ANITE PLC
Anite - Result of AGM held on 15 September 2009
Released: 16/09/2009
At the Annual General Meeting of Anite plc, held on Tuesday 15 September 2009, each of the fifteen resolutions as set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 30 June 2009, were duly passed by shareholders on a show of hands.
A print of the resolutions concerning the items of special business passed at
the meeting have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be
available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing
Facility, which is situated at:
The Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
EC14 5HS
The results of the proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting are set out
below:
|
Resolution |
For |
Discretionary |
Against |
Vote withheld |
1 |
Annual Report |
215,534,896 |
78,501 |
32,608 |
55,207 |
2 |
Remuneration Report |
160,254,765 |
93,209 |
20,588,062 |
34,738,833 |
3 |
To declare a dividend |
215,616,281 |
76,718 |
5,736 |
2,477 |
4 |
To re-appoint Christopher Humphrey as a director |
214,208,238 |
82,083 |
1,365,978 |
44,913 |
5 |
To re-appoint Peter Bertram as a director |
214,833,062 |
82,349 |
741,776 |
44,025 |
6 |
To re-appoint Nigel Clifford as a director |
215,048,883 |
81,195 |
527,109 |
44,025 |
7 |
To re-appoint the Auditors |
209,632,520 |
77,641 |
1,943,235 |
4,047,816 |
8 |
Auditors Remuneration |
208,754,212 |
79,836 |
1,167,053 |
5,700,561 |
9 |
Authority to use electronic communications with shareholders |
215,485,136 |
78,051 |
60,871 |
77,154 |
10 |
Authority to allot shares |
215,282,977 |
80,696 |
271,609 |
65,930 |
11 |
Amendments to Anite UK Sharesave Plan 2009 |
214,649,063 |
85,608 |
289,560 |
676,981 |
12 |
Disapply pre-emption rights |
215,242,933 |
91,064 |
278,451 |
88,764 |
13 |
Authority to purchase own shares |
215,266,356 |
84,254 |
273,103 |
77,499 |
14 |
New Articles of Association |
214,490,961 |
90,646 |
679,484 |
440,121 |
15 |
Notice of general meetings |
214,846,319 |
101,375 |
485,560 |
267,958 |
Issued ordinary share capital as at 15 September 2009: 298,683,195
- Ends -
For further information, please contact:
Anite plc 01753 804000
John Sadler, Company Secretary
Smithfield 020 7360 4900
Reg Hoare/Will Henderson