Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0173E

Guinness Peat Group PLC

24 May 2012

 



GUINNESS PEAT GROUP PLC

("GPG" or the "Company")

Announcement

Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

GPG announces that at the AGM which was held in Auckland, New Zealand on 24 May 2012, all of the resolutions put to the meeting were duly passed on a poll by the requisite majority.

The following table shows the votes cast on each resolution:

Resolution		Total Votes		Total Votes		Total Votes cast	Votes
		For		Against		as % of Issued	Withheld
						Share Capital
			%		%	%
1	Receipt of Annual Report 2011	890,548,260	99.20%	7,145,963	0.80%	55.52%	3,160,598
2	Approval of Remuneration Report	505,989,881	56.51%	389,469,036	43.49%	55.52%	5,429,232
3	Re-election of Sir Ron Brierley	456,521,630	50.75%	442,995,788	49.25%	55.52%	1,455,011
4	Election of Scott Malcolm	890,940,698	99.04%	8,652,615	0.96%	55.52%	1,379,116
5	Re-appointment of Auditor	889,718,883	99.12%	7,922,490	0.88%	55.52%	3,324,026
6	Approval of remuneration of Auditor	889,850,917	99.13%	7,766,075	0.87%	55.52%	3,348,407
7	Authority to allot relevant securities	875,482,745	98.62%	12,256,436	1.38%	55.53%	13,294,227
8	Authority to offer Scrip dividend alternative	871,319,322	96.99%	27,057,884	3.01%	55.53%	2,658,011
9	Authority to disapply pre-emption provisions **	874,335,789	98.64%	12,061,199	1.36%	55.53%	14,645,943
10	Authority to purchase own shares on market **	897,646,878	99.88%	1,086,265	0.12%	55.53%	2,296,011
11	Authority to call general meetings on 14 clear days' notice **	862,335,755	95.99%	36,028,922	4.01%	55.53%	2,678,254

Notes:

*        A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "for" or "against" the resolution.

**      Copies of the special business resolutions passed at the AGM are being submitted to the UK Listing Authority, and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, via the National Storage Mechanism which is located at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

Total Voting Rights

The total number of the Company's ordinary shares in issue and therefore the total number of voting rights as at the close of business (UK time) on 22 May 2012 was 1,622,676,844.

Chris Healy

Company Secretary

Guinness Peat Group plc

[phone]

24 May 2012

Enquiry details are:

New Zealand and Australian media:               Geoff Senescall on:              [phone]

UK media:                                                   Kevin Smith on:                    [phone]

 

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