28th Jul 2005 14:00
SABMiller PLC28 July 2005 SABMiller plc 28 July 2005 The board of SABMiller plc announces the results of the polls takenon all resolutions at the Annual General Meeting of the Company, held earliertoday. All resolutions were approved by substantial majorities ranging from 95%to 100%. Full details of the poll results are set out below and will also beavailable on the Company's website: www.sabmiller.com Resolution VOTES FOR % FOR* VOTES % AGAINST VOTES AGAINST WITHHELD** 1 To receive and adopt the financial statements for the 806,070,299 99.36 5,190,102 0.64 25,593,176 year ended 31 March 2005, together with the reports of the directors and auditors therein. 2 To approve the directors' remuneration report contained 800,968,729 96.23 31,419,805 3.77 4,464,833 in the Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2005. 3 To elect Mr J A Manzoni as a director of the Company. 833,289,510 99.80 1,708,037 0.20 1,856,030 4 To re-elect Mr M C Ramaphosa as a director of the 830,750,098 99.57 3,600,182 0.43 2,503,297 Company. 5 To re-elect MR E A G Mackay as a director of the 829,825,206 99.52 4,011,745 0.48 3,015,416 Company. 6 To declare a final dividend of 26 US cents per share. 836,608,610 100.00 3,099 0.00 241,605 7 To re-appoint PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors to 819,867,662 98.13 15,601,497 1.87 1,384,418 hold office from the conclusion of the Meeting until the conclusion of the next Annual general Meeting. 8 To authorise the directors to fix the remuneration of 835,573,225 99.85 1,271,114 0.15 9,238 the auditors. 9 To give a general power and authority to the directors 799,143,793 95.51 37,602,568 4.49 107,216 under Section 80 of the Companies Act 1985 to allot relevant securities. 10 To give a general power and authority to the directors 793,956,593 94.88 42,886,018 5.12 10,744 under Section 89 of the Companies Act 1985 to allot ordinary shares for cash otherwise than pro rata to all shareholders. 11 To give a general authority to the directors to make 809,795,586 96.77 27,036,751 3.23 21,240 market purchases of ordinary shares of US$0.10 each in the capital of the Company. 12 To approve the Contingent Purchase Contract. 809,439,420 96.76 27,065,828 3.24 347,897 *Votes 'FOR' include those votes giving the Chairman discretion ** The votes 'Withheld' are not counted towards the votes cast at the AnnualGeneral Meeting. Full details of the resolutions were set out in the Notice of Annual GeneralMeeting, dated 6 June 2005 Resolutions 1 to 9 were ordinary resolutions, requiring more than 50% ofshareholders' votes to be for the resolutions. Resolutions 10, 11 and 12 were special resolutions, requiring at least 75% ofshareholders' votes to be for the resolutions Copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, have beensubmitted to the UK Listing Authority ("UKLA") and will soon be available forinspection at the UKLA's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at: Financial Services Authority25 The North ColonnadeCanary WharfLondonE14 5HS A.O.C. Tonkinson, Group Secretary:Tel: 020 7659 2118 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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