4th Sep 2008 07:30
Result of AGM
The Annual General Meeting of WS Atkins plc was held at the Conference Centre, Woodcote Grove, Ashley Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT18 5BW on Wednesday 3 September 2008.
All 12 resolutions put to the members were passed on a show of hands. Accordingly, resolutions 1 to 8 and 11 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 9, 10 and 12 were passed as special resolutions.
Copies of all resolutions passed at the meeting other than those resolutions concerning ordinary business 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 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS, telephone +44 (0) 20 7066 8333.
The results of the proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting are set out below:
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Resolution
(No. as
noted on
proxy
form)
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For
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Discretionary
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Against
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Shares
marked as
Votes
Withheld /
Abstentions *
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Shares
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%
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Shares
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%
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Shares
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%
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1 To receive and adopt the Directors’ Report and Accounts
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60,698,671
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99.41
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356,136
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0.58
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5,272
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0.01
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4,550
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2 To approve the report on directors’ remuneration
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59,925,035
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98.16
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359,387
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0.59
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762,717
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1.25
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17,490
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3 To declare a final dividend of 16.5p per ordinary share
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60,705,225
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99.41
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356,440
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0.58
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1,339
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0.01
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1,625
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4 To re-elect Ed Wallis as a director of the Company
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60,594,899
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99.24
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359,490
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0.59
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105,947
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0.17
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4,293
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5 To re-elect James Morley as a director of the Company
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60,595,149
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99.24
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359,490
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0.59
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106,086
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0.17
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3,904
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6 To appoint Dr. Raj Rajagopal as a director of the Company
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60,553,142
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99.19
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360,902
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0.59
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134,005
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0.22
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16,580
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7 To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors and to authorise the directors to fix their remuneration
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59,651,312
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97.91
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356,806
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0.59
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913,433
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1.50
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143,078
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8 To renew the authority to allot shares (section 80)
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60,485,024
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99.06
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358,136
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0.59
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214,472
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0.35
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6,997
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9 To renew the authority to allot equity securities for cash (section 89)
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60,667,383
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99.37
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360,174
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0.59
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27,466
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0.04
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9,606
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10 To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares
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60,658,288
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99.34
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373,609
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0.61
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28,368
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0.05
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4,364
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11 To authorise political donations and expenditure under the Act
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60,469,788
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99.05
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377,666
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0.62
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199,560
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0.33
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17,615
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12 To adopt new Articles of Association
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60,145,347
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98.50
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376,202
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0.62
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538,644
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0.88
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4,436
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* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for, discretionary or against the resolution.
Helen Baker
Assistant Company Secretary
4 September 2008
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