22nd Jul 2005 14:53
CABLE AND WIRLESS PLC ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ON 22nd JULY 2005 ANNOUNCEMENT OF POLL RESULTS Cable and Wireless plc held its Annual General Meeting today at Queen ElizabethII Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, London SW1P 3EE.A poll was held on each resolution. All resolutions were passed and fullresults of the poll are given below: RESOLUTIONS VOTES FOR % VOTES % VOTES AGAINST WITHELD 1 To adopt the Report 1,340,700,972 99.78 2,967,216 0.22 27,301,407 and Accounts 2 To approve the 1,329,723,848 97.38 35,722,696 2.62 5,523,051 Remuneration Report 3 To declare a Final 1,370,422,715 99.97 348,754 0.03 198,126 Dividend 4 To elect Mr George 1,365,480,689 99.66 4,618,371 0.34 870,535 Battersby 5 To elect Mr Clive 1,368,358,538 99.88 1,707,931 0.12 903,126 Butler* 6 To elect Mr Harris 1,365,265,443 99.66 4,654,791 0.34 1,049,361 Jones 7 To elect Ms Kate 1,368,435,719 99.88 1,670,927 0.12 862,949 Nealon* 8 To elect Ms AgnĬs 1,368,486,820 99.88 1,599,900 0.12 882,875 Touraine 9 To re-elect Mr 1,363,702,607 99.65 4,785,784 0.35 2,481,204 Francesco Caio 10 To re-elect Mr Bernard 1,364,337,408 99.58 5,714,269 0.42 917,918 Gray* 11 To re-elect Mr Tony 1,368,473,499 99.88 1,593,916 0.12 902,180 Rice 12 To re-appoint KPMG Plc 1,366,420,402 99.71 4,012,257 0.29 536,936 as Auditors 13 To authorise the 1,365,519,754 99.64 4,882,864 0.36 566,977 Directors to fix the Auditors remuneration 14 To amend the Rules of 1,352,755,494 99.10 12,322,644 0.90 5,891,457 the Cable & Wireless Incentive Plan 15 To amend the Rules of 1,345,031,075 98.53 20,010,177 1.47 5,928,343 the Cable & Wireless Deferred Short Term Incentive Plan 16 To authorise the 1,364,880,949 99.76 3,295,589 0.24 2,793,057 Company to make market purchasesⴠ17 To increase the total 1,361,744,297 99.41 8,082,590 0.59 1,142,708 cap on Directors' Fees 18 To amend the Company's 1,366,088,713 99.81 2,615,437 0.19 2,265,445 Articles of Associationⴠ* Member of the Remuneration CommitteeⴠSpecial ResolutionENDCable & Wireless PLCRelated Shares:
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