Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5953F

Renishaw PLC

10 October 2008

 



Renishaw plc

Results of AGM 

All resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting held on 10 October 2008 were duly passed.

Special Resolutions

Copies of the following special resolutions which were passed at the Annual General Meeting held on 10 October 2008 have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:

Documents Disclosure Team

UK Listing Authority

Financial Services Authority

25 The North Colonnade

Canary Wharf

London

E14 5HS 

Tel. No. (0)20 676 1000

THAT, the Company be and is hereby unconditionally authorised to make market purchases (within the meaning of section 163(3) of the Companies Act 1985) of ordinary shares of 20p each in the capital of the Company ('ordinary shares') provided that:

(i)     the maximum number of ordinary shares hereby authorised to be purchased is  
        7,278,854;

(ii)    the maximum price that may be paid for an ordinary share is an amount equal to 
        105% of the average of the middle market quotations for an ordinary share (as 
        derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List) for the 10 business 
        days immediately preceding the day on which the ordinary share is purchased;

(iii)   the minimum price which may be paid for an ordinary share shall be 20p;

(iv)   the authority hereby conferred shall expire at the earlier of the conclusion of the 
        annual general meeting to be held in 2009 and 31st December 2009 unless 
        such authority is renewed prior to such time; and

(v)    the Company may make a contract to purchase ordinary shares under the 
        authority hereby conferred prior to the expiry of such authority which contract will 
        or may be executed wholly or partly after the expiration of such authority and may 
        make a purchase of ordinary shares pursuant to such contract.

THAT the Articles of Association produced to the meeting and initialled by the chairman of the meeting for the purpose of identification be adopted as the Articles of Association of the Company in substitution for, and to the exclusion of, the existing Articles of Association.

Notification of Proxy Appointments

Proxy appointments(a) were received from shareholders representing up to 58,022,786 shares amounting to 79.71% of the issued share capital.

Total number of shares in issue: 72,788,543

The following levels of proxy appointments and associated instructions had been received by the Company up to 48 hours prior to the time of the meeting:

Resolution number	For		Against		Chairman's discretion		Total proxy votes cast
	No of shares	% of total votes cast	No of shares	% of total votes cast	No of shares	% of total votes cast
1	57,656,228	99.40	319,587	0.55	27,778	0.05	58,003,593(b)
2	57,997,494	99.96	0	0	24,137	0.04	58,021,631(c)
3	57,865,778	99.88	42,668	0.07	26,713	0.05	57,935,159(d)
4	57,952,188	99.88	42,311	0.07	26,570	0.05	58,021,069(e)
5	57,827,041	99.70	147,661	0.25	26,713	0.05	58,001,415(f)
6	57,262,916	99.57	222,268	0.39	24,672	0.04	57,509,856(g)
7	57,825,972	99.69	153,234	0.26	24,137	0.05	58,003,343(h)
8	57,991,064	99.95	6,885	0.01	24,137	0.04	58,022,086(i)
9	57,959,015	99.91	27,968	0.05	24,334	0.04	58,011,317(j)

Resolutions:

1    To adopt the audited financial statements and directors' report

2    To declare a final dividend

3    To re-elect Mr A C G Roberts as a director

4    To re-elect Mr G McFarland as a director

5    To elect Mr W H Whiteley as a director

6    To approve the directors' remuneration report

7    To re-appoint the auditors and to authorise the directors to determine their remuneration

8    To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares

9    To adopt new Articles of Association

Notes: 

(a)    The appointment of a proxy is not a precise indicator of the way that the shareholder would have voted on a poll. It merely reflects the shareholder's intention at the time the instruction was given. Voting instructions can be changed at any time prior to a poll being completed and shareholders having lodged a proxy appointment, are still entitled to attend the meeting and vote their shares themselves as they wish.

(b)    Shareholders representing 19,191 shares directed on their proxy cards that the proxy should abstain.

(c)    Shareholders representing 1,155 shares directed on their proxy cards that the proxy should abstain.

(d)    Shareholders representing 87,627 shares directed on their proxy cards that the proxy should abstain.

(e)    Shareholders representing 1,717 shares directed on their proxy cards that the proxy should abstain.

(f)    Shareholders representing 21,369 shares directed on their proxy cards that the proxy should abstain.

(g)    Shareholders representing 512,929 shares directed on their proxy cards that the proxy should abstain.

(h)    Shareholders representing 19,441 shares directed on their proxy cards that the proxy should abstain.

(i)    Shareholders representing 700 shares directed on their proxy cards that the proxy should abstain.

(j)    Shareholders representing 11,469 shares directed on their proxy cards that the proxy should abstain.

Renishaw plc

Registered office:                    New Mills, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire GL12 8JR

Registered number:                1106260

Contact name:                         Norma Tang

Contact telephone:                  01453 524445

www.renishaw.com

 

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