12 Jun 2009 10:07
12 June 2009
LAMPRELL PLC
("Lamprell" or the "Company")
The Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") of the Company was held at the offices of the Company in Jebel Ali, Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 11th June 2009 at 12.00 noon (UAE time).
Results of the AGM
All resolutions were passed on a show of hands.
FINAL PROXY VOTING TOTALS
| Resolution no | Business | TOTAL | FOR | AGAINST | WITHHELD |
| Ordinary Business | |||||
| 1 | To receive and adopt the Company's financial statements together with the reports of the directors and auditors for the period ending 31 December 2008 | 137,124,947 | 137,124,947 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | To approve the Directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 December 2008 included in the Annual Report and Accounts for 2008. | 133,224,180 | 80,317,284 | 52,906,896 | 3,900,767 |
| 3 | To declare a final dividend of US$ 0.0315 per ordinary share as recommended by the directors | 137,124,947 | 137,124,947 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | To re-appoint Nigel McCue as a director of the Company | 136,078,407 | 135,042,168 | 1,036,239 | 1,046,540 |
| 5 | To re-appoint Scott Doak as a director of the Company | 137,118,327 | 137,118,327 | 0 | 6,620 |
| 6 | To re-appoint Jonathan Silver as a director of the Company | 131,341,863 | 110,934,647 | 20,407,216 | 5,783,084 |
| 7 | To re-appoint Colin Goodall as a director of the Company | 135,441,187 | 134,977,007 | 464,180 | 1,683,760 |
| 8 | To re-appoint Brian Fredrick as a director of the Company | 137,118,327 | 137,118,327 | 0 | 6,620 |
| 9 | To reappoint the auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Isle of Man, as auditors of the Company | 137,097,847 | 136,847,847 | 250,000 | 100 |
| 10 | To authorise the directors to fix the auditors' remuneration | 136,024,847 | 136,024,847 | 0 | 1,100,100 |
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| 11 | To authorise the directors to allot shares pursuant to Article 5.1 of the Company's Articles of Association | 137,116,839 | 137,104,469 | 12,370 | 8,108 |
| 12 | To disapply the pre-emption rights pursuant to article 5.2 of the Company's Articles of Association | 137,118,869 | 137,100,169 | 18,700 | 3,278 |
| 13 | To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its ordinary shares | 137,124,497 | 137,100,177 | 24,320 | 100 |
| 14 | To authorise the Company to provide documents by electronic means and/or through website publication | 137,118,689 | 137,108,769 | 9,920 | 6,258 |
Notes:
1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the 'FOR' total.
2. A 'VOTE WITHHELD' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for or against a resolution and is not included in the total proxy votes received for each resolution.
3. Number of shares in issue at meeting date: 200,279,309.
4. Resolutions 11 to 14 were passed as special business resolutions and two copies of each resolution have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection in the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:
The Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
Other news
The Company also announces the change in the Chairmanship of the Remuneration Committee. Brian Fredrick has been appointed as the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee with immediate effect. Richard Raynaut and Colin Goodall will continue as the Chairmen of the Audit and Nomination Committees respectively.
Enquiries:
| Lamprell plc | +44 (0) 207 153 1547 |
| Scott Doak, Chief Financial Officer | |
| Ravindra Dabir, Company Secretary |
| M:Communications, London | |
| Patrick d'Ancona | +44 (0) 207 153 1547 |
| Georgina Briscoe | +44 (0) 207 153 1548 |
| Charlotte Kirkham | +44 (0) 207 153 1531 |