Mcbride Regulatory News (MCB)

1 Nov 2006 12:03

McBride PLC01 November 2006 1 November 2006 McBride plc Result of AGM All of the Resolutions proposed at McBride's Annual General Meeting heldyesterday at 3.30 pm were duly approved by shareholders. Proxies were receivedin respect of 117,181,229 McBride shares, representing 66.0% of McBride's sharesin issue. For information, the proxy votes received prior to the meeting on eachresolution, were as follows: Votes Chairman's VotesNo. Resolution Votes for against discretion withheld* 1 Receive and approve accounts 116,727,635 384,816 63,513 5,2652 Approve directors' remuneration report 111,280,465 3,399,202 70,963 2,430,5983 Declare final dividend 117,112,654 1,859 62,716 4,0004 Re-elect Lord Sheppard 116,282,329 807,746 74,089 17,0655 Re-elect Miles Roberts 117,066,785 26,547 77,089 10,8086 Elect Robert Beveridge 117,058,945 30,046 77,354 14,8847 Re-elect Christine Bogdanowicz-Bindert 117,058,236 33,203 77,088 12,7028 Re-elect Robert Lee 117,068,564 20,160 78,151 14,3549 Re-elect Colin Smith 117,067,874 20,957 76,416 15,98210 Re-elect Henri Talerman 116,669,269 414,141 79,744 18,07511 Re-appoint auditors 116,710,422 277,561 67,899 124,81612 Authorise directors to determine auditors' remuneration 117,060,969 43,253 67,493 9,51413 Allotment of securities 117,016,828 81,209 67,492 15,70014 Allotment of securities for cash 116,984,788 88,070 86,853 21,51815 Purchase own shares 117,036,692 53,146 77,223 14,168 * A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in calculating votesfor or against a resolution. Number of shareholders - 4,082Issued share capital - 177,634,910 ordinary shares of 10p eachNumber of votes per share - oneNumber of proxies lodged - 823 In accordance with Listing Rules 9.6.2 R and 9.6.3 R, two copies of theresolutions passed as special business (comprising both ordinary and specialresolutions) have been forwarded to the Financial Services Authority and willshortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's DocumentViewing Facility, which is situated at: Financial Services Authority25 The North ColonnadeCanary WharfLondon E14 5HS Tel: 020 7066 1000 The documents forwarded to the Financial Services Authority are also availablefrom the company's registered office at McBride House, Penn Road, Beaconsfield,Buckinghamshire HP9 2FY. For further information please contact: McBride plc Bob Beveridge, Group Finance Director Office: 01494 607051 Mobile: 07876 593182 Financial Dynamics Andrew Dowler Office: 020 7831 3113 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange