Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0631R

Filtrona plc

23 April 2009

 

Filtrona plc

Results of the Annual General Meeting

Filtrona plc (the ‘Company’) held its 2009 Annual General Meeting of its shareholders today, Thursday 23 April 2009 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 2008 and the Report of the Auditor thereon
	Votes for/discretionary	144,897,397	99.99%
	Votes against	15,235	0.01%
	Total votes cast	144,912,632	100%
	Votes withheld	2,063,126
	Poll	No

 

2	To receive and adopt the Report of the Remuneration Committee for the year ended 31 December 2008
	Votes for/discretionary	140,167,018	96.74%
	Votes against	4,721,542	3.26%
	Total votes cast	144,888,560	100%
	Votes withheld	2,087,198
	Poll	No

 

3	To declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2008 of 5.08p per ordinary share
	Votes for/discretionary	146,962,016	99.99%
	Votes against	13,132	0.01%
	Total votes cast	146,975,148	100%
	Votes withheld	610
	Poll	No

 

4	To re-elect Steve Crummett as a Director
	Votes for/discretionary	146,744,400	99.85%
	Votes against	226,910	0.15%
	Total votes cast	146,971,310	100%
	Votes withheld	4,448
	Poll	No

 

5	To re-elect Jeff Harris as a Director
	Votes for/discretionary	146,747,250	99.85%
	Votes against	224,287	0.15%
	Total votes cast	146,971,537	100%
	Votes withheld	4,221
	Poll	No

 

6	To re-appoint KPMG Audit Plc as auditor and to authorise the Directors to fix the auditors’ remuneration
	Votes for/discretionary	145,718,105	99.52%
	Votes against	701,900	0.48%
	Total votes cast	146,420,005	100%
	Votes withheld	555,753
	Poll	No

 

 

 

 

7	To allot relevant securities
	Votes for/discretionary	141,004,121	95.95%
	Votes against	5,958,848	4.05%
	Total votes cast	146,962,969	100%
	Votes withheld	12,789
	Poll	No

 

8	To disapply pre-emption rights
	Votes for/discretionary	146,695,806	99.82%
	Votes against	263,273	0.18%
	Total votes cast	146,959,079	100%
	Votes withheld	16,679
	Poll	No

 

9	Purchase of own shares
	Votes for/discretionary	146,913,344	99.97%
	Votes against	45,264	0.03%
	Total votes cast	146,958,608	100%
	Votes withheld	17,150
	Poll	No
10	Notice of General Meetings
	Votes for/discretionary	142,478,682	96.94%
	Votes against	4,492,315	3.06%
	Total votes cast	146,970,997	100%
	Votes withheld	4,761
	Poll	No

Number of shareholders at meeting date:      3,775

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 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 –           Victoria Ward

            Telephone: [phone]

            E-mail: [e-mail]

                       

Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification

 

                                                                                          Jon Green, Company Secretary

 

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