Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8944L

SIG PLC

13 May 2010

 



SIG plc

13 May 2010

SIG plc

(the "Company")

Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

13 May 2010

The Company is pleased to announce that resolution 1 and resolutions 3 to 12 proposed at the AGM held on 13 May 2010 were duly passed by a show of hands.  Resolution 2 was defeated on poll.  A breakdown of proxy votes lodged prior to the AGM on votes 1, 3 to 12, and the votes cast on the poll on Resolution 2 are set out below:

Resolution	For	%	Against	%	Withheld
Report & Accounts	360,727,552	99.69	1,111,198	0.31	24,262
Directors' Remuneration Report*	109,750,945	33.29	219,893,334	66.71	32,377,710
Elect Mr C V Geoghegan	355,385,715	98.21	6,471,301	1.79	5,996
Elect Mrs V Murray	358,075,329	98.96	3,765,044	1.04	22,639
Elect Mr J C Nicholls	358,114,138	98.97	3,743,235	1.03	5,639
Re-Elect Mr M J Chivers	357,678,865	98.84	4,180,737	1.16	3,410
Re-appoint Auditors	360,799,613	99.71	1,060,164	0.29	3,235
Remuneration of Auditors	358,375,034	99.11	3,216,693	0.89	271,285
Allot Shares	352,473,289	97.60	8,666,890	2.40	722,833
Allot Equity Securities	357,712,221	98.86	4,125,130	1.14	25,661
Purchase Own Shares	361,814,421	99.99	44,216	0.01	4,375
Articles of Association	351,056,534	97.43	9,269,669	2.57	1,536,808

* Decided on a poll at the meeting

Notes

1.      Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total;

2.      A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation proportion of the votes "for" and "against" a resolution;

3.      The total number of votes cast by proxy: 361,859,777

4.      Issued share capital as at 13 May 2010 is 590,829,339 Ordinary Shares;

5.      All percentages are shown to two decimal places.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.18, two copies of shareholder resolutions passed at the AGM concerning items of special business have been sent to the UKLA's Document Viewing Facility at UK Listing Authority, 25 North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS.

Details of the proxy votes received will also shortly be available to view on the Company's corporate website at www.sigplc.com.

Richard Monro, Company Secretary      Telephone:        [phone]

 

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