17 May 2012 16:42
Greggs plc
Results of Annual General Meeting
At the 2012 Annual General Meeting held on 16 May 2012, all resolutions put to the meeting were duly passed. Copies of all resolutions (other than resolutions concerning ordinary business) have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.
For information, although all resolutions were passed on a show of hands, details of the proxy voting is shown below.
Resolution number
| Total number of votes cast
| Votes in favour (as a percentage of votes cast) | Votes against (as a percentage of votes cast) | Withheld |
1. Accounts | 60,560,396 | 99.8% (60,428,297) | 0.2% (132,099) | 3,195 |
2. (a) Re-appointment of auditors | 60,555,814 | 99.3 % (60,108,155) | 0.7 % (447,659) | 7,777 |
(b) Remuneration of auditors | 60,550,914 | 99.5% (60,256,173) | 0.5% (294,741) | 12,677 |
3. Dividend | 60,569,091 | 100% (60,566,091) | 0.0% (3,000) | 2,500 |
4.Re-election of directors: (a) Mr D Netherton | 60,565,784 | 99.8% (60,439,745) | 0.2% (126,039) | 9,617 |
(b) Mr K McMeikan | 60,556,444 | 99.6% (60,337,027) | 0.4% (219,417) | 10,957 |
(c) Mr R Hutton | 60,558,384 | 99.6% (60,344,116) | 0.4% (214,268) | 9,017 |
(d) Mr R Reynolds | 60,554,713 | 99.6% (60,340,468) | 0.4% (214,245) | 12,688 |
(e) Mrs J Baddeley | 60,555,714 | 99.7% (60,374,993) | 0.3% (180,721) | 11,687 |
(f) Mr I Ferguson | 60,552,214 | 99.7% (60,371,728) | 0.3% (180,486) | 15,187 |
(g) Mr R Whiteside | 60,558,201 | 99.7% (60,381,098) | 0.3% (177,103) | 9,200 |
5.Election of director: Ian Durant | 60,549,298 | 99.7% (60,368,476) | 0.3% (180,822) | 18,103 |
6. Remuneration report | 60,524,466 | 98.9% (59,836,165) | 1.1% (688,301) | 42,935 |
7. Section 551 authority | 60,516,433 | 98.8% (59,806,881) | 1.2% (709,552) | 50,968 |
8. Section 570 authority | 60,513,837 | 99.9% (60,441,530) | 0.1% (72,307) | 51,564 |
9. Purchase of own shares | 59,991,880 | 99.4% (59,612,237) | 0.6% (379,643) | 573,521 |
10. Notice of general meetings | 60,555,259 | 96.3% (58,340,816) | 3.7% (2,214,443) | 10,142 |
In addition, Robert Frederick Bennett retired as a director of the Company at the close of its Annual General Meeting.
Greggs (GRG)