3rd Aug 2016 07:00
Result of AGM
The Annual General Meeting of WS Atkins plc was held at The Lincoln Centre, 18 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3ED on 2 August 2016.
All 25 resolutions put to the members were passed on a poll. Accordingly, resolutions 1 to 21 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 22 to 25 were passed as special resolutions.
The results of the polls are set out below and will be available on the Company's website (www.atkinsglobal.com/investors):
For | Against | Shares marked as Votes Withheld / Abstentions * | ||||
Resolution (No. as noted on proxy form) | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
1. | To receive the annual report and accounts | 67,429,990 | 100 | 73 | 0 | 63,506 |
2. | To approve the policy on directors' remuneration | 66,508,348 | 99.69 | 209,073 | 0.31 | 775,390 |
3. | To approve the report on directors' remuneration | 67,123,198 | 99.66 | 225,731 | 0.34 | 143,882 |
4. | To receive and consider the corporate sustainability review | 67,436,472 | 100 | 3,357 | 0 | 52,982 |
5. | To declare a final dividend of 27.8p per ordinary share | 67,488,826 | 100 | 438 | 0 | 4,305 |
6. | To re-elect Catherine Bradley as a director of the Company | 67,283,854 | 99.75 | 171,943 | 0.25 | 37,772 |
7. | To re-elect Fiona Clutterbuck as a director of the Company. | 66,520,369 | 98.61 | 935,123 | 1.39 | 38,077 |
8. | To re-elect Allan Cook as a director of the Company. | 67,256,981 | 99.70 | 199,507 | 0.30 | 37,081 |
9. | To re-elect Alan James Cullens as a director of the Company. | 67,354,843 | 99.85 | 99,768
| 0.15 | 38,200 |
10. | To re-elect Heath Drewett as a director of the Company. | 67,358,022 | 99.86 | 97,565 | 0.14 | 36,985 |
11. | To re-elect Uwe Krueger as a director of the Company. | 66,163,715 | 99.65 | 230,541 | 0.35 | 1,098,555 |
12. | To re-elect Allister Langlands as a director of the Company. | 67,060,148 | 99.41 | 395,387 | 0.59 | 37,276 |
13. | To re-elect Thomas Leppert as a director of the Company. | 67,406,624 | 99.93 | 47,987 | 0.07 | 38,200 |
14. | To re-elect Raj Rajagopal as a director of the Company. | 67,227,875 | 99.66 | 227,783 | 0.34 | 37,153 |
15. | To elect Gretchen Watkins as a director of the Company. | 67,409,165 | 99.93 | 46,148 | 0.07 | 38,256 |
16. | To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor. | 65,155,757 | 96.54 | 2,332,026 | 3.46 | 5,786 |
17. | To authorise the directors to fix the remuneration of the auditor. | 59,176,968 | 96.05 | 2,436,126 | 3.95 | 5,880,475 |
18. | To authorise political donations and expenditure under the Companies Act 2006. | 66,790,814 | 99.17 | 562,202 | 0.83 | 140,553 |
19. | To amend the WS Atkins plc Long Term Incentive Plan. | 66,658,213 | 98.79 | 819,488 | 1.21 | 15,110 |
20. | To renew the authority to allot shares. | 66,592,689 | 98.68 | 892,605 | 1.32 | 7,517 |
21. | To increase the maximum aggregate fees payable to directors. | 66,454,511 | 98.67 | 896,427 | 1.33 | 142,631 |
22. | To renew the authority to allot equity securities for cash. | 67,253,477 | 99.93 | 44,984 | 0.07 | 194,350 |
23. | To authorise the allotment of equity securities for cash for the purpose of financing an acquisition or specified capital investment. | 66,676,136 | 98.80 | 811,728 | 1.20 | 5,705 |
24. | To allow general meetings (other than annual general meetings) to be called on 14 days' notice. | 65,108,802 | 96.48 | 2,375,099 | 3.52 | 9,668 |
25. | To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares. | 66,783,110 | 98.96 | 703,872 | 1.04 | 6,587 |
* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for or against the resolution.
Elliot Nobelen
Company Secretarial Assistant - Graduate Trainee
3 August 2016
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