Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2503S

Cookson Group PLC

14 May 2009

 



14 May 2009

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

Cookson Group plc ('the Company') confirms that each of the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting to Shareholders dated 8 April 2009 were passed by Shareholders at today's AGM, including the following resolutions relating to items of special business:

Resolution 12 - Authority for the Company to call a general meeting on 14 clear days' notice

Resolution 13 - Authority for the Company to consolidate its ordinary shares

Resolution 14 - Authority for the Company to amend the Articles of Association - with effect from 1 October 2009

Resolution 15 - Authority for the Company to revoke any deemed limit as to the amount of shares the Company can allot - with effect from 1 October 2009

The share consolidation is due to take effect after the close of business today, when Shareholders will exchange each holding of 10 existing ordinary shares of 10p each for 1 new ordinary share of £1 each. Accordingly, applications have been made by the Company to the UK Listing Authority ('UKLA') to amend the Official List and to the London Stock Exchange to amend the trading line, whereby 276,390,091 ordinary shares of £1 each will commence trading on 15 May 2009. Application has also been made to consolidate and amend existing block listings as follows: 

Cookson Group Executive Share Option Schemes	138,771
Cookson Group Employee Share Savings Scheme	51,060

It is intended that the fractional entitlements of Shareholders with shareholdings not exactly divisible by 10 will be aggregated and sold in the market on 15 May 2009 on behalf of the relevant Shareholders. Cheques in respect of the proceeds of these entitlements are expected to be despatched by 29 May 2009.

Two copies of each of the resolutions passed as special business at the AGM have been submitted to the UKLA in accordance with paragraph 9.6.2 of the Listing Rules and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility at: 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London EH14 5HS.

The resolutions were passed at the AGM on a show of hands. Details of the proxy votes received in advance of the meeting are as follows:

	For		Against		Withheld
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Receipt of Annual Report & Accounts	2,132,048,091	100.00	63,820	0.00	379,495	0.01
Approval of Directors' Remuneration Report	1,872,087,350	99.76	4,515,170	0.16	255,888,886	9.26
Re-election of M G Butterworth	2,127,617,647	99.88	2,506,997	0.09	2,366,761	0.09
Re-election of J L Hewitt	2,125,678,990	99.70	6,386,714	0.23	425,702	0.02
Re-election of R G Beeston	2,114,565,942	99.18	17,500,129	0.63	425,335	0.02
Re-appointment of Auditor	2,104,208,066	99.92	1,631,516	0.06	26,651,823	0.96
Authorisation of Auditors' Remuneration	2,131,696,501	100.00	102,938	0.00	691,967	0.03
Authority to allot shares	1,890,122,067	94.42	111,777,552	4.04	130,591,786	4.72
Authority to disapply pre-emption rights	2,070,891,734	99.22	16,278,329	0.59	45,321,343	1.64
Authority to purchase own shares	2,131,652,866	99.98	337,463	0.01	501,077	0.02
Authority to incur political expenditure	2,081,577,967	99.73	5,531,258	0.20	45,382,181	1.64
Authority to call a general meeting on 14 clear days' notice	2,115,584,158	99.22	16,529,737	0.60	377,511	0.01
Authority to consolidate ordinary shares	2,131,653,130	99.98	432,871	0.02	405,405	0.01
Authority to amend the Articles of Association	2,131,430,902	99.99	287,318	0.01	773,186	0.03
Authority to revoke any deemed limit as to the amount of share that can be allotted	2,131,230,350	99.98	470,345	0.02	790,711	0.03

Notes

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

2.       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.

3.       Issued share capital as at 14 May 2009 is 2,763,900,910 Ordinary Shares.

4.       All percentages are shown to two decimal places.

Details of the proxy votes received will also shortly be available to view on the Company's website at: www.cooksongroup.co.uk.

Cookson Group plc

165 Fleet Street

London EC4A 2AE

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