11th May 2007 17:07
Laird Group PLC11 May 2007 THE LAIRD GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 11 MAY 2007 At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held today the voting results wereas set out below. Proxy votes, expressed as number of votes and as a percentage of shares voted,were received in respect of a total number of 128,542,713 shares and in respectof the following Resolutions: Ordinary Business For or at Against "Vote Withheld"* Discretion To receive and adopt the 128,418,273 124,129 311 Report of the Directors and 99.90% 0.10% Less than 0.001% Accounts to 31 December 2006 To declare a final dividend 128,541,236 0 1,477 100.00% 0.00% Less than 0.001% To re-elect Mr N J Keen as a 128,382,213 158,106 2,394 Director 99.88% 0.12% Less than 0.001% To re-elect Sir Christopher 128,504,760 35,559 2,394 Hum as a Director 99.97% 0.03% Less than 0.001% To re-elect Professor M Kelly 128,506,784 33,535 2,394 as a Director 99.97% 0.03% Less than 0.001% To re-elect Mr J C Silver as 128,510,549 29,028 3,136 a Director 99.98% 0.02% Less than 0.001% To re-elect Dr W R Spivey as 128,504,018 36,301 2,394 a Director 99.97% 0.03% Less than 0.001% To re-appoint Ernst & Young 127,519,321 1,022,475 917 LLP as Auditors and to 99.20% 0.80% Less than 0.001% authorise the Board to fix their remuneration Ordinary Resolutions To approve the Directors' 112,273,895 15,604,641 664,177 Remuneration Report 87.80% 12.20% 0.33% To give the Directors the 127,603,378 923,517 15,818 authority to allot shares 99.28% 0.72% 0.01% Special Resolutions To dis-apply pre-emption 128,458,693 57,283 26,737 rights 99.96% 0.04% 0.01% To authorise the Company to 128,351,223 188,695 2,795 purchase its own ordinary 99.85% 0.15% Less than 0.001% shares To authorise the Company to 128,341,495 197,005 4,213 purchase its own ordinary 99.85% 0.15% Less than 0.001% shares (post consolidation) * A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculationof the proportion of the votes "for" and "against" a resolution and thereforethe figures shown for "vote withheld" are a percentage of issued share capital. For enquiries: The Laird Group PLC Maitland Peter Hill, Chief Executive Brian Hudspith Jonathan Silver, Finance Director Charlotte Barker Tel: 020 7468 4040 Tel: 020 7379 5151 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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