Result of AGM

RNS Number : 1249M

Evolution Group PLC

18 May 2010

 



The Evolution Group Plc (the "Company")

18 May 2010

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

                                                                         For                   Votes For         Against            Withheld

1.   Report & Accounts                                165,725,403     99.94                    101,433                   300      

2.   Remuneration Report                            135,843,523     85.02               23,932,458         6,051,155

3.   Dividend of 1.70p per share                 165,827,136     100                                  0                       0

4.   Elect Mr Christopher Chambers          160,596,229     96.85                 5,230,157                    750

5.   Elect Mr Roger Perkin                            165,657,696     99.90                  168,190                   1,250

6.   Re-elect Mr Martin Gray                       160,258,493     96.64               5,567,362                   1,281

7.   Re-elect Mr Alex Snow                          165,648,202     99.89                  178,184                      750

8.   Re-elect Mr Andrew Westenberger   165,657,649     99.90                  168,237                   1,250

9.   Re-elect Lord MacLaurin                       159,299,158     96.06               6,527,378                      600

10. Re-elect Peter Gibbs                              159,300,184     96.06               6,526,202                      750

11. Re-elect Mark Nicholls                           159,291,019     96.06               6,535,317                      800

12. Re-appoint auditors                                165,813,621     99.99                   12,960                       555

13. Auditors remuneration                            165,787,454     99.98                   29,927                    9,755

14. Authority to allot                                      165,805,685     99.99                  19,452                      1,999

15. Dis-apply pre-emption rights                 165,801,792     99.99                  14,854                    10,490

16. Authority to buy back shares                165,810,878     99.99                 15,518                          740

Notes:

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

2.      A "vote withheld" 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 14 to 16 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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