RIT Capital Partners Regulatory News (RCP)

14 Jul 2005 15:48

RIT Capital Partners PLC14 July 2005 RIT Capital Partners plc 14 July 2005 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The Annual General Meeting of RIT Capital Partners plc was held on Thursday 14July 2005. All resolutions as set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 26 May 2005 werepassed, and prints of the items of special business will shortly be availablefor inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which issituated at: Financial Services Authority25 The North ColonnadeCanary WharfLondonE14 5HSTel. No. 020 7676 1000 The proxy votes cast on each resolution were as follows: RESOLUTION FOR/ AGAINST VOTES DISCRETIONARY WITHHELD ORDINARY BUSINESS: 1. Approval of the Directors' Report 57,360,632 732,573 14,788 and Accounts 2. Approval of the Directors' 56,808,539 758,169 541,285 Remuneration Report 3. Approval of final dividend 58,062,091 33,989 11,913 4. Re-election of Charles Bailey as a 55,837,305 2,103,720 166,968 Director 5. Re-election of Duncan Budge as a 57,655,105 424,288 28,600 Director 6. Re-election of Andrew Knight as a 56,215,205 1,596,353 295,056 Director 7. Re-election of Baron Lambert as a 55,819,496 2,119,603 168,894 Director 8. Re-election of James Leigh-Pemberton 57,991,138 88,100 28,755 as a Director 9. Re-election of Michael Marks as a 57,991,288 84,677 32,028 Director10 Re-election of Nathaniel Rothschild 55,845,430 2,218,303 44,260 as a Director11. Re-appointment of 58,017,672 53,826 36,495 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditorsSPECIAL BUSINESS:12. To renew the power to allot equity 58,059,828 13,643 34,522 securities13. To renew the power to allot equity 58,042,263 28,009 37,721 securities for cash outside the pre-emption provisions of the Articles of Association14. To renew the authority to repurchase 58,071,231 18,496 18,266 up to 14.99 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital15. To amend the Memorandum of 57,912,812 12,646 182,535 Association objects clause by way of update to the directors' indemnity provisions16. To amend the Article of Association 58,034,933 13,917 59,143 no. 141 by way of update to the directors' indemnity provisions17. To approve the general amendments to 58,055,405 8,961 43,627 the Articles of Association18. To approve the amendment of Article 57,783,815 243,980 80,198 78, to increase the limit of annual directors' fees payable to non-executive directors to £300,000 Resolutions 1 to 11 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 12 to 18were passed as special resolutions. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange