THE LAW DEBENTURE CORPORATION p.l.c.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
WEDNESDAY 9 APRIL 2014
Results of Proxy Voting
The Law Debenture Corporation p.l.c. confirms that the following proxy votes
were received ahead of its annual general meeting held this morning.
Total valid proxies received - 33,908,287 (28.7% of the total voting rights in
issue).
The percentage of those votes expressed to be in favour of each resolution (or
where discretion was given to the Chairman of the meeting or another person, in
which case it is assumed that those votes would also have been declared in
favour) are set out below:
Resolution No.
1 To receive the strategic and directors' report and the accounts - 99.99%
2 To approve the Corporation's remuneration policy for the three years
commencing 9 April 2014 - 99.75%
3 To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 December
2013 - 99.68%
4 To declare a final dividend of 10.50 pence per share - 100%
5 To re-elect Caroline Banszky as a director - 99.94%
6 To re-elect Christopher Smith as a director - 99.28%
7 To re-elect Robert Laing as a director - 99.95%
8 To re-elect Mark Bridgeman as a director - 99.96%
9 To re-appoint BDO LLP as auditors - 98.27%
10 To renew the directors' general authority to allot shares - 99.76%
11 To approve the disapplication of statutory pre-emption rights - 98.58%
12 To renew the Corporation's general authority to make limited market
purchases of its own shares - 99.67%
13 To convene a general meeting at short notice - 96.66%
All resolutions were approved by the required majority. Resolutions 1 to 10
were proposed and passed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions 11 to 13 were
proposed and passed as special resolutions requiring a 75% majority.
Copies of resolutions 11 to 13, being special resolutions, will shortly be
issued to the National Storage Mechanism where in due course they may be viewed
free of charge.
A fuller analysis of the above proxy votes will shortly available on the
Corporation's website at www.lawdeb.com
Immediately after the AGM, as previously announced, Professor John Kay retired
as a director.
Issued by the Company Secretary, The Law Debenture Corporation p.l.c., Fifth
Floor, 100 Wood Street, London EC2V 7EX (tel: 020 7696 5285).
9 April 2014
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