8th May 2009 14:13
LAIRD PLC
RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held today the voting results were as set out below.
Proxy votes, expressed as number of votes and as a percentage of shares voted, were received in respect of a total number of 137,662,223 shares and in respect of the following Resolutions:
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Ordinary Business |
For or at Discretion |
Against |
"Vote Withheld"* |
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To receive and adopt the Report of the Directors and Accounts to 31 December 2008 |
137,451,987 99.91% |
126,095 0.09% |
84,141 0.05% |
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To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report |
108,955,394 98.14% |
2,059,907 1.86% |
26,646,922 15.01% |
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To declare a final dividend |
137,565,647 99.99% |
13,363 0.01% |
83,213 0.05% |
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To re-elect Mr N J Keen as a Director |
111,861,390 97.90% |
2,393,739 2.10% |
23,407,094 13.18% |
|
To re-elect Sir Christopher Hum as a Director |
136,721,357 99.38% |
847,434 0.62% |
93,432 0.05% |
|
To re-elect Professor M J Kelly as a Director |
136,727,525 99.39% |
842,363 1.83% |
92,335 0.05% |
|
To re-elect Mr A J Reading as a Director |
136,266,932 99.05% |
1,302,936 0.95% |
92,355 0.05% |
|
To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors and to authorise the Board to fix their remuneration |
133,215,571 96.83% |
4,355,711 3.17% |
90,941 0.05% |
|
Special Business |
For or at Discretion |
Against |
"Vote Withheld"* |
|
Ordinary Resolutions |
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To increase the authorised share capital |
136,741,804 99.40% |
826,236 0.60% |
94,183 0.05% |
|
To give the Directors the authority to allot shares |
132,588,850 98.96% |
1,396,450 1.04% |
3,676,923 2.07% |
|
Special Resolutions |
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To disapply pre-emption rights |
137,522,774 99.97% |
35,849 0.03% |
103,600 0.06% |
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To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares |
137,454,509 99.94% |
88,583 0.06% |
119,131 0.07% |
|
To approve the notice period for extraordinary general meetings |
136,035,835 99.19% |
1,115,710 0.81% |
510,678 0.29% |
* A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "for" and "against" a resolution and therefore the figures shown for "vote withheld" are a percentage of issued share capital.
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For enquiries: |
Laird PLC Peter Hill, Chief Executive Jonathan Silver, Finance Director Tel: 020 7468 4040 |
Maitland Brian Hudspith Suzanne Bartch Tel: 020 7379 5151 |
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