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Annual General Meeting
The Company makes constructive use of the Annual General Meeting to communicate with private investors.
AGM 2010
The Company's Interim Management Statement was released to the Stock Exchange two days before the 2010 AGM, and the IMS can be found by clicking here. In addition, the Chief Executive presented a review of the Company's 2009 performance at the AGM, and a copy of the presentation may be viewed here.
Details of the resolutions proposed at the 2010 AGM may be viewed here.
All resolutions put to shareholders at the 2010 AGM were passed on a show of hands.
Details of the proxy voting received by the Company for the 2010 AGM are set out in the table below.
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Resolution
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For & Discretion (votes)
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Against (votes)
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Abstentions (votes)
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Total (votes)
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1. To receive Report & Financial Statements
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259,478,656
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216,480
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7,091,507
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266,786,643
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2. To approve Remuneration Report
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254,103,153
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298,983
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12,384,507
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266,786,643
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3. To declare a Final Dividend
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259,694,156
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800
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7,091,687
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266,786,643
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4. To re-elect Martin Clark
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258,945,074
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736,302
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7,105,267
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266,786,643
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5. To re-elect Deloitte LLP
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258,871,526
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752,800
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7,162,317
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266,786,643
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6. General Power to Allot Shares
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251,833,580
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2,183,051
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12,770,012
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266,786,643
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7. General Power to disapply Pre-Emption Rights
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259,492,252
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103,165
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7,191,226
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266,786,643
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8. To renew the share buy back authority
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259,543,338
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134,697
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7,108,608
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266,786,643
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9. To retain 14 day Notice Period
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244,817,194
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14,856,281
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7,113,168
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266,786,643
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10. To adopt new Articles of Association
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259,441,263
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229,562
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7,115,818
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266,786,643
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The total number of proxy votes received for the 2010 AGM represented approximately 66.6% (2009 - 66.0% ) of the issued share capital of the Company.
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