26 October 2010
McBride plc Result of Annual General Meeting
Result of AGM
All of the resolutions proposed at McBride's Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on 25 October 2010 at 2.30 p.m. were duly approved by shareholders. Proxies were received in respect of 130.5m McBride shares, representing 72.08% of McBride's shares in issue (72.28% of the shares carrying voting rights).
For information, the proxy votes received prior to the meeting on each resolution, are as set out below:
|
Votes For |
% |
Votes Against |
% |
Votes Withheld |
% |
Votes Total |
01/01 |
130,480,262 |
99.98 |
3,480 |
0.00 |
18,501 |
0.02 |
130,502,243 |
01/02 |
127,257,945 |
97.51 |
379,309 |
0.29 |
2,864,989 |
2.20 |
130,502,243 |
01/03 |
130,493,469 |
99.99 |
8,243 |
0.01 |
531 |
0.00 |
130,502,243 |
01/04 |
128,162,312 |
98.21 |
2,330,100 |
1.78 |
9,831 |
0.01 |
130,502,243 |
01/05 |
130,175,690 |
99.75 |
310,805 |
0.24 |
15,748 |
0.01 |
130,502,243 |
01/06 |
129,818,098 |
99.48 |
674,400 |
0.52 |
9,745 |
0.00 |
130,502,243 |
01/07 |
129,985,339 |
99.60 |
505,345 |
0.39 |
11,559 |
0.01 |
130,502,243 |
01/08 |
130,052,787 |
99.66 |
432,697 |
0.33 |
16,759 |
0.01 |
130,502,243 |
01/09 |
130,057,669 |
99.66 |
427,580 |
0.33 |
16,994 |
0.01 |
130,502,243 |
01/10 |
129,866,287 |
99.51 |
606,391 |
0.46 |
29,565 |
0.03 |
130,502,243 |
01/11 |
129,805,696 |
99.47 |
679,227 |
0.52 |
16,790 |
0.01 |
130,501,713 |
01/12 |
125,525,770 |
96.19 |
4,944,746 |
3.79 |
31,197 |
0.02 |
130,501,713 |
01/13 |
127,436,192 |
97.65 |
2,511,452 |
1.92 |
539,193 |
0.43 |
130,486,837 |
01/14 |
130,374,932 |
99.90 |
96,391 |
0.07 |
30,390 |
0.03 |
130,501,713 |
01/15 |
130,406,985 |
99.93 |
75,148 |
0.06 |
20,110 |
0.01 |
130,502,243 |
01/16 |
126,272,542 |
96.76 |
4,217,907 |
3.23 |
11,794 |
0.01 |
130,500,243 |
Note - a vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in calculating votes for or against a resolution.
Number of shareholders - 3,555
Issued share capital - 181,040,301 ordinary shares of 10p each
Voting shares - 180,545,765 (excluding 494,536 treasury shares)
Number of votes per share - one
Number of proxies lodged - 672
In accordance with Listing Rules 9.6.3 R and 9.6.18 R, copies of the resolutions passed at the AGM have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do
The documents can also be obtained via the Company's registered office at Centre Point, 28th Floor, 103 New Oxford Street, London WC1A 1DD.
For further enquiries:
McBride plc +44 (0) 161 653 9037
Carole Barnet, Deputy Company Secretary