West.brom 6.15% Regulatory News (WBS)

19 Jul 2006 15:32

West Bromwich Building Society19 July 2006 West Bromwich Building Society 2006 Annual General Meeting Results. The Board of the West Bromwich Building Society is pleased to announce thefollowing results from the Annual General Meeting held on the 19th July 2006. Ordinary Resolution For Against % In Favour of No. of Votes No of votes Resolution 1. To receive the Annual Report and 33,190 531 98.4 Accounts 2. To re-appoint KPMG LLP as Auditors 32,507 1,124 96.7 3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration 29,472 3,588 89.1 4a To re-elect Mr Stephen A Karle as a 31,417 1,872 94.4 director 4b To re-elect Edwin Hucks 31,239 1,993 94.0 Special Resolution For Against % In Favour of No. of Votes No of votes Resolution 5 To approve proposed rule changes. 29,243 2,997 90.7 Chairman's Statement "As noted in the Annual Report, your Society has had another successful year.Before asking members to receive the Annual Report and Accounts, I thought itwould be helpful to update members on current trading. The UK economy continues to remain stable and the housing market continues toexperience steady growth in demand and prices. Nevertheless, the outlook forthe UK economy is more uncertain than in recent years. In particular, we keepunder review the impact of the high price of oil and some uncertainties overenergy supply, historically high levels of personal debt and concerns over apossible increase in inflation and interest rates in the future. Nevertheless, I am pleased to report that the Society's performance in the firstquarter is in line with our internal plans and we continue to expectsatisfactory results for the current year." For further information please contact the Society's Group Secretary. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange