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15 May 2008
Cookson Group plc - Annual General Meeting (AGM)Cookson Group plc confirms that each of the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting to Shareholders dated 10 April 2008 were passed by Shareholders at today's AGM, including the following resolutions passed as special business:
Resolution 14 - Authority for the Company to amend the Articles of Association with effect from the close of the AGM
Resolution 15 - Authority for the Company to further amend the Articles of Association with effect from 1 October 2008 to take account of certain provisions of the Companies Act 2006 relating to conflicts of interest.
Two copies of each of the resolutions passed as special business at the Annual General Meeting have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority in accordance with paragraph 9.6.2 of the Listing Rules and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility at: 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London EH14 5HS.
The resolutions were passed at the AGM on a show of hands. Details of the proxy votes received in advance of the meeting are as follows:
| For | Against | Withheld | ||||
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| Receipt of Annual Report & Accounts | 157,084,074 | 99.96 | 62,946 | 0.03 | 12,145 | 0.01 |
| Approval of Final Dividend | 157,097,197 | 100.00 | 2,540 | 0.00 | 59,428 | 0.03 |
| Approval of Directors' Remuneration Report | 154,304,866 | 99.71 | 446,464 | 0.21 | 2,407,835 | 1.13 |
| Re-election of J P Oosterveld | 153,222,048 | 97.50 | 3,929,475 | 1.85 | 7,642 | 0.00 |
| Re-election of B W Perry | 156,197,521 | 99.39 | 954,368 | 0.45 | 7,276 | 0.00 |
| Re-election of J G Sussens | 156,191,534 | 99.39 | 960,335 | 0.45 | 7,296 | 0.00 |
| Re-election of N R Salmon | 155,123,370 | 98.71 | 2,030,765 | 0.96 | 5,030 | 0.00 |
| Re-appointment of Auditor | 156,973,722 | 99.88 | 181,623 | 0.09 | 3,820 | 0.00 |
| Authorisation of Auditors' Remuneration | 157,030,703 | 99.92 | 119,064 | 0.06 | 9,398 | 0.00 |
| Authority to allot shares | 156,924,324 | 99.85 | 228,305 | 0.11 | 6,536 | 0.00 |
| Authority to disapply pre-emption rights | 156,916,487 | 99.85 | 231,801 | 0.11 | 10,877 | 0.01 |
| Authority to purchase own shares | 157,147,884 | 100.00 | 6,184 | 0.00 | 5,097 | 0.00 |
| Authority to incur political expenditure | 154,174,870 | 98.15 | 2,911,871 | 1.37 | 72,424 | 0.03 |
| Alteration of Articles - with immediate effect | 152,499,650 | 97.42 | 4,046,297 | 1.90 | 613,218 | 0.29 |
| Alteration of Articles - with effect from 1 October 2008 | 155,202,666 | 99.86 | 212,152 | 0.10 | 1,744,347 | 0.82 |
Notes
1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total.
2. 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.
Details of the proxy votes received will also shortly be available to view on the Company's website at: www.cooksongroup.co.uk.
Cookson Group plc
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London EC4A 2AE
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7822 0000
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7822 0100
Web: www.cooksongroup.co.uk