AGM Results

RNS Number : 4424S
Assura Group Limited
09 September 2010
 



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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

 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

 

 

Ends

 

Enquiries:

 

Assura Group

Conor Daly

Tel: 020 7107 3851



Financial Dynamics

Ben Brewerton

Tel: 020 7831 3113

 


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