Result of AGM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
6 May 2010
RIGHTMOVE PLC
Results of the Annual General Meeting
Rightmove plc (the "Company") held its 2010 Annual General Meeting of its
shareholders on Wednesday 5 May 2010 at 10am at the offices of UBS Limited, 1
Finsbury Avenue, London.
All resolutions proposed at the meeting and as set out in the Notice of Meeting
(a copy of which is available at www.rightmove.co.uk/investors.rsp were passed
on a show of hands.
The proxy voting figures received in advance of the meeting are shown below:
Resolution 1
To receive the accounts and the reports of the directors and auditors for the
year ended 31 December 2009.
No. %
Votes for/discretionary 86,823,452 99.86
Votes against 121,424 0.14
Total votes cast 86,944,876
Votes withheld 125,315
Resolution 2
To approve the directors' remuneration report, as set out in the 2009 report
and accounts, for the year ended 31 December 2009.
No. %
Votes for/discretionary 59,585,361 68.72
Votes against 27,124,119 31.28
Total votes cast 86,709,480
Votes withheld 360,711
Resolution 3
To declare a final dividend of 7.0p per ordinary share for the year ended 31
December 2009.
No. %
Votes for/discretionary 87,070,191 100
Votes against 0 0
Total votes cast 87,070,191
Votes withheld 0
Resolution 4
To re-appoint KPMG Audit plc as auditors of the Company.
No. %
Votes for/discretionary 87,067,920 99.99
Votes against 1,166 0.01
Total votes cast 87,069,086
Votes withheld 1,105
Resolution 5
To authorise the directors to agree the remuneration of the auditors.
No. %
Votes for/discretionary 86,989,157 99.91
Votes against 79,901 0.09
Total votes cast 87,069,058
Votes withheld 1,133
Resolution 6
To elect Ashley Martin
No. %
Votes for/discretionary 85,119,960 97.77
Votes against 1,944,283 2.23
Total votes cast 87,064,243
Votes withheld 5,948
Resolution 7
To re-elect Ed Williams
No. %
Votes for/discretionary 86,318,218 99.14
Votes against 746,532 0.86
Total votes cast 87,064,750
Votes withheld 5,441
Resolution 8
To re-elect Nick McKittrick
No. %
Votes for/discretionary 86,318,141 99.14
Votes against 746,609 0.86
Total votes cast 87,064,750
Votes withheld 5,441
Resolution 9
To re-elect Stephen Shipperley
No. %
Votes for/discretionary 62,543,516 72.06
Votes against 24,247,205 27.94
Total votes cast 86,790,721
Votes withheld 279,470
Resolution 10
To authorise the directors to allot shares
No. %
Votes for/discretionary 74,580,753 86.23
Votes against 11,910,887 13.77
Total votes cast 86,491,640
Votes withheld 578,551
Resolution 11
To disapply statutory pre-emption rights
No. %
Votes for/discretionary 87,063,417 99.99
Votes against 5,053 0.01
Total votes cast 87,068,470
Votes withheld 1,721
Resolution 12
To authorise the repurchase of ordinary shares
No. %
Votes for/discretionary 86,855,258 99.77
Votes against 198,716 0.23
Total votes cast 87,053,974
Votes withheld 16,217
Resolution 13
To authorise political donations and expenditure
No. %
Votes for/discretionary 86,514,574 99.71
Votes against 248,036 0.29
Total votes cast 86,762,610
Votes withheld 307,581
Resolution 14
To authorise general meetings to be called on not less than 14 clear days'
notice
No. %
Votes for/discretionary 79,503,697 91.31
Votes against 7,566,394 8.69
Total votes cast 87,070,091
Votes withheld 100
Resolution 15
To approve new Articles of Association
No. %
Votes for/discretionary 86,732,879 99.89
Votes against 99,686 0.11
Total votes cast 86,832,565
Votes withheld 237,626
The number of shareholders on the register at 6.00 pm on 3 May 2010 was 3,666.
The issued share capital (excluding shares held in treasury) at 5 May 2010,
(the meeting date) was 115,879,454 ordinary shares of 1p each. Number of votes
per share: 1
Two copies of the resolutions passed will be submitted to the UK Listing
Authority today and will be available for inspection at the UK Listing
Authority's Document Viewing Facility, situated at:
Financial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London, E14
5HS.
Name and contact for queries and authorised official responsible for making
this notification:
Liz Taylor
Liz.taylor@rightmove.co.uk
+44 (0)207 0870700
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