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. | Resolution | Votes for the resolution | % | Votes against the resolution | % | VOTES TOTAL | Votes withheld | % of ISC Voted |
1 | To approve and adopt the directors report and financial statements for the 52 weeks ended 28 December 2012 | 136,225,375 | 99.91 | 125,712 | 0.09 | 136,351,087 | 63.99% | 2,919,066 |
2 | To declare a dividend | 138,603,698 | 100.00 | 1,257 | 0.00 | 138,604,955 | 65.05% | 668,656 |
3 | To approve the remuneration report for the 52 weeks ended 28 December 2012 | 133,236,019 | 96.81 | 4,389,417 | 3.19 | 137,625,436 | 64.59% | 1,645,175 |
4 | To elect Charles Berry as a director | 132,737,700 | 97.04 | 4,053,369 | 2.96 | 136,791,069 | 64.20% | 2,482,284 |
5 | To re-elect Keith Cochrane as a director | 131,891,429 | 95.18 | 6,682,290 | 4.82 | 138,573,719 | 65.04% | 688,985 |
6 | To re-elect Alan Ferguson as a director | 138,377,054 | 99.88 | 160,343 | 0.12 | 138,537,397 | 65.02% | 735,957 |
7 | To re-elect Melanie Gee as a director | 138,318,937 | 99.49 | 704,695 | 0.51 | 139,023,632 | 65.25% | 249,722 |
8 | To re-elect Richard Menell as a director | 138,384,794 | 99.86 | 190,840 | 0.14 | 138,575,634 | 65.04% | 697,720 |
9 | To re-elect John Mogford as a director | 138,404,864 | 99.56 | 612,593 | 0.44 | 139,017,457 | 65.24% | 255,897 |
10 | To re-elect Lord Robertson as a director | 137,909,584 | 99.21 | 1,094,927 | 0.79 | 139,004,511 | 65.24% | 260,985 |
11 | To re-elect Lord Smith as a director | 133,593,372 | 96.92 | 4,244,869 | 3.08 | 137,838,241 | 64.69% | 1,423,962 |
12 | To re-elect Jon Stanton as a director | 138,395,093 | 99.87 | 177,450 | 0.13 | 138,572,543 | 65.04% | 700,811 |
13 | To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors | 132,844,834 | 97.44 | 3,495,700 | 2.56 | 136,340,534 | 63.99% | 2,932,676 |
14 | To authorise the directors to fix the remuneration of the auditors | 135,110,069 | 97.50 | 3,464,894 | 2.50 | 138,574,963 | 65.04% | 687,741 |
15 | To renew the directors' general authority to allot relevant securities | 130,575,731 | 94.25 | 7,970,167 | 5.75 | 138,545,898 | 65.02% | 727,456 |
16 | To disapply, within certain limits, the statutory pre-emption rights arising on the allotment of shares | 137,998,420 | 99.62 | 520,724 | 0.38 | 138,519,144 | 65.01% | 754,210 |
17 | To renew the Company's power to purchase its own shares | 138,345,883 | 99.83 | 232,411 | 0.17 | 138,578,294 | 65.04% | 695,060 |
18 | To reduce the notice period for general meetings | 128,145,293 | 92.48 | 10,417,071 | 7.52 | 138,562,364 | 65.03% | 699,204 |
Any proxy appointments which give discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total.
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.