Result of AGM
Weir Group PLC
09 May 2007
THE WEIR GROUP PLC
9 May 2007
Voting Results
The Annual General Meeting of The Weir Group PLC was held on Wednesday 9 May
2007 at 11 am. All resolutions were passed on a poll via electronic voting.
Resolutions 1-10 being passed as ordinary resolutions with resolutions 11-14
being passed as special resolutions.
No. Resolution No. of votes Percentage No. of votes Percentage No. of
for the of votes against the of votes votes
resolution received resolution received withheld
1 To receive and 127,887,063 99.88 151,750 0.12 5,057
adopt the
financial
statements for
the 52 weeks
ended 29 December
2006, and the
reports of the
directors and
auditors thereon
2 To declare a 128,043,449 100.00 1,200 0.00 300
dividend
3 To approve the 123,292,482 96.44 4,547,716 3.56 204,749
Remuneration
Committee
Report as set
out in the
annual report
for the 52
weeks ended 29
December 2006
4 To elect Keith 127,809,540 99.84 204,001 0.16 28,908
Cochrane as a
director
5 To re-elect 127,811,700 99.84 207,008 0.16 26,162
Sir Robert
Smith as a
director
6 To re-elect 127,835,602 99.86 184,226 0.14 21,668
Alan
Mitchelson as
a director
7 To re-elect 127,058,516 99.69 394,815 0.31 592,618
Prof. Ian
Percy as a
director
8 To re-appoint 127,861,463 99.88 150,742 0.12 29,291
Ernst & Young
LLP as
auditors
9 To authorise 127,870,569 99.88 151,131 0.12 12,463
the directors
to fix the
remuneration
of the
auditors
10 To renew the 127,893,324 99.91 118,700 0.09 33,925
directors'
general
authority to
allot relevant
securities
11 To disapply, 127,803,193 99.88 147,481 0.12 95,275
within certain
limits, the
statutory
pre-emption
rights arising
on the
allotment of
shares
12 To renew the 127,900,666 99.92 103,275 0.08 40,929
Company's
power to
purchase its
own shares
13 To allow the 127,682,852 99.81 237,794 0.19 124,224
Company to
default to
electronic
communications
and approve
the subsequent
amendment to
the Articles
of Association
14 To amend the 127,751,450 99.86 182,691 0.14 111,808
Articles of
Association
a) Any proxy appointments which give discretion to the Chairman have been
included in the 'for' total.
b) At close of business on 8 May 2007 there were 208,255,936 relevant
shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
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