8th May 2009 13:25
UNITED BUSINESS MEDIA LIMITED - RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
At the annual general meeting of United Business Media Limited held on 7 May 2009, all resolutions put to shareholders were duly passed.
Voting was conducted by poll and the final proxy votes received in respect of each resolution put to the meeting are as set out below:-
Resolution Votes for Votes Votes Votes Votes (including for against against Withheld votes to be cast at (%) (%) chairman's discretion) 1. To receive and adopt 144,255,238 99.76% 352,578 0.24% 1,854,678 the report of the directors and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2008.
2. To approve the 111,860,982 88.51% 14,525,130 11.50% 20,076,382 directors' remuneration
report. 3. To re-appoint Ernst 146,226,610 99.85% 221,705 0.15% 14,179 & Young LLP as auditors to the company and to authorise the directors to determine their remuneration. 4. To authorise the 145,867,871 99.61% 574,675 0.39% 19,948 directors to allot relevant securities.
5. Special Resolution: 146,356,337 99.95% 69,085 0.05% 37,072 to disapply pre-emption
rights. 6. Special Resolution: 145,801,541 99.56% 643,975 0.44% 16,978 to authorise the purchase by the company of ordinary shares in the market.
7. To amend the 143,530,770 98.01% 2,911,327 1.99% 20,397 Company's Articles of
Association.
A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.
The number of ordinary shares in issue at 3 April 2009 (the date of the AGM Notice) was 244,084,139. Proxy votes were received in respect of 146,462,494 shares, representing approximately 60% of issued equity as at 3 April 2009.
Two copies of the resolutions passed as special business at the AGM have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly 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.
Anne Siddell
Company Secretary
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