23rd Apr 2010 11:04
Filtrona plc
Results of the Annual General Meeting
Filtrona plc (the 'Company') held its 2010 Annual General Meeting of its shareholders on, Thursday 22 April 2010 at 12 noon. The proxy voting figures received are shown below.
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No. |
Resolution |
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1 |
To receive and adopt the Report of the Directors, the Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2009 and the Report of the Auditor thereon |
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Votes for/discretionary |
126,737,733 |
99.71% |
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Votes against |
370,728 |
0.29% |
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Total votes cast |
127,108,461 |
100% |
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Votes withheld |
63,081 |
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Poll |
No |
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2 |
To receive and adopt the Report of the Remuneration Committee for the year ended 31 December 2009 |
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Votes for/discretionary |
121,091,357 |
98.47% |
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Votes against |
1,878,353 |
1.53% |
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Total votes cast |
122,969,710 |
100% |
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Votes withheld |
4,202,510 |
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Poll |
No |
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3 |
To declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2009 of 5.08p per ordinary share |
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Votes for/discretionary |
127,150,951 |
99.99% |
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Votes against |
9,166 |
0.01% |
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Total votes cast |
127,160,117 |
100% |
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Votes withheld |
12,103 |
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Poll |
No |
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4 |
To re-elect Paul Drechsler as a Non-executive Director of the Company |
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Votes for/discretionary |
124,160,479 |
99.75% |
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Votes against |
307,331 |
0.25% |
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Total votes cast |
124,467,810 |
100% |
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Votes withheld |
2,704,410 |
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Poll |
No |
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5 |
To re-elect Lars Emilson as a Non-executive Director of the Company |
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Votes for/discretionary |
126,849,481 |
99.76% |
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Votes against |
309,299 |
0.24% |
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Total votes cast |
127,158,780 |
100% |
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Votes withheld |
13,440 |
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Poll |
No |
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6 |
To elect Terry Twigger as a Non-executive Director of the Company |
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Votes for/discretionary |
127,011,699 |
99.88% |
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Votes against |
146,659 |
0.12% |
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Total votes cast |
127,158,358 |
100% |
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Votes withheld |
13,862 |
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Poll |
No |
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7 |
To re-appoint KPMG Audit Plc as the Company's auditor |
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Votes for/discretionary |
125,064,445 |
99.15% |
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Votes against |
1,066,519 |
0.85% |
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Total votes cast |
126,130,964 |
100% |
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Votes withheld |
1,041,255 |
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Poll |
No |
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8 |
To authorise the Directors to fix the Auditor's remuneration |
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Votes for/discretionary |
126,324,220 |
99.65% |
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Votes against |
449,319 |
0.35% |
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Total votes cast |
126,773,539 |
100% |
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Votes withheld |
398,681 |
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Poll |
No |
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9 |
To authorise the Directors until the end of the next year's AGM or, if earlier, until the close of business on 30 June 2011, to allot unissued shares in the Company, (i) up to an aggregate nominal amount of £17,138,516 (ii) up to an aggregate nominal amount of £34,277,032 in connection with an offer by way of a rights issue:
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Votes for/discretionary |
114,462,073 |
90.99% |
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Votes against |
11,329,356 |
9.01% |
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Total votes cast |
125,791,429 |
100% |
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Votes withheld |
1,380,790 |
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Poll |
No |
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10 |
To authorise the Directors until the end of next year's AGM or, if earlier, until the close of business on 30 June 2011, to modify pre-emption rights of shareholders, in connection with the authority to allot unissued shares given to Directors at Resolution 9 earlier |
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Votes for/discretionary |
127,125,211 |
99.98% |
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Votes against |
20,574 |
0.02% |
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Total votes cast |
127,145,785 |
100% |
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Votes withheld |
26,435 |
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Poll |
No |
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11 |
To authorise the Company until the end of next year's AGM or 22 October 2011 (whichever shall occur first), within certain limits, to purchase its own shares in the market |
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Votes for/discretionary |
127,132,118 |
99.98% |
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Votes against |
21,649 |
0.02% |
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Total votes cast |
127,153,767 |
100% |
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Votes withheld |
18,453 |
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Poll
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No |
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12 |
To adopt new articles of association |
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Votes for/discretionary |
126,904,630 |
99.89% |
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Votes against |
144,259 |
0.11% |
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Total votes cast |
127,048,889 |
100% |
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Votes withheld |
123,331 |
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Poll |
No |
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13 |
To adopt that a general meeting other than an annual general meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice
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Votes for/discretionary |
125,874,390 |
99.00% |
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Votes against |
1,273,199 |
1.00% |
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Total votes cast |
127,147,589 |
100% |
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Votes withheld |
24,631 |
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Poll |
No |
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Number of shareholders at meeting date: 6
Issued share capital at meeting date: 219,326,796 ordinary shares of 25p each
Total number of voting rights 205,662,191
Number of votes per share: 1
All the Resolutions proposed at the Meeting as set out in the Notice of Meeting (a copy of which is available at www.filtrona.com) were passed on a show of hands.
Two copies of the Resolutions passed will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:
Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS
Name of contact and telephone number for queries - Patricia Kendall
Deputy Company Secretary
Telephone: 01908 359 100
Name of authorised company official responsible for making this notification
Jon Green, Company Secretary
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