14th May 2012 07:00
UBM plc - RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
At the annual general meeting of UBM plc held on 11 May 2012, 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 182,326,880 98.11 3,519,099 1.89 27,929 the report of the directors and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2011. 2 To approve the 97,052,272 63.63 55,473,520 36.37 33,348,116 directors' remuneration report. 3 To re-appoint Ernst & 185,548,432 99.84 299,250 0.16 26,226 Young LLP as auditors to the company 4 To authorise the 185,780,174 99.97 64,143 0.03 29,591 directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors 5 To re-elect Dame Helen 185,437,185 99.78 402,394 0.22 34,329 Alexander as a director 6 To re-elect David Levin 185,622,375 99.88 220,123 0.12 31,410 as a director 7 To re-elect Robert Gray 185,620,937 99.88 221,443 0.12 31,528 as a director 8 To re-elect Alan 181,919,966 97.89 3,922,579 2.11 31,363 Gillespie as a director 9 To re-elect Pradeep Kar 176,751,247 96.92 5,621,738 3.08 3,500,923
as a director 10 To re-elect Greg Lock 185,598,292 99.87 243,582 0.13 32,034 as a director
11 To re-elect Terry Neill 185,609,087 99.87 233,340 0.13 31,481 as a director 12 To re-elect Jonathan 172,547,594 99.15 1,474,544 0.85 11,851,770 Newcomb as a director 13 To re-elect Karen 185,618,810 99.88 224,751 0.12 30,347 Thomson as a director 14 To authorise the 182,535,487 98.90 2,038,543 1.10 1,299,878 directors to allot relevant securities 15 Special Resolution: 179,548,974 96.61 6,293,449 3.39 31,485
that a general meeting of the company, other than an AGM, may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice
16 Special Resolution: to 185,786,622 99.98 41,164 0.02 46,122 disapply pre-emption rights 17 Special Resolution: to 185,829,730 99.99 12,549 0.01 31,629 authorise the purchase by the company of ordinary shares in the market.
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 10 April 2012 (the date of the AGM Notice) was 244,801,703. Proxy votes were received in respect of 185,873,908 shares, representing approximately 75.9% of issued equity as at 10 April 2012.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R and 9.6.3R, a copy of the resolutions passed as special business at the AGM have also been submitted to the UK Listing Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for viewing shortly at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
Anne Siddell
Company Secretary
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