Result of AGM

Result of AGM

THE WEIR GROUP PLC

1 May 2013

Voting Results

The Annual General Meeting of The Weir Group PLC was held on Wednesday 1 May 2013 at 2.30 pm.  All resolutions were passed on a poll via electronic voting.  Resolutions 1 to 15 being passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 to 18 being passed as special resolutions.

No.ResolutionVotes for the resolution%Votes against the resolution%VOTES TOTALVotes withheld% of ISC Voted
1To approve and adopt the directors report and financial statements for the 52 weeks ended 28 December 2012136,225,37599.91125,7120.09136,351,08763.99%2,919,066
2To declare a dividend138,603,698100.001,2570.00138,604,95565.05%668,656
3To approve the remuneration report for the 52 weeks ended 28 December 2012133,236,01996.814,389,4173.19137,625,43664.59%1,645,175
4To elect Charles Berry as a director132,737,70097.044,053,3692.96136,791,06964.20%2,482,284
5To re-elect Keith Cochrane as a director131,891,42995.186,682,2904.82138,573,71965.04%688,985
6To re-elect Alan Ferguson as a director138,377,05499.88160,3430.12138,537,39765.02%735,957
7To re-elect Melanie Gee as a director138,318,93799.49704,6950.51139,023,63265.25%249,722
8To re-elect Richard Menell as a director138,384,79499.86190,8400.14138,575,63465.04%697,720
9To re-elect John Mogford as a director138,404,86499.56612,5930.44139,017,45765.24%255,897
10To re-elect Lord Robertson as a director137,909,58499.211,094,9270.79139,004,51165.24%260,985
11To re-elect Lord Smith as a director133,593,37296.924,244,8693.08137,838,24164.69%1,423,962
12To re-elect Jon Stanton as a director138,395,09399.87177,4500.13138,572,54365.04%700,811
13To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors132,844,83497.443,495,7002.56136,340,53463.99%2,932,676
14To authorise the directors to fix the remuneration of the auditors135,110,06997.503,464,8942.50138,574,96365.04%687,741
15To renew the directors' general authority to allot relevant securities130,575,73194.257,970,1675.75138,545,89865.02%727,456
16To disapply, within certain limits, the statutory pre-emption rights arising on the allotment of shares137,998,42099.62520,7240.38138,519,14465.01%754,210
17To renew the Company's power to purchase its own shares138,345,88399.83232,4110.17138,578,29465.04%695,060
18To reduce the notice period for general meetings 128,145,29392.4810,417,0717.52138,562,36465.03%699,204
  1. Any proxy appointments which give discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total. 

  2. At close of business on 30 April 2013 there were 213,070,950 relevant shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).   

A copy of the resolutions passed concerning special business has been submitted and will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism which is located at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.




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