Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8060L

Weir Group PLC

12 May 2010

 



THE WEIR GROUP PLC

12 May 2010

Voting Results

The Annual General Meeting of The Weir Group PLC was held on Wednesday 12 May 2010 at 11 am.  All resolutions were passed on a poll via electronic voting.  Resolutions 1 to 10 and 15 being passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 11 to 14 being passed as special resolutions.

No.	Resolution		No. of votes for the resolution		Percentage of votes received		No. of votes against the resolution		Percentage of votes received		No. of votes withheld
1	To approve and adopt the directors report and financial statements for the 53 weeks ended 1 January 2010		131,672,063		99.70		397,406		0.30		2,543,084
2	To declare a dividend		134,524,372		100.00		0		0.00		88,181
3	To approve the remuneration report for the 53 weeks ended 1 January 2010		129,748,636		97.85		2,848,735		2.15		2,015,587
4	To elect Jon Stanton as a director		133,668,919		99.39		824,257		0.61		120,419
5	To re-elect Keith Cochrane as a director		131,198,038		97.54		3,307,917		2.46		97,598
6	To re-elect Alan Mitchelson as a director		133,115,255		99.27		983,082		0.73		509,019
7	To re-elect Lord Smith as a director		128,421,434		95.48		6,076,237		4.52		115,882
8	To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors		131,660,657		99.86		189,646		0.14		2,763,250
9	To authorise the directors to fix the remuneration of the auditors		130,987,611		99.98		21,651		0.02		3,604,291
10	To renew the directors' general authority to allot relevant securities		114,974,319		88.22		15,359,321		11.78		4,279,912
11	To disapply, within certain limits, the statutory pre-emption rights arising on the allotment of shares		134,342,145		99.91		125,041		0.09		146,367
12	To renew the Company's power to purchase its own shares		134,374,860		99.90		132,090		0.10		106,603
13	To adopt new articles of association		132,543,396		99.65		462,428		0.35		1,607,728
14	To reduce the notice period for general meetings		126,221,086		93.86		8,262,574		6.14		129,314
15	To approve amendments to the Group Long Term Incentive Plan		120,858,741		91.03		11,909,156		8.97		1,845,655

a)   Any proxy appointments which give discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total.

b)   At close of business on 11 May 2010 there were 210,501,947 relevant shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). 

A copy of the Resolutions passed has 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:

The Financial Services Authority

25 The North Colonnade

Canary Wharf, London, E14 5HS

 

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