Results of Annual General Meeting

RNS Number : 8552H

Guinness Peat Group PLC

22 May 2014

 



GUINNESS PEAT GROUP plc

("GPG" or the "Company")

Announcement

Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

GPG announces that at the AGM, held in London, United Kingdom on 22 May 2014, all of the resolutions put to the meeting were duly passed by way of show of hands by the requisite majority.

The following table shows the proxy 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 2013	784,811,706	99.10	7,146,100	0.90	56.28	620,973
2	Approval of Remuneration Report	781,305,413	98.83	9,284,992	1.17	56.18	1,988,374
3	Approval of Remuneration Policy	749,188,151	94.78	41,268,185	5.22	56.17	2,122,443
4	Re-election of Blake Nixon	662,946,214	83.72	128,933,729	16.28	56.27	698,836
5	Re-election of Sir Ron Brierley	534,132,604	67.44	257,850,502	32.56	56.28	599,743
6	Election of Mike Clasper CBE	784,032,191	99.03	7,677,611	0.97	56.26	873,047
7	Election of Ruth Anderson	780,595,399	98.70	10,263,218	1.30	56.20	1,724,232
8	Re-appointment of Auditor	791,750,943	99.98	149,384	0.02	56.27	682,522
9	Approval of remuneration of Auditor	791,772,960	99.97	267,633	0.03	56.28	542,256
10	Authority to allot share capital	727,436,256	94.27	44,212,316	5.73	54.83	20,103,761
11	Authority to disapply pre-emption rights	764,142,112	98.82	9,162,768	1.18	54.95	19,278,063
12	Authority to purchase own shares	784,318,449	99.06	7,450,365	0.94	56.26	814,129
13	Authority to call general meetings on 14 clear days' notice	731,149,730	92.43	59,914,622	7.57	56.21	1,518,497
14	Approval of Long Term Incentive Plan	740,263,384	94.68	41,622,083	5.32	55.56	10,697,382
15	Approval of Deferred Annual Bonus Plan	765,870,752	97.94	16,109,926	2.06	55.57	10,602,171
16	Approval of Share Incentive Plan	766,539,480	98.02	15,451,657	1.98	55.57	10,591,712

Notes:

·        Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" column.

·        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 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 20 May 2014 was 1,407,233,327.

Audio Recording

An audio recording of the AGM has been made and will be available on the Company's website at www.gpgplc.com later today.

Chris Healy

Company Secretary

Guinness Peat Group plc

[phone]

22 May 2014

Enquiry details are:

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

UK media:                                                      Kevin Smith on:                 [phone]

                                                                       Charles Ryland on:             [phone]

 

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