8th Feb 2007 12:50
Shaftesbury PLC08 February 2007 Shaftesbury PLC AGM Statement and Results of Proxy Votes At the Shaftesbury PLC (the "Company") Annual General Meeting held today, 8February 2007 the Chairman of the Company, Mr P J Manser, reported that theCompany intends to convert to a Real Estate Investment Trust ("REIT") on 1 April2007 and that the Company expects to send a circular to Shareholders on 23February 2007 with details of changes required to the Company's Articles ofAssociation to facilitate the conversion to a REIT. It is anticipated that theExtraordinary General Meeting of the Company will be convened on 19 March 2007. The resolutions set out below were passed by Shareholders on a show of hands.Proxies were received by the Company from Shareholders in advance of the AnnualGeneral Meeting as follows: Resolution For Discretionary Against Withheld Total 1. Approve the Accounts 89,821,442 1,145 37,900 337,900 90,198,387 2. Approve the Report on Directors' Remuneration 89,177,883 1,145 469,301 550,058 90,198,387 3. Declare a Final Dividend 89,859,342 1,145 0 337,900 90,198,387 4. Re-elect P J Manser as a Director 89,751,442 1,145 107,900 337,900 90,198,387 5. Re-elect J R K Emly as a Director 89,704,760 1,145 153,082 339,400 90,198,387 6. Reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditors 88,334,544 1,145 223,082 1,639,616 90,198,387 7. Authorise the Directors to agree remuneration of the 88,335,101 1,145 223,747 1,638,394 90,198,387 auditors 8. Authorise Directors to allot Securities 89,395,658 1,145 463,684 337,900 90,198,387 9. Grant Directors authority to disapply pre-emption rights 89,857,177 1,145 1,500 338,565 90,198,387 (special resolution) 10. Authorise market purchases of the Company's Shares 89,857,177 1,145 1,500 338,565 90,198,387 (special resolution) 11. Authorise the Company to make political donations 87,851,607 1,145 1,594,447 751,188 90,198,387 Notes: • Percentage of shares voted: 67.5% (Number of shares in issue 133,604,563) Jonathan S Lane Brian BickellChief Executive Finance DirectorTelephone 020 7333 81188 February 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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