7th Jul 2010 11:30
For Immediate Release
7 July 2010
Booker Group plc ('Booker' or 'the Company')
Results of AGM
Booker confirms that all resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday 7 July 2010 at 11.00 a.m. at Booker Branch St Pancras, 106 Camley Street, Elm Village, Camden, London NW1 0PF and set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 4 June 2010 were duly passed by shareholders.
Resolution 9 (relating to the authority of directors to allot new shares in the Company) was subject to an amendment to change the expiry date for the authority to the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company or, if earlier, 29 August 2011. This was due to a typographical error contained in the notice of meeting, which stated that the authority would expire on the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company or, if earlier, 29 August 2010. Approval was sought and obtained to amend resolution 9 as described above. Subsequently, approval of the amended resolution was sought and obtained.
Booker Group Plc Annual General Meeting Results
|
For |
Against |
Withheld |
Total |
||
|
01 |
Receive the Audited Accounts and Directors' and Auditors' Reports
|
1,106,652,681 |
611 |
190,088 |
1,106,761,292 |
|
02 |
Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report |
1,089,127,391 |
11,493,886 |
6,222,102 |
1,100,729,277 |
|
03 |
Declare a final dividend |
1,106,843,350 |
30 |
0 |
1,106,951,380 |
|
04 |
Elect Mark Aylwin as a director |
1,090,010,360 |
16,792,965 |
40,055 |
1,106,911,325 |
|
05 |
Re-elect Jonathan Prentis as a director |
1,093,066,473 |
13,739,228 |
37,679 |
1,106,913,701 |
|
06 |
Re-elect Andrew Cripps as a director |
1,084,032,467 |
18,563,953 |
4,246,959 |
1,102,704,420 |
|
07 |
Re-elect Lord Karan Bilimoria as a director |
1,092,909,736 |
13,739,228 |
194,416 |
1,106,756,964 |
|
08 |
Re-appoint KPMG Audit Plc as auditors |
1,101,498,025 |
5,326,176 |
18,679 |
1,106,932,701 |
|
09 |
Authorise the directors to allot shares (amended as described above) |
1,103,372,966 |
1,449,165 |
2,017,248 |
1,104,934,131 |
|
10 |
Authorise the directors to allot equity securities (Special) |
1,106,787,032 |
31,244 |
25,104 |
1,106,926,276 |
|
11 |
Authorise General Meeting to be called on not less than 14 days notice (Special) |
1,096,170,419 |
10,652,461 |
20,500 |
1,106,930,880 |
|
12 |
Authorise the Company to purchase its own shares (Special) |
1,106,808,559 |
34,821 |
0 |
1,106,951,380 |
|
13 |
Authorise the amendment to the Articles of Association (Special) |
1,105,147,048 |
1,419,984 |
276,348 |
1,106,675,032 |
In accordance with the Listing Rule 9.6, two copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority ("UKLA") and will be available shortly for inspection at the UKLA's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at Financial Service Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5HS.
For more information contact:
Tulchan Communications (PR Adviser to Booker Group plc)
020 7353 4200
Susanna Voyle
Lucy Legh
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