AGM Statement

RNS Number : 7099P

Wincanton PLC

21 July 2010

 



For Immediate Release	21 July 2010

Wincanton plc ("Wincanton" or the "Company")

AGM Statement

The Company announces that at its Annual General Meeting held today, all of the resolutions, as set out in the Notice of Meeting, were duly passed on a poll. The votes were as follows:

Resolution (No. as noted on proxy form)	VOTES FOR	%	VOTES AGAINST	%	VOTES WITHHELD	VOTES TOTAL
1	74,262,326	99.99	7,521	0.01	4,759	74,274,606
2	52,711,277	82.28	11,352,691	17.72	10,209,794	74,273,762
3	73,802,320	99.37	465,747	0.63	5,541	74,273,608
4	70,160,532	94.32	4,225,212	5.68	51,678	74,437,422
5	73,927,911	99.59	302,293	0.41	42,302	74,272,506
6	70,224,292	94.61	4,001,817	5.39	48,497	74,274,606
7	73,238,738	99.84	118,117	0.16	917,750	74,274,605
8	74,153,975	99.87	95,924	0.13	24,707	74,274,606
9	73,031,006	98.50	1,115,775	1.50	123,788	74,270,569
10	64,143,993	98.98	662,688	1.02	9,467,387	74,274,068
11	73,918,399	99.63	273,403	0.37	83,304	74,275,106
12	74,138,278	99.85	111,776	0.15	24,552	74,274,606
13	74,158,117	99.93	50,966	0.07	64,408	74,273,491
14	73,092,229	98.44	1,161,928	1.56	20,778	74,274,935
15	73,960,373	99.72	204,266	0.28	110,467	74,275,106
16	73,834,884	99.61	289,840	0.39	148,433	74,273,157
17	73,994,872	99.70	224,034	0.30	55,700	74,274,606

Approximately 61% of the Company's 121,383,977 shares in issue as at the date of the meeting were voted on.

A total of 1,813 valid proxy cards were received. This represents approximately 13% of the total number of shareholders as at the date of the meeting.

Please note that each share carries one vote and that a 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and will not be counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for and against the resolution.

Copies of the Resolutions will shortly be available to the public for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:

UKLA Document Viewing Facility,

25 The North Colonnade,

Canary Wharf,

London,

E14 5HS.

Stephen Williams

Company Secretary

21 July 2010

 

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