Result of AGM
Tate & Lyle PLC
Result of AGM
Tate & Lyle PLC (the 'Company') is pleased to announce that at its Annual
General Meeting ('AGM') on 18 July 2007 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:
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Total For (1) Total Against Votes withheld
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Resolution No. of % of vote No. of votes % of No. of
votes vote votes
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1. Report and Accounts 260,685,174 99.8 422,829 0.2 17,705
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2. Remuneration Report 250,963,839 98.1 4,915,118 1.9 5,246,251
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3. Approve final dividend 261,119,356 100.0 3,220 0.0 2,632
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4. Re-elect R Delbridge 260,992,543 100.0 79,513 0.0 53,152
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5. Re-elect E Henkes 260,995,821 100.0 74,768 0.0 54,619
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6. Re-elect Sir David Lees 259,670,331 99.6 950,638 0.4 504,239
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7. Re-elect E Airey 258,053,690 98.9 2,934,038 1.1 137,480
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8. Re-elect J Nicholas 260,783,272 99.9 286,267 0.1 55,669
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9. Re-appoint auditors 260,892,155 99.9 195,267 0.1 38,286
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10. Approve auditors' 260,974,650 100.0 118,610 0.0 32,448
remuneration
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11. Authority to purchase own 260,987,371 100.0 103,895 0.0 34,442
shares
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12. Authority to allot shares 259,965,677 99.6 1,107,417 0.4 52,614
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13. Dis-application of 260,733,592 99.9 293,645 0.1 98,471
pre-emption rights
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14. Authority to make 253,342,205 99.2 2,141,313 0.8 5,642,190
political donations and
incur political
expenditure
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15. Authority to use 260,747,365 99.9 234,950 0.1 143,393
electronic communications
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(1) Includes discretionary votes
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, certified copies of the resolutions
passed as special business at the Annual General Meeting 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
Robert Gibber
Company Secretary
18 July 2007