Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8716L

Cookson Group PLC

13 May 2010

 



13 May 2010

Cookson Group plc - Result of Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Cookson Group plc ("the Company") confirms that each of the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting to Shareholders dated 1 April 2010 were passed by Shareholders at today's AGM, including the following resolution concerning special business:

Resolution 12 - Authority for the Company to call a general meeting on 14 clear days' notice

Two copies of the above mentioned special resolution have been submitted to the UKLA in accordance with paragraph 9.6.2R 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. Copies of the above mentioned resolution are also available from the Group Secretary, Cookson Group plc, 165 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2AE, England.

As announced on 23 March 2010, Bob Beeston retired at the close of today's AGM and was succeeded by Jeff Harris as the Company's Chairman.

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	178,989,070	99.84	287,696	0.10	2,824,284	1.02
Approval of Directors' Remuneration Report	92,330,623	50.98	88,793,374	32.12	977,052	0.35
Election of P J Hill CBE	181,058,786	99.50	910,232	0.33	132,032	0.05
Election of F C Wanecq	181,524,221	99.86	254,886	0.09	321,943	0.12
Election of J F Harris	180,741,921	99.33	1,227,138	0.44	131,991	0.05
Re-appointment of Auditor	178,675,831	99.52	865,258	0.31	2,559,960	0.93
Authorisation of Auditors' Remuneration	180,852,513	99.38	1,120,878	0.41	127,659	0.05
Authority to allot shares	174,971,536	96.93	5,541,559	2.00	1,587,955	0.57
Authority to disapply pre-emption rights	181,944,709	99.99	24,011	0.01	132,330	0.05
Authority to purchase own shares	181,950,193	99.99	24,173	0.01	126,684	0.05
Authority to incur political expenditure	181,248,075	99.61	710,425	0.26	142,550	0.05
Authority to call a general meeting on 14 clear days' notice	176,890,813	97.36	4,790,074	1.73	420,163	0.15

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 13 May 2010 is 276,422,949 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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Web:   www.cooksongroup.co.uk

 

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