Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8226K

Shanks Group PLC

21 July 2011

 



Shanks Group plc

Results of the 21 July 2011 Annual General Meeting

Shanks Group plc held its annual general meeting for shareholders at 11am today.  All 17 resolutions set out in the Company's Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 16 June 2011 were voted on by poll and were approved by shareholders. The results of the poll for each resolution are as follows;

Resolution	Votes  For		Votes Against		Votes Withheld	Total votes cast (ex Votes Withheld)
	No. of shares	% of shares voted	No. of shares	% of shares voted	No. of shares	No. of shares	% of Issued Share Capital
1. To receive the 2011 report and accounts	251,285,792	99.99	26,948	0.01	64,548	251,312,740	63.33%
2. To approve Remuneration Report	233,923,100	93.10	17,326,902	6.90	127,285	251,250,002	63.31%
3. To declare a dividend	251,296,347	99.99	19,941	0.01	61,000	251,316,288	63.33%
4. To re-elect Adrian Auer	247,908,158	98.65	3,386,565	1.35	82,565	251,294,723	63.32%
5. To re-elect Eric van Amerongen	246,849,667	98.39	4,051,596	1.61	476,024	250,901,263	63.22%
6. To re-elect Peter Johnson	247,935,370	98.66	3,358,953	1.34	82,965	251,294,323	63.32%
7. To re-elect Stephen Riley	230,526,368	91.88	20,374,454	8.12	476,465	250,900,822	63.22%
8. To elect Jacques Petry	247,936,249	98.67	3,353,465	1.33	87,574	251,289,714	63.32%
9. To re-elect Tom Drury	247,981,285	98.69	3,303,505	1.31	92,498	251,284,790	63.32%
10. To reappoint the auditors	247,756,775	98.77	3,080,707	1.23	549,805	250,837,482	63.21%
11. To determine the auditors' remuneration	249,724,650	99.37	1,575,097	0.63	87,541	251,299,747	63.32%
12. To authorise political donations/expenditure	249,091,397	99.24	1,909,854	0.76	384,737	251,001,251	63.25%
13. To authorise the company to allot ordinary shares	243,575,907	97.98	5,029,385	2.02	2,781,996	248,605,292	62.65%
14*. To disapply pre-emption rights	248,640,310	98.95	2,645,075	1.05	101,903	251,285,385	63.32%
15*. To authorise the company to purchase its own shares	246,345,676	98.17	4,580,983	1.83	460,628	250,926,659	63.23%
16*. To approve calling general meetings on 14 days' notice	244,575,166	97.32	6,741,668	2.68	70,454	251,316,834	63.33%
17. To approve the new Long-Term Incentive Plan	244,513,159	98.83	2,889,390	1.17	3,984,738	247,402,549	62.34%

*Special resolution

The poll results will be available shortly on the Company's website www.shanksplc.com

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of the resolutions passed (other than those concerning ordinary business) will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do 

Philip Griffin-Smith

Company Secretary

21 July 2011

 

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