AGM Statement

RNS Number : 5848D
Cookson Group PLC
17 May 2012
 

 17 May 2012

Cookson Group plc - Result of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

Cookson Group plc ("the Company") confirms that at its AGM today, each of the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting to Shareholders dated 26 March 2012, was passed by Shareholders.

A poll was conducted on each resolution at the meeting and the results, certified by the scrutineer, Equiniti Limited, were as follows:


RESOLUTIONS

FOR

AGAINST

TOTAL




No. of votes cast1

% of votes cast

No. of votes cast

% of votes cast

No. of votes cast

% of Issued Share Capital2

Votes withheld3

1

Receipt of Annual Report and Accounts

221,060,177

99.99

11,362

0.01

221,071,539

79.43%

1,874,193

2

Declaration of Final Dividend

222,700,566

100.00

0

0.00

222,700,566

80.01%

245,166

3

Approval of Directors' Remuneration Report

150,378,714

68.08

70,497,635

31.92

220,876,349

79.36%

2,069,383

4

Re-election of  M G Butterworth

219,107,314

98.39

3,590,742

1.61

222,698,056

80.01%

247,676

5

Election of S J Corbett

215,502,623

97.96

4,493,585

2.04

219,996,208

79.04%

2,949,524

6

Election of E T FitzGerald

189,479,109

98.24

3,387,409

1.76

192,866,518

69.29%

30,079,214

7

Re-election of  J F Harris

210,253,534

95.57

9,743,424

4.43

219,996,958

79.04%

2,948,774

8

Re-election of  J L Hewitt

189,448,685

98.23

3,417,601

1.77

192,866,286

69.29%

30,079,446

9

Re-election of  P J Hill

189,488,936

98.25

3,377,870

1.75

192,866,806

69.29%

30,078,926

10

Re-election of  J P Oosterveld

189,482,482

98.25

3,383,804

1.75

192,866,286

69.29%

30,079,446

11

Re-election of  N R Salmon

215,909,105

96.96

6,774,939

3.04

222,684,044

80.01%

261,688

12

Re-election of  J G Sussens

181,659,124

94.19

11,207,162

5.81

192,866,286

69.29%

30,079,446

13

Re-election of  F C Wanecq

219,101,448

98.38

3,596,624

1.62

222,698,072

80.01%

247,660

14

Re-appointment of  Auditor

222,526,289

99.92

173,783

0.08

222,700,072

80.01%

245,660

15

Remuneration of Auditor

222,683,469

99.99

15,640

0.01

222,699,109

80.01%

246,623

16

Authority to Allot Shares

216,130,054

97.37

5,836,330

2.63

221,966,384

79.75%

979,348

17

Special Resolution:

Authority to Disapply Pre-emption Rights

222,638,855

99.97

58,457

0.03

222,697,312

80.01%

248,420

18

Special Resolution:

Authority to Purchase Own Shares

222,675,577

99.99

24,341

0.01

222,699,918

80.01%

245,814

19

Authority to Incur Political Expenditure

211,351,290

94.83

11,521,241

5.17

222,872,531

80.08%

73,201

20

Special Resolution:

Authority to Call a General Meeting on 14 clear days' notice

207,070,609

92.98

15,629,635

7.02

222,700,244

80.01%

245,488

 

At today's AGM, the Chairman Jeff Harris said "The Board continues to listen very carefully to views expressed by shareholders and will be taking these into account along with the result of today's vote on the Remuneration Report, as remuneration policy is formulated going forward and we develop future policies."

Notes:

1.   Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total.

2.   The total number of shares in issue is 278,328,365

3.   A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "for" and "against" a resolution.

4.   All percentages are shown to two decimal places.

This information will also shortly be available to view on the Company's website at: www.cooksongroup.co.uk.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 a copy of Resolution 20 (Authority for the Company to call a general meeting on 14 clear days' notice) which was passed as special business at the AGM has been submitted to the Financial Services Authority National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do. A copy of this resolution is also available from the Group Secretary, Cookson Group plc, 165 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2AE, England. In addition, copies of resolutions 16 to 18 and 20 will be filed with Companies House.

Cookson Group plc

165 Fleet Street

London EC4A 2AE

Tel:      +44 (0) 20 7822 0000

Fax:     +44 (0) 20 7822 0100

Web:   www.cooksongroup.co.uk


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