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17 May 2012
Cookson Group plc - Result of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
Cookson Group plc ("the Company") confirms that at its AGM today, each of the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting to Shareholders dated 26 March 2012, was passed by Shareholders.
A poll was conducted on each resolution at the meeting and the results, certified by the scrutineer, Equiniti Limited, were as follows:
RESOLUTIONS | FOR | AGAINST | TOTAL | |||||
No. of votes cast1 | % of votes cast | No. of votes cast | % of votes cast | No. of votes cast | % of Issued Share Capital2 | Votes withheld3 | ||
1 | Receipt of Annual Report and Accounts | 221,060,177 | 99.99 | 11,362 | 0.01 | 221,071,539 | 79.43% | 1,874,193 |
2 | Declaration of Final Dividend | 222,700,566 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 222,700,566 | 80.01% | 245,166 |
3 | Approval of Directors' Remuneration Report | 150,378,714 | 68.08 | 70,497,635 | 31.92 | 220,876,349 | 79.36% | 2,069,383 |
4 | Re-election of M G Butterworth | 219,107,314 | 98.39 | 3,590,742 | 1.61 | 222,698,056 | 80.01% | 247,676 |
5 | Election of S J Corbett | 215,502,623 | 97.96 | 4,493,585 | 2.04 | 219,996,208 | 79.04% | 2,949,524 |
6 | Election of E T FitzGerald | 189,479,109 | 98.24 | 3,387,409 | 1.76 | 192,866,518 | 69.29% | 30,079,214 |
7 | Re-election of J F Harris | 210,253,534 | 95.57 | 9,743,424 | 4.43 | 219,996,958 | 79.04% | 2,948,774 |
8 | Re-election of J L Hewitt | 189,448,685 | 98.23 | 3,417,601 | 1.77 | 192,866,286 | 69.29% | 30,079,446 |
9 | Re-election of P J Hill | 189,488,936 | 98.25 | 3,377,870 | 1.75 | 192,866,806 | 69.29% | 30,078,926 |
10 | Re-election of J P Oosterveld | 189,482,482 | 98.25 | 3,383,804 | 1.75 | 192,866,286 | 69.29% | 30,079,446 |
11 | Re-election of N R Salmon | 215,909,105 | 96.96 | 6,774,939 | 3.04 | 222,684,044 | 80.01% | 261,688 |
12 | Re-election of J G Sussens | 181,659,124 | 94.19 | 11,207,162 | 5.81 | 192,866,286 | 69.29% | 30,079,446 |
13 | Re-election of F C Wanecq | 219,101,448 | 98.38 | 3,596,624 | 1.62 | 222,698,072 | 80.01% | 247,660 |
14 | Re-appointment of Auditor | 222,526,289 | 99.92 | 173,783 | 0.08 | 222,700,072 | 80.01% | 245,660 |
15 | Remuneration of Auditor | 222,683,469 | 99.99 | 15,640 | 0.01 | 222,699,109 | 80.01% | 246,623 |
16 | Authority to Allot Shares | 216,130,054 | 97.37 | 5,836,330 | 2.63 | 221,966,384 | 79.75% | 979,348 |
17 | Special Resolution: Authority to Disapply Pre-emption Rights | 222,638,855 | 99.97 | 58,457 | 0.03 | 222,697,312 | 80.01% | 248,420 |
18 | Special Resolution: Authority to Purchase Own Shares | 222,675,577 | 99.99 | 24,341 | 0.01 | 222,699,918 | 80.01% | 245,814 |
19 | Authority to Incur Political Expenditure | 211,351,290 | 94.83 | 11,521,241 | 5.17 | 222,872,531 | 80.08% | 73,201 |
20 | Special Resolution: Authority to Call a General Meeting on 14 clear days' notice | 207,070,609 | 92.98 | 15,629,635 | 7.02 | 222,700,244 | 80.01% | 245,488 |
At today's AGM, the Chairman Jeff Harris said "The Board continues to listen very carefully to views expressed by shareholders and will be taking these into account along with the result of today's vote on the Remuneration Report, as remuneration policy is formulated going forward and we develop future policies."
Notes:
1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total.
2. The total number of shares in issue is 278,328,365
3. A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "for" and "against" a resolution.
4. All percentages are shown to two decimal places.
This information will also shortly be available to view on the Company's website at: www.cooksongroup.co.uk.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 a copy of Resolution 20 (Authority for the Company to call a general meeting on 14 clear days' notice) which was passed as special business at the AGM has been submitted to the Financial Services Authority National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do. A copy of this resolution is also available from the Group Secretary, Cookson Group plc, 165 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2AE, England. In addition, copies of resolutions 16 to 18 and 20 will be filed with Companies House.
Cookson Group plc
165 Fleet Street
London EC4A 2AE
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7822 0000
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7822 0100
Web: www.cooksongroup.co.uk