25th Apr 2012 15:17
Voting Results of Aggreko plc Annual General Meeting 2012
The Annual General Meeting of Aggreko plc was held on Wednesday 25 April 2012 at 10.30 a.m. All resolutions were passed. Resolutions 17, 18, 19 and 20 were passed as Special Resolutions.
At the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting Philip Rogerson retired as a director and Ken Hanna was appointed Chairman of the Board and of the Nomination Committee and Ethics Committee. Ken Hanna also stepped down from the Audit Committee as required by the UK Corporate Governance Code.
The table below sets out the voting results
Resolution | For | % of votes cast | Against | % of votes cast | Total Votes Cast as a % of Voting Share Capital | Withheld* |
1 To receive the reports of the Directors and Auditors and to adopt the Company's accounts for the year ended 31 December 2011. | 167,720,974 | 99.59 | 689,527 | 0.41 | 62.82 | 50,280 |
2 To approve the Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2011. | 158,009,318 | 94.62 | 8,981,688 | 5.38 | 62.82 | 1,469,775 |
3 To declare a final dividend on the Company's ordinary shares of 13.59 pence per share. | 168,408,944 | 100.00 | 654 | 0.00 | 62.82 | 51,183 |
4 To re-elect Mr R C Soames as a Director of the Company. | 154,664,351 | 91.84 | 13,734,226 | 8.16 | 62.82 | 62,204 |
5 To re-elect Mr A G Cockburn as a Director of the Company. | 158,392,853 | 94.06 | 10,010,706 | 5.94 | 62.82 | 57,222 |
6 To re-elect Mr G P Walker as a Director of the Company. | 158,386,747 | 94.05 | 10,015,844 | 5.95 | 62.82 | 58,190 |
7 To re-elect Mr W F Caplan as a Director of the Company. | 158,380,833 | 94.05 | 10,023,156 | 5.95 | 62.82 | 56,792 |
8 To re-elect Mr K Pandya as a Director of the Company. | 156,128,769 | 92.71 | 12,274,209 | 7.29 | 62.82 | 57,803 |
9 To re-elect Mr D C M Hamill as a Director of the Company. | 159,530,002 | 94.73 | 8,872,478 | 5.27 | 62.82 | 58,301 |
10 To re-elect Mr R J MacLeod as a Director of the Company. | 159,529,646 | 94.73 | 8,873,762 | 5.27 | 62.82 | 57,373 |
11 To re-elect Mr R J King as a Director of the Company. | 159,528,898 | 94.73 | 8,872,308 | 5.27 | 62.82 | 59,575 |
12 To re-elect Mr K G Hanna as a Director of the Company. | 153,621,995 | 94.23 | 9,399,419 | 5.77 | 62.82 | 5,439,367 |
13 To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor of the Company to hold office from the conclusion of the meeting until the conclusion of the next general meeting at which accounts are laid before the Company. | 164,708,348 | 99.25 | 1,249,169 | 0.75 | 62.82 | 2,503,264 |
14 To authorise the Audit Committee of the Board to determine the remuneration of the Company's auditor. | 167,413,194 | 99.41 | 991,974 | 0.59 | 62.82 | 55,613 |
15 To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares | 126,371,442 | 77.26 | 37,188,446 | 22.74 | 62.82 | 4,900,893 |
16 To increase the maximum aggregate amount of fees payable to the Directors in accordance with Article 103 of the Company's Articles of Association | 167,917,688 | 99.74 | 437,405 | 0.26 | 62.82 | 105,688 |
17 To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares on non pre-emptive basis | 168,327,965 | 99.97 | 52,757 | 0.03 | 62.82 | 80,059 |
18 To renew the Directors' authority to purchase shares in the Market. | 165,641,168 | 99.81 | 313,784 | 0.19 | 62.82 | 2,505,829 |
19 To renew the permission of the holding of General Meetings at 14 clear days' notice | 158,606,516 | 94.18 | 9,799,513 | 5.82 | 62.82 | 54,751 |
20 To authorise the purchase of B shares | 165,541,533 | 99.79 | 346,160 | 0.21 | 62.82 | 2,573,088 |
* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of proportion of votes For and Against a resolution.
Any votes that gave the Chairman discretion have been included in the For votes.
The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue at close of business on 24 April 2012 was 268,181,891 (excluding Treasury shares).
In accordance with the UK Listing Authority, copies of resolutions 17, 18, 19 and 20 will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism, which is located at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do
PETER KENNERLEY
COMPANY SECRETARY
TELEPHONE: 0141 225 5900
25 APRIL 2012
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