Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5949U

Cookson Group PLC

15 May 2008

 

15 May 2008

Cookson Group plc - Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Cookson Group plc confirms that each of the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting to Shareholders dated 10 April 2008 were passed by Shareholders at today's AGM, including the following resolutions passed as special business:

Resolution 14 - Authority for the Company to amend the Articles of Association with effect from the close of the AGM

Resolution 15 - Authority for the Company to further amend the Articles of Association with effect from 1 October 2008 to take account of certain provisions of the Companies Act 2006 relating to conflicts of interest.

Two copies of each of the resolutions passed as special business at the Annual General Meeting have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority in accordance with paragraph 9.6.2 of the Listing Rules and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility at: 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London EH14 5HS.

The resolutions were passed at the AGM on a show of hands. Details of the proxy votes received in advance of the meeting are as follows: 

	For		Against		Withheld
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Receipt of Annual Report & Accounts	157,084,074	99.96	62,946	0.03	12,145	0.01
Approval of Final Dividend	157,097,197	100.00	2,540	0.00	59,428	0.03
Approval of Directors' Remuneration Report	154,304,866	99.71	446,464	0.21	2,407,835	1.13
Re-election of J P Oosterveld	153,222,048	97.50	3,929,475	1.85	7,642	0.00
Re-election of B W Perry	156,197,521	99.39	954,368	0.45	7,276	0.00
Re-election of J G Sussens	156,191,534	99.39	960,335	0.45	7,296	0.00
Re-election of N R Salmon	155,123,370	98.71	2,030,765	0.96	5,030	0.00
Re-appointment of Auditor	156,973,722	99.88	181,623	0.09	3,820	0.00
Authorisation of Auditors' Remuneration	157,030,703	99.92	119,064	0.06	9,398	0.00
Authority to allot shares	156,924,324	99.85	228,305	0.11	6,536	0.00
Authority to disapply pre-emption rights	156,916,487	99.85	231,801	0.11	10,877	0.01
Authority to purchase own shares	157,147,884	100.00	6,184	0.00	5,097	0.00
Authority to incur political expenditure	154,174,870	98.15	2,911,871	1.37	72,424	0.03
Alteration of Articles - with immediate effect	152,499,650	97.42	4,046,297	1.90	613,218	0.29
Alteration of Articles - with effect from 1 October 2008	155,202,666	99.86	212,152	0.10	1,744,347	0.82

Notes

1.      Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been 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 the votes 'for' and 'against' a resolution. 

3.      Issued share capital as at 15 May 2008 is 212,596,550 Ordinary Shares. 

4.      All percentages are shown to two decimal places.

Details of the proxy votes received will also shortly be available to view on the Company's website at: www.cooksongroup.co.uk.

Cookson Group plc

165 Fleet Street

London EC4A 2AE

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