Result of AGM
Tate & Lyle PLC
28 July 2005 - Tate & Lyle PLC
Result of AGM
Tate & Lyle PLC (the 'Company') is pleased to announce that at its Annual
General Meeting ('AGM') on 28 July 2005 all resolutions were passed on a show of
hands. The number of proxy votes lodged for each resolution prior to the meeting
was as follows:
Total For (1) Total Against Votes withheld
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Resolution No. of % of No. of votes % of No. of
votes vote vote votes
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1. Report and Accounts 247,842,444 99.9% 182,118 0.1% 13,161,499
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2. Remuneration Report 251,152,303 98.2% 4,526,379 1.8% 5,507,379
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3. Approve final dividend 261,103,292 100% 14,526 0% 68,243
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4. Re-elect S Gifford 260,733,740 99.9% 187,702 0.1% 264,619
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5. Re-elect Sir D. Lees 258,457,147 99.9% 201,587 0.1% 2,527,327
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6. Re-elect K Nargolwala 260,892,109 99.9% 179,049 0.1% 114,903
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7. Re-elect Dr B Zoumas 260,886,662 99.9% 188,264 0.1% 111,135
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8. Re-appoint auditors 261,003,335 100% 115,271 0% 67,455
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Approve auditors'
9. remuneration 261,010,734 100% 98,867 0% 76,460
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Amend Performance Share
10. Plan 256,685,284 98.4% 4,054,516 1.6% 446,261
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Approve Deferred Bonus
11. Share Plan 250,496,409 96.3% 9,731,709 3.7% 957,943
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Authority to purchase own
12. shares 260,872,155 99.9% 235,408 0.1% 78,498
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13. Authority to allot shares 258,259,140 98.9% 2,760,705 1.1% 166,216
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Dis-application of
14. pre-emption rights 259,661,104 99.5% 1,299,046 0.5% 225,911
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(1) Includes discretionary votes
As announced on 2 June 2005, Allen Yurko retired as a Director of the Company at
the conclusion of the AGM. Following Allen Yurko's retirement, the Board of Tate
& Lyle has appointed Evert Henkes as Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.
Certified copies of the resolutions passed as special business at the Annual
General Meeting will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing
Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at: Financial Services
Authority,
25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS.
Robert Gibber
Company Secretary
28 July 2005