801,500 | 99.89% |
5 To re-appoint Deloitte LLP, Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditors, as auditors of the Company | 363,380,037 | 1,867,813 | 171,293 | 365,247,850 | 99.49% |
6 To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the auditors | 364,985,796 | 351,945 | 39,402 | 365,337,741 | 99.90% |
7 To authorise the Directors to allot shares in the Company | 364,518,348 | 617,891 | 282,904 | 365,136,239 | 99.83% |
8 Special Resolution - To disapply pre-emption rights | 365,100,871 | 161,082 | 157,190 | 365,261,953 | 99.96% |
9 Special Resolution - To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares | 365,177,763 | 182,466 | 58,914 | 365,360,299 | 99.95% |
10 Special Resolution - That a General Meeting, other than an Annual General Meeting, may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 359,496,029 | 5,636,322 | 286,792 | 365,132,351 | 98.46% |
In accordance with the UK Listing Authority's Listing Rules, copies of resolutions 7, 8, 9 and 10 will shortly be available for inspection via the National Storage Mechanism (www.hemscott.com/nsm.do).
Contact
Peter McCallCompany Secretary0131 225 3361
28 April 2011
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