AGM Poll Results

RNS Number : 1865W

LMS Capital PLC

06 June 2008

 



LMS CAPITAL PLC 

2008 Annual General Meeting

LMS Capital plc today held its 2008 Annual General Meeting, which all of the directors attended. The results of the voting by poll on the resolutions 

put to the meeting are listed below. All resolutions were passed by the required majority. 

Resolution	For*		Against		Withheld**
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes
1. Approve the Financial Statements	191,873,171	100	1,260	0	4,590
2. Approve Directors' Remuneration Report	191,640,095	99.95	93,833	0.05	145,093
3. Re-appoint Jonathan Agnew as a director	188,120,045	100	3,101	0	3,755,875
4. Re-appoint Robert Rayne as a director	188,128,721	100	0	0	3,750,300
5. Re-appoint Antony Sweet as a director	187,992,903	100	3,669	0	3,882,449
6. Re-appoint KPMG Audit Plc as auditors	191,857,226	99.99	20,746	0.01	1,049
7. Authorise the directors to determine the auditors remuneration	191,854,304	99.99	17,871	0.01	6,846
8. Approve the Company's investing strategy	191,747,921	100	0	0	131,100
9. Authorise political donations and expenditure	174,261,221	94.18	10,759,506	5.82	6,858,294
10. Authorise the directors to allot shares	190,818,059	99.45	1,049,569	0.55	11,393
11. Authorise the directors to make non pre-emptive share allotments***	191,684,336	99.91	176,289	0.09	18,396
12. Authorise the directors to make market purchases***	191,841,727	99.98	31,015	0.02	6,279
13. Approve the Waiver of Rule 9 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers****	89,793,982	98.86	1,033,750	1.14	6,867,907
14. Approve the amendments to the Articles of Association***	191,790,048	99.98	44,773	0.02	44,200

* The 'For' votes include those votes giving the Chairman discretion.

** The votes 'Withheld' are not counted towards the votes cast at the Annual General Meeting

*** Special resolutions

**** Members of the extended Rayne family and associated trusts, who comprise a concert party for the purposes of the City Code and are interested in 110,565,377 ordinary shares representing 38.6 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital, were not entitled to vote on this resolution. Following the passing of this resolution, the maximum potential interests of the members of the concert party would be 45.40 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital assuming (i) full use is made by the Company of the market purchase authority granted by resolution 12 above, (ii) no member of the concert party disposes any of its ordinary shares pursuant to the exercise of the market purchase authority, and (iii) no person exercises any options or other rights to subscribe for ordinary shares.

The Company's issued share capital, as at 6 June 2008, is 286,429,228 ordinary shares of 10p each.

Matthew Jones

Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

6 June 2008

 

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