25 Mar 2014 11:50
Low & Bonar PLC
25 March 2014
Results of 2014 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: 326,561,316.
The total number of proxy cards received from shareholders: 369 representing 257.7 million ordinary shares amounting to 78.9% of the issued ordinary share capital.
The following levels of proxy votes were received prior to the meeting:
For | Open | Against | Withheld | |
Receive report and accounts for the year ended 30th November 2013 | 257,507,803
| 90,972
| 8,824
| 112,727
|
To declare a final dividend of 1.75p per ordinary share | 257,631,355 | 87,171 | 1,800 | 0 |
To re-elect Mr M Holt as a director | 257,065,470 | 99,172 | 555,684 | 0 |
To re-elect Mr S Hannam as a director | 256,270,317 | 99,172 | 1,345,237 | 5,600 |
To re-elect Ms T Schoolenberg as a director | 257,610,091 | 99,172 | 11,063 | 0 |
To appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company | 254,452,255 | 100,454 | 1,929,947 | 1,232,749 |
To authorise the directors to determine the auditor's remuneration | 256,348,367 | 125,025 | 1,223,578 | 23,356 |
To approve the Directors' Report on Remuneration for the year ended 30th November 2013 | 256,039,683 | 111,475 | 1,474,466 | 94,702 |
To approve the directors' remuneration policy | 255,874,135 | 111,475 | 1,642,039 | 92,227 |
To authorise the directors to allot relevant securities | 257,234,588 | 110,725 | 222,858 | 152,155 |
To authorise the directors to allot equity securities as if section 561(1) of the Companies Act did not apply thereto | 257,473,973 | 113,725 | 65,853 | 66,775 |
To allow general meetings to be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 253,086,359 | 116,760 | 4,499,061 | 18,146 |
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