Result of AGM
Filtrona plc
24 April 2008
Filtrona plc
Results of the Annual General Meeting
Filtrona plc (the 'Company') held its 2008 Annual General Meeting of its
shareholders today, Thursday 24 April 2008 at 12 noon. The proxy voting
figures received are shown below.
No. Resolution
1 To receive and adopt the Report of the Directors, the Accounts for the year
ended 31 December 2007 and the Report of the Auditor thereon
Votes for/discretionary 144,307,965 99.85%
Votes against 212,325 0.15%
Total votes cast 144,520,290 100%
Votes withheld 2,630,296
Poll No
2 To receive and adopt the Report of the Remuneration Committee for the year
ended 31 December 2007
Votes for/discretionary 146,104,389 99.30%
Votes against 1,031,214 0.70%
Total votes cast 147,135,603 100%
Votes withheld 14,982
Poll No
3 To declare a final dividend of 5.08p per share for the year ended 31 December
2007
Votes for/discretionary 147,149,586 100%
Votes against 1,000 -
Total votes cast 147,150,586 100%
Votes withheld 0
Poll No
4 To re-elect Mark Harper as a Director of the Company
Votes for/discretionary 146,974,138 99.88%
Votes against 173,033 0.12%
Total votes cast 147,147,171 100%
Votes withheld 3,415
Poll No
5 To re-elect Paul Drechsler as a Director of the Company
Votes for/discretionary 146,971,216 99.88%
Votes against 175,886 0.12%
Total votes cast 147,147,102 100%
Votes withheld 3,484
Poll No
6 To elect Steve Crummett as a Director of the Company
Votes for/discretionary 146,982,526 99.89%
Votes against 160,610 0.11%
Total votes cast 147,143,136 100%
Votes withheld 7,450
Poll No
7 To elect Lars Emilson as a Director of the Company
Votes for/discretionary 146,223,393 99.87%
Votes against 186,257 0.13%
Total votes cast 146,409,650 100%
Votes withheld 740,935
Poll No
8 To re-appoint KPMG Audit Plc as auditors and to authorise the Directors to
fix their remuneration
Votes for/discretionary 146,279,262 99.54%
Votes against 680,647 0.46%
Total votes cast 146,959,909 100%
Votes withheld 190,677
Poll No
9 To authorise the Directors to allot relevant securities
Votes for/discretionary 146,402,099 99.50%
Votes against 739,198 0.50%
Total votes cast 147,141,297 100%
Votes withheld 9,289
Poll No
10 To authorise the Directors to modify pre-emption rights
Votes for/discretionary 147,114,302 99.98%
Votes against 23,190 0.02%
Total votes cast 147,137,492 100%
Votes withheld 13,094
Poll No
11 To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares
Votes for/discretionary 147,111,690 99.98%
Votes against 25,833 0.02%
Total votes cast 147,137,523 100%
Votes withheld 13,063
Poll No
12 To authorise the Company to adopt revised articles of association
Votes for/discretionary 146,165,889 99.34%
Votes against 973,871 0.66%
Total votes cast 147,139,760 100%
Votes withheld 10,825
Poll No
13 To authorise the Remuneration Committee of the Board to adopt a revised
performance condition policy for future Long-term incentive plan awards
Votes for/discretionary 145,305,219 99.53%
Votes against 686,462 0.47%
Total votes cast 145,991,681 100%
Votes withheld 1,158,905
Poll No
Number of shareholders at meeting date: 3,885
Issued share capital at meeting date: 219,326,796 ordinary shares of 25p each
Total number of voting rights 205,662,191
Number of votes per share: 1
All the Resolutions proposed at the Meeting as set out in the Notice of Meeting
(a copy of which is available on our website at www.filtrona.com) were passed
on a show of hands.
Two copies of the resolutions passed will be submitted to the UK Listing
Authority and will be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's
Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:
Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS
Name of contact and telephone
number for queries - Patricia Kendall
Telephone: 01908 359 100
E-mail: patriciakendall@filtrona.com
Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this
notification
Jon Green, Company Secretary
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