24 Mar 2015 12:34
Low & Bonar PLC
24 March 2015
Results of 2015 Annual General Meeting
Low & Bonar PLC (the "Company") announces that all of the resolutions put forward at today's Annual General Meeting were passed on a show of hands.
A summary of the proxy votes received in advance of the meeting is shown below.
Total number of ordinary shares in issue: 328,213,011.
The total number of proxy cards received from shareholders: 375 representing 234 million ordinary shares amounting to 71.4% of the issued ordinary share capital.
The following levels of proxy votes were received prior to the meeting:
For | Against | Open | Withheld | |
Receive report and accounts for the year ended 30th November 2014 | 234,219,261 | 11,103 | 192,203 | 10,792 |
To declare a final dividend of 1.75p per ordinary share | 234,239,691 | 2,902 | 190,766 | 0 |
To re-elect Mr M Flower as a director | 234,004,248 | 228,066 | 192,453 | 8,592 |
To re-elect Mr S Hannam as a director | 227,323,503 | 6,911,021 | 192,553 | 6,282 |
To re-elect Mr B Simpson as a director | 232,679,351 | 1,555,173 | 192,553 | 6,282 |
To reappoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company | 233,449,032 | 704,118 | 191,703 | 86,706 |
To authorise the directors to determine the auditor's remuneration | 234,153,374 | 56,295 | 209,803 | 13,887 |
To approve the Directors' Report on Remuneration for the year ended 30th November 2014 | 232,386,939 | 1,296,097 | 213,403 | 536,920 |
To authorise the directors to allot relevant securities | 233,935,778 | 167,576 | 210,603 | 119,402 |
To authorise the directors to allot equity securities as if section 561(1) of the Companies Act did not apply thereto | 233,979,651 | 127,824 | 223,803 | 102,081 |
To allow general meetings to be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 230,161,450 | 4,052,931 | 209,803 | 9,175 |
In accordance with the UK Listing Authority rules, copies of relevant resolutions have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism.
The proxy figures will also be displayed shortly on the Company's corporate website: www.lowandbonar.com
Contacts:
Company Secretary Low & Bonar PLC +44 (0) 20 7535 3180