British Airways Plc - Result of General Meeting
British Airways Plc announces that both resolutions put to shareholders at its General Meeting held today were passed. Voting was by way of poll on both resolutions and the results are set out below.
Resolutions |
For |
% |
Against |
% |
Votes Withheld |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Allotment of Shares |
625,562,704 |
99.28% |
4,513,917 |
0.72% |
48,133,170 |
Disapplication of pre-emption rights |
621,304,712 |
98.66 |
8,439,716 |
1.34% |
48,466,102 |
A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for or against a resolution.
In accordance with paragraph 9.6.2 of the Listing Rules, two copies of the resolutions passed at the meeting will be 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
E14 5HS
These results can also be viewed at www.bashareholders.com.
Alan Buchanan
Company Secretary
6 August 2009