27th Apr 2007 15:45
Pearson PLC27 April 2007 Results of Annual General Meeting Pearson plc held its annual general meeting for shareholders at 12 noon today.All resolutions were put to the meeting and approved on a poll. Full details of the resolutions passed as special business have today beensubmitted to the UK Listing Authority for publication through the ListingAuthority's Document and Viewing Facility. The total number of votes received for each resolution is set out below. Thenumber of 25p ordinary shares in issue on 27 April 2007 was 806,773,111. Resolution Description For and Against Abstain Discretionary Resolution To receive the 2006 report 531,519,552 425,380 557,3231 and accounts Resolution To declare a final 532,440,848 20,327 42,6732 dividend Resolution To re-elect Patrick Cescau 531,283,691 1,123,255 96,6153 Resolution To re-elect Rona Fairhead 531,149,847 1,285,031 67,8544 Resolution To re-elect Susan Fuhrman 531,249,549 1,154,662 97,2085 Resolution To re-elect John Makinson 529,716,896 2,711,958 74,6926 Resolution To reappoint Robin 531,140,771 1,289,178 71,5087 Freestone Resolution To approve the report on 468,562,453 23,018,218 40,922,1138 directors' remuneration Resolution To reappoint the auditors 518,683,280 2,386,247 11,434,0599 Resolution To determine the 529,665,412 2,789,427 41,44710 remuneration of the auditors Resolution To authorise the company 529,128,100 3,298,584 64,30311 to allot ordinary shares Resolution To increase the authorised 530,765,763 1,665,222 60,37512 share capital Resolution To waive the pre-emption 530,731,143 1,615,463 147,24813 rights Resolution To authorise the company 532,030,039 136,987 324,93214 to purchase its own shares Resolution To authorise the company 531,460,508 775,548 253,36615 to send documents electronically This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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