3rd Dec 2007 12:42
St Ives plc - Annual General Meeting 2007
St Ives plc is pleased to announce that all resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today were passed on a show of hands.
In accordance with LR 9.6.2R of the UK Listing Authority Listing Rules two copies of the resolutions passed under special business (resolutions 12 to 15) have been forwarded to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing facility, which is situated at:
Financial Services Authority25 The North ColonnadeCanary WharfLondon E14 5HSTelephone: 020 7066 1000A breakdown of proxy votes lodged 48 hours prior to the Annual General Meetingis set out below: Votes 'For' & Votes Resolution 'Discretionary' Votes 'Against' 'Withheld' Number % Number % Ordinary business 1. Report and Accounts 2007 75,618,374 99.83% 126,300 0.17% 709,898 2. Remuneration Report 44,368,058 68.18% 20,705,759 31.82% 12,380,755 3. Dividend 77,406,573 99.94% 48,000 0.06% 0 4. Re-appoint Auditors 75,038,665 99.52% 358,790 0.48% 2,057,118 5. Fix remuneration of 75,221,228 99.77% 176,227 0.23% 2,057,118Auditors 6. Re-elect Brian Edwards 74,977,192 96.81% 2,467,881 3.19% 9,500 7. Re-elect Miles Emley 73,613,157 95.17% 3,737,520 4.83% 103,895 8. Re-elect Simon Marquis 74,954,371 96.81% 2,469,853 3.19% 30,349 9. Re-elect David Wilbraham 73,193,271 95.25% 3,651,123 4.75% 610,178 10. To elect Simon Ward 74,956,883 96.81% 2,466,901 3.19% 30,789
11. To elect Matthew Armitage 74,957,826 96.82% 2,465,501 3.18% 31,246
Special business 12. Power to allot equity 76,019,229 98.30% 1,316,800 1.70% 118,544securities pursuant to Section 80 13. Power to allot equity 76,448,392 98.71% 999,181 1.29% 7,000securities pursuant to Section 89(1)
14. Authority for Company to 77,447,168 99.99% 6,867 0.01% 538 purchase its own ordinary
shares pursuant to Section 166
15. To approve and adopt new 77,395,284 99.94% 49,601 0.06% 9,688 Articles of Association
In total 288 proxy cards have been received by the registrars voting on average 76.18 million ordinary shares. This represents 73.57% of the issued share capital of the Company as at today's date.
The issued share capital of St Ives plc as at 3 December 2007 is 103,551,005 ordinary shares of 10 pence.
Votes `Withheld' have not been included in the proportion of votes cast `For' & `Discretionary' and `Against'.
A full summary of proxy votes can be obtained from the Company Secretary:
Company SecretarySt Ives plcSt Ives HouseLavington StreetLondon SE1 0NXTelephone: 020 7928 8844Enquiries:Philip HarrisCompany SecretaryTelephone: 020 7928 88443 December 2007
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