30th Nov 2010 17:27
30 November 2010
St Ives plc - Result of Annual General Meeting 2010 and Total Voting Rights
St Ives plc ("the Company") is pleased to announce that all resolutionsproposed at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today were passed on a showof hands. In total 251 valid proxy cards were received by the registrars votingon average 86.52 million ordinary shares. This represents 83.45% of the issuedshare capital of the Company as at today's date.The issued share capital of the Company as at 30 November 2010 is 103,679,310ordinary shares of 10 pence each. Each share carries one vote. The Company doesnot hold any shares in treasury. The above figure may be used by shareholdersto determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change totheir interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Financial ServiceAuthority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.Miles Emley, as Chairman of the Company and of the Annual General Meeting, wasappointed as proxy and given instructions on how to vote on the resolutionsbefore the Meeting today in respect of a maximum of 99,665,701 shares and wasappointed proxy and given discretion on how to vote in respect of a maximum of973,371 shares. His appointment as proxy and accordingly his voting rights overthese shares lapsed immediately following the Annual General Meeting.A summary of all the proxy votes lodged 48 hours prior to the Annual GeneralMeeting is set out below:Resolution Votes 'For' & Votes 'Against' Votes 'Discretionary' 'Withheld'# Number % Number % Number Routine business 1. Report and Accounts 2010 87,613,243 99.86% 127,075 0.14% 8,675 2. Directors' Remuneration 68,165,495 83.99% 12,989,385 16.01% 6,594,113 Report 3. Dividend 87,743,178 100.00% 0 0.00% 5,815 4. Re-appoint Auditors 87,612,543 99.85% 128,830 0.15% 7,620 5. Fix remuneration of Auditors 87,733,063 99.99% 8,010 0.01% 7,920 6. Re-elect Miles Emley 86,611,404 98.85% 1,010,637 1.15% 126,952 7. Re-elect Simon Marquis 87,465,619 99.82% 160,897 0.18% 122,477 8. Re-elect Mike Butterworth 87,705,973 99.97% 30,480 0.03% 12,540 Non-routine business 9. Power to allot equity securities pursuant to Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 81,803,868 94.79% 4,498,634 5.21% 1,446,491 10. Power to allot equity securities pursuant to Sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006 * 87,696,704 99.95% 42,669 0.05% 9,620 11. Authority for Company to purchase its own ordinary shares pursuant to Section 693(4) of the Companies Act 2006 * 87,716,884 99.98% 15,994 0.02% 16,115
12. Approve and adopt a new LTIP 68,386,486 84.00% 13,022,556 16.00% 6,339,951
* passed as a special resolution # votes `Withheld' have not been included in the proportion of votes cast `For'
& `Discretionary' and `Against'.
Proxy figures will be also disclosed in the investor area of the Company'swebsite www.st-ives.co.uk. Copies of the resolutions passed under non-routinebusiness will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and in due coursewill be available to view at: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do by searching using StIves plc's code "SIV".
As previously announced David Best stood down as a director of the Company at the end of the Annual General Meeting.
Enquiries:Philip Harris Telephone: 020 7928 8844Company SecretarySt Ives plcSt Ives HouseLavington StreetLondon SE1 0NX
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