21st Jul 2015 15:54
CABLE & WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS PLC
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Cable & Wireless Communications Plc held its Annual General Meeting today, 21 July 2015, at the Hilton Hotel Paddington, 146 Praed Street, London W2 1EE at 11.00am.
All resolutions were put to the meeting on a poll, the full results of which are given below.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of all resolutions passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business have today been submitted to the UK Listing Authority for publication through the National Storage Mechanism at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM
RESOLUTIONS | VOTES FOR | % | VOTES AGAINST | % | TOTAL % OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL VOTED | VOTES WITHELD | |
1 | To receive the Annual Report and Accounts | 3,356,224,652 | 99.98 | 713,553 | 0.02 | 76.84% | 393,820 |
2 | To approve the Directors' remuneration report | 3,314,804,125 | 98.76 | 41,462,788 | 1.24 | 76.83% | 1,065,112 |
3 | To re-elect Sir Richard Lapthorne, CBE N | 3,325,568,408 | 99.38 | 20,820,786 | 0.62 | 76.60% | 10,942,831 |
4 | To re-elect Simon Ball ANR | 3,350,128,965 | 99.81 | 6,345,353 | 0.19 | 76.83% | 857,707 |
5 | To elect John Risley N | 3,341,881,887 | 99.56 | 14,910,149 | 0.44 | 76.84% | 539,989 |
6 | To re-elect Phil Bentley | 3,350,689,477 | 99.82 | 6,121,532 | 0.18 | 76.84% | 521,016 |
7 | To re-elect Perley McBride | 3,350,671,360 | 99.82 | 6,102,109 | 0.18 | 76.84% | 558,556 |
8 | To re-elect Mark Hamlin ANR | 3,353,115,494 | 99.89 | 3,668,582 | 0.11 | 76.84% | 547,949 |
9 | To elect Brendan Paddick N | 3,304,209,366 | 98.43 | 52,580,987 | 1.57 | 76.84% | 541,672 |
10 | To re-elect Alison Platt ANR | 3,349,164,615 | 99.89 | 3,725,091 | 0.11 | 76.75% | 4,442,319 |
11 | To elect Barbara Thoralfsson ANR | 3,352,921,979 | 99.88 | 3,875,804 | 0.12 | 76.84% | 534,242 |
12 | To re-elect Ian Tyler ANR | 3,300,265,936 | 98.72 | 42,693,601 | 1.28 | 76.52% | 14,372,488 |
13 | To elect Thad York N | 3,343,946,338 | 99.62 | 12,813,033 | 0.38 | 76.84% | 572,654 |
14 | To appoint KPMG LLP as the auditor | 3,299,274,363 | 98.96 | 34,559,501 | 1.04 | 76.32% | 23,496,526 |
15 | To authorise the Directors to set the remuneration of the auditor | 3,353,264,233 | 99.90 | 3,290,532 | 0.10 | 76.84% | 777,260 |
16 | To declare a final dividend | 3,357,063,995 | 99.998 | 61,752 | 0.002 | 76.85% | 206,278 |
17 | To give authority to allot shares | 3,332,180,507 | 99.27 | 24,389,488 | 0.73 | 76.84% | 762,030 |
18 | To disapply pre-emption rights* | 3,219,784,464 | 95.92 | 136,894,504 | 4.08 | 76.84% | 653,057 |
19 | To authorise the Company to call a general meeting of shareholders on not less than 14 clear days' notice* | 3,146,975,799 | 93.74 | 209,983,381 | 6.26 | 76.85% | 372,845 |
* Special Resolution
A Member of the Audit Committee
N Member of the Nomination Committee
R Member of the Remuneration Committee
As set out in the Notice of the 2015 Annual General Meeting, the Company has separately counted the number of votes cast by independent shareholders (i.e. excluding controlling shareholders) on the resolutions relating to the (re-)election of independent Non-executive Directors, being resolutions 4, 8, 10, 11 and 12.
The results of the votes excluding controlling shareholders are as follows:
RESOLUTIONS | VOTES FOR | % | VOTES AGAINST | % | TOTAL % OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL VOTED | VOTES WITHELD | |
4 | To re-elect Simon Ball ANR | 1,776,116,416 | 99.64 | 6,345,353 | 0.36 | 63.79% | 857,707 |
8 | To re-elect Mark Hamlin ANR | 1,779,102,945 | 99.79 | 3,668,582 | 0.21 | 63.80% | 547,949 |
10 | To re-elect Alison Platt ANR | 1,775,152,066 | 99.79 | 3,725,091 | 0.21 | 63.66% | 4,442,319 |
11 | To elect Barbara Thoralfsson ANR | 1,778,909,430 | 99.78 | 3,875,804 | 0.22 | 63.80% | 534,242 |
12 | To re-elect Ian Tyler ANR | 1,726,253,387 | 97.59 | 42,693,601 | 2.41 | 63.30% | 14,372,488 |
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