QINETIQ GROUP PLC
26 July 2012
QINETIQ GROUP PLC - Results of Annual General Meeting held on 26 July 2012
Results of Poll - All resolutions were passed with the requisite majorities.
|
|
VOTES FOR |
% |
VOTES AGAINST |
% |
TOTAL VOTES VALIDLY CAST |
% OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL VOTED |
VOTES WITHHELD |
1 |
To receive the Report and Accounts |
505,707,073 |
99.85 |
767,815 |
0.15 |
506,474,888 |
76.68 |
95,229 |
2 |
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report |
421,213,251 |
86.06 |
68,220,246 |
13.94 |
489,433,497 |
74.10 |
17,162,005 |
3 |
To declare a final dividend |
506,460,716 |
99.99 |
64,064 |
0.01 |
506,524,780 |
76.69 |
60,653 |
4 |
To re-elect Colin Balmer |
503,395,283 |
99.41 |
2,979,652 |
0.59 |
506,374,935 |
76.67 |
175,224 |
5 |
To re-elect Admiral Sir James Burnell-Nugent |
504,633,160 |
99.66 |
1,740,618 |
0.34 |
506,373,778 |
76.67 |
176,381 |
6 |
To re-elect Noreen Doyle |
481,363,758 |
95.06 |
25,032,805 |
4.94 |
506,396,563 |
76.67 |
153,595 |
7 |
To re-elect Mark Elliott |
504,013,746 |
99.53 |
2,357,640 |
0.47 |
506,371,386 |
76.67 |
178,773 |
8 |
To elect Michael Harper |
504,621,322 |
99.65 |
1,749,998 |
0.35 |
506,371,320 |
76.67 |
170,025 |
9 |
To re-elect David Mellors |
503,413,945 |
99.41 |
3,003,459 |
0.59 |
506,417,404 |
76.67 |
131,143 |
10 |
To re-elect Paul Murray |
504,619,680 |
99.65 |
1,750,356 |
0.35 |
506,370,036 |
76.67 |
180,123 |
11 |
To re-elect Leo Quinn |
494,037,146 |
97.58 |
12,257,719 |
2.42 |
506,294,865 |
76.66 |
250,720 |
12 |
To re-appoint KPMG Audit Plc as auditor and to authorise the Directors to determine their remuneration |
505,520,948 |
99.82 |
927,744 |
0.18 |
506,448,692 |
76.68 |
101,212 |
13 |
To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations |
502,215,515 |
99.16 |
4,248,007 |
0.84 |
506,463,522 |
76.68 |
100,994 |
14 |
To authorise the Directors to allot shares |
500,826,516 |
99.48 |
2,638,406 |
0.52 |
503,464,922 |
76.23 |
3,092,523 |
15 |
To approve a new share plan |
495,847,444 |
99.54 |
2,290,435 |
0.46 |
498,137,879 |
75.42 |
8,432,903 |
16 |
To disapply pre-emption rights* |
505,803,918 |
99.90 |
511,874 |
0.10 |
506,315,792 |
76.66 |
232,906 |
17 |
To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares* |
500,369,120 |
99.73 |
1,364,966 |
0.27 |
501,734,086 |
75.97 |
4,820,656 |
18 |
To call general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice* |
476,553,390 |
94.11 |
29,851,839 |
5.89 |
506,405,229 |
76.67 |
149,795 |
19 |
To adopt new Articles of Association* |
505,924,187 |
99.92 |
423,382 |
0.08 |
506,347,569 |
76.66 |
209,876 |
*Special Resolution
Notes:
1. The percentages above are rounded to two decimal places.
2. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "for" and "against" a resolution.
3. The number of ordinary shares in issue at 1.00 pm on 24 July 2012 was 660,476,373.