Result of AGM

RNS Number : 4936G

Cookson Group PLC

12 May 2011

 



 12 May 2011

Cookson Group plc - Result of Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Cookson Group plc ("the Company") confirms that at its AGM today, each of the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting to Shareholders dated 31 March 2011, was passed by Shareholders.  A poll was conducted on each resolution at the meeting and the results, certified by the scrutineer, Equiniti Limited, were as follows:

	RESOLUTIONS	FOR		AGAINST		TOTAL
		No. of votes cast1	% of votes cast	No. of votes cast	% of votes cast	No. of votes cast	% of Issued Share Capital2	Votes withheld3
1	Receipt of Annual Report and Accounts	207,491,489	99.89	230,757	0.11	207,722,246	75.14	179,626
2	Declaration of Final Dividend	207,199,841	100	292	0.00	207,200,133	74.95	701,739
3	Approval of Directors' Remuneration Report	198,101,434	95.51	9,308,635	4.49	207,410,069	75.03	491,803
4	Re-election of  M G Butterworth	207,056,796	99.69	636,515	0.31	207,693,311	75.13	208,561
5	Re-election of  J F Harris	207,060,468	99.70	632,880	0.30	207,693,348	75.13	208,524
6	Re-election of  J L Hewitt	206,829,359	99.59	849,457	0.41	207,678,816	75.13	223,056
7	Re-election of  P J Hill	206,847,465	99.60	831,616	0.40	207,679,081	75.13	222,791
8	Re-election of  J P Oosterveld	204,574,987	98.51	3,104,333	1.49	207,679,320	75.13	222,552
9	Re-election of  N R Salmon	202,530,933	97.51	5,162,293	2.49	207,693,226	75.13	208,646
10	Re-election of  J G Sussens	206,915,421	99.63	777,794	0.37	207,693,215	75.13	208,657
11	Re-election of  F C Wanecq	207,057,512	99.68	660,779	0.32	207,718,291	75.14	183,581
12	Re-appointment of  Auditor	201,801,552	99.83	350,926	0.17	202,152,478	73.13	5,749,394
13	Remuneration of Auditor	207,051,957	99.93	147,365	0.07	207,199,322	74.95	702,550
14	Authority to Allot Shares	203,409,728	98.31	3,498,124	1.69	206,907,852	74.85	994,020
15	Special Resolution: Authority to Disapply Pre-emption Rights	207,677,085	99.99	18,197	0.01	207,695,282	75.13	206,590
16	Special Resolution: Authority to Purchase Own Shares	199,760,792	99.65	696,303	0.35	200,457,095	72.51	7,444,777
17	Authority to Incur Political Expenditure	204,589,935	98.80	2,489,495	1.20	207,079,430	74.91	822,442
18	Special Resolution: Authority to Call a General Meeting on 14 clear days' notice	192,071,319	92.47	15,649,217	7.53	207,720,536	75.14	181,336

Notes:

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

2.   The total number of shares in issue is 276,438,067

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

4.   All percentages are shown to two decimal places.

This information will also shortly be available to view on the Company's website at: www.cooksongroup.co.uk.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 a copy of Resolution 18 (Authority for the Company to call a general meeting on 14 clear days' notice) which was passed as special business at the AGM has been submitted to the Financial Services Authority National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do. A copy of this resolution is also available from the Group Secretary, Cookson Group plc, 165 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2AE, England. In addition, copies of resolutions 14 to 16 and 18 will be filed with Companies House.

Cookson Group plc

165 Fleet Street

London EC4A 2AE

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Web:   www.cooksongroup.co.uk

 

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