30 October 2012
UTILICO INVESTMENTS LIMITED
RESULTS OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Utilico Investments Limited (the "Company") held its 2012 Annual General Meeting of shareholders on Monday 29 October 2012.
All resolutions proposed at the meeting and as set out in the Notice of Meeting (a copy of which is available at http://www.utilico.co.uk/investor_relations/annual_interim_reports/
were passed on a show of hands.
Copies of the resolutions approved as special business at the AGM will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection shortly at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
The proxy voting figures received in advance of the meeting are shown below.
Resolution 1: To confirm the minutes of the last General Meeting
|
Number |
% votes cast |
Votes for/discretionary |
76,053,976 |
100.0 |
Votes against |
Nil |
Nil |
Total votes cast |
76,053,976 |
|
Votes withheld |
38,362 |
|
Resolution 2: To receive the accounts and the reports of the directors and auditors for the year ended 30 June 2012
|
Number |
% votes cast |
Votes for/discretionary |
76,091,485 |
100.0 |
Votes against |
Nil |
Nil |
Total votes cast |
76,091,485 |
|
Votes withheld |
853 |
|
Resolution 3: To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 30 June 2012
|
Number |
% votes cast |
Votes for/discretionary |
75,967,157 |
99.91 |
Votes against |
69,550 |
0.09 |
Total votes cast |
76,036,707 |
|
Votes withheld |
55,631 |
|
Resolution 4: To re-elect Mr E St C Stobart as a Director
|
Number |
% votes cast |
Votes for/discretionary |
64,428,082 |
84.68 |
Votes against |
11,656,790 |
15.32 |
Total votes cast |
76,084,872 |
|
Votes withheld |
7,466 |
|
Resolution 5: To re-elect Mr J M Collier as a Director
|
Number |
% votes cast |
Votes for/discretionary |
76,055,562 |
99.97 |
Votes against |
23,628 |
0.03 |
Total votes cast |
76,079,190 |
|
Votes withheld |
13,148 |
|
Resolution 6: To re-elect Ms S Hansen as a Director
|
Number |
% votes cast |
Votes for/discretionary |
76,076,599 |
99.99 |
Votes against |
8,273 |
0.01 |
Total votes cast |
76,084,872 |
|
Votes withheld |
7,466 |
|
Resolution 7: To appoint KPMG Audit Plc as auditor of the Company
|
Number |
% votes cast |
Votes for/discretionary |
76,090,025 |
100.0 |
Votes against |
1,178 |
0.0 |
Total votes cast |
76,091,203 |
|
Votes withheld |
1,135 |
|
Resolution 8: To authorise the directors to agree the remuneration of the auditor
|
Number |
% votes cast |
Votes for/discretionary |
76,072,614 |
99.99 |
Votes against |
5,111 |
0.01 |
Total votes cast |
76,077,725 |
|
Votes withheld |
8,396 |
|
Resolution 9: To renew the authority to make market purchases of the Company's shares
|
Number |
% votes cast |
Votes for/discretionary |
76,084,110 |
100.0 |
Votes against |
2,245 |
0.0 |
Total votes cast |
76,086,355 |
|
Votes withheld |
5,983 |
|
Resolution 10: To disapply the pre-emption rights in respect of 5% of the total number of shares in issue
|
Number |
% votes cast |
Votes for/discretionary |
75,992,655 |
99.96 |
Votes against |
31,253 |
0.04 |
Total votes cast |
76,023,908 |
|
Votes withheld |
68,430 |
|
For information, the Annual General Meeting of Utilico Finance Limited was also held on 29 October 2012 and all the resolutions put to that meeting were approved unanimously by the ordinary shareholders of that company. A copy of the resolution approved as special business at Utilico Finance Limited's AGM will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection shortly at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
Enquiries:
Amanda Marsh, for ICM Limited, Secretary
Telephone 01372 271486
30 October 2012
Ends