17th Jul 2009 15:44
CABLE AND WIRELESS PLC
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Cable and Wireless plc held its Annual General Meeting today, 17th July 2009, at The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, London SW1P 3EE.
All resolutions were put to the meeting on a poll, the full results of which are given below.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, two copies of all resolutions passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business and two copies of the new Articles of Association have today been submitted to the UK Listing Authority for publication through the Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility.
RESOLUTIONS |
VOTES FOR |
% |
VOTES AGAINST |
% |
VOTES WITHHELD |
|
1 |
To receive the Report and Accounts |
1,771,522,525 |
98.98 |
18,251,860 |
1.02 |
373,758 |
2 |
To approve the Remuneration Report |
1,117,768,963 |
74.54 |
381,886,504 |
25.46 |
290,492,675 |
3 |
To declare a final dividend |
1,785,985,575 |
99.89 |
1,967,261 |
0.11 |
2,195,307 |
4 |
To re-elect Richard Lapthorne |
1,728,926,614 |
96.73 |
58,367,347 |
3.27 |
2,854,181 |
5 |
To elect John Barton |
1,746,675,813 |
97.63 |
42,376,804 |
2.37 |
1,095,526 |
6 |
To elect Mary Francis |
1,783,812,861 |
99.71 |
5,212,052 |
0.29 |
1,123,230 |
7 |
To elect Penny Hughes |
1,783,788,911 |
99.71 |
5,233,997 |
0.29 |
1,125,235 |
8 |
To elect Tim Pennington |
1,784,068,942 |
99.72 |
5,006,816 |
0.28 |
1,072,385 |
9 |
To re-elect Simon Ball |
1,733,673,568 |
96.90 |
55,373,959 |
3.10 |
1,100,616 |
10 |
To re-elect John Pluthero |
1,783,700,770 |
99.70 |
5,452,503 |
0.30 |
994,870 |
11 |
To re-elect Kasper Rorsted |
1,733,536,861 |
96.90 |
55,549,567 |
3.10 |
1,061,715 |
12 |
To re-appoint the Auditor |
1,705,533,536 |
95.58 |
78,957,509 |
4.42 |
5,657,097 |
13 |
To authorise the Directors to set the Auditor's remuneration |
1,502,903,128 |
94.84 |
81,720,088 |
5.16 |
205,524,927 |
14 |
To give authority to allot shares |
1,772,205,366 |
99.22 |
13,977,418 |
0.78 |
3,965,359 |
15 |
To disapply pre-emption rights* |
1,783,083,674 |
99.84 |
2,867,397 |
0.16 |
4,197,072 |
16 |
To adopt new Articles of Association* |
1,784,873,096 |
99.94 |
1,106,386 |
0.06 |
4,168,661 |
17 |
To authorise the purchase of its own shares by the Company* |
1,767,868,500 |
99.87 |
2,227,376 |
0.13 |
20,052,267 |
18 |
To amend the rules of the LTIP |
1,279,726,647 |
75.30 |
419,884,436 |
24.70 |
90,537,059 |
19 |
To amend the award to Richard Lapthorne |
1,276,800,541 |
75.28 |
419,274,817 |
24.72 |
94,072,784 |
20 |
To authorise the Company to call a general meeting of shareholders on not less than 14 days' notice* |
1,758,463,507 |
98.37 |
29,204,782 |
1.63 |
2,479,854 |
* Special Resolution
A Member of the Audit Committee
N Member of the Nominations Committee
R Member of the Remuneration Committee
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