Result of AGM

RNS Number : 1785W

RIT Capital Partners PLC

23 July 2009

 



RIT Capital Partners plc

23 July 2009

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting of RIT Capital Partners plc was held on Thursday 23 July 2009

All resolutions as set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 3 June 2009 were passed, and prints of the items of special resolutions passed will shortly 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

Tel. No. 020 7676 1000

The proxy votes cast on each resolution were as follows:

	FOR/		VOTES
RESOLUTION	DISCRETIONARY	AGAINST	WITHHELD
ORDINARY BUSINESS:
1. Approval of the Directors' Report and Accounts
for the year ended 31 March 2009	58,987,533	4,883,274	223,187
2. Approval of the Directors' Remuneration Report
for the year ended 31 March 2009	60,574,272	1,435,267	2,084,455
3. Approval of final dividend of 7.5p per ordinary share	63,844,891	232,112	15,982
4. Re-election of Charles Bailey as a Director	61,446,358	774,085	1,873,552
5. Re-election of Sandra Robertson as a Director	64,017,986	35,182	40,826
6. Re-election of Ian Wace as a Director	63,971,772	80,744	41,478
7. Re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP as auditors	64,014,541	50,506	28,948
SPECIAL BUSINESS
8. To renew the power to allot equity securities	63,196,735	629,585	267,674
9. To renew the power to allot equity securities for
cash outside the pre-emption provisions of the
Articles of Association	57,737,026	6,113,011	243,957
10. To renew the authority to repurchase up to
14.99 per cent. of the Company's issued share
capital	64,009,599	66,990	17,405
11. To adopt new Articles of Association	64,003,892	49,087	41,015
12. To change the notice period for general meetings
meetings other than annual general meetings to
14 days.	63,469,973	584,074	39,974

Resolutions 1 to 8 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 9 to 12 were passed as special resolutions.

 

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