25th Apr 2008 15:39
Pearson PLC25 April 2008 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 25 April 2008 was 808,358,605. Resolution Description For and Against Abstain DiscretionaryResolution To receive the 2007 report 507,993,200 20,742 619,2521 and accounts Resolution To declare a final 507,563,984 16,817 1,052,3932 dividend Resolution To re-elect Terry Burns 471,707,279 3,121,700 33,804,2153 Resolution To re-elect Ken Hydon 507,052,119 933,413 647,6624 Resolution To re-elect Glen Moreno 506,256,690 1,709,180 667,3245 Resolution To re-elect Marjorie 498,208,228 9,784,599 640,3676 Scardino Resolution To approve the report on 426,697,067 59,035,607 22,900,5207 directors' remuneration Resolution To reappoint the auditors 499,994,296 8,033,890 605,0088 Resolution To determine the 504,221,629 3,784,134 627,4319 remuneration of the auditors Resolution To authorise the company 503,213,390 1,615,891 3,803,91310 to allot ordinary shares Resolution To increase the authorised 507,574,433 401,322 657,43911 share capital Resolution To waive the pre-emption 504,658,224 473,195 3,501,77512 rights Resolution To authorise the company 507,894,027 109,969 629,19813 to purchase its own shares Resolution To adopt new Articles of 504,659,854 2,771,909 1,201,43114 Association Resolution To renew the Annual Bonus 441,103,127 23,983,928 43,546,13915 Share Matching Plan This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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