Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0868P

Babcock International Group PLC

08 July 2010

 



RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Babcock International Group PLC confirms that all resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting held on 8 July 2010 were duly passed by shareholders.  Each resolution was put to a poll.

Two copies of the resolutions passed at today's Annual General Meeting together with the amended Rules of the Company's Approved Employee Shareownership Plan and new Articles of Association, which are required to be made available for inspection, have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at: Financial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS (Tel. no. [phone]).

The AGM Voting Results are as follows:-

Number of Shareholders at meeting: 17

Number of votes per share: 1

Resolution  (No. as noted on proxy form)		Total Votes For*	%	Total Votes Against	%	Total Votes Cast	Votes withheld**
1.	Receipt of directors' and auditors' reports	162,730,824	99.12%	1,437,596	0.88%	164,168,420	185,243
2.	Reappointment of Mr Archie Bethel	162,377,944	99.00%	1,638,953	1.00%	164,016,897	336,216
3.	Reappointment of Kevin Thomas	162,376,859	99.00%	1,635,812	1.00%	164,012,671	340,992
4.	Reappointment of Lord Hesketh	159,388,886	97.10%	4,760,880	2.90%	164,149,766	203,347
5.	Approval of the Remuneration Report	162,288,777	99.09%	1,495,526	0.91%	163,784,303	569,360
6.	Reappointment of Auditors	161,955,890	99.61%	633,129	0.39%	162,589,019	1,764,644
7.	Authority for Directors to set Auditors' remuneration	163,376,920	99.61%	632,474	0.39%	164,009,394	344,269
8.	Approval of Amendment to rule A13 of the Company's Approved Employee Share Ownership Plan	162,481,421	98.99%	1,661,779	1.01%	164,143,200	210,463
9.	Authority for Directors to make political donations	161,463,737	98.38%	2,664,415	1.62%	164,128,152	225,511
10.	Authority for Directors to allot shares	162,089,532	99.64%	585,158	0.36%	162,674,690	1,678,973
11.	Disapplication of statutory pre-emption rights***	163,931,059	99.88%	205,054	0.12%	164,136,113	217,550
12.	Authority for the Company to make market purchases of its own shares***	164,110,491	99.97%	46,435	0.03%	164,156,926	196,737
13.	Approval of new articles of association***	162,510,378	99.97%	46,881	0.03%	162,557,259	1,795,854
14.	Reduced notice of general meeting other than an AGM***	161,248,327	98.41%	2,597,670	1.59%	163,845,997	507,666

Notes:

*      Includes discretionary votes.

**     A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.

***   Indicates Special Resolutions requiring a 75% majority.

Further information:

	Babcock's 2010 AGM	Babcock's 2009 AGM
Issued share capital	229,697,692	229,586,563
Total votes cast and votes withheld as a % of issued share capital	71.55%	71.19%

Valerie Teller

Group Deputy Company Secretary

8 July 2010

 

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