27th Apr 2006 15:57
AstraZeneca PLC27 April 2006 ASTRAZENECA PLC ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING : 27 APRIL 2006 AstraZeneca PLC announced the results of the voting at its Annual GeneralMeeting today. As proposed in the Notice of AGM, all Resolutions were decidedby poll vote. Resolution 1: Ordinary Resolution to receive the Company's Accounts and theReports of the Directors and Auditor for the year ended 31 December 2005: VOTES FOR: 830,471,965 (97.89%) VOTES AGAINST: 17,904,804 (2.11%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 2: Ordinary Resolution to confirm dividends: VOTES FOR: 909,717,873 (100.00%) VOTES AGAINST: 30,352 (0.00%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 3: Ordinary Resolution to re-appoint KPMG Audit Plc, London asAuditor: VOTES FOR: 869,368,728 (96.40%) VOTES AGAINST: 32,512,176 (3.60%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 4: Ordinary Resolution to authorise the Directors to agree theremuneration of the Auditor: VOTES FOR: 906,433,038 (99.57%) VOTES AGAINST: 3,892,867 (0.43%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(a): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Louis Schweitzer as a Director: VOTES FOR: 874,752,401 (98.51%) VOTES AGAINST: 13,258,559 (1.49%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(b): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Hakan Mogren as a Director: VOTES FOR: 876,835,324 (97.32%) VOTES AGAINST: 24,142,083 (2.68%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(c): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect David R Brennan as a Director: VOTES FOR: 892,140,829 (99.25%) VOTES AGAINST: 6,730,037 (0.75%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(d): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Jonathan Symonds as a Director: VOTES FOR: 892,038,955 (99.24%) VOTES AGAINST: 6,822,890 (0.76%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(e): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect John Patterson as a Director: VOTES FOR: 892,233,953 (99.25%) VOTES AGAINST: 6,773,184 (0.75%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(f): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Sir Peter Bonfield as aDirector: VOTES FOR: 886,903,642 (97.63%) VOTES AGAINST: 21,552,869 (2.37%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(g): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect John Buchanan as a Director: VOTES FOR: 896,618,941 (99.48%) VOTES AGAINST: 4,726,770 (0.52%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Item 5(h): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Jane Henney as a Director: VOTES FOR: 860,323,063 (97.45%) VOTES AGAINST: 22,534,973 (2.55%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(i): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Michele Hooper as a Director: VOTES FOR: 906,612,644 (99.66%) VOTES AGAINST: 3,083,581 (0.34%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(j): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Joe Jimenez as a Director: VOTES FOR: 896,936,153 (99.50%) VOTES AGAINST: 4,519,559 (0.50%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(k): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Erna Moller as a Director: VOTES FOR: 890,927,004 (97.98%) VOTES AGAINST: 18,363,711 (2.02%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(l): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Marcus Wallenberg as aDirector: VOTES FOR: 880,879,940 (97.85%) VOTES AGAINST: 19,383,650 (2.15%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(m): Ordinary Resolution to elect Dame Nancy Rothwell as a Director: VOTES FOR: 907,065,718 (99.71%) VOTES AGAINST: 2,653,847 (0.29%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 6: Ordinary Resolution to approve the Directors' Remuneration Reportfor the year ended 31 December 2005: VOTES FOR: 849,470,632 (95.82%) VOTES AGAINST: 37,039,650 (4.18%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 7: Ordinary Resolution to authorise limited EU political donations: VOTES FOR: 898,668,421 (98.87%) VOTES AGAINST: 10,299,386 (1.13%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 8: Ordinary Resolution to authorise the Directors to allot unissuedshares: VOTES FOR: 898,641,874 (98.72%) VOTES AGAINST: 11,607,637 (1.28%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 9: Special Resolution to authorise the Directors to disapplypre-emption rights: VOTES FOR: 905,522,101 (99.27%) VOTES AGAINST: 6,690,552 (0.73%) The Resolution was passed as a Special Resolution. Resolution 10: Special Resolution to authorise the Company to purchase its ownshares: VOTES FOR: 909,603,540 (99.92%) VOTES AGAINST: 695,141 (0.08%) The Resolution was passed as a Special Resolution. G H R Musker Company Secretary 27 April 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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