AGM Statement

RNS Number : 4967S

Evolution Group PLC

19 May 2009

 



The Evolution Group Plc (the "Company")

19 May 2009

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING VOTING RESULTS

The Evolution Group PLC announces that at the Annual General Meeting held today, all proposed resolutions were approved by attending shareholders on a show of hands. For information, the following proxy votes were received prior to the meeting:

Resolution                                                            Votes              % of Votes   Votes            Votes

                                                                               For                  For                 Against         Witheld

• Report & Accounts                                   149,731,483    99.93              101,697         880    

• Remuneration Report                               109,809,856    77.45              31,967,444    8,056,760

• Dividend of 1.27p per share                    148,481,772    99.73              408,888         943,400

• Elect Mr Andrew Westenberger            149,622,428    99.86              208,210         3,422    

• Re-elect Mr Alex Snow                             149,704,330    99.92             126,850          2,880

• Re-elect Mr Andrew Umbers                  149,702,906    99.92             124,530          6,624

• Re-elect Mr Nicholas Irens                      149,592,085    99.94              93,082           148,893

• Re-elect Mr Mark Nicholls                       149,593,982    99.94              91,074           149,004

• Re-appoint auditors                                  148,389,652    99.67              497,264         947,144

• Auditors remuneration                              149,705,335    99.92             122,089          6,636

• Authority to allot                                        149,190,665    99.88              176,787         466,608

• Disapply pre-emption                               149,701,300    99.91              129,467         3,293

• Authority to buy back shares                  149,737,001    99.94              95,639           1,420

Notes:

1.Any proxy appointments giving discretion are included in the "For" total.

2. A "vote witheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for or against a resolution

In accordance with LR 9.6.2 two copies of the resolutions 11 to 13 passed at the meeting have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the Financial Services Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:  

Financial Services Authority

25 The North Colonnade

Canary Wharf

LONDON

E14 5HS

Tel: [phone]

For more information please contact:

The Evolution Group Plc

Tony Lee, Group Company Secretary                                 Tel: [phone]

 

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