29th May 2007 17:11
Guinness Peat Group PLC29 May 2007 GUINNESS PEAT GROUP PLC ANNOUNCEMENT Results of Shareholder Meeting Guinness Peat Group plc ("GPG" or the "Company") announces that at its AnnualGeneral Meeting ("AGM") held in London on 29 May 2007, all of the resolutionsput to the meeting were duly passed. Valid proxy appointments and associated voting instructions appointing theChairman of the meeting were as follows: Voting Rights Resolution Brief Description For Against 1. To receive the directors' Report & Accounts. 370,017,203 18,281,500 2. To receive and approve the directors' remuneration report. 384,061,452 4,222,938 3. To re-elect Graeme Cureton a director. 387,713,359 584,401 4. To re-elect Tony Gibbs a director. 387,777,671 521,363 5. To appoint Deloitte & Touche LLP as auditor. 388,131,652 169,086 6. To authorise the directors to fix the remuneration of the auditor. 388,019,565 272,123 7. To authorise the directors to allot securities. 348,953,466 39,300,599 (Companies Act 1985, s.80). 8. To approve the Capitalisation Issue 2007. 388,176,266 126,092 9. To authorise the directors generally to offer scrip dividend 388,112,376 189,987 alternatives. (Special Resolution). 10. To disapply statutory pre-emption provisions (Companies Act 1985, s.95) 348,692,950 39,579,987 (Special Resolution). 11. To authorise the Company generally to make market purchases of its own 388,032,120 268,886 ordinary shares. (Companies Act, s.166) (Special Resolution) Votes were withheld as follows: • Resolution 1 - 3,777• Resolution 2 - 18,130• Resolution 3 - 4,720• Resolution 4 - 3,446• Resolution 5 - 1,742• Resolution 6 - 10,792• Resolution 7 - 47,875• Resolution 8 - 122• Resolution 9 - 117• Resolution 10 - 29,385• Resolution 11 - 1,474 Notes to the disclosures 1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have beenincluded in the "for" total. 2. Any proxy appointments in respect of a named individual rather than "the Chairman of the meeting" or another director of the Company have beenexcluded from this disclosure. Had these been included, they would in all casesin aggregate have increased the votes in favour of the resolutions. Consequent upon the approval of Resolution 8 application is being made to the UKListing Authority for the listing of up to 122,153,689 Shares in respect of theproposed allotment of shares on 30 June 2007 in respect of the CapitalisationIssue 2007. Application will also be made for the official quotation of theseshares on the Australian Stock Exchange, where they will be quoted (and willtrade) as CHESS Depository Instruments on completion of allotment procedures.These shares have been accepted for quotation on the New Zealand Stock Exchangeand will be quoted on completion of allotment procedures. Confirmation inrespect of this allotment will be announced as it occurs. J R RussellCompany SecretaryGuinness Peat Group plc+44 20 7484 337029 May 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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