8 Apr 2010 13:59
8 April 2010
Low & Bonar PLC
Results of 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 shares in issue: 287,907,108.
The total number of proxy cards received from shareholders: 469 representing 234,135,971 ordinary shares amounting to 81 % of the issued ordinary share capital.
The following levels of proxy votes were received prior to the meeting:
|
| For | Open votes | Against | Withheld |
| Receive report and accounts for the year ended 30th November 2009 | 232,672,032 | 180,903 | 353,109 | 929,927 |
| To re-elect Mr C Littmoden as a director | 233,864,277 | 200,092 | 62,370 | 9,232 |
| To re-elect Mr F Blaisse as a director | 233,865,071 | 186,642 | 75,026 | 9,232 |
| To re-elect Mr S Good as a director | 233,859,101 | 180,342 | 87,296 | 9,232 |
| To re-appoint KPMG Audit Plc as auditor of the Company | 233,547,181 | 187,926 | 87,499 | 313,365 |
| To authorise the directors to determine the auditor's remuneration | 230,418,770 | 187,000 | 95,225 | 3,434,976 |
| To approve the Directors' Report on Remuneration for the year ended 30th November 2009 | 232,379,083 | 191,619 | 1,468,000 | 97,269 |
| To authorise the directors to allot equity securities | 215,599,799 | 288,099 | 5,406,893 | 12,841,180 |
| To authorise the directors to allot equity securities as if section 561(1) of the Companies Act did not apply thereto | 233,715,260 | 288,830 | 88,779 | 43,102 |
| To allow general meetings to be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 228,492,241 | 195,806 | 5,420,424 | 27,500 |
The proxy figures will also be displayed shortly on the Company's corporate website: www.lowandbonar.com
In accordance with the UK Listing Authority rules, copies of the resolutions will shortly be available for inspection at the Financial Services Authority's Document Viewing Facility which is situated at: the Financial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS.
Contacts:
Company Secretary Low & Bonar PLC +44 (0) 20 7535 3180