Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2280E

Shanks Group PLC

14 July 2016

 

Shanks Group plc

Results of the 14 July 2016 Annual General Meeting

Shanks Group plc held its annual general meeting for shareholders at 11am today.  All 16 resolutions set out in the Company's Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 10 June 2016 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 2016 report and accounts	319,047,139	99.97	81,941	0.03	9,677	319,129,080	80.14%
2. To approve the Remuneration Report	300,065,259	94.04	19,002,556	5.96	69,956	319,067,815	80.13%
3. To declare a dividend	319,100,134	99.99	37,707	0.01	916	319,137,841	80.14%
4. To elect Colin Matthews	314,038,608	98.41	5,069,475	1.59	30,674	319,108,083	80.14%
5. To re-elect Eric van Amerongen	317,737,082	99.57	1,364,387	0.43	37,288	319,101,469	80.13%
6. To re-elect Jacques Petry	318,846,523	99.95	175,231	0.05	117,003	319,021,754	80.11%
7. To re-elect Stephen Riley	318,630,495	99.85	476,474	0.15	31,788	319,106,969	80.14%
8. To re-elect Marina Wyatt	315,675,735	98.92	3,440,517	1.08	22,505	319,116,252	80.14%
9. To re-elect Peter Dilnot	319,014,534	99.97	89,885	0.03	34,338	319,104,419	80.14%
10. To re-elect Toby Woolrych	319,011,619	99.97	87,900	0.03	39,238	319,099,519	80.13%
11. To reappoint the auditors	315,889,607	99.58	1,342,021	0.42	1,907,129	317,231,628	79.67%
12. To determine the auditors' remuneration	318,970,572	99.96	113,051	0.04	55,134	319,083,623	80.13%
13. To authorise political donations/expenditure	312,379,335	97.90	6,699,313	2.10	56,365	319,078,648	80.13%
14. To authorise the company to allot ordinary shares	309,597,523	99.16	2,619,177	0.84	6,920,857	312,216,700	78.41%
15*. To disapply pre-emption rights	312,696,636	99.91	277,610	0.09	6,164,511	312,974,246	78.60%
16*. To authorise the company to purchase its own shares	318,037,152	99.66	1,070,138	0.34	31,467	319,107,290	80.14%

*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.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM 

About Shanks Group plc ("Shanks")

Shanks is a leading international waste-to-product business.

The Group uses a range of cost-effective sustainable technologies to make valuable products from what is thrown away. We produce green energy, recovered fuel, recycled commodities and organic fertiliser.

Shanks meets the growing need from public and private sectors to manage waste sustainably without damaging the environment. Our solutions reduce greenhouse gas emissions, recycle natural resources and limit fossil fuel dependency.

Shanks operates in three divisions that reflect our markets: Hazardous, Commercial and Municipal. It has operations in the Netherlands, Belgium, UK and Canada and employs approximately 3,500 people.

For more information, visit: www.shanksplc.com

 

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