Result of AGM

RNS Number : 4791I

Caledonia Investments PLC

25 July 2012

 



Caledonia Investments plc: Result of Annual General Meeting

Caledonia Investments plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce that all of the resolutions proposed at its annual general meeting held on 25 July 2012 were duly passed.

The following table indicates the number of valid proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting for each of the resolutions. It should be noted that votes withheld do not constitute votes in law and therefore are not counted in the number of votes for or against any resolution.

Resolution		In favour		Against		Withheld	Total lodged
No		No.	%	No.	%	No.	No.
1	To receive and adopt the directors' report and the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2012	38,808,692	99.77	87,933	0.23	1,048,053	39,944,678
2	To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 March 2012	38,263,164	96.32	1,460,990	3.68	220,524	39,944,678
3	To declare a final dividend of 31.2p per ordinary share	39,943,434	100.00	1,230	0.00	14	39,944,678
4	To re-elect Mr W P Wyatt as a director	39,201,025	98.24	701,696	1.76	41,957	39,944,678
5	To re-elect Mr S A King as a director	39,408,790	98.67	531,782	1.33	4,106	39,944,678
6	To re-elect The Hon C W Cayzer as a director	39,136,681	98.21	712,112	1.79	95,885	39,944,678
7	To re-elect Mr J M B Cayzer-Colvin as a director	39,304,745	98.50	598,252	1.50	41,681	39,944,678
8	To re-elect Mr C M Allen-Jones as a director	38,161,750	98.07	749,690	1.93	1,033,238	39,944,678
9	To re-elect Mr M E T Davies as a director	36,849,561	94.79	2,024,028	5.21	1,071,089	39,944,678
10	To re-elect Mr R Goblet d'Alviella as a director	36,795,330	94.56	2,114,910	5.44	1,034,438	39,944,678
11	To re-elect Mr C H Gregson as a director	39,375,830	98.59	563,903	1.41	4,945	39,944,678
12	To elect Mr R D Kent as a director	39,319,451	98.44	621,682	1.56	3,545	39,944,678
13	To re-elect Mr D G F Thompson as a director	38,200,722	98.17	711,187	1.83	1,032,769	39,944,678
14	To elect Mr R B Woods as a director	39,400,626	98.67	533,007	1.33	11,045	39,944,678
15	To re-appoint KPMG Audit Plc as  auditor	39,935,183	99.98	8,519	0.02	976	39,944,678
16	To authorise the directors to agree the auditor's remuneration	39,943,561	100.00	417	0.00	700	39,944,678
17	To grant the Company authority to make market purchases of its own shares	39,413,465	98.67	531,497	1.33	364	39,945,326
18	To approve the waiver of the mandatory offer provisions set out in Rule 9 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers in relation to the Cayzer Concert Party*	10,857,251	75.87	3,452,439	24.13	101,736	14,411,426
19	To authorise the allotment of unissued shares	39,312,082	98.59	562,304	1.41	70,940	39,945,326
20	To authorise the allotment of shares on a non pre-emptive basis	39,399,943	98.64	543,646	1.36	1,737	39,945,326
21	To authorise the convening of general meetings (other than annual general meetings) on not less than 14 clear days' notice	39,320,411	98.44	624,267	1.56	0	39,944,678
22	To amend the articles of association	39,411,946	98.67	530,390	1.33	2,342	39,944,678

*The shareholders who are deemed to form the Cayzer Concert Party for the purposes of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers were not able to vote on this resolution.

Each of the resolutions was voted on by way of a show of hands, other than resolution 18 which was voted on by way of a poll. The numbers of votes cast at the meeting on resolution 18 were 10,859,388 in favour and 3,452,439 against. At the date of the annual general meeting there were 57,126,301 ordinary shares with voting rights in issue. No shares are held in treasury.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of resolutions 18, 21 and 22, being the resolutions passed at the annual general meeting other than those concerning ordinary business, have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available at: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.

Enquiries:

G P Denison,

Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

25 July 2012

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All of the resolutions proposed at the annual general meeting are also set out in the 2012 AGM circular available on Caledonia's website at www.caledonia.com .

Neither the contents of the Company's website nor the contents of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement.

 

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