28th Apr 2015 16:41
28 April 2015
Rexam Annual General Meeting 2015
Rexam, a leading global beverage can maker, announces that at its Annual General Meeting held today, all resolutions as set out in the notice of Annual General Meeting dated 25 March 2015 were passed. A poll was conducted on each resolution proposed at the Meeting and the number of votes for and against each of the resolutions, and the number of votes withheld, were as follows:
Resolution | For | % | Against | % | Withheld* | |
1 | Annual report and accounts 2014 | 424,296,936 | 99.99 | 21,306 | 0.01 | 25,615 |
2 | Directors' remuneration report 2014 | 416,794,511 | 99.04 | 4,050,052 | 0.96 | 3,499,293 |
3 | 2014 final dividend | 424,317,727 | 100.00 | 1,736 | 0.00 | 24,394 |
4 | Election of Carl-Peter Forster | 419,683,121 | 98.91 | 4,606,660 | 1.09 | 54,076 |
5 | Re-election of Stuart Chambers | 417,699,486 | 98.44 | 6,598,965 | 1.56 | 45,405 |
6 | Re-election of Graham Chipchase | 419,166,168 | 98.79 | 5,132,575 | 1.21 | 45,114 |
7 | Re-election of David Robbie | 419,030,081 | 98.76 | 5,269,761 | 1.24 | 44,015 |
8 | Re-election of John Langston | 417,170,208 | 98.32 | 7,136,752 | 1.68 | 36,897 |
9 | Re-election of Leo Oosterveer | 417,709,030 | 98.45 | 6,592,065 | 1.55 | 42,762 |
10 | Re-election of Ros Rivaz | 418,455,102 | 98.62 | 5,857,016 | 1.38 | 31,739 |
11 | Re-election of Johanna Waterous | 417,508,306 | 98.40 | 6,801,907 | 1.60 | 33,644 |
12 | Re-appointment of auditors | 404,491,708 | 95.47 | 19,214,024 | 4.53 | 638,124 |
13 | Authority to set remuneration of auditors | 412,484,872 | 97.35 | 11,215,112 | 2.65 | 643,872 |
14 | Authority to allot shares | 382,090,285 | 90.49 | 40,171,365 | 9.51 | 2,082,207 |
15 | Authority to allot equity securities for cash | 423,961,143 | 99.92 | 332,152 | 0.08 | 50,562 |
16 | Authority to make market purchases of own shares | 423,221,218 | 99.75 | 1,073,180 | 0.25 | 49,459 |
17 | Notice period for calling a general meeting | 383,238,052 | 90.32 | 41,061,904 | 9.68 | 43,901 |
* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.
In accordance with LR 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions passed at today's Annual General Meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be shortly available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM
Enquiries
David Gibson, Company Secretary + 44 (0)20 7227 4100
A copy of this press release has been posted on the Rexam website, www.rexam.com
Editors' notes:
Rexam is a leading global beverage can maker. We are business partners to some of the world's most famous and successful consumer brands. Our vision is to be the best beverage can maker in the world.We have 55 can making plants in more than 20 countries and employ around 8,000 people. In 2014, our sales were £3.8 billion.Rexam's ordinary shares are listed with the UK Listing Authority and trade on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol REX. Visit www.rexam.com for further information.
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