Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5480V

Evolution Group PLC

29 May 2008

 



The Evolution Group Plc (the "Company")

29 May 2008

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                                88,129,788    99.50              445,726       2,893,914    

• Remuneration Report                            83,603,101    96.46            3,069,770      4,796,557

• Dividend of 1.25p per share                 88,577,991    99.99                      654      2,890,783

• Elect Mr Peter Gibbs                              88,491,477    99.90                 86,332      2,891,619

• Re-elect Mr Martin Gray                       88,492,085    99.90                 86,160      2,891,183

• Re-elect Lord MacLaurin                      87,205,405    98.45             1,372,404     2,891,619    

• Re-appoint auditors                               87,136,197    99.40                527,988     3,805,243

• Auditors remuneration                           88,391,653    99.79               185,609      2,892,166

• Authority to allot                                     88,529,031     99.95                 45,815     2,894,580

• Disapply pre-emption                            88,567,923     99.99                   7,317     2,894,188

• Authority to buy back shares               88,840,306     99.99                   7,375     2,891,747

• New Articles of Association                 88,390,959     99.79                184,772    2,893,697 

Notes:

1.Any proxy appointments giving discretion to the Chairman 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 9.6.28 two copies of the resolutions 9 to 12 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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