The Annual General Meeting of The Weir Group PLC was held on Wednesday 9 May 2012 at 2.30 pm. All resolutions were passed on a poll via electronic voting. Resolutions 1 to 14 being passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 15 to 17 being passed as special resolutions.
No. | Resolution | Votes for the resolution | % | Votes against the resolution | % | VOTES TOTAL | Votes withheld | % of ISC Voted |
1 | To approve and adopt the directors report and financial statements for the 52 weeks ended 30 December 2011 | 139,362,296 | 99.92 | 115,290 | 0.08 | 139,477,586 | 111,163 | 65.64% |
2 | To declare a dividend | 139,474,535 | 100.00 | 4,150 | 0.00 | 139,478,685 | 110,653 | 65.64% |
3 | To approve the remuneration report for the 52 weeks ended 30 December 2011 | 129,832,914 | 96.23 | 5,090,099 | 3.77 | 134,923,013 | 4,662,216 | 63.49% |
4 | To elect Alan Ferguson as a director | 139,138,759 | 99.77 | 324,624 | 0.23 | 139,463,383 | 125,848 | 65.63% |
5 | To elect Melanie Gee as a director | 139,073,164 | 96.74 | 366,165 | 0.26 | 139,439,329 | 127,109 | 65.62% |
6 | To re-elect Lord Smith as a director | 131,773,285 | 95.93 | 5,588,933 | 4.07 | 137,362,218 | 2,211,219 | 64.64% |
7 | To re-elect Keith Cochrane as a director | 132,558,900 | 95.05 | 6,906,394 | 4.95 | 139,465,294 | 118,144 | 65.63% |
8 | To re-elect Richard Menell as a director | 139,115,024 | 99.75 | 344,036 | 0.25 | 139,459,060 | 124,271 | 65.63% |
9 | To re-elect John Mogford as a director | 139,113,176 | 99.75 | 353,180 | 0.25 | 139,466,356 | 119,557 | 65.63% |
10 | To re-elect Lord Robertson as a director | 136,759,742 | 99.56 | 604,563 | 0.44 | 137,364,305 | 2,225,132 | 64.64% |
11 | To re-elect Jon Stanton as a director | 139,048,579 | 99.70 | 421,624 | 0.30 | 139,470,203 | 119,235 | 65.63% |
12 | To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors | 132,215,474 | 94.81 | 7,234,942 | 5.19 | 139,450,416 | 120,772 | 65.62% |
13 | To authorise the directors to fix the remuneration of the auditors | 132,335,157 | 94.89 | 7,127,532 | 5.11 | 139,462,682 | 120,749 | 65.63% |
14 | To renew the directors' general authority to allot relevant securities | 118,473,374 | 86.18 | 18,997,709 | 13.82 | 137,471,083 | 2,111,355 | 64.69% |
15 | To disapply, within certain limits, the statutory pre-emption rights arising on the allotment of shares | 137,144,338 | 99.89 | 149,873 | 0.11 | 137,294,211 | 2,278,177 | 64.61% |
16 | To renew the Company's power to purchase its own shares | 136,977,673 | 99.72 | 382,042 | 0.28 | 137,359,715 | 2,222,722 | 64.64% |
17 | To reduce the notice period for general meetings | 129,987,743 | 93.21 | 9,471,697 | 6.79 | 139,459,440 | 128,998 | 65.63% |
Any proxy appointments which give discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total.
At close of business on 8 May 2012 there were 212,503,081 relevant shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
A copy of the Resolutions passed has been submitted and will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism which is located at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do