Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9492T

Shanks Group PLC

23 July 2015

 

Shanks Group plc

Results of the 23 July 2015 Annual General Meeting

Shanks Group plc held its annual general meeting for shareholders at 11am today.  All 18 resolutions set out in the Company's Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 12 June 2015 were voted on by poll and were approved by shareholders. The results of the poll for each resolution are as follows;

Resolution	Votes  For		Votes Against		Votes Withheld	Total votes cast (ex Votes Withheld)
	No. of shares	% of shares voted	No. of shares	% of shares voted	No. of shares	No. of shares	% of Issued Share Capital
1. To receive and adopt the 2015 report and accounts	314,162,999	99.98	50,444	0.02	23,566	314,213,443	78.98%
2. To approve the Remuneration Report	284,064,579	90.43	30,068,670	9.57	103,760	314,133,249	78.96%
3. To declare a dividend	314,209,288	99.99	24,436	0.01	3,285	314,233,724	78.98%
4. To re-elect Adrian Auer	312,339,364	99.41	1,857,829	0.59	39,816	314,197,193	78.97%
5. To re-elect Eric van Amerongen	311,128,190	99.08	2,899,744	0.92	209,075	314,027,934	78.93%
6. To re-elect Jacques Petry	312,158,992	99.41	1,852,899	0.59	225,118	314,011,891	78.93%
7. To re-elect Stephen Riley	312,188,159	99.41	1,841,465	0.59	207,385	314,029,624	78.93%
8. To re-elect Marina Wyatt	307,488,930	97.92	6,539,642	2.08	208,437	314,028,572	78.93%
9. To re-elect Peter Dilnot	311,178,669	99.04	3,005,465	0.96	52,875	314,184,134	78.97%
10. To re-elect Toby Woolrych	311,167,599	99.04	3,011,535	0.96	57,875	314,179,134	78.97%
11. To reappoint the auditors	309,993,199	99.15	2,663,975	0.85	1,279,835	312,657,174	78.58%
12. To determine the auditors' remuneration	314,102,029	99.96	123,275	0.04	11,705	314,225,304	78.98%
13. To authorise political donations/expenditure	308,221,627	98.12	5,920,696	1.88	58,468	314,142,323	78.96%
14. To authorise the company to allot ordinary shares	305,150,053	97.43	8,046,238	2.57	1,036,685	313,196,291	78.72%
15*. To disapply pre-emption rights	308,175,852	98.08	6,025,431	1.92	35,726	314,201,283	78.97%
16*. To authorise the company to purchase its own shares	310,685,895	98.87	3,541,785	1.13	9,329	314,227,680	78.98%
17*. To approve calling general meetings on 14 days' notice	248,973,448	79.24	65,244,400	20.76	19,161	314,217,848	78.98%
18. To approve the  Shanks Group 2015 Sharesave Scheme	312,279,048	99.39	1,909,162	0.61	48,799	314,188,210	78.97%

*Special resolution

The poll results will be available shortly on the Company's website www.shanksplc.com

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of the resolutions passed (other than those concerning ordinary business) will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM 

About Shanks Group plc ("Shanks")

Shanks is a leading international waste-to-product business.

The Group uses a range of cost-effective sustainable technologies to make valuable products from what is thrown away. We produce green energy, recovered fuel, recycled commodities and organic fertiliser.

Shanks meets the growing need from public and private sectors to manage waste sustainably without damaging the environment. Our solutions reduce greenhouse gas emissions, recycle natural resources and limit fossil fuel dependency.

Shanks operates in three divisions that reflect our markets: Hazardous, Commercial and Municipal. It has operations in the Netherlands, Belgium, UK and Canada and employs approximately 3,500 people.

For more information, visit: www.shanksplc.com

 

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