22 Jun 2016 15:19
22 June 2016
Rexam Annual General Meeting 2016
Rexam, a leading global beverage can maker, announces that at its Annual General Meeting held today, all resolutions as set out in the notice of Annual General Meeting dated 17 March 2016 were passed. A poll was conducted on each resolution proposed at the Meeting and the number of votes for and against each of the resolutions, and the number of votes withheld, were as follows:
| Resolution | For | % | Against | % | Withheld* |
1 | Annual report and accounts 2015 | 202,394,493 | 99.46 | 1,102,605 | 0.54 | 551,543 |
2 | Directors’ remuneration report 2015 | 199,305,305 | 98.17 | 3,716,917 | 1.83 | 1,026,419 |
3 | Re-election of Stuart Chambers | 199,695,527 | 97.91 | 4,271,494 | 2.09 | 81,620 |
4 | Re-election of Graham Chipchase | 200,842,994 | 98.45 | 3,158,939 | 1.55 | 46,708 |
5 | Re-election of David Robbie | 200,404,377 | 98.44 | 3,180,726 | 1.56 | 463,538 |
6 | Re-election of Carl-Peter Forster | 200,632,444 | 98.36 | 3,352,137 | 1.64 | 64,060 |
7 | Re-election of John Langston | 199,927,873 | 98.01 | 4,054,356 | 1.99 | 66,412 |
8 | Re-election of Leo Oosterveer | 200,707,749 | 98.40 | 3,269,370 | 1.60 | 71,522 |
9 | Re-election of Ros Rivaz | 200,813,835 | 98.59 | 2,867,657 | 1.41 | 367,149 |
10 | Re-election of Johanna Waterous | 200,715,482 | 98.40 | 3,271,635 | 1.60 | 61,524 |
11 | Re-appointment of auditors | 196,171,464 | 96.36 | 7,408,684 | 3.64 | 468,493 |
12 | Authority to set remuneration of auditors | 197,349,265 | 96.74 | 6,656,080 | 3.26 | 43,296 |
13 | Authority to allot shares | 191,725,163 | 94.54 | 11,082,359 | 5.46 | 1,241,119 |
14 | Authority to allot equity securities for cash | 203,058,320 | 99.95 | 102,873 | 0.05 | 887,448 |
15 | Authority to make market purchases of own shares | 202,918,282 | 99.47 | 1,074,599 | 0.53 | 55,760 |
16 | Notice period for calling a general meeting | 174,954,534 | 87.10 | 25,904,711 | 12.90 | 3,187,985 |
* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the percentage for or against a resolution.
In accordance with LR 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions passed at today's Annual General Meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be shortly available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM
Enquiries
David Gibson, Company Secretary + 44 (0)20 7227 4100
A copy of this press release has been posted on the Rexam website, www.rexam.com
Editors' notes:
Rexam is a leading global beverage can maker. We are business partners to some of the world's most famous and successful consumer brands. Our vision is to be the best beverage can maker in the world. We have 54 can making plants in more than 20 countries and employ around 8,600 people. In 2015, our sales were £3.9 billion. Rexam's ordinary shares are listed with the UK Listing Authority and trade on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol REX. The FCA has been notified that Rexam's home member state is the United Kingdom. Visit www.rexam.com for further information.