7th May 2008 16:45
Standard Chartered PLC07 May 2008 RESULT OF AGM RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Wednesday 7 May 2008 Standard Chartered PLC announces the result of voting on the resolutions at itsAnnual General Meeting ('AGM') held on Wednesday 7 May 2008, as set out in theAGM notice. A poll was held on each of the resolutions and was passed by the requiredmajority. Resolutions 1 to 15 (inclusive) and 20 to 21 (inclusive) as ordinaryresolutions and Resolutions 16 - 19 as special resolutions were passed and theresults of the poll were as follows: Resolution For Against Vote Withheld 1. To receive the report and accounts 254,522,605 920,463 3,810,4472. To declare the final dividend 258,907,323 4,569 341,9603. To approve the directors' remuneration 231,789,489 15,918,038 11,546,725 report4. To re-elect Mr M B DeNoma as a director 251,512,756 549,780 7,156,8095. To re-elect Miss V F Gooding as a director 258,345,255 621,710 284,5246. To re-elect Mr R H P Markham as a director 258,406,664 543,335 285,2427. To re-elect Mr P A Sands as a director 258,269,328 545,216 416,8868. To re-elect Mr O H J Stocken as a director 258,351,944 613,734 287,2879. To elect Mr G R Bullock as a director 258,288,942 547,550 414,92610. To elect Mr S B Mittal as a director 258,430,060 533,890 280,85711. To elect Mr J W Peace as a director 258,425,465 535,480 281,87812. To re-appoint the auditor 258,616,038 358,230 268,66813. To authorise the directors to set the 258,594,315 378,007 273,431 auditor's fees14. To authorise the directors to allot shares 255,576,054 3,396,298 271,46615. To extend the authority to allot shares 253,267,739 5,702,579 274,18316. To disapply pre-emption rights 257,710,931 1,171,398 358,05617. To authorise the Company to buy back its 258,448,143 522,235 274,841 ordinary shares18. To authorise the Company to buy back its 258,476,572 490,159 276,048 preference shares19. To authorise the Company to adopt new Articles 258,135,617 746,177 360,171 of Association20. To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries 255,143,546 3,652,963 448,681 to make political donations.21. To authorise the Company to offer the share 258,699,196 190,921 355,405 dividend alternative As at the date of the AGM, the number of issued shares of the Company was1,412,174,014 shares, which was the total number of shares entitling the holdersto attend and vote for or against all Resolutions. There were no restrictionson any shareholders to cast votes on any of the Resolutions proposed at the AGM,and there was no share entitling the holders to attend and vote only against theResolutions at the AGM. The scrutineer of the poll was Computershare InvestorServices PLC. N.B. In accordance with the Company's Articles of Association, on a poll everymember shall have one vote for every four shares held. In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, two copies of the resolutions put toshareholders at the AGM today has been submitted to the UK Listing Authority andwill shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's DocumentViewing Facility, which is situated at: The Financial Services Authority 25 The North Colonnade Canary Wharf London E14 5HS This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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