16th Jul 2013 16:48
BTG plc
16 July 2013
BTG plc: Results of 2013 Annual General Meeting
London, UK: BTG plc (LSE:BTG), the specialty pharmaceuticals company announces that all resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today were duly passed by shareholders on a show of hands.
The number of proxy votes lodged for each resolution prior to the meeting is as follows:
Total For* | Total Against | Votes Withheld | |||||
Resolution | No. of votes | % of vote | No. of votes | % of vote | No. of votes
| ||
1. | Receive and adopt the accounts together with the reports of the directors and auditor | 286,254,498 | 99.98 | 69,808 | 0.02 | 811,580 | |
2. | Approve the remuneration report | 281,311,364 | 99.05 | 2,705,677 | 0.95 | 3,118,845 | |
3. | Elect Richard Wohanka | 286,912,733 | 99.93 | 204,414 | 0.07 | 18,895 | |
4. | Re-elect Garry Watts | 286,874,674 | 99.92 | 242,953 | 0.08 | 18,103 | |
5. | Re-elect Louise Makin | 286,913,591 | 99.93 | 204,906 | 0.07 | 17,233 | |
6. | Re-elect Rolf Soderstrom | 286,917,225 | 99.93 | 201,203 | 0.07 | 17,458 | |
7. | Re-elect Giles Kerr | 286,627,607 | 99.83 | 487,923 | 0.17 | 20,356 | |
8. | Re-elect Melanie Lee | 286,818,308 | 99.90 | 298,947 | 0.10 | 18,631 | |
9. | Re-elect Ian Much | 286,874,534 | 99.92 | 242,076 | 0.08 | 19,276 | |
10. | Re-elect James O'Shea | 286,877,586 | 99.92 | 240,610 | 0.08 | 17,690 | |
11. | Appoint Auditor | 282,916,853 | 98.80 | 3,437,093 | 1.20 | 781,940 | |
12. | Fix Auditor remuneration | 284,031,481 | 98.92 | 3,094,982 | 1.08 | 9,423 | |
13. | Political Donations | 286,376,471 | 99.75 | 731,860 | 0.25 | 27,555 | |
14. | Amendments BTG Performance Share Plan 2006 and new performance conditions | 221,462,378 | 77.18 | 65,496,971 | 22.82 | 176,537 | |
15. | Authority to allot shares | 286,488,959 | 99.82 | 506,978 | 0.18 | 139,949 | |
16. | Disapplication of pre-emption rights | 286,889,422 | 99.92 | 217,048 | 0.08 | 29,416 | |
17. | Call a general meeting on not less than 14 days' notice | 282,163,029 | 98.27 | 4,958,989 | 1.73 | 13,868 | |
*includes discretionary votes appointing the Chairman
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed as special business at the Annual General Meeting have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
For Further information contact:
BTG
Andy Burrows, Director of Investor Relations
+44 (0)20 7575 1741; mobile: +44 (0)7990 530605
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