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8 May 2012 17:31
The Morgan Crucible Company plc
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Morgan Crucible Company plc confirms that all resolutions set out in the notice of its 2012 Annual General Meeting were duly passed at the meeting on 8th May 2012 on a poll.
Copies of the resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, have been forwarded to the FSA in accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 for publication through the National Storage Mechanism at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.
The total number of votes cast for each resolution is set out below. 44 shareholders were at the meeting. The number of the Company's Ordinary shares carrying the right to vote at the meeting was 277,802,078. Each share carried one vote.
Resolution | Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Withheld* | ||
Number of shares | % of total voted | Number of shares | % of total voted | ||
1. To receive the audited accounts and the auditors' and directors' reports for the year ended 1 January 2012 | 206,725,121 | 99.95% | 106,214 | 0.05% | 3,486 |
2. To approve the directors' remuneration report of the Remuneration Committee | 200,155,180 | 99.43% | 1,139,540 | 0.57% | 5,539,476 |
3. To declare a final dividend of 6 pence per Ordinary share | 206,827,732 | 99.999996% | 9 | 0.000004% | 7,080 |
4. To re-elect Kevin Dangerfield as a Director | 206,061,407 | 99.64% | 752,491 | 0.36% | 20,923 |
5. To re-elect Martin Flower as a Director | 206,462,972 | 99.83% | 349,225 | 0.17% | 22,624 |
6. To re-elect Andrew Given as a Director | 206,467,429 | 99.83% | 344,553 | 0.17% | 22,839 |
7. To re-elect Simon Heale as a Director | 205,678,910 | 99.68% | 661,787 | 0.32% | 494,124 |
8. To re-elect Andrew Hosty as a Director | 206,067,387 | 99.64% | 748,160 | 0.36% | 19,274 |
9. To re-elect Mark Robertshaw as a Director | 202,030,304 | 97.69% | 4,785,187 | 2.31% | 19,330 |
10. To elect Tim Stevenson as a Director | 206,322,049 | 99.77% | 481,064 | 0.23% | 21,334 |
11. To re-appoint KPMG Audit Plc as auditors of the Company | 206,489,186 | 99.92% | 164,287 | 0.08% | 185,679 |
12. To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration | 206,762,934 | 99.97% | 54,720 | 0.03% | 17,167 |
13. To authorise the Directors to make political donations | 203,131,006 | 98.24% | 3,628,935 | 1.76% | 74,880 |
14. To authorise the Directors to allot relevant securities | 201,272,355 | 98.25% | 3,580,986 | 1.75% | 1,981,480 |
15. To renew the Directors' authority to disapply pre-emption rights | 206,443,529 | 99.83% | 359,311 | 0.17% | 31,981 |
16. To enable the Company to convene a general meeting (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 199,456,145 | 96.44% | 7,370,926 | 3.56% | 7,750 |
* Votes withheld are not votes in law and, therefore, have not been included in the calculation of the proportion of votes "for" or "against" a resolution.
Enquiries: Jill Elliot
Telephone: 01753 837000
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