3rd May 2007 18:01
Standard Chartered PLC03 May 2007 RESULT OF AGM RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Thursday 3 May 2007 Standard Chartered PLC announces the result of voting on the resolutions at itsAnnual General Meeting held on Thursday 3 May 2007, as set out in the AGMnotice. A poll was held on each of the resolutions and was passed by the requiredmajority. Resolutions 1 to 14 (inclusive) and 18 to 22b (inclusive) as ordinaryresolutions and Resolutions 15 - 17 as special resolutions were passed and theresults of the poll were as follows: Resolution For Against Vote Withheld1. To receive the report and accounts 237,853,305 740,496 308,3022. To declare the final dividend 238,539,982 4,718 356,7643. To approve the directors' remuneration 194,449,851 36,081,186 8,369,587report4. To re-elect Sir CK Chow as a director 237,514,492 1,069,929 327,2435. To re-elect Mr J F T Dundas as a director 238,516,152 67,052 328,7826. To re-elect Ms R Markland as a director 238,463,362 118,529 328,9287. To re-elect Mr R H Meddings as a director 235,186,277 912,381 2,812,5338. To re-elect Mr K S Nargolwala as a director 235,154,601 931,162 2,811,4839. To re-elect Mr P D Skinner as a director 238,446,363 122,395 330,94010. To elect Lord Adair Turner as a director 238,433,033 129,866 334,63011. To re-appoint the auditor 237,939,737 283,927 674,90512. To authorise the directors to set the 238,256,319 332,547 309,164auditor's fees13. To authorise the directors to allot shares 232,271,082 6,146,916 476,20714. To extend the authority to allot shares 230,617,325 7,804,514 475,57815. To disapply pre-emption rights 236,613,016 1,793,910 487,22316. To authorise the Company to buy back its 237,575,255 862,180 470,777ordinary shares17. To authorise the Company to buy back its 237,585,823 834,863 474,065preference shares18. To authorise the Company to make EU political 233,422,685 4,904,218 567,837donations under s347C of the Companies Act 198519. To authorise Standard Chartered Bank to make 233,405,842 4,739,487 749,094EU political donations under s347D of the Companies Act198520. To approve the Waiver in respect of the 190,173,583 1,761,425 46,962,291reporting and annual review requirements in respect ofOngoing Banking Transactions with associates of Temasekthat the Company has not been able to identify21. To approve the Waiver in respect of the 190,169,712 1,761,393 46,965,995requirement to enter into fixed-term written agreementswith Temasek and its associates in respect of OngoingBanking Transactions22a. To ratify past Ongoing Banking Transactions with 190,304,986 1,752,454 46,598,369Temasek and its associates22b. To approve future Ongoing Banking Transactions 190,170,855 1,762,657 46,722,619with Temasek and its associates, including the waiver inrespect of the requirement to set an annual cap As at the date of the AGM, the number of issued shares of the Company was1,386,567,798 shares, which was the total number of shares entitling theholders to attend and vote for or against all Resolutions (other thanResolutions 20 to 22b). Save for Resolutions 20 to 22b, there were norestrictions on any shareholders to cast votes on any of the Resolutionsproposed at the AGM, and there was no share entitling the holders to attend andvote only against the Resolutions at the AGM. The scrutineer of the poll wasComputershare Investor Services PLC. Temasek and its associates control the exercise of 12 per cent of the votingrights of the Company and had abstained from voting at the AGM in respect ofResolutions 20 to 22b. 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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