25th Oct 2012 14:01
The Go-Ahead Group plc
('Go-Ahead' or 'The Company')
Result of Annual General Meeting
At the Annual General Meeting of Go-Ahead held earlier today, 25 October 2012, all resolutions proposed at the meeting were duly passed on a show of hands. A summary of the proxy votes registered prior to the AGM is outlined below and will be shortly available on the Company's website at www.go-ahead.com.
The total issued share capital of the Company at today's date is 46,905,978 ordinary shares of 10p each and the total number of shares eligible to vote at the AGM was 43,003,748.
Resolution | Total Votes Cast (Excluding Abstain/ Withheld) | Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Discretionary | Votes Abstain/Withheld | Poll Yes/No |
1. To receive the reports of the Directors and the financial statements together with the report of the Auditors for the year ended 30 June 2012
| 28,137,823 | 28,015,373 | 2,541 | 119,909 | 2,223 | No |
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 June 2012
| 27,755,286 | 27,489,671
| 145,922 | 119,693
| 384,759
| No |
3. To approve the final dividend of 55.5p per share
| 28,139,806 | 28,019,774 | 1,568 | 118,464 | 240 | No |
4. To elect Nick Horler as a Non-Executive Director
| 28,133,797 | 27,766,616 | 248,446
| 118,735 | 6,249 | No |
5. To re-elect Sir Patrick Brown as a Non-Executive Director
| 28,135,248
| 27,661,541
| 355,832 | 117,875
| 4,798 | No |
6. To re-elect Andrew Allner as a Non-Executive Director
| 27,648,569
| 27,103,017
| 427,677 | 117,875
| 491,476 | No |
7. To re-elect Katherine Innes Ker as a Non-Executive Director
| 28,132,538
| 27,766,819 | 247,844 | 117,875
| 7,508 | No |
8. To re-elect Rupert Pennant-Rea as a Non-Executive Director
| 27,653,250 | 24,906,332 | 2,629,043 | 117,875
| 486,795 | No |
9. To re-elect David Brown as an Executive Director
| 28,135,634 | 27,643,325 | 374,434 | 117,875
| 4,412
| No |
10. To re-elect Keith Down as an Executive Director.
| 28,133,874
| 27,948,619
| 67,380
| 117,875 | 6,172 | No |
11. To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors of the Company
| 28,137,738 | 26,164,785
| 1,852,381
| 120,572
| 2,307
| No |
12. To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditors
| 28,138,723 | 26,493,636
| 1,523,635 | 121,452 | 1,323
| No |
13. To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure
| 28,098,458 | 27,774,043
| 236,641 | 87,864
| 41,498 | No |
14. To authorise the Directors to allot shares
| 28,055,394 | 24,391,753 | 3,543,824
| 119,817 | 84,652 | No |
15. To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights (special resolution)
| 28,126,065 | 27,897,219
| 107,495 | 121,351
| 13,981 | No |
16. To give authority to the Company to make market purchases of its own shares (special resolution)
| 28,136,737
| 28,005,399
| 11,586 | 119,752 | 3,309 | No |
17. To authorise the calling of general meetings of the Company, other than Annual General Meetings, by notice of 14 clear days (special resolution) | 28,137,659
| 26,473,160 | 1,545,134
| 119,365 | 2,387 | No |
Further details of each of the resolutions, are set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting 2012 available on Go-Ahead's website, www.go-ahead.com.
A copy of the resolutions relating to special business at the Annual General Meeting have today been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.
For further information please contact:
Carolyn Sephton, Company Secretary - 0191 232 3123
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