Result of AGM

RNS Number : 6897K

Filtrona plc

23 April 2010

 



Filtrona plc

Results of the Annual General Meeting

Filtrona plc (the 'Company') held its 2010 Annual General Meeting of its shareholders on, Thursday 22 April 2010 at 12 noon.  The proxy voting figures received are shown below.  

No.		Resolution
1		To receive and adopt the Report of the Directors, the Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2009 and the Report of the Auditor thereon
	Votes for/discretionary		126,737,733	99.71%
	Votes against		370,728	0.29%
	Total votes cast		127,108,461	100%
	Votes withheld		63,081
	Poll		No

2		To receive and adopt the Report of the Remuneration Committee for the year ended 31 December 2009
	Votes for/discretionary		121,091,357	98.47%
	Votes against		1,878,353	1.53%
	Total votes cast		122,969,710	100%
	Votes withheld		4,202,510
	Poll		No

3		To declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2009 of 5.08p per ordinary share
	Votes for/discretionary		127,150,951	99.99%
	Votes against		9,166	0.01%
	Total votes cast		127,160,117	100%
	Votes withheld		12,103
	Poll		No

4		To re-elect Paul Drechsler as a Non-executive Director of the Company
	Votes for/discretionary		124,160,479	99.75%
	Votes against		307,331	0.25%
	Total votes cast		124,467,810	100%
	Votes withheld		2,704,410
	Poll		No

5		To re-elect Lars Emilson as a Non-executive Director of the Company
	Votes for/discretionary		126,849,481	99.76%
	Votes against		309,299	0.24%
	Total votes cast		127,158,780	100%
	Votes withheld		13,440
	Poll		No

6		To elect Terry Twigger as a Non-executive Director of the Company
	Votes for/discretionary		127,011,699	99.88%
	Votes against		146,659	0.12%
	Total votes cast		127,158,358	100%
	Votes withheld		13,862
	Poll		No

7		To re-appoint KPMG Audit Plc as the Company's auditor
	Votes for/discretionary		125,064,445	99.15%
	Votes against		1,066,519	0.85%
	Total votes cast		126,130,964	100%
	Votes withheld		1,041,255
	Poll		No

8		To authorise the Directors to fix the Auditor's remuneration
	Votes for/discretionary		126,324,220	99.65%
	Votes against		449,319	0.35%
	Total votes cast		126,773,539	100%
	Votes withheld		398,681
	Poll		No

9		To authorise the Directors until the end of the next year's AGM or, if earlier, until the close of business on 30 June 2011, to allot unissued shares in the Company, (i)         up to an aggregate nominal amount of £17,138,516 (ii)        up to an aggregate nominal amount of £34,277,032 in connection with an offer by way of a rights  issue:
	Votes for/discretionary		114,462,073	90.99%
	Votes against		11,329,356	9.01%
	Total votes cast		125,791,429	100%
	Votes withheld		1,380,790
	Poll		No

10		To authorise the Directors until the end of next year's AGM or, if earlier, until the close of business on 30 June 2011, to modify pre-emption rights of shareholders, in connection with the authority to allot unissued shares given to Directors at Resolution 9 earlier
	Votes for/discretionary		127,125,211	99.98%
	Votes against		20,574	0.02%
	Total votes cast		127,145,785	100%
	Votes withheld		26,435
	Poll		No
11	To authorise the Company until the end of next year's AGM or 22 October 2011 (whichever shall occur first), within certain limits, to purchase its own shares in the market
	Votes for/discretionary		127,132,118	99.98%
	Votes against		21,649	0.02%
	Total votes cast		127,153,767	100%
	Votes withheld		18,453
	Poll		No
12	To adopt new articles of association
	Votes for/discretionary		126,904,630	99.89%
	Votes against		144,259	0.11%
	Total votes cast		127,048,889	100%
	Votes withheld		123,331
	Poll		No

13		To adopt that a general meeting other than an annual general meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice
	Votes for/discretionary		125,874,390	99.00%
	Votes against		1,273,199	1.00%
	Total votes cast		127,147,589	100%
	Votes withheld		24,631
	Poll		No

Number of shareholders at meeting date:      6

Issued share capital at meeting date:             219,326,796 ordinary shares of 25p each

Total number of voting rights                          205,662,191

Number of votes per share:                            1

All the Resolutions proposed at the Meeting as set out in the Notice of Meeting (a copy of which is available at www.filtrona.com) were passed on a show of hands.

Two copies of the Resolutions passed will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:

Financial Services Authority

25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS

Name of contact and telephone number for queries -           Patricia Kendall

                                                                                                Deputy Company Secretary

            Telephone: [phone]

Name of authorised company official responsible for making this notification

                                                                                          Jon Green, Company Secretary

 

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