Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9452E

Balfour Beatty PLC

16 May 2013

 



AGM Results

 

Balfour Beatty plc (the "Company") announces that at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held earlier today, all of the resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM dated 8 April 2013 were passed following a poll on each resolution.

The results of the polls were as follows:

	For	Against	Votes Withheld
Resolution 1: To adopt the Directors' report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2012	441,204,423 (99.77%)	1,013,100 (0.23%)	4,180,184
Resolution 2: To approve the Directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 December 2012	303,759,518 (75.21%)	100,110,156 (24.79%)	42,527,882
Resolution 3: To declare a final dividend on the ordinary shares of the Company	442,269,525 (99.74%)	1,150,012 (0.26%)	2,978,170
Resolution 4: To re-elect Mr S Marshall as a Director	379,497,472 (89.57%)	44,203,430 (10.43%)	22,697,092
Resolution 5: To re-elect Mr R M Amen as a Director	442,449,812 (99.81%)	828,807 (0.19%)	3,119,375
Resolution 6: To re-elect Mr M J Donovan as a Director	400,607,990 (90.37%)	42,695,569 (9.63%)	3,094,435
Resolution 7: To re-elect Mr I G T Ferguson CBE as a Director	382,824,690 (86.36%)	60,469,421 (13.64%)	3,103,883
Resolution 8: To elect Mrs V M Kempston Darkes as a Director	441,919,714 (99.70%)	1,347,584 (0.30%)	3,130,847
Resolution 9: To re-elect Mr D J Magrath as a Director	441,796,910 (99.66%)	1,490,950 (0.34%)	3,110,134
Resolution 10: To re-elect Mr A J McNaughton as a Director	441,805,888 (99.67%)	1,469,179 (0.33%)	3,122,927
Resolution 11: To re-elect Mr G C Roberts as a Director	425,164,308 (95.92%)	18,105,698 (4.08%)	3,127,550
Resolution 12: To re-elect Mr P J L Zinkin as a Director	441,758,933 (99.66%)	1,511,196 (0.34%)	3,127,865
Resolution 13: To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor	379,343,709 (89.59%)	44,068,705 (10.41%)	22,985,731
Resolution 14: To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditor	425,397,986 (99.04%)	4,131,924 (0.96%)	16,868,235
Resolution 15: To authorise the Company and its UK subsidiaries to incur political expenditure	438,705,373 (99.20%)	3,543,785 (0.80%)	4,148,987
Resolution 16: To authorise the Directors to allot shares	416,564,122 (93.97%)	26,741,783 (6.03%)	3,092,240
Resolution 17: To authorise the Directors to allot shares for cash	394,172,010 (88.92%)	49,132,432 (11.08%)	3,093,703
Resolution 18: To renew the authority for the Company to purchase its own ordinary and preference shares	443,047,724 (99.94%)	278,251 (0.06%)	3,072,170
Resolution 19: To authorise the Company to hold general meetings, other than an Annual General Meeting, on 14 clear days' notice	396,868,447 (89.52%)	46,472,056 (10.48%)	3,057,642

Notes:

1          The percentages above are rounded to two decimal places.

2          A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of votes "For" and "Against" a resolution.

3          The total number of Ordinary Shares of 50p each in the Company in issue at 6.00 pm on 14 May 2013 was 688,673,163 each carrying one vote. 

4          Resolutions 17 to 19 were each passed as Special Resolutions.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of each of Resolutions 15 to 19 will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

16 May 2013

 

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