Result of AGM

RNS Number : 7592P
Shanks Group PLC
22 July 2010
 



Shanks Group plc 

Result of AGM held on 22 July 2010

At the Annual General Meeting of Shanks Group plc held today each of the fifteen resolutions as set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 14 June 2010, were duly passed by shareholders on a show of hands.

Copies of the Special Resolutions passed at the meeting have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at The Financial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London EC14 5HS.

Based on 396,791,273 shares in issue the proxy votes received by the Company prior to the meeting were as follows:

  

 


 

In Favour

 

Discretion

 

Against

 

Withheld

 

 

 

 

Resolution

 

Votes

 

 %

 

Votes

 

 %

 

Votes

 

 %

 

Votes

1

 

Annual Report

221,527,137

99.49

346,945

0.16

778,661

0.35

1,100

2

 

Remuneration Report

195,122,753

97.06

358,514

0.18

5,544,146

2.76

21,623,430

3

 

To declare a dividend

222,279,810

99.83

346,404

0.16

26,743

0.01

886

4

 

To re-elect Adrian Auer

218,762,706

98.29

365,446

0.17

3,437,950

1.54

87,741

5

 

To re-elect Eric van Amerongen

218,082,823

97.99

372,941

0.16

4,108,505

1.85

89,574

6

 

To re-elect Peter Johnson

219,045,749

98.43

372,941

0.17

3,124,178

1.40

110,975

7

 

To re-elect Stephen Riley

219,075,990

98.43

374,099

0.17

3,121,830

1.40

81,924

8

 

To re-appoint the Auditors

220,281,937

98.97

376,612

0.17

1,910,381

0.86

84,913

9

 

Auditors' remuneration

219,799,049

98.73

355,814

0.16

2,479,473

1.11

19,507

10

 

Political donations authority

218,909,231

98.46

350,604

0.16

3,069,244

1.38

317,264

11

 

Directors' authority to allot shares

213,136,586

96.81

347,448

0.16

6,677,162

3.03

2,492,647

12*

 

To disapply pre-emption rights

221,061,435

99.61

369,609

0.17

498,664

0.22

724,135

13*

 

Directors' authority to purchase shares

219,570,330

98.63

366,076

0.16

2,684,961

1.21

32,476

14*

 

To call general meetings on  14 days notice

217,614,288

97.75

363,309

0.16

4,647,260

2.09

28,986

15*

 

To adopt New Articles

221,390,544

99.77

372,256

0.17

131,455

0.06

759,588

 * Special Resolution  

Percentage of votes cast excludes withheld votes.

Discretionary votes were cast in favour of the resolutions.

 

 

Philip Griffin-Smith

Company Secretary

22 July 2010

 


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