Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2881F

Bunzl PLC

20 April 2011

 



RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Bunzl plc confirms that all resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting held on 20 April 2011 were duly passed by shareholders on a poll.

A copy of the resolutions passed at today's Annual General Meeting which are required to be made available for inspection in accordance with LR 9.6.2 have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

The AGM voting results are as follows:-

Company name:                                                            Bunzl plc

Meeting date:                                                                20 April 2011

Number of cards (shareholders) at voting record date:        5,763

Issued share capital at voting record date:                        330,200,125 (excluding 23,325,000 shares held in treasury)

Number of votes per share:                                             1

Resolution (No. as noted on the Form of Proxy)		Votes For (including votes at Chairman's discretion)	% of shares voted	Votes Against	% of shares voted	Votes withheld
1.	Consideration of accounts	252,578,403	100.00	6,424	0.00	14,548
2.	Declaration of final dividend	252,598,185	100.00	461	0.00	729
3.	Re-appointment of Mr P G Rogerson as a director	251,689,844	99.64	907,243	0.36	2,288
4.	Re-appointment of Mr M J Roney as a director	246,816,200	97.71	5,780,887	2.29	2,288
5.	Re-appointment of Mr P L Larmon as a director	252,045,857	99.78	550,046	0.22	3,472
6.	Re-appointment of Mr B M May as a director	252,052,442	99.78	544,625	0.22	2,308
7.	Re-appointment of Dr U Wolters as a director	244,817,795	96.92	7,778,892	3.08	2,688
8.	Re-appointment of Mr P W Johnson as a director	244,815,452	96.92	7,781,635	3.08	2,288
9.	Re-appointment of Mr D J R Sleath as a director	244,810,796	96.92	7,785,107	3.08	3,472
10.	Re-appointment of Ms E Ulasewicz as a director	252,130,982	99.82	458,248	0.18	9,135
11.	Re-appointment and remuneration of auditors	248,562,844	99.71	716,412	0.29	3,319,378
12.	Approval of remuneration report	194,408,169	77.54	56,298,742	22.46	1,891,460
13.	Authority to allot shares	234,300,754	94.98	12,383,608	5.02	5,915,013
14.	Authority to allot shares for cash	252,463,104	99.96	111,506	0.04	24,765
15.	Authority for the Company to purchase its own shares	248,638,137	99.75	624,872	0.25	3,332,565
16.	Notice of general meetings	241,931,065	95.79	10,626,897	4.21	41,413
17.	Adoption of new US employee stock purchase plan	252,223,977	99.88	301,466	0.12	70,132
18.	Adoption of new savings-related share option plan	252,346,351	99.92	202,906	0.08	50,118

Resolutions 14, 15 and 16 were considered and passed as Special Resolutions.

Paul Hussey

Company Secretary

20 April 2011

 

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