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9 September 2010
Assura Group Limited ("Assura" or the "Company")
AGM Announcement
Assura Group Limited announces that at its Annual General Meeting held earlier today at Milton Gate, 50 Chiswell Street, London, each of the resolutions submitted to the meeting (as set out in the Notice of the Meeting dated 28 June 2010) was proposed and passed by the appropriate majority on a show of hands.
The number of votes which were lodged by proxy for and against each of the resolutions proposed, and the number of votes withheld was as follows:-
Resolution |
For |
% For |
Against |
% Against |
Total Votes |
Votes Withheld |
1. Approval of Annual Report and Accounts |
148,738,789 |
100 |
0 |
0 |
148,738,789 |
0 |
2. Approval of Remuneration Report |
115,928,091 |
78.66 |
31,442,662 |
21.34 |
147,370,752 |
1,368,036 |
3. Re-appointment of Auditors |
148,042,628 |
100 |
0 |
0 |
148,042,628 |
696,161 |
4. Re-election of Rodney Baker-Bates |
134,787,285 |
91.10 |
13,164,556 |
8.90 |
147.951,841 |
786,948 |
5. Re-election of Peter Pichler |
148,734,502 |
100 |
0 |
0 |
148,734,502 |
4,287 |
6. Granting of authority to allot shares |
139,030,476 |
93.52 |
9,636,711 |
6.48 |
148,667,187 |
71,602 |
7. Granting authority to purchase own shares and to hold such shares in treasury |
148,730,083 |
100 |
1,419 |
0 |
148,731,502 |
7,287 |
In addition to the proxy votes received, shareholders representing 33.53% of the total issued share capital of the Company appointed Corporate Representatives to attend the AGM and these representatives voted in favour of all resolutions.
Resolutions 1 to 6 were ordinary resolutions. Resolution 7 was a special resolution. Votes 'For' include votes at the discretion of the Chairman.
Two copies of the resolutions passed at the meeting concerning special business have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanise ("NSM") and will shortly be available for inspection at the NSM's website http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
Conor Daly
Group Legal Director and Company Secretary
Assura Group Limited
Tel: 020 7107 3851
Head office and UK branch registered address:
3300 Daresbury Business Park
Warrington
Cheshire
WA4 4HS
Registered at Companies House. Company number: FC 28394.
Branch registration number: BR010010
Registered in Guernsey. Registered number: 41230.
Registered Office: Isabelle Chambers, Route Isabelle, St Peter Port, Guernsey
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Assura Group Conor Daly |
Tel: 020 7107 3851 |
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Financial Dynamics Ben Brewerton |
Tel: 020 7831 3113 |