Last checked at 23 Jul 2009 17:47
Tate & Lyle PLC
Result of Annual General Meeting 2009
Tate & Lyle PLC (the "Company") announces that at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on 23 July 2009, all resolutions were passed on a show of hands. The number of proxy votes lodged for each resolution prior to the meeting was as follows:
| Resolution | Total For(1) | Total Against | Votes withheld(2) | |||||||||
| No. of votes | % of vote | No. of votes | % of vote | No. of votes | ||||||||
| 1. | Report and Accounts | 281,850,647 | 99.98 | 69,646 | 0.02 | 100,241 | ||||||
| 2. | Remuneration Report | 263,011,550 | 95.22 | 13,199,912 | 4.78 | 5,220,930 | ||||||
| 3. | Approve final dividend | 280,887,628 | 99.84 | 449,284 | 0.16 | 95,480 | ||||||
| 4. | Re-elect Iain Ferguson | 277,193,920 | 98.54 | 4,095,151 | 1.46 | 143,321 | ||||||
| 5. | Re-elect Robert Walker | 280,294,155 | 99.64 | 999,604 | 0.36 | 138,633 | ||||||
| 6. | Re-elect Sir Peter Gershon | 269,167,319 | 99.17 | 2,262,748 | 0.83 | 10,002,325 | ||||||
| 7. | Re-elect Tim Lodge | 280,323,013 | 99.66 | 969,673 | 0.34 | 139,706 | ||||||
| 8. | Re-appoint auditors | 281,588,457 | 99.89 | 320,338 | 0.11 | 111,739 | ||||||
| 9. | Approve auditors' remuneration | 281,860,850 | 99.98 | 47,942 | 0.02 | 111,742 | ||||||
| 10. | Authority to make political donations andincur political expenditure | 274,215,382 | 97.90 | 5,873,503 | 2.10 | 1,931,649 | ||||||
| 11. | Authority to allot shares | 274,324,605 | 98.17 | 5,112,015 | 1.83 | 2,583,914 | ||||||
| 12. | Dis-application ofpre-emption rights | 280,239,780 | 99.89 | 295,119 | 0.11 | 1,485,635 | ||||||
| 13. | Authority to purchase own shares | 281,475,111 | 99.92 | 221,140 | 0.08 | 324,283 | ||||||
| 14. | Notice period for general meetings | 274,915,928 | 97.52 | 6,986,017 | 2.48 | 118,589 | ||||||
| 15. | Scrip dividend authority | 281,785,004 | 99.96 | 106,004 | 0.04 | 129,526 | ||||||
(1) Includes discretionary votes.
(2) A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.
On 23 July 2009, there were 459,192,207 shares in issue (excluding Treasury Shares) and 224 shareholders or persons representing shareholders attended the meeting.
In accordance with Listing Rules 9.6.2R, two copies of the resolutions passed as special business at the AGM will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility which is situated at:
| Financial Services Authority |
| 25 The North Colonnade |
| Canary Wharf |
| London E14 5HS |
As previously announced, Sir Peter Gershon succeeded Sir David Lees as Chairman of the Company at the conclusion of the AGM and Sir David Lees retired from the Board of Directors.
| Lucie Gilbert |
| Deputy Company Secretary |
| 23 July 2009 |
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