24th Apr 2014 12:31
Voting Results of Aggreko plc Annual General Meeting 2014
The Annual General Meeting of Aggreko plc was held on Thursday 24 April 2014 at 11.00 a.m. All resolutions were passed on a show of hands. Resolutions 19, 20 and 21 were passed as Special Resolutions.
The table below sets out the proxy voting results
Resolution | For | % of votes cast | Against | % of votes cast | Total Votes Cast as a % of Voting Share Capital | Withheld* |
1 To receive the reports of the Directors and Auditors and to adopt the Company's accounts for the year ended 31 December 2013. | 175,933,172 | 99.99 | 654 | 0.01 | 65.38 | 473,918 |
2 To approve the Remuneration Policy. | 169,403,517 | 96.71 | 5,754,693 | 3.29 | 65.09 | 1,249,534 |
3 To approve the Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2013. | 173,519,875 | 98.69 | 2,295,432 | 1.31 | 65.34 | 592,437 |
4 To declare a final dividend on the Company's ordinary shares of 17.19 pence per share. | 175,943,915 | 99.99 | 654 | 0.01 | 65.39 | 463,175 |
5 To elect Mr I D Marchant as a Director of the Company. | 175,669,641 | 99.85 | 267,491 | 0.15 | 65.38 | 470,612 |
6 To re-elect Mr K G Hanna as a Director of the Company. | 171,516,285 | 97.49 | 4,424,074 | 2.51 | 65.38 | 467,385 |
7 To re-elect Mr A G Cockburn as a Director of the Company. | 174,957,037 | 99.44 | 983,129 | 0.56 | 65.38 | 467,578 |
8 To re-elect Mr D Das as a Director of the Company. | 174,908,032 | 99.41 | 1,032,213 | 0.59 | 65.38 | 467,499 |
9 To re-elect Mr A Satrazemis as a Director of the Company. | 174,951,209 | 99.44 | 988,310 | 0.56 | 65.38 | 468,225 |
10 To re-elect Mr D J B Taylor-Smith as a Director of the Company. | 174,905,701 | 99.41 | 1,032,366 | 0.59 | 65.38 | 469,677 |
11 To re-elect Mr R J King as a Director of the Company. | 175,669,764 | 99.85 | 267,363 | 0.15 | 65.38 | 470,617 |
12 To re-elect Ms D L P Layfield as a Director of the Company. | 175,628,159 | 99.82 | 311,340 | 0.18 | 65.38 | 468,245 |
13 To re-elect Mr R J MacLeod as a Director of the Company. | 175,615,165 | 99.85 | 270,014 | 0.15 | 65.36 | 522,565 |
14 To re-elect Ms R A K McDonald as a Director of the Company. | 175,622,357 | 99.82 | 315,877 | 0.18 | 65.38 | 469,510 |
15 To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor of the Company to hold office from the conclusion of the meeting until the conclusion of the next general meeting at which accounts are laid before the Company. | 173,816,284 | 99.03 | 1,709,715 | 0.97 | 65.23 | 881,745 |
16 To authorise the Audit Committee of the Board to determine the remuneration of the Company's auditor. | 174,403,455 | 99.13 | 1,532,112 | 0.87 | 65.38 | 471,066 |
17 To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares | 175,479,166 | 99.80 | 350,662 | 0.20 | 65.34 | 576,805 |
18 To increase the maximum aggregate amount of fees payable to the Directors in accordance with Article 103 of the Company's Articles of Association | 174,019,260 | 98.93 | 1,890,547 | 1.07 | 65.37 | 497,937 |
19 To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares on non pre-emptive basis | 174,269,312 | 99.05 | 1,663,156 | 0.95 | 65.38 | 475,276 |
20 To renew the Directors' authority to purchase shares in the Market. | 175,630,014 | 99.92 | 138,226 | 0.08 | 65.32 | 639,504 |
21 To renew the permission of the holding of General Meetings at 14 clear days' notice | 148,385,238 | 84.34 | 27,550,408 | 15.66 | 65.38 | 472,098 |
* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of proportion of votes For and Against a resolution.
Any votes that gave the Chairman discretion have been included in the For votes.
The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue on 24 April 2014 was 269,086,415.
In accordance with the UK Listing Authority, copies of resolutions 19, 20 and 21 will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism, which is located at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
At the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting Rupert Soames and David Hamill retired as Directors. Angus Cockburn was appointed Interim Chief Executive; Carole Cran was appointed Interim CFO; Russell King was appointed as Senior Independent Director; Diana Layfield was appointed a member of the Nomination Committee; and Ian Marchant was appointed a member of the Ethics Committee.
PETER KENNERLEY
COMPANY SECRETARY
TELEPHONE: 0141 225 5900
24 APRIL 2014
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